environmental innovation

A startup that turns waste into fuel. Another that designs cells to detect pollution. All led by students and young founders. The force behind them? Sustainability Mafia—a climate community that’s helping solve real-world environmental problems by showing youth how to build for the planet, from the ground up.

From harvesting its own electricity and rainwater to building with earth-friendly bricks, Nalanda University’s stunning new 446-acre campus in Bihar is a living lesson in sustainability.

At Narayanpur High School near Kolkata, students are learning valuable environmental lessons by turning everyday waste into art and useful products. This model of education combines sustainability with skill-building, offering a replicable framework for schools aiming to empower students and protect the planet.

Plastic Odyssey, a 40-metre floating lab, is on a global mission to combat plastic pollution by recycling waste into valuable resources. Docking at ports worldwide, it empowers communities with sustainable recycling solutions and innovative technologies to fight plastic waste at its source.

Naman and Vipul Gupta's Code Effort Private Limited is transforming cigarette butts into eco-friendly products using V bins and an innovative recycling process. Their venture is also creating sustainable livelihoods for ragpickers and artisans, empowering communities along the way.

Parminder Singh has devised an innovative solution to stubble burning by creating an eco-friendly alternative to heat-and-cold insulating tiles.

The idea took inception as a design solution for the workers at the factory of Deki Electronics in Uttar Pradesh, where scorching heat released from the Genset at the entrance in the external area of the factory, was taking a toll on the health of the employees and reducing productivity.

This can be integrated with a cell phone, or a small device at every traffic signal which can transmit the data to your cell phone through Bluetooth