Udipi

Udupi's changemaker-headmaster Murali Kadekar found a unique way of celebrating his school's golden jubilee anniversary — reviving over 70 acres of defunct paddy fields.

Working around the clock seemingly does not tire the family as they cater to so many rendered helpless by the Kodagu floods.

Joseph GM Rebello now travels to various educational institutes advocating for various environmental causes.

This story of the untiring efforts of a commerce ex-lecturer to convert twenty five acres of a barren piece of land into a self sustainable green farm, provides an ideal example of a model for rainwater harvesting and demonstrates how persistence and the sheer determination to go on till the end, can yield miraculous results.