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India Generates 70 Lakh Tonnes of Textile Waste a Year. This Week, Delhi Is Showing What to Do About It
India generates 70.73 lakh tonnes of textile waste every year. About 29.73 lakh tonnes of that comes out of factories and workshops before it ever reaches a consumer — pre-consumer waste from cutting, trimming, and rejected production. The remaining 41 lakh tonnes is what consumers throw away: garments, fabrics, and accessories discarded when they wear…
How One Chhattisgarh District Built Nearly 3 Lakh Water Structures in a Year — and Brought a Nala Back to Life
In Chhattisgarh’s Balod district, a 14.3-kilometre stretch of nala — a seasonal drainage channel — was dead for most of the year. Then a community decided to intervene. Over a period of community-driven effort under the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari initiative, residents and Gram Panchayats working alongside the district administration constructed over 6,250 water conservation…
India Is Spending Rs 3,000 Crore to Save 15,000 Sacred Groves — and Doubling Down on Mangroves
India is about to spend Rs 3,000 crore over five years to restore something most people don’t know the country has: nearly 15,000 sacred groves — small forest patches preserved for centuries by local communities as spaces of spiritual and ecological significance. The Aastha Van Sanrakshan Yojana, approved at the 7th Meeting of the Governing…
India Launches Its First National Centre on Human-Wildlife Conflict — Here Is Why That Is Long Overdue
Between 2014 and 2024, over 6,000 people died in India as a result of encounters with wild animals. Elephants alone were responsible for nearly 3,000 of those deaths. Across the same period, hundreds of thousands of rural households faced repeated crop destruction from elephants, wild boars, nilgai, and other species — losses that translate directly…
Changemaker Spotlight
Naarica — Sustainable Reusable Period Panties from India
Kalyanamm — Turning Sacred Flowers into Eco-Friendly Incense
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Eco Friendly Ganpati Idols
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Guides & Comparisons
Best Khus Curtains for Natural Cooling: Eco-Friendly Summer Alternatives
Discover the best khus (vetiver) curtains for natural cooling this summer. These eco-friendly, zero-electricity cooling curtains are biodegradable, sustainable, and perfect for Indian homes.
11 Terrace Gardening Essentials
Terrace Gardening Essentials Planters, potting media, Organic fertilisers, Organic seeds, Drip irrigation, Organic Pesticide Neem oil
5 Eco-friendly Ganesha Idols We Can Buy Online for Ganesh Chaturthi 2024
Ganesh Chaturthi or “Vinayak Chaturthi” is one of the most sacred Hindu festivals. The festival celebrates the birth of Lord Ganesha – the supreme God of wisdom and prosperity. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on elaborate pandals (temporary stages) across the country. In this post,…
