Digital push boosts incomes for Sundarbans’ organic farmers
A digital platform helps women farmers to sell organically grown indigenous rice directly to customers, helping them to book higher profits
Green Toilet in my backyard
Ecosan (short for ecological sanitation) toilets are improved versions of old dry toilets that do not demand water for flushing
Karnataka embarks on millet revolution, UAS shows the way
Processing at the University is comparatively cheap, and since there are no middlemen, farmers of Hyderabad-Karnataka save a lot.
Kerala gets first solar-powered school in Alappuzha
The grama sabha made the initial investment. The school (975 students) needs 1.5KW- 2KW daily. They have become self-sufficient in power
Guwahati now has India’s first solar Powered railway station
The solar-powered station is aimed at reducing carbon-footprint as well as cut down power costs drastically.
Avoiding Airpocalypse: It’s Time to Move Beyond Quick Fixes and Tackle the Root Cause of Crisis
The fixation on economic growth indicators has blinded our decision-makers to the enormous social and ecological damage such growth causes.
India’s Internet Has a Caste System. Welcome The ‘Bultoo Class’ and Their ‘Voicebook’
This new radio is democratic. People walk to a place where mobile signal is available to record their songs and messages to a server.
फेसबुक उपयोगी, पर भारत में ‘वॉइसबुक’ अधिक जरूरी (in Hindi)
"ज्यादातर लोगों का दायरा अक्सर सीमित होता है, ऐसे लोगों को फेसबुक की नहीं वॉइसबुक की जरूरत है."
Maker Magic
Maker spaces are drawing everyone from artists creating movie props to hobbyists making furniture and youngsters building drones and robots.