Ladakh: Tourism gives a new lease of life to critically endangered double-humped camel

Once regarded as a burden and used for carrying load in the remote regions of [...]

Vanita Borade: Maharashtra’s ‘snake friend’ who has rescued 75,000 snakes; works without fee for biodiversity conservation

Vanita has found a place in the India Book of Records as the country’s first [...]

How Chennai’s Tüla has made organic farm-to-fashion viable by reviving desi cotton cultivation & weaving

True to its name, which means cotton as well as balance, Tüla is trying to [...]

Debal Deb: Seed warrior who has conserved 1,480 traditional rice varieties & shared them for free with over 7,600 farmers 

Deb resigned from his job at the World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India) in 1996 [...]

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V Priya Rajnarayanan: This MBA has saved over 500 varieties of native vegetable seeds; gives them free to farmers & gardeners

Priya's seed collection includes over 100 types of brinjal, more than 60 types of chillies, [...]

Rajasthan’s Khejadli: The inspiration behind the Chipko Movement

363 members of the Bishnoi community sacrificed their lives to protect Khejdi trees almost three [...]

Jammu: From cleaning rivers to making cow dung logs for crematoriums, how Disha is greening the City of Temples

The NGO, run by working professionals, is creating awareness around civic issues, motivating citizens to [...]

Shobana Chandrashekar’s initiative to ‘Make Ooty Beautiful’ brings down plastic use in the hill station; reclaims public spaces

Since 2014, MOB has been working towards strengthening solid waste management, reducing the use of [...]

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Uday Krishna: The Hyderabad man saving old trees by translocating them to schools, factories & graveyards

Uday's NGO Vata Foundation has so far translocated over 2,500 trees with a survival rate [...]

Recycling: Five cafés offering food in exchange for plastic

Local administrations have launched these cafés where rag-pickers and other residents can exchange plastic for [...]