Economics and Technologies
Vikalp Varta – Farmers Market and other Vartas from other locations

Online dialogue series on alternatives for India during the covid times and beyond.

Economics and Technologies
Solar power to give 150 city schools Rs 17 crore per year

The best part is that none of the schools had to invest any money. The entire project cost was borne by the developers.

Energy
Discoms to hand-hold residents to boost rooftop solar power in Delhi

Community-based demand aggregation programmes, which will be expanded if the pilot projects are successful.

Energy
In Ahmedabad, women act to make slums climate-resilient, one house at a time

“We focus on the 4 prevalent stresses of the slums - heat stress, floods, vector-borne diseases, and water scarcity,”

Economics and Technologies
Reviving the Thar Desert’s Camel Culture

Protecting the camel is synonymous to protecting its habitat—large, open, desert areas used by villages as commons

Environment and Ecology
Navi Mumbai couple fights to save a bird haven from becoming a golf course

"This wetland should be declared amongst protected areas associated with Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary ....”

Environment and Ecology
The Indian school where students pay for lessons with plastic waste

Students collect over 10,000 pieces of plastic each month and transform them into eco-bricks for construction.

Environment and Ecology
A group of women protect Sindhudurg’s mangroves through ecotourism

Demonstrating a model of mangrove ecotourism, they have also encouraged other groups of women to adopt similar ventures.

Knowledge and Media
Kolkata Has The World’s First Tram Library

Passes by 30 educational institutions; book launches, book reading sessions and literature festivals are on the cards