Ping! Elephants ahead: reducing human-elephant conflict, one SMS at a time
Forest authorities registered over 35,000 mobile numbers for the pre-warning SMS alert system, apart from several local WhatsApp groups.
New Grading Machine Helps Small Farmers
Agro-waste falls off the upper deck; small grain collects in one tub and the good grain remains in the middle deck, collecting in a separate tub.
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
Kerala agriculture minister: Organic and natural farming will give farmers self reliance and climate resilience
To strengthen the ability of farmers to be self-reliant with traditional technologies and better seeds.
The moment’s gone
Has your cell phone kidnapped the gawker in you?
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
Meet the man who is digitally conserving and restoring the Ajanta caves
The paintings in the 2000-year-old Ajanta Caves are in a precarious state and can’t be fully restored. But there is an attempt to restore them digitally
UN spotlight on Kerala’s energy-positive campus
Tropical rainforest trees help create cool surroundings. Certified green construction materials, recycled wood boards, etc. have been used.
Seeds of diversity, resilience and freedom
Saving, growing and eating desi seeds have become a political, social, economic, ecological, health and scientific imperative.