India’s Guide to Sustainable Living — Products, News & Changemakers
Latest from the Journal
Eco Gardening: A Complete Guide to Sustainable Gardening at Home in India
Eco gardening is the practice of growing plants, vegetables, or flowers in ways that work with nature instead of against it — skipping synthetic chemicals, conserving water, feeding the soil rather than depleting it, and turning household waste into a resource instead of trash. Whether you have a sprawling backyard or a single sunny window…
Chennai Is Getting India’s First “Ring-Main” Water System — Built With a $230 Million Climate Loan
Chennai’s relationship with water has been defined by extremes. In 2019, the city made international headlines when its reservoirs ran effectively dry — “Day Zero” arrived, tanker trucks became the primary water source for large parts of the city, and the crisis became a cautionary tale cited from Cape Town to California about what happens…
India Just Mapped Four Decades of Deep-Sea Research Into One Report — Here’s What Lives Down There
Most of what gets said about India’s “Blue Economy” is about the surface — coastal fisheries, ports, shipping, tourism. What’s happened 200 to 1,000 metres below the surface of India’s own Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) has, until now, mostly lived in scattered research papers and survey logs rather than any single usable document. That’s changed.…
Delhi-NCR Just Put an Expiry Date on Diesel Delivery Vans
Light goods vehicles — the small vans and pickups that keep e-commerce warehouses, courier networks and last-mile grocery delivery running — make up barely 1.2% of Delhi-NCR’s active vehicle fleet. Yet according to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), they’re responsible for roughly 3.3% of particulate emissions from that same fleet — nearly three…
Changemaker Spotlight
Anaario: Slow Fashion for Children, Made to Order
Naarica — Sustainable Reusable Period Panties from India
Kalyanamm — Turning Sacred Flowers into Eco-Friendly Incense
Editor’s Product Picks
Green Crackers
Eco Friendly Ganpati Idols
Terracotta Clay Water Bottle
Guides & Comparisons
Best Reusable Water Bottles to Buy in 2026
Prakati Edit · Buyer’s Guide 2026 Best Reusable Water Bottles to Buy in 2026 Steel, glass, copper, and terracotta — six bottles built to be filled thousands of times over, not thrown away after one. India generates an estimated 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste every day, and single-use water bottles are one of its most…
Best Natural & Organic Skincare Products to Buy in 2026
Prakati Edit · Buyer’s Guide 2026 Best Natural & Organic Skincare Products to Buy in 2026 Six formulas rooted in turmeric, saffron, honey, and coffee — skincare that is kinder to your skin and to the water it eventually washes into. Natural skincare products start with a simple truth: what goes on your skin does…
Best Khus Curtains for Natural Cooling: Eco-Friendly Summer Alternatives
Discover the best khus (vetiver) curtains for natural cooling this summer. These eco-friendly, zero-electricity cooling curtains are biodegradable, sustainable, and perfect for Indian homes.
Explore by Topic
Popular Sustainability Guides
Start with our most-read guides on everyday sustainable living in India: begin with what sustainability really means, learn about organic fertilizers for a chemical-free garden, get the dustbin colour codes for waste segregation right at home, discover sea buckthorn, the Himalayan superfruit, and explore the biodiesel plants powering India’s clean fuel transition.