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Meet Sreeman Narayanan, a 69-year-old environmentalist from Kerala, who has spent over 10 years ensuring that no bird or animal goes thirsty during summers.

As India braces for one of its hottest summers, Singapore’s three-step urban cooling model — from wind corridors to cool paints — is a playbook for sustainable change.

A new life for the famous 'Mangalore Tiles'. Manoj Patel is an Ahmedabad based architect whose unique clay roof tile-based furniture is garnering a lot of interest.

As part of a pilot project, the state government laid white membranes on the rooftops of over 60 houses in Devarkonda Basthi in Banjara Hills in Hyderabad. The results have been positive so far.

What we love? The fact that mud houses stay 13-14 degrees Celcius cooler than the weather outside, even in the peak of summer! #SustainableHomes #LiveGreen

“We generate as much electric energy as an ordinary PV panel would and as much hot water as an ordinary heater panel would. Except that we generate both out of a single panel!” #Innovation #RenewableEnergy

Reports suggest that Bengaluru has about 10 lakh cars. It is estimated that 10 crore liters of water per week is used for car washing alone. This is equivalent to emptying the Bellandur Lake 50 times!

Compared to the regular 1.5-tonne behemoth that cools the whole room, this air conditioning unit is less than 8 inches tall, 11 inches long and 18 inches deep. What's more, it weighs only about 13 kilograms!

Alag, who used to run a joke and souvenir shop in the streets of London has an inspirational story himself. He was diagnosed with intestinal cancer, battled the disease, and returned to India.

Researchers at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research have created a material that will conduct electricity but not heat!