Environment

The sustainable school also has a ‘rolly polly’ to convert waste into manure and a farm-cum-forest where each student gets to pluck vegetables. Furthermore, the school canteens have replaced all plastic cutlery with steel. India totally needs more schools like this!

Upcycling waste bottles sounds good? Well, the college is doing more than that. The students are now growing 25 different vegetables in waste cement bags, broken buckets and tin cans!

"A single woman can generate up to 125 kg of non-biodegradable waste through her menstruating years. Just imagine the consequences. With this device, we want to do our part in altering this reality!"

Sentimental as Rakhis are, we all end up discarding them in the end, once the threads snap. However, why not get one that will live on? Here's your perfect purchase this Raksha Bandhan!

How did a single person’s efforts lead to a forest spanning five acres in Bundelkhand, a region notorious for its arid geography, sparse rainfall, and decade-long droughts?

If you look carefully in your home or work place, you will never run short of repurposing the products. In fact, the idea of upcycling did not appeal to me as a kid until my grandmother upcycled sarees and bed sheets into a magnificent velvet quilt! #LiveGreen #Upcycle

Made by incorporating straw, bamboo and timber, these houses are cheaper, recyclable and pollution-free. As for the life span, they can last for a thousand years!

Puneet Sharma’s dedicated efforts to make his city clean and green is a proof of how citizens have the power to make a huge difference

With filtration layers of river pebbles, charcoal and fine sand, N Arunachalam conserves thousands of litres of water that meets the drinking and cooking demands of his family every year

The best part? The kids are not only earning money by selling the organic veggies and compost to the Midday Meal authorities, they are also changing their eating habits to healthier ones!