Environment

In Goa, coconuts may soon be stripped of the tree status. This is how the residents are protesting against this move.

49-year-old Sanjay Raval is a book shop owner in Ahmedabad. One day, he found some people getting ready to cut down a beautiful cassia tree near his office. This is what he did to save it.

A software engineer from Chhattisgarh came to Bengaluru 11 years ago. Concerned about the decreasing green cover in the city, he started planting trees on weekends in the year 2007. In the past eight years he has planted over 35,000 saplings and organized numerous plantation drives.

Ride through Delhi's smog-filled streets and you will encounter another health hazard -- the sound of blaring horns, which add to the noise pollution and can even lead to hearing loss in humans. Ravi Kalra's Earth Saviours Foundation is on a mission to involve citizens, government and the police to get rid of this problem, which is much more than just a nuisance.

When Greenway Grameen launched their eco-friend cookstoves, they didn't realize that one of their biggest challenges would be a gendered one: even though women in rural India were interested in buying, it was the men they needed to convince.

63-year-old Syed, a school dropout who once worked as a fruit vendor, has designed a solar powered car. And the innovator has now kick-started a journey from Bengaluru to Delhi on this special car to spread awareness about a pollution-free India.

We always like meeting two kinds of people in life. Those who inspire us, and those who get inspired by us. Recently, Abhinav Bajpai got a chance to meet one from the first category - a guy who inspired him to work harder towards the cause that he has taken up. This is his story.

If you think your children, who are hooked to technology and gadgets, can no longer enjoy the outdoors and nature, think again. These apps by iNaturewatch will not only help them identify trees, butterflies and birds in the neighbourhood but will also turn them into explorers in search of new species.

The Department of Horticulture has decided to inculcate interest in farming and greenery among students at a young age, through kitchen gardening. For this, they are distributing gardening kits in 500 schools in and around Mangalore.

The new terminal at the Chandigarh international airport in Mohali, inaugurated recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is the first airport in the country that is ‘totally green’, and can potentially change the way airports are built in the country henceforth.