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From Boardrooms to Streets: 400 Volunteers Lead Pan-India Clean-Up Across 13 Cities on National Cleanliness Day
Nearly 400 Grant Thornton employees joined The WE Foundation for a large-scale cleanliness and awareness drive across 13 cities.

One Bottle, One Bus Ticket: The Smart Idea Turning Recycling Into Sustainable Mobility
Student-led reverse vending machines are rewarding people with bus tickets for recycling plastic bottles, promoting cleaner cities and greener mobility.

Manisha Jasani’s LeafyLeather Turns India’s Corn Waste into Biodegradable, Cruelty-Free Leather for Sustainable Fashion
LeafyLeather transforms agricultural waste into eco-friendly leather alternatives, prioritising sustainability and purpose over profit.

Hyderabad Professor Converts 50 Tonnes of Plastic Waste Into Low-Cost Cleaner Fuel, Offering Hope for a Greener Future
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.

California’s Solar Canals Could Save 63 Billion Gallons of Water Annually While Generating 1.6 MW Clean Power
Project Nexus transforms irrigation canals into dual-purpose infrastructure, generating clean energy while drastically cutting water loss.

Hally War Wins Padma Shri 2026 For 50+ Years Of Growing Meghalaya’s Living Root Bridges
Meghalayan farmer Hally War earns the Padma Shri for a lifelong mastery of “weaving” self-repairing, living root bridges.

India Awards Padma Shri to Raghupat Singh Posthumously for Reviving 100 Crop Varieties and Empowering 3 Lakh Farmers
A Moradabad farmer’s lifelong mission to revive extinct seeds transformed sustainable agriculture and empowered generations of Indian farmers.

Phool Transforms Millions of Discarded Temple Flowers into Eco-Friendly Products, Creating Jobs and Protecting India’s Rivers
A Kanpur-based startup is converting discarded temple flowers into incense, compost, and vegan biomaterials, fostering circular economy and women’s empowerment.

Banana Waste to Road Safety: How Kenya Is Turning Farm Leftovers Into Green Infrastructure
Kenya is transforming discarded banana stems into flexible, eco-friendly road dividers, creating safer roads, supporting farmers, and advancing a circular economy.

From Waste To Walls: How Two Women Built A 4,000 Sq Ft Eco-Home Using 16,000 Plastic Bottles In Maharashtra
Defying scepticism, two women in Maharashtra transformed tonnes of plastic waste into a sustainable, low-cost home.

From Ritual to Responsibility: How Mawlynnong in Meghalaya Became Asia’s Cleanest Village and a Model for Sustainable Living
A small Khasi village in Meghalaya sets a global example with zero-waste living and daily community-led hygiene.

Minus Degre: How Two Brothers from Bihar Are Turning Discarded Plastic into Trusted Public Infrastructure
From Bihar’s culture of reuse to national infrastructure, two brothers are redefining plastic waste and dignity.
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