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Solution Deep-Dives
Dehradun
Building a House? Go for Eco-Friendly Bricks that Cut Carbon, Save Soil and Cost Less
Even as India races to meet its housing and infrastructure needs, a quiet revolution is taking shape in its kilns and factories. Across the country, engineers and entrepreneurs are turning crop residue, fly ash and even discarded plastic into high-performance, climate-friendly bricks. These upcycled alternatives not only cut pollution and emissions, but are also commercially […]
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Bangalore
Why Banning Single-Use Plastic Fails
Every tourist season brings an outcry to ban plastic. First, TV and phone screens fill with scenery that makes city-dwellers sigh – a meadow in Himachal, riotous with wildflowers, or a lake so still it mirrors the sky. Then the camera pans, and there they are – chip packets gleaming in the sun, juice cartons […]
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Kerala’s Fisher Communities are Defending the Ocean from Climate and Corporates
On the southwest coast of India, long before policymakers began speaking of “nature-based solutions” or “ocean literacy”, fishers in Kerala already knew where life thrived beneath the waves. They called these underwater ecosystems “paru” – reefs, rocky outcrops and seabed formations where fish aggregate, breed and take shelter. For generations, this knowledge guided when to […]
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Dehradun
Meet the Chandrayaan-2 Scientist Solving the Water Crisis on Earth
In India’s vast but fragmented agricultural landscape, where livelihoods tilt with the monsoon winds, water is both lifeline and gamble. Riddhish Soni set out to change this through Aumsat Technologies, with tools forged for space exploration turned towards the Earth. Using radar, remote sensing and technologies that can detect resources under the surface of heavenly […]
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Kargil, Ladakh
Under Himalayan Sun and Rain, Kargil’s Apricot Farmers Adapt to a Changing Climate
On a clear autumn morning, Nargis Bano, 27, stands in her family’s apricot orchard, surrounded by a soft golden mat of fruit laid out on grass. The apricots, growing in Gargadoo village of Kargil, Ladakh, are Halman A-quality, carefully spaced, slowly drying in the open sun. Nargis moves lightly between them, turning each where needed. […]
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