tree plantation

Braving threats from the real estate mafia, G Srikanth from Tamil Nadu singlehandedly grew a forest on a 25-acre land near the Palar river.

When Revathy Kamath started her landscaping business, she faced water issues to maintain the land where she grew trees. On enquiry, she realised the nearby Somanahalli Lake was dying and stepped up to revive it.

After losing his young daughter, Sarpanch Shyam Sundar Paliwal pledged to plant 111 trees for every girl child born in Piplantri village, Rajasthan. Today his promise has turned into an entire forest.

Filmmaker Somanth Ghosh runs 'Brikkho Foundation', a unique initiative through which people can adopt plants and plant more trees.

The Green Ghagga initiative in Punjab set out to create a mini-forest in their village that has since helped restore biodiversity and helped 25 villages follow suit

Naren Handsa is a Santhali folk singer from West Bengal, who offers free education to underprivileged children, has adopted 30 orphans, and is working to convert barren lands into mini forests through his NGO Sido Kanhu Mission Foundation

In Odisha's Berhampur district, school teacher Sudhir Rout defied the destruction caused by frequent cyclones for 16 long years to script a stunning success story of environmental conservation

Antaryami Sahoo from Odisha, also known as Gaccha sir, is on a mission to conserve the environment and wildlife by planting thousands of trees in public spaces, alongside creating awareness through handmade posters

Krishnakumar S from Chennai founded NGO Thuvakkam to increase green cover in the city and the surrounding districts. They now have a total of 1,800 volunteers

Sagar Pradhan from Odisha is an author and software engineer, who has been using the royalty money he has earned from his written work to plant thousands of trees and revive ponds