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A quick tour through Palakkad's Ponnu mami's house reveals her inherent obsession with pickles. She has been making and selling various types of pickles for over 30 years now.

Based in Ahmedabad, the couple have a rooftop rainwater harvesting system, a solar water heater and a vegetable garden!

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.

From constructing the first township built with green building technology in India in 1995 to the largest earth building in the world in Bangladesh in 2006, Architect Shankar has taken on the cause of sustainable architecture with his blood, sweat and tears, battling hostile contractors, the establishment and naysayers.

Meet the team that is living, breathing, and woking earth.