It was my father who bought a birdhouse from the Nature Forever Society Exhibition Stall at the InOrbit Mall in Mumbai and we fixed it the very next day outside my bedroom window on the seventh floor.
To my surprise it hardly took a few hours for the sparrows to come checking out a brand new accommodation in a space starved city like Mumbai. It just goes to show that it is not only humans, but even birds need a roof [More...]
The Lifestyle Portal has brought to light many attempts by people and organizations who strive to make the world a better place. Through personal effort some individuals have made a notable change in our society, which makes us take notice of their efforts.
One such unique organization that we came across is Elrhino – that creates unique items and accessories out of elephant and rhino dung. It not only helps sustain and provide employment to the rural people of the area, [More...]
Green the Gap is a novel upcycling concept initiated by Swechha a leading youth organization based in Delhi.
Started in the year 2000 by Vimlendu Jha the Founder and Executive Director of Swechha, this is a Delhi based youth-run NGO that is actively involved in several environmental and social development issues as well.
“We strive to inspire action using awareness, communication, training and advocacy as primary tools. We have three cross cutting focus areas which run throughout our varied programmes i.e. environment [More...]
We always talk about going back to our roots. This often has a cultural context to it; but somehow there’s more to it than that just the cultural connotation. Going back to our roots does not necessarily mean culture or back to our homeland, it also means living a healthier and a more sustainable way of life the way our grandparents and their parents have lived.
I remember when we would visit our ancestral home in Bandel (an hour’s journey by train [More...]
It is important for us to get to know our forests. They are not only our national heritage but treasures more precious than gold, and the primary source for our survival.
It is only when you are in it and feel its presence do you realize how stunning the forests are.
Here is a rare account of one of the most popular national parks in the country. It is a unique story told to us by a 29-year Divya Shrivastava Khandal who [More...]
28-year-old Smita D. Shirodkar, CEO and Founder of Earthoholics shares her journey with our readers on how a search for developing her backyard garden led her to create one of the most popular and sought after eco-friendly ventures in the city.
A Commerce and an MCOM graduate, and an MBA in Operations, Smita started working part time in her father’s consumer electronics business since college and eventually founded Earthoholics in November 2011.
Armed with a team that consists of Anuradha who is [More...]
There is a mindset that conservation does not include urban landscapes. But the fact is, while our forests need to be saved of their flora and fauna, so do the cities and towns need to protect theirs. Conservation of urban flora and fauna is also something that needs to be considered and sparrows, bees and trees definitely form a part of it.
We caught up with 32-year-old Eco-Warrior Mohammed Dilawar, the Founder of Nature Forever Society based in Nasik about his [More...]
The bee population in our cities is declining at an alarming rate. One should not go by their small size as they do a lot of work than we can ever imagine, and one of them is helping us preserve our fragile ecosystem. Here is one such organization – the Mumbai Bees an Urban Beekeeping initiative of Under The Mango Tree that is working very hard to bring back the bee population in our cities. We caught up with Mumbai Bees [More...]
