Nature is not a resource to conquer, but a sacred extension of our own being. Led by the fearless Amrita Devi, the Bishnoi community famously chose to shield sacred khejri trees with…
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Dr. Jane Goodall: Pioneer of primate ethology
True kinship with the natural world requires us to observe with empathy rather than intellectual dominance. Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking decades at Gombe Reserve shattered scientific dogma by revealing the deep emotional…
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Kenyan engineer turns deadly water hyacinth into eco-friendly innovation
Witness a remarkable narrative of ecological resilience on the troubled waters of Lake Naivasha, where an invasive weed is transformed into solutions for our planet. Kenyan engineer Joseph Nguthiru brilliantly reimagines this…
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Angelina Jolie: Hollywood icon with a heart of gold
Look past the flashbulbs of Hollywood and you will find Angelina Jolie sitting on the dirt floor of a crowded refugee camp, sharing the exact same rudimentary conditions as the field staff…
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Johan Eliasch, a billionaire-conservationist
In 2005, billionaire philanthropist Johan Eliasch took definitive action against climate change by purchasing 400,000 acres of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. By immediately shutting down an active logging factory, his £8 million investment…
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Voice of the Wild: John Muir’s National Park Legacy
Nature speaks a silent language that only a few truly pause to understand. For one visionary spirit, a sudden life-altering injury became the catalyst to abandon conventional ambition and walk straight into…
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Nimal Raghavan: The techie who restored countless water bodies
Nimal Raghavan’s inspiring journey: Quitting a tech job to restore countless water bodies across India, bringing hope to cyclone-affected regions. Water is the quiet, pulsing baseline of all human civilization—when it flows,…
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Peepal Baba, the man who planted over 20 million trees
Can one individual restore Planet Earth’s natural air conditioning? For over 40 years, Swami Prem Parivartan, more famous as Peepal Baba, has spearheaded a green revolution by planting and preserving more than…
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Legendary Personalities: Sunderlal Bahuguna
It is a tragic irony that the man who fought to provide a breath of fresh air to people lost his life struggling for oxygen amidst the pandemic. A pioneering environmentalist, Sunderlal…
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Couple buys a piece of rain-forest and transforms it into a paradise
Pamela Malhotra and her husband Anil have found a special calling in life: together they run the Sai Sanctuary, the only private wildlife reserve and conservation area in India. When they bought the piece of…
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Manipur: How one man planted a 300-acre forest near Imphal
IMPHAL: At a time when global warming and climate change are dictating geopolitics, 45-year-old Moirangthem Loiya from Manipur comes across as a leading light. For the last 18 years, Loiya, a resident…
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India plants 66 million trees in 12 hours as part of record-breaking environmental campaign
Volunteers in India planted more than 66 million trees in just 12 hours in a record-breaking environmental drive. About 1.5 million people were involved in the huge plantation campaign, in which saplings…