Sustainability

Located in Hyderabad, father-son duo M V Ramachandrudu and Bharani have built a solar-powered sustainable home out of shipping containers.

A long-term solution to water scarcity, this low-maintenance system costs just Rs 7,000. And the best part? It doesn't just recharge the groundwater table, it also prevents water from stagnating.

Designed by Shriya Parasrampuria and Prashant Dupare of Blurring Boundaries, this home is surrounded by five mango trees and is built using upcycled tiles, marble, and locally sourced bricks.

Fawaz Thengilan, who runs Studio Mitti, helped a Bengaluru couple build a beautiful sustainable home using the unique ‘debris wall construction’ method, which reduces carbon footprint.

Mahila Housing Trust, an organisation dedicated to assisting women at the grassroots level, is using cool roof technology to help them escape the heat in Ahmedabad.

Mahendrasinh Zala from Gujarat has been doing rainwater harvesting for over 10 years now. Here’s how he does it despite being 90 percent blind.

An unusual expert who practices what he preaches, A R Shivakumar believes that nature holds all the answers.

Green activist Subhajit Mukherjee advocates for greywater reuse at home, explaining how setting up a filtration tank for just Rs 10,000 can conserve fresh water and alleviate urban water shortages.

From a bungalow built at a budget of Rs 22 lakh to procuring local construction materials from a radius of 3-5 km, unTAG is setting affordable and sustainable architectural goals.

A sustainable startup, Ricron Panels was started by Rahul Chaudhary to recycle multi-layer plastic into sheets that are fire-retardant, waterproof, termite-proof and heat-resistant.