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The Better India and Godrej & Boyce present the ‘Best Housing Society Awards’ to recognise those establishments that are working towards setting high standards for sustainable and inclusive living within their communities. Learn more to apply.

Aditya Rao, a resident of Bengaluru, shares how his family grows and maintains an organic garden on the 12,000 sq ft terrace

Banking on the farm-to-fork concept, Bhagwat is a farmer from Nashik who carries freshly harvested veggies and sells them in Mumbai. Best part? His profits have increased by 20 per cent and Mumbaikars get to eat organic food.

They have installed the most extensive renewable energy system ever used by any residential complex in the city.

Some still feel it is an obligatory duty of the BMC to collect waste and manage it, but societies like Raheja Atlantis aren’t wasting time arguing.

The power generated can be as high as 63kW-h on a sunny day, and can drop to 15kW-h per day during the monsoons.

The residents of Grace Co-operative housing society in Mulund are not only switching to sustainable energy, but also segregating and recycling garbage.