In a bid to reduce water hyacinth waste and provide a low cost, eco-friendly solution to conventional sanitary napkins, students from Kerala produce pads using water hyacinth It is June 2018, Henna, Aswathi and Sreejesh, students of class 10 of Ahammed Kurikkal Memorial Higher Secondary School (AKMHSS) in Kerala’s Kottoor, are brainstorming for the National …
When you can’t stop the evil in people, you bring out the good instead. It was this very thought that drove Janet Yegneswaran, to start Trees For Free and become a green warrior. In 2005, Janet Yegneswaran started Trees For Free in memory of her husband Rajanet Yegneswaran. What began as a planting of 250 trees in the …
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With the world struggling for cleanliness and proper waste management, many young crusaders have taken the pedestal and have started bringing in a change towards a cleaner and a healthier environment. Pollution of the water bodies and water-lands has not been too rare a concept for the environmentally aware set of people. While the issue …
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Our planet is changing fast and its adverse effects are being felt by all living beings. Global warming, pollution, and climate change threaten our very existence and yet, we don’t do much about it. Seventy-five-year-old Selvamma has altered her lifestyle for the better. The corn-seller who has been working outside the Vidhan Soudha building for …
A 29-year-old’s social enterprise has been equipping tribal women from Eastern India to become proud owners of sustainable businesses. In 2013, when a 24-year-old Vikash Das was visiting his hometown in Odissa to celebrate Durga Puja, he was met with a sight that transformed his and consequently the lives of 22,000 tribal women across the …
