Chewang Norphel’s artificial glaciers store winter water, ensuring timely irrigation for Ladakh’s farmers while strengthening climate resilience sustainably.
Ahmedabad’s plantation drive created a Guinness World Record with 3.61 lakh saplings, but their survival will define the real environmental impact.
Anupriya Nayak and Team Udaan are exploring how sugarcane waste can be repurposed into affordable menstrual care solutions while reducing environmental impact.
At 83, Romulus Whitaker continues a lifelong mission of reptile conservation, wildlife education and helping people coexist with nature.
After spending 24 hours observing a Bengaluru garbage dump, Arun Pai transformed civic responsibility into The Ugly Indian, a citizen-led movement inspiring cleaner public spaces across India.
He wasn’t trained as a field biologist, yet he spent over four decades giving India’s forests and wildlife a powerful voice. From founding Sanctuary Asia to educating millions through Kids for Tigers, Bittu Sahgal turned storytelling into conservation action, proving that ordinary citizens hold the power to safeguard fragile ecosystems and empower grassroots environmental guardians across the nation.
Recognised by the Asia Book of Records, Aadavi’s journey shows how one Tamil Nadu family turned sustainable parenting into a long-term climate action initiative by planting 6,000 fruit trees.
From her roots in the Himalayas to leading a global movement for biodiversity, Vandana Shiva has spent over four decades advocating sustainable agriculture, seed sovereignty and farmers’ rights.
An English professor transformed discarded coconut leaves into biodegradable drinking straws, creating a global eco-friendly business that reduces plastic waste while generating livelihoods for rural women.
For over two decades, Manipur environmentalist Moirangthem Loiya transformed a fire-ravaged barren hill into a 300-acre biodiverse forest, proving that one person’s determination can restore nature.
