Student-led reverse vending machines are rewarding people with bus tickets for recycling plastic bottles, promoting cleaner cities and greener mobility.
LeafyLeather transforms agricultural waste into eco-friendly leather alternatives, prioritising sustainability and purpose over profit.
A purpose-driven innovation by a Hyderabad professor shows how non-recyclable plastic can be transformed into low-cost fuel while tackling India’s growing waste crisis.
Project Nexus transforms irrigation canals into dual-purpose infrastructure, generating clean energy while drastically cutting water loss.
Meghalayan farmer Hally War earns the Padma Shri for a lifelong mastery of “weaving” self-repairing, living root bridges.
A Moradabad farmer’s lifelong mission to revive extinct seeds transformed sustainable agriculture and empowered generations of Indian farmers.
A Kanpur-based startup is converting discarded temple flowers into incense, compost, and vegan biomaterials, fostering circular economy and women’s empowerment.
Kenya is transforming discarded banana stems into flexible, eco-friendly road dividers, creating safer roads, supporting farmers, and advancing a circular economy.
Defying scepticism, two women in Maharashtra transformed tonnes of plastic waste into a sustainable, low-cost home.
A small Khasi village in Meghalaya sets a global example with zero-waste living and daily community-led hygiene.
