by Darshana Ramdev | Dec 24, 2024
(December 24, 2024) In the 1980s, the inhabitants of Gopalpura, a village in Rajasthan, were suffering from a disease they called ‘rathondi’, or night blindness. In 1985, Rajendra Singh, an Ayurvedic doctor and the founder of an NGO named Tarun Bharat...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 18, 2024
(December 18, 2024) Madhav Dhananjaya Gadgil, one of India’s most celebrated ecologists has received the 2024 United Nations’ Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award—one of United Nation’s top honours, for decades of dedication to community led environmental...
by Charu Thakur | Sep 18, 2024
(September 18, 2024) When Sahar Mansoor began her zero-waste journey in 2015, she was keen to avoid single use plastic like the plague. This meant shopping from only package free grocery stores or replacing cold medication with hot ginger tea or trying everything to...