As per a phrase in Kannada, Thanu-Mana-Dhana (one can help with one’s body, mind or wealth, but always only with good intention), a centurion named Saalumarada Thimmakka started the mission of planting trees along with…
Ranthambore’s First Woman Naturalist
Suraj Bai Meena began her journey in 2007 as a woman naturalist, when she was just 16 years old. Today she has completed over 7000 guided tours. [auth] “I grew up on the periphery of…
Mir of Kashmir: Wildlife Rescuer
Aaliya Mir, a resident of Srinagar, spends her days rescuing deadly vipers from Kashmiri homes, saving bear cubs and reuniting them with their mothers. [auth] The 42 year old former Maths teacher, with sports shoes,…
Farmer’s Unique Marketing Idea
By switching to organic farming, Purushottam Sidhpara from Junagadh, Gujarat, cut down his input costs by 40% and water usage by 20% while earning export orders from 10 countries. He invites potential dealers/customers to his…
Keeper of Kerala’s Silent Valley
The Silent Valley National Park in Palakkad is one of the most well-known tropical forests in India, with a wide variety of rare species of flora and fauna including the endangered lion-tailed macaque. [auth] In…
Urban Jungle on Terrace
A retired Engineer from Bengaluru, Nataraja Upadhya has created an urban jungle on his terrace with many trees, and lots of butterflies and birds. Bengaluru is a concrete jungle now. Waiting for a hot summer,…
The First Railway Station in India with Vertical…
Environmental scientists visited and recorded the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Ludhiana and found it 275. But the AQI in the Office of Rohit Mehra at the India Revenues Service (IRS), was just 78! Read…
A Chapel with a Cosmic Countenance
When we, the Good Shepherd Sisters, decided to build our new Provincialate in 2018, in Nagpur, I dreamt of a chapel which would reflect emerging spirituality. I wanted it to embrace the Universe and its…
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE – TO SOLVE PERENNIAL WATER CRISIS
Gujarat Woman Revives 675 Water bodies to solve Water Crisis of 5000 families in Kutch. On World Water Day (22nd March), Gazala Paul, founder of Ahmedabad-based NGO ‘Samerth’, talked about how she helped 97 villages…