Solar panels

M Shaktivel is a YouTuber and a fisherman from Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, who spent a year installing solar power panels in 15 homes in his village.

Manju Nath and his wife Geeta built their dream eco-friendly home in Bengaluru with solar panels, rainwater harvesting pits while growing their own organic food.

Built using mud and debris, this low-cost home in Bengaluru is all things eco-friendly - from solar panels and rainwater harvesting to organic garden and greywater recycling!

Soumya Prasad harnesses the Sun and rainwater, grows organic vegetables in her front yard and drives an electric car. Isn’t she a sustainable warrior?

Way before waste management and rainwater harvesting became household concepts, this residential complex championed eco-friendly goals

"I see farmers are spoiling their fields with all sorts of chemical poison. But once I introduced them to organic farming, their profits have spruced up by up to 50%."

In 2017, the society exported surplus solar-produced electricity to a power distributing company and saved a whopping Rs 2.6 lakh. Not only that, it also converts 900 Kgs of waste into compost every month!

Having installed six of these innovative 'inverted umbrellas,' the Guntakal railway station now has the capacity to store 60,000 litres of water used to not just clean the station, but also to recharge the groundwater table!

Way back in 1996, a farmer won the panchayat elections and took a bank loan to set up a community windmill. Today, this panchayat is not just free of any dependence on the govt. for its power needs, it has also ensured drinking water and housing for all its residents!

The Rajasthan government has ordered the launch of four such environmental initiatives in its state-run engineering colleges with the idea of eco-conservation in celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.