Leaving the corporate world behind, Mangal Shetty's quest for an eco-friendly lifestyle led him to build a sustainable home in Karnataka’s Aghanashini estuary and establish the Panchabhuta Conservation Foundation, an NGO that works with local communities to develop green enterprises.
Vani Kannan and her husband Balaji were living in England for 16 years when the birth of their first child caused them to return to India and build an eco-friendly, mud home.
An Ahmedabad-based architect couple, Bhadri and Snehal, who started tHE gRID Architects, has built Mitti Ke Rang, a restaurant from clay, turmeric, reclaimed jute and wood and more.