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Environment and Ecology
From experiment to craft to industry: Upcycling India’s household waste
Egg crate forms were crafted into small decorative flowers and converted into lights for festivals, generating income for trained, underprivileged groups.
Knowledge and Media
A Digital Book Library for Blind Students Is Helping Them Visualise a Bright Future
Bengaluru based Samarthanam Trust for Disabled has 5,000 audio books to help students with disabilities achieve their educational goals.
Food and Water
In India’s dry regions, crowd-funding comes to a lake’s rescue
"De-silting Nilona would need huge amount of money, time and hard work. We needed a citizen movement,"
Environment and Ecology
SayTrees is making Bangalore Smile by giving it a new green cover
SayTrees has helped Bangalore reclaim some of its natural beauty by planting saplings around 14 lakes, and at several other locations.
Environment and Ecology
Caring for Madurai’s Only Waterfall
Nature lovers from the city and villagers join hands to clean the Kutladampatti waterfall under the ‘Friends of Forest’ initiative.
Food and Water
സിക്കിം : പ്രകൃതിയിലേക്ക് വീണ്ടും (in Malayalam)
സിക്കിമിലെ ജൈവ കൃഷി മുന്നേറ്റ ത്തെപ്പ റ്റി ഒരു പഠനം .
Food and Water
Farmers urged to conserve indigenous seed variety
Four seed melas will be conducted in different parts of Kerala including Payyannur, Wayanad Thrissur and Kozhikode, in January, February, April and May months respectively.
Environment and Ecology
UNEP lauds pesticide-free farming in Kerala
The United Nations Environment Programme has praised farmers of Kuruvai village in Palakkad district for their success in cultivating paddy without chemical pesticides.
Food and Water
Thanks to Zaheerabad, Nagaland ‘rediscovers’ millets
The North East Network revived millet farming in the village, and organised a millets festival on August 30 this year, attended by women farmers from 11 villages of Nagaland.