Environment

One free momo if you bring your own container, steel glasses for coconut water and more. How citizens helped vendors switch to plastic-free options without burning a hole in anyone’s pocket

The architects strongly believe that sustainable architecture is not limited to just the design of buildings.

The Pardiwala family’s initiative to use containers for building a house is a perfect example of going eco-friendly without having to make major changes in one’s lifestyle.

Hyderabad-based Prashant Lingam recycled 400 kilos of plastic to make one of these kiosks. Now he is on a mission to make 4,000 such kiosks!

Every home on the street segregates its waste. While their wet waste is processed into compost every quarter, plastic waste is collected and recycled.

"Things that we take for granted are often the most crucial. A desk, chair or a blackboard might sound to be the most basic requirement in a school and yet there are hundreds of schools in rural India that are devoid of them. This was our attempt to break that bubble and bring forth a sustainable solution."

Did you know that around 17 full grown trees are needed to make one tonne of paper? Here's how you can save paper and be a green hero—all you need is a few supplies and the right spirit!

A fisherman living by the Chombala Harbour in Kerala, it was the amount of plastic found deep in the sea that disturbed KV Priyesh enough to take action.

It takes a great deal of courage to forsake one’s four-years worth of degree (sometimes even more) and well-paying jobs to pursue something as basic as farming.

A company that grows its own vegetables, not something you come across everyday, right?