Stories

Award winning writer to restore Puttenahalli Lake in Bengaluru

The efforts of an Engineer to restore multiple lakes in Bengaluru

Women led nature based adaptation to climate change

Story of two young climate advocates in a remote Himalayan mountains

A community run radio station for weather and climate

An Interview with Ronald George, a Fisherman from Keezhamanakudy

An Interview with Rev Fr Anto Joris, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu

Story of a Social Activist in Sand Dune Conservation

A video shared by The Better India highlights the work of Gurunandan Rao, a mechanical engineer and Founder of HandsOn Foundation, who played a key role in restoring "Lalbagh Lake" using science-led, nature-first methods.

A social media video features Supriya Sahu, a senior IAS officer and key figure in Tamil Nadu's environmental governance framework, speaking about the State government's decision to notify 100 new reserved forests. The move marks a significant expansion of protected forest areas in Tamil Nadu and reflects the government's strategy to strengthen biodiversity conservation while advancing climate resilience.

Jadav Payeng, often called the "Forest Man of India," spent roughly four decades planting trees on a barren sandbar along the Brahmaputra River in Assam. What began as a personal effort to restore damaged land grew into a 1,300-acre forest now known as Molai Forest.

Dr Jayshree Vencatesan's journey didn't begin in a lab — it began in childhood, in quiet moments spent with her father, who taught her to deeply respect the natural world. That early spark lit a lifelong passion for conservation that would eventually shape her into one of India's foremost wildlife scientists.

The cultural resistance that managed to save the tamarind tree in a South Kolkata neighbourhood.

A group of tree lovers, mostly in their 70s and 80s now, has been passionately planting trees in a Kolkata locality, which now offers its own challenge to global warming. Kolkata has been listed as one of the 20 cities in the world most at risk from climate change.

In one of India's most heat-vulnerable regions, Supriya Sahu is putting in place a suite of effective cooling regulations and nature-based adaptation measures to improve the health and safety of families. Residents of Tamil Nadu's most vulnerable communities are already feeling the benefits.

Meet Nimal Raghavan, the "Lake Man of India". What began as a small effort to revive one lake after Cyclone Gaja soon turned into a nationwide movement — where volunteers, newlyweds, cricket teams, and celebrities are joining hands to restore lakes across drought-affected regions.

In a landmark step toward strengthening community-led conservation, representatives from 37 villages under Athibung sub-division, Peren district, on October 17 adopted a set of resolutions to protect and preserve the Ntangki National Park and its surrounding biodiversity.

In a region hit hard by climate change, where salinity of agricultural land has become a major concern, indigenous rice varieties could bring some respite – provided farmers have the right support.