Kerala

Kandal Rajan from Kannur, Kerala, has been conserving the mangrove belt on the Pazhayandi River for over four decades. He also owns a small mangrove nursery with 5,000 saplings at home.

Balakrishnan E from Kozhikode has a collection of over 500 species of cacti on his terrace. He collects the varieties from different parts of the country as well as from Japan, China, Indonesia, Brazil and so on.

Kerala-based Gopalakrishnan KR, a retired bank employee, used his retirement benefits to convert a 1-acre rubber plantation into a mini forest with hundreds of fruit trees, medicinal plants, and more.

Known as the Tuber Man of Kerala, Shaji NM from Wayanad grows over 200+ varieties of tubers and has distributed seeds to over 12000 farmers across the state.

Raphi Ramanath, a biology teacher at Vignjana Vilasini Higher Secondary School (VVHSS) in Kerala, has set up a herbal garden with 150 plants and a Miyawaki forest with over 450 trees on campus.

Shamseer P from Kerala decided to single-handedly transform a dumpyard overflowing with waste into a beautiful garden with flowering plants. Here's how he did it.

For over two decades, Shinod PC and Bindhu from Kodungallur, Kerala, have been donating their earnings to a monthly welfare scheme to alleviate families from poverty.

Anuroop G, with his initiative Payal Jwala, is helping households across Kerala set up plants to convert water hyacinth, an invasive weed, into biogas.

Having cycled a total of 100 km so far, it will take Nijin KG and TR Reneesh from Kerala two years to collect Rs 42 lakh to construct five homes for the underserved.

Chavara Public School in Kerala is working its way to becoming Kerala’s first carbon-neutral school through its unique green initiatives.