How Oikos Created a Sustainable Office That Has Lasted 20 Years Most offices begin with questions like: “Which furniture should we buy?” “What colour should the walls be?” “Should we have glass cabins?” When Oikos Ecological Services moved into its new office in Pune in 2006, they began with a completely different question. Can an […]
When sustainability becomes part of everyday school life, environmental responsibility grows naturally with every child Every school has the potential to shape the future. Some do it through academic excellence. Others do it by helping children experience values that stay with them for life. At Sheth R. N. Shah English Medium Primary School and Dr.
Every sustainability journey begins with someone who sees not just a problem, but an opportunity. For Mrs. Kirti Pandit, Principal of Huzurpaga English Medium School, Mangdewadi, Katraj, that opportunity came in the form of a simple question: What if the flowers offered during worship could nourish a school garden instead of polluting a river? Turning
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Huzurpaga’s Sou. Shobhatai Rasiklal Dhariwal English Medium School became the first school to implement Mission City Chakra’s plastic-free school policies. Through annual parent pledges, steel tiffins, steel bottles and sustained policy implementation, the school demonstrates how lasting behaviour change can be achieved. The First School to Say “Yes” When Mission City Chakra was still an
How One Family Business Has Been Preventing Waste for Over Seven Decades If someone asked where Pune’s circular economy began, one might instinctively think of recent sustainability startups or sharing platforms. The answer, however, may lie in a modest shop on Bajirao Road. For over seventy years, Sansar has quietly demonstrated one of the most
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Shampoo bars are replacing liquid shampoo in plastic bottles. Learn how solid shampoo cuts packaging waste, eliminates PET bottles, reduces transport emissions, and saves resources by removing water from the product. A small change in form, a big change in impact Most of us grew up thinking shampoo must be liquid in a plastic bottle.
In a world where every drop of resource matters, many everyday products still carry hidden inefficiencies. Take your typical liquid hand wash: it’s mostly water. That means most of the weight and volume transported from factories to stores to your home is just… water — with all the associated energy, packaging, and emissions. What if
The Daily Tea-Coffee Habit We Never Question In most offices, tea and coffee arrive in paper cups—quietly, efficiently, and without debate. One cup.Then another.Every day. It feels harmless. But let’s pause and do the maths. The Maths of a “Small” Habit Let’s take one office employee — Mr. X. Daily: 2 paper cups Weekly: 10
Discover the Skip the Slip movement in the US, why thermal paper receipts are harmful, and how opting out can reduce waste and protect health. Every day across the world, millions of shoppers receive paper receipts they quickly discard, tuck into pockets, or forget at the bottom of their bags. What feels like a small
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Plastic tiffins are not a personal lifestyle issue. They are a public health, waste prevention, and governance challenge. Here’s why eliminating them requires policy-level action. Reframing the Conversation: This Is Not About Personal Preference Plastic tiffins are often discussed as a choice: “People should choose better.”“Families can switch if they want to.”“It’s a lifestyle decision.”
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