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Aditi Khurana

Educator

Based in New Delhi, Aditi Khurana is the International Regional Coordinator for School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City. >
The women calling for an end to female genital mutilation through film

From catchy and cute to raw and haunting, check out how filmmakers are speaking out. >
Not a plastic bag

India’s EnviGreen pushes 100 per cent biodegradable, edible alternatives to plastic. >
Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Morocco, Singapore & India are investing heavily in the abundant power of the sun. >
Living in a landfill

This photo series documents a community surrounded by mountains of trash. >
Challenging our understanding of waste

Landfills could be a source of usable materials. >
Award-winning initiative turns theory into solution

CHHAT won the 2016 Fuller Challenge because of its ability to address real-life problems surrounding human shelter. >
Yogita Agrawal on design for impact in India

Design Indaba Global Graduate Yogita Agrawal shares two of her projects: a wearable that uses human movement to power a light and a soap pen to improve hygiene. >
Indian scientists create device to collect solar energy more efficiently

This new CSIR development may pose a solution to land restraints and solar energy production in India. >
Tired running shoes turned into slippers for school children

GreenSole collects old trainers and transforms them into new shoes for rural kids. >
Saving the planet with art supplies

The startup turning air pollution into ink. >
Photographer documents the struggles of Jatra’s former actors

Soumya Sankar Bose photographs the folk-theatre actors who have left the stage behind to make a living. >
Dencity competition winners foster new ideas that tackle high density in informal settlements

Social, architectural and technological solutions to improve the living conditions in the world’s urban slums. >
Flood-prone affordable homes empower slum residents

Alok Shetty addresses the bleak housing conditions of the urban poor in Bangalore >
Affordable, modular housing design comes fully fitted

Indian architects present a prefab housing system where the storage and furnishings form part of the unit. >
Indian engineer designs a more intuitive walking aid

Sensor device helps the visually impaired navigate their environments with greater ease. >
Throw-away culture challenged at the Repair Café

The Repair Café encourages repurposing and reuse by creating a second chance for items headed for the bin. >
School on Wheels brings education to impoverished children

A bus remodelled to become a mobile classroom for children with no access to school facilities in Mumbai. >
Recycled materials unite on a grand scale with Collage House

The Mumbai home is made from a collection of recycled and found materials. >
Recycle India finds a solution to dangerous waste materials

Recycle India turns oil drums and tyres into furniture. >
Art as a tool for integration in India

The Aravani Art Project’s painted murals work to integrate India’s transgender community. >
Gau Gas creates energy from animal waste

Cooking with fossil fuels over an open flame is harmful to people and the environment, SustainEarth offers a biogas alternative. >
MakeRight: Involving prisoners in anti-crime design

MakeRight is an initiative that gets prisoners to help manufacture “theft-proof” bags that consider the user and the abuser and designs out the crime. >
Green Product: The Ragbag is made of old tea bags and recycled plastic

Ragbag accessories and bags are sustainably and ethically made by women in India from old tea bags and recycled plastic bags. >

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