rainwater harvesting

Bengaluru was in the news recently for all the wrong reasons when Bellandur lake caught fire. The incident highlighted the growing troubles with Bangalore’s water bodies and water supply. It is time the city’s authorities and residents took remedial steps, such as the ones discussed in this short video.

Affectionately called Solar Suresh by his friends and family, the innovative owner believes in living a self-sufficient and comfortable life without being dependent on others.

Prolonged dry spells and unseasonal rainfall result in drought-like situations or water-logging in many fields across India. This leads to the destruction of crops. Here’s how an Ahmedabad-based social enterprise is helping farmers with a unique water harvesting technology.

Dr. Hema Krishnan, an NRI living in Ohio, reflects on the many water conservation efforts India has embraced to deal with its water crisis.

As most of India deals with the drastic consequences of drought, find out how these villages in India are reaping the benefits of efficient water management and revival systems.

Ayyappa Masagi has successfully implemented water conservation projects across states, industries, farms, and homes.

While many of us keep wondering about the ways in which we can live in an an eco-friendly manner, this man from Delhi has found a brilliant path. He has been living a plastic free life since the past 10 years. Here's how.

Read how a small village in Uttarakhand stands testimony to the fact that rooftop rainwater harvesting is a reliable, economical and logical way of ensuring self-sufficiency and dignity.

Yenepoya Medical College in Mangalore, which has implemented rainwater harvesting (RWH) within its campus, has drastically reduced its dependence on water tankers, thus saving lakhs of Rupees every year. Learn how they went about this.

This story of the untiring efforts of a commerce ex-lecturer to convert twenty five acres of a barren piece of land into a self sustainable green farm, provides an ideal example of a model for rainwater harvesting and demonstrates how persistence and the sheer determination to go on till the end, can yield miraculous results.