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At the core of this conference’s theme was a focus on the impact that participants can have beyond the conference.

Neo, Anamika’s son, was born about four years ago and that was when Anamika started thinking about the environment.

This home runs on fresh air and sunlight. Built on a 220 sq ft plot, the home is equipped with solar panels and a sewage managing unit, and can accommodate up to six people. It took two months and cost about Rs 1.5 lakh.

The researchers used chitosan obtained from seafood waste source, and two other easily available sustainable chemicals

This technique uses cuttings from trees to grow more trees. It's fast, uses less resources, and RS Arjunan is convinced that it will help restore the green cover of Tamil Nadu.

Kerala's Vembanad Lake is in trouble, and ISRO has stepped in to help.

If the students can implement the idea efficiently, to a wide-scale market, then the possibilities for what India can achieve to tackle pollution, are endless.

Social and economic impacts aside, there is not enough dialogue about the negative impact music festivals have on the environment.

Once a barren piece of ancestral land that was wasting away, the Rangamalai Organic Farm established in 2015, is a fully integrated organic farm today, thanks to the vision of 34-year-old Pradeep Kumar and his pillar of support, his wife, Mangai.

“We are not the waking up at the crack-of-dawn sort of people. Unless of course, we have vegetables to send out or have elephants visiting the farm, in which case we pretty much stay up the entire night.”