sustainable living

Here are 7 Indian cities embracing solar energy as an alternative to electricity.

The winners of the Best Housing Society Awards presented by The Better India and Godrej & Boyce have been announced. Here’s a look at the winners across eight categories and the final overall winner who won prizes worth Rs 1 lakh.

Inspired by John Lennon’s song Imagine, four Bengaluru friends launched Imagine Trust, which donates pre-loved clothes to the poor every week.

Utopia Farmstay in Nashik has all the ingredients of an eco-friendly home. Adwait and Uttara Kher share more on how they left their jobs to live a sustainable life.

When Erica Andrews and Mateo Hogan saw that a 62-acre piece of land was being given up for timber harvesting, they decided to save it from a doomed fate. The result was Finca Bellavista, a sustainable and eco-friendly treehouse community.

Forest officer Kanubhai Karkar from Gujarat has at least 300 innovations to his name. Here's a look at the brain behind all the brilliant ideas, including an exercise machine that can be used by 30 people at once.

Bengaluru-based Ganesh Shanbag helped 30 apartment complexes to install his simple rainwater harvesting system for free.

All it takes is a simple hack to make your world a little greener. One such trick is to use the shells of coconuts after consuming their contents to make natural planters for your house plants.

Amrita Chengappa moved to a small village in Uttarakhand in 2002 in search of a simpler life. With her partner, she runs SOS Organics that sells all-natural soaps, candles, home care items, teas, seasonings and cold pressed oils, all made with indigenous produce.

It is important to teach kids about sustainable living from an early age and there's no better way to do it than with hands-on activities that keep them engaged and inspired.