Sustainability

For decades, Rajkot’s Nakrawadi was buried under waste. Today, it’s a thriving urban forest with 2.35 lakh trees and water systems — reborn through a bold city-led transformation.

Across India, traditional communities have long crafted umbrellas and rain shields from palm leaves, bamboo, and local grasses. These all-natural designs are eco-friendly and rooted in culture.

Vasanthi Veluri and Anurag Chatrath left their city careers to live in Satoli, a Himalayan village in Uttarakhand, where they now lead a simple, self-sufficient life.

Explore the hidden traditions of rural India that promote zero waste, natural living, and sustainability rooted in centuries of community values.

From raising Bengaluru’s groundwater levels to influencing state policy, A.R. Shivakumar has shown that rainwater harvesting is the future of water security.

Once called ‘Gobar Basti’, Silluk village in Arunachal cleaned up its act through a youth-led movement. Today, it's featured in the CBSE Class 3 EVS textbook.

Facing Bengaluru’s water crisis, one residential society installed flow metres, rainwater harvesting, and an STP — cutting their Rs 16 lakh bill to Rs 7 lakh.

With just Rs 2500, PVC pipes and a barrel, Mumbai’s Subhajit Mukherjee built a simple rainwater harvesting system that’s saving thousands of litres in homes, schools, and parks.

In just one year, Kochi's water metro carried 2 million people, runs mostly on solar power, cuts 22,800 tonnes of CO2 yearly — and 18 Indian cities are now planning similar floating metros.

N Ramakrishnan of Bengaluru has set up horticulture, solar power units, composting systems and rainwater harvesting in his retirement home.