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Weary of living in cities, Sunando Sen sold his startup, packed his bags and bought land in Corbett. There, he constructed a sustainable home called ‘Tanhau’ after restoring the land with trees.

Pradeep Kumar Rath (66) knew when he retired that he wanted to dedicate his time to nurturing our environment. So, he founded NGO ‘Paribesh Suraksha Abhijan’ to plant trees. He has planted over 60,000 trees with the help of rural women and children.

Vishal Srivastava from Madhya Pradesh realised the importance of afforestation after visiting many drought-prone villages during his BTech studies and decided to plant as many tree saplings as he possibly can.

Prasiddhi Singh from Chennai is a nine-year-old environmental activist who has planted thousands of trees and created several miniforests. She also runs the Prasiddhi Forest Foundation.

Devidas Chaudhari, a retired sub-district magistrate from Maharashtra, took up the plantation of native trees in 15 acres of land. The efforts inspired 50,000 people to increase green cover in the area

150 trees when she is 15, 300 when she is 30 and, 800 when she is 80! In this manner, Kavya promises to plant ten times her age in trees every birthday.

Vijayapura has a semi-arid climate, and the combination of high temperatures and dry spells is an important reason why reasons why planting trees and then sustaining them, becomes a daunting task. 

Once an arid rock-strewn patch, the land now teems with lush green creepers, shrubs and trees - all thanks to a 53-year-old man who believed that forests could grow in cities too!

Concerned by the declining green cover in Kolkata, 43-year-old Mantu Hait took it upon himself and developed one kilometer stretch of forest

Long before India began discussing global warming, Kollakkayil Devaki Amma with no formal education started to do her bit to save the environment. The result is a story of change that we all can learn from.