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Banana wise: This fashion designer in Shravasti uses banana crop waste to make women financially independent
Baudhanchal self-help group helps women in the east Uttar Pradesh district to make handicrafts from banana waste and sell them for a living
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Solid waste management: Why integrating informal sector is a must
There is an urgent need to frame and implement a uniform waste-picker welfare law that recognises and integrates them into the waste management chain.
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This town in Kerala has set its sights on becoming India’s first carbon-neutral panchayat
We tried to find out how much greenhouse gases are being emitted within the panchayat boundaries.
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3R Bazar
Within months it had collected and sold items generating Rs 75K in revenue, which proves the concept ... in a small town like Ujjain.
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The Dafaalis of Pithoragarh: a young tribe of nature-loving wanderers
By volunteering with the Harela Society, Pithoragarh youth have found different ways to make the conservation of nature a part of their daily lives.
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Re-Storing Hope
People had more than enough things to spare and these items could find a new life - an excellent channel for reuse and recycle.
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Bengaluru’s well diggers have shown how traditional water bodies can be revived: Water activitst Vishwanath Srikantaiah
"We must build the governance and institutional capabilities for an integrated urban water management system. The rest will follow."
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Unique school in Assam accepts plastic waste as school fees!
... to create a curriculum that would fit the students’ aspirations, enabling them and their families to build a better tomorrow.
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This 26-year-old is cleaning up Andamans, one beach at a time
Having put up waste segregation posters all over the island, she plans to now put them up on every auto and cab to sensitize tourists.