recycling
New and Useful from the Old and Useless

The weavers use about 5 kilos of the fabric extracted from old clothes to create a bedcover or other article

Re-Store sells all stuff you’d like to discard

Trivedi, who initiated Re-Store, hopes to take the message of re-use, exchange, rent, repair, as opposed to buying new, to many more people.

Natural substitute for fertilisers

Cow dung, cow urine, molasses, besan, and soil from an anthill go to make an excellent pest repellant and fertiliser for Koraput fields!

Pride of Place

The transformation of a waste-picker's dark and ill-ventilated house into a bright, airy and safe home.

Youth drive revival of traditional rice varieties in West Bengal

“Traditional rice cultivars are inherently endowed with higher nutritional value than their chemically grown counterparts.”

Cross-border environmentalism and the future of South Asia

"When will New Delhi rise to connect the dots between representative democracy and ecological sanity?"

A rice, lost and found

The rice, endemic to Kerala, adapted to the salinity of the coastal areas. To survive the tides the plant grew taller - to 1.5 meters.

Residents ‘Adopt’ Vitthalwadi River Stretch, Hyacinth Cleared

Alternate layers of dry leaves (from the city) and aquatic plants from a one-km stretch of the Mutha river are layered on the banks and composted.

जल, थल और मल (in Hindi)

नए तरह के शौचालय में मल और मूत्र दो अलग-अलग खानों में जाते हैं, जहां इन्हें सड़ा कर खाद बनाया जाता है।