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Meet the School Principals Redefining Pune’s Environmental Future

Discover how visionary school principals in Pune are acting as intermediate policymakers—driving plastic-free schools and making Mission City Chakra a city-wide success. The Environmental Challenge Cities Cannot Solve Alone Urban environmental challenges—plastic pollution, waste mismanagement, and declining public health—are often addressed through top-down policies or citizen-level appeals. What is frequently overlooked is the middle layer […]

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A Zero-Waste Pune and India — Yes, It Is Possible

Protecting Child Health While Turning Policy Into Action In just two years, Mission City Chakra — an initiative of the Centre for Sustainable Development at Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics — has partnered with more than 600 schools across Pune. Out of these, 130 schools have already adopted zero-waste policies, impacting nearly 2.5 lakh

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