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A Decade-Long India-Switzerland Partnership Just Handed Indian Cities a Blueprint for Net-Zero Planning
Ten years ago, four Indian cities — Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, and Rajkot in Gujarat — became the test bed for a question India’s urban planners still haven’t fully answered: how do you actually embed climate action into the daily business of running a city, rather than treating it as a side…
440 Animals, 15 kg of Ivory, 33 Arrests: Inside India’s Latest Crackdown on Wildlife Trafficking
On July 10, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted a group near Sujangarh, Rajasthan, and recovered about 11 kilograms of elephant ivory. It was one seizure among more than a dozen carried out in the span of roughly a week, spanning Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and India’s international airports — and together…
900 Indian Cities Are Racing to Catch the Monsoon Before It Runs to the Sea
In Itanagar, rooftop rainwater harvesting systems are now feeding storage tanks instead of letting monsoon runoff wash straight into the nearest drain. In Korba and Warangal, recharge structures were built and switched on before this year’s monsoon arrived, timed deliberately so the first rains of the season would actually be captured rather than wasted. In…
India Is Already Recycling 70% of Its Textile Waste — Here’s the Invisible Supply Chain Making That Happen
Somewhere in Mongolpuri, Delhi, roadside handlers at Katran Market sort through cutting waste trucked in from garment units in Noida, Gurugram, Manesar and Jaipur — separating it by colour so it can be sold on to bigger recycling clusters. A few hundred kilometres away, in Panipat, that sorted waste gets pulled apart, respun and rewoven…
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Naarica — Sustainable Reusable Period Panties from India
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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,…
