From picking up litter during morning runs in Delhi to leading a nationwide plogging movement, Ripu Daman Bevli has made fitness a tool for civic responsibility.
By transitioning over one million smallholder farmers to chemical-free agriculture, the Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) program restored degraded soil and won the prestigious 2024 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity.
Once invisible, 42,000 waste pickers are now being recognised for their crucial role in climate action.
Ahead of Ganesh Utsav and Janmashtami, Bikaner artisans are transforming cow dung into handcrafted idols while exploring more eco-conscious festive celebrations.
IFS officer S. Deepika is transforming coal-mine landscapes across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra through plantations and community participation.
By empowering local community forest user groups and drawing upon an ancient spiritual ethos of oneness with nature, Nepal reversed decades of severe deforestation, nearly doubling its forest cover to over 45%.
In Gujarat’s Zakariyapura, 368 livestock-owning households use biogas plants to turn cattle dung into cooking fuel and slurry into agricultural value.
For nearly a decade, Pandit Jeevraj Shrimali has combined religious awareness, waste management and community action to protect Jodhpur’s polluted ponds.
Leaving corporate careers at Flipkart, SAP, and IBM in Bengaluru, Ankur and Rashmi Sachan returned to Kanpur during the pandemic to establish Tuhi Farms, a 5.5-acre chemical-free agroforestry model growing over 30 crop varieties.
College friends Akriti Verma and Bhavya Jhunjhunwala launched SewMuchBetter in Kanpur with just ₹30,000–₹40,000 to combat fast-fashion waste, creating zero-waste handcrafted apparel worn by Madhuri Dixit.
