Indian startup Avant Garde invents low cost wind turbine to power up elctrical appliances.

Courtesy - Ecoideaz Indian startup Avant Garde Innovations has developed a low-cost wind turbine that can generate 3-5 kW hours of electricity daily Soon after assuming office, Kerala (southern state of India) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan kicked up a storm by publicly supporting the Athirappilly hydro electric project, which environmentalists said, if implemented, would create ecologic imbalance in the area and destroy the Athirappilly...

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Water Man of Rajasthan

Courtesy  -  ecoindia Rajendra Singh, is a winner of 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award For Community leadership. He leads an organization, Tarun Bhagat Sangh, which is supported by the United Nations, USIAD, and the World bank. He was highly appreciated and recognized for the efforts he made for harvesting rain water water by building check dams in Rajasthan. It is because of this he is popularly known as the 'Jal Pusush' or the 'Water man of...

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Aranya Eco Village an Organic farm near Anchetti forest.

Courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/tuar6/ Rajnish Kumar (Founder of Aranya Eco Village)      I come from a farming family near Bihar(raja rajnish kumar). I left my studies in Delhi in 2008 to broaden my horizons at the Shikshantar Institute in Udaipur. here I learned many things from film making to water conservation. I joined the Environmental Leadership Programme at Sadhana Forest in Auroville I learnt about vegan cooking,...

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A 13 year old Backyard Farmer - Know more

*courtesy Gopi Devarajan (Facebook) Last Friday veg market at the OFM (www.ofmtn.in) , something special happened. Siva, a small kid who is in 7th standard came to ofm along with his mother (who is a regular customer of ofm). His mom told me something which surprised me, she said that siva is interested in growing plants and he is aspiring to be a farmer !!! ( did you hear that). They started as a consumer at one of the OFM outlets in thuraipakkam,...

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Once A Chartered Accountant, She Left Her Corporate Job To Pursue Organic Farming & Help Farmers

Courtesy: Logical Indian “Despite primary agricultural produce being essential for the livelihood of every person, it doesn’t yield profits for the farmer. Why does this happen?” questions Vishala, a chartered accountant with the determination to repair the condition of the farming sector. Vishala (AKA Vishalakshi Padmanabhan) had been working in the corporate sector for four years before she decided to take a different path – one which...

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Organic Farms in and around Bangalore to Volunteer or Intern

Those who like to spend weekends volunteering for farmers and who like to learn organic farming to setup their own farm, Here are the few farms where you can volunteer and learn organic farming in and around bangalore. Annadana soil and seed savers network                                 Annadana...

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Infosys Software Engineer to a Farmer - Know more

Courtesy: Better India     Shankar Kotian from Moodu-Konaje village near Moodbidre in Karnataka says “I was heading a team of 10 people in Infosys. After you reach a certain position in IT, there is not much to learn. There are no challenges. You commute for 3-4 hours everyday. You work mechanically and that’s it. I had reached a saturation point where I was not enjoying anything even though I had everything,”  Shankar...

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Back2basics farm at Banglore by Madhusudhan

courtesy-yourstory Kiwis from New Zealand, Cattley guavas from Colombia, Chinese mulberries – exotic fruits that S. Madhusudhan was told would not survive in Bengaluru. But, they did not just survive but thrived in his organic farm in suburban Bengaluru. Prior to starting up back2basics, Madhusudhan, an IIM-B alumnus, served three decades in advertising and marketing at Bharti Airtel (South India) and at Manipal Group, where he was...

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Explore Tamil nadu by volunteering in organic farms

volunteer in organic farms in Tamil Nadu and explore. courtesy - ITS organic VANAGAM Headquarters: Nammalvar Ecological Foundation, 60/3, L B Road, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041. Field office: Nammalvar Ecological Foundation, Suruman Patti Village, Kadavur Post,Tharagampatti via, Karur Dt. E-mail: Nammalvar@gmail.com and sadhguru@gmail.com. Phone: +91-94425-31699 and +91-94426-24589. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); VANAGAM...

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