Category: Environment

  • Top 5 NGOs working for a better environment

    You too can help save nature through your donations EVERY year, since its inception in 1974, World Environment Day has been celebrated on June 5 across the globe. First conceived in 1972’s Stockholm Conference on Human Environment it has been the UN’s primary medium for promoting awareness for environmental protection.  This year WED is being…

  • Solar power as a lifestyle in rural India

      Humans have a tendency to apply unnatural techniques to nature, destroy it and then employ technology once again to repair it. We have been circling in the loop for ages. Our ancestors never banked on coal and petroleum. They relied on the Sun. And guess what? That’s the solution we need. Instead of getting…

  • How it all began at TRDC

    Knowing Mr. Anil Abbi’s story puts everything that TRDC does into context. After all, they work in a fairly unknown (to layman) district that’s quite a drive away from urban life. Mr. Anil Abbi hails from the district of Haveri himself (Yes, it’s a story reminiscent of the Shahrukh Khan starrer Swades) He was born…

  • Working in one of India’s poorest districts

    Of all the NGO visits I have done till date, my visit to TRDC has by far been the most unique. A good five-hour drive from Bangalore, TRDC works in 61 villages in the district of Haveri. Wikipedia will tell you that by road, Haveri is about 340 km from Bangalore on the NH-4 towards…