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Once threatened by poaching and tree-cutting, Elathur Lake in Erode is now home to 187 bird species and a proud Biodiversity Heritage Site — thanks to its people.

Ramanathapuram forest range officer S Sathish has worked for over five years to mitigate poaching, saving the Olive Ridley Turtle, carrying out underwater plastic waste clean ups, and more to protect the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park in Tamil Nadu.

Having worked at Chandamama for over six decades, Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran is known for his creation of the Vikram Vetala sketches.

“Without the movement of vehicles or people, the homeless people stood out like a sore thumb. It was truly horrifying to see so many people around us were suffering without shelter, food, or water.”

Making kindness a way of life, she is determined to ensure that society's forgotten ones have a chance to live a life of dignity. #Respect

“I started by researching about it and then, once I made a few soaps, the interest grew. Soon, people around me began asking for the soaps and that is how it all started,” he shares.

From composting to setting up a natural soaps business, we have covered a variety of fun things you can learn and utilise this weekend to the fullest!

If this innovation is put to use, it could help solve the concrete waste problem in the city which generates over 1,200 tonnes of C&D waste every day.

In villages surrounding the Vellore Bird Sanctuary, residents have not burst crackers for the past 17 years so as to not scare away migratory birds.

Take a one-rupee coin. Go out to the market. And bring back a packet of food that contains rice, curry, sambar, and rasam. Sounds possible? Ask V. Venkatraman, a resident of Erode in Tamil Nadu, and he will tell you that it actually is. He has been providing such meals to the poor and needy since the past eight years. And this is how he does it.