Plates from Eggshells, Slippers From Leaves: Delhi Innovator Turns Waste to Wealth
Midushi Kochhar from Delhi is changing the narrative with her venture YLEM, which takes waste and turns it into beautiful cutlery and shoes.
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Solapur Girl Makes Leather from Waste Fish Scales, Showcases Designs at Global Runways
Meet Mayura Davda Shah, who quit her job in the engineering industry to build MAYU, a sustainable fashion brand that makes eco-friendly leather handbags and other products from waste fish skin.
3 Indian Structures That Replaced Concrete — One’s a Bunker Built From Plastic Waste at 14000 Ft
As sustainable architecture projects take off across India, we train our gaze on the ones that won our hearts. And we pose a simple question: does this material have a future, and can India leverage it?
This Eco-Friendly Mud House is a Stunning Ode to Tamil Nadu's Nalukettu Architecture
Looking for ideas to build a modern nalukettu mud house? Karai weekend home near Chennai uses mud and reclaimed wood to fuse modernity with Tamil Nadu's traditional architecture.
3 Friends Build Ecofriendly Row Houses in Bengaluru With Gorgeous Ethnic Architecture
Built by three friends with a dream of living in sustainable homes, this mud row house project in Bengaluru has rainwater harvesting, a flourishing fruit orchard and eco-friendly ethnic architecture.
‘How I Built a Mud Home in the Mountains for Rs 1.3 Lakh'
Neha Ballal built a sustainable home in Uttarakhand within a year and on a budget. Here’s how she did it.
Can We Build Sustainable Cities Without Relying on Cement? These Architects Have Answers
A wood tolerant to extreme temperatures, a paving material made of recycled materials — here’s how urban design is evolving! Let's take a look at India’s sustainable architecture.
Can India Turn Its Gaze to Materials Beyond Cement? These Architecture Projects Show How
Urban India is increasingly embracing sustainable architecture, with architects using eco-friendly materials to reduce environmental impact and support local craftsmanship. Projects featured here highlight how these materials enhance energy efficiency, durability, and aesthetic appeal while promoting traditional skills and reducing carbon footprints.
In Villages Across India, Solar Atta Chakkis Are Turning Farmers Into First-Generation Entrepreneurs
Naveen, like many other first-generation entrepreneurs, has turned to decentralised renewable energy (DRE) technologies from DD Solar Solutions. His solar atta chakki now helps him earn a stable income.
How a Bankless Loan Model Is Giving Indian Farmers Low-Cost Access to Climate-Smart Solutions
Rang De works on a peer-to-peer lending model, which enables small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs by making decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions accessible through low-cost credit.
Meet the 3 Friends Lighting Up 150 Remote Villages With Solar Power
When solar power enters a village, it does more than enable. It empowers. Gram Oorja’s solar solutions are infusing a sustainable hope in communities that once lived in darkness.
A Mud School That Feels Like Home for 210 Tribal Kids Is Falling Apart. You Can Help Save It
The mud school is an endeavour by Bhopal-based NGO Muskaan that focuses its energies on informal urban settlements and villages, particularly de-notified tribes. It is crumbling. Help restore it.
What are Farmers Growing Under Solar Panels in Their Farms? Understanding Agrivoltaics
Across India, farmers are experimenting with a new model — one that doesn’t take away land, but adds to its potential. It’s sustainable, surprising, and quietly powerful. In Parbhani, something remarkable is growing under the sun. And it’s not what you’d expect.
How These Stunning Spaces Stay Cool, Clean the Air & Use Natural Materials Like Lime & Stone
As cities transition to more eco-friendly options of design and construction, we browse through some compelling sustainable architecture projects.
In Rural India, Solar Startups Are Powering Handlooms, Farms & Forgotten Villages
From subsidies that encourage the adoption of green power to microgrids that reduce dependency on traditional power sources these startups are ensuring nothing hinders solar adoption in India's villages.
How Kamal Malik Restored Asia's Oldest Ice Factory & Turned it Into IF.BE in Mumbai
Kamal Malik transformed Mumbai's historic Ice Factory, once an 1878 ice production site, into the vibrant IF.BE creative hub. The 10,000-square-foot space now features art venues, workshops, and a café. Malik preserved the building's history while integrating sustainability, making IF.BE a modern cultural landmark.
A World Beyond Concrete: 5 Construction Materials India is Using to Make Sustainable Homes
Sustainable Indian Architecture: With materials that date back to the Harappan Civilisation to those that reduce noise, the construction landscape in India is seeing a shift.
‘For Us & Our 4 Dogs’: Peek Inside a Couple’s Dream Home That Exudes Sustainability
Amritha and Harshit's home in Chennai is constructed using minimal cement and concrete, yet stands proud and tall and a proof that sustainable architecture can look royal.
‘Mud Isn’t Kaccha’: In Rajasthan, A Regal Farmhouse Stays Naturally Cool in the Desert
Architect Shreya Srivastava and her firm Studio Shunya have designed an eco-friendly mud home and farmhouse that maintains neutral temperatures even in Rajasthan’s harsh climate.
Zero Electricity Bills, No ACs: Couple’s Dream Home is Made of Mud & Recycled Wood
Vani Kannan and her husband Balaji were living in England for 16 years when the birth of their first child caused them to return to India and build an eco-friendly, mud home.