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sustainability
June 12, 2026
Climate innovation: Caught between pilot and scale
Building climate solutions is only half the challenge. Helping institutions say yes to them is the other half.
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Mairu Gupta
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5 min read
May 21, 2026
Designing without data
What working on an electric mobility awareness campaign with India’s trucking community taught us about field immersion, trust, and designing for communities that formal data often misses.
by
Kritica Mahajan
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9 min read
April 30, 2026
Sustainability and convenience walk into a tea shop in Mizoram
How a tea shop in Aizawl reduced single-use plastic and packaging waste to manage additional work and business expenses.
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Chuauzikpuia Pachuau
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2 min read
January 27, 2026
Tripura’s only hill station treads between tourism and heritage
The entrepreneurial spirit of the homestay owners and government initiatives have placed Jampui on the tourism map. But there are concerns about sustainability.
by
Hansatanu Roy
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2 min read
December 5, 2025
Inside Dzuleke: How Nagaland’s rotational homestays work
Discover how Dzuleke village’s unique ecotourism model ensures every homestay earns fairly and sustainably.
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Keletsino Mejura
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Rodingliana
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2 min read
October 21, 2025
Lachung at a crossroads: What development means for a Sikkim village
As the Bharatmala road project gains ground in Lachung, a border village in North Sikkim, people are caught between the need for basic infrastructure and the disruption mega projects bring.
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Hishey Lachungpa
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2 min read
August 13, 2025
The ancient water harvesting system of Kumaon
Naulas have been used to collect and store water in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region for centuries. With urbanisation and declining groundwater, this is changing.
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Chinmayee Choudhary
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2 min read
August 13, 2025
Where does textile waste from households go?
Our discarded clothes often become polluting waste. From recovery to recycling, here's how circularity can improve textile waste management.
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Tanupriya Singh
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Srishti Gupta
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9 min read
July 11, 2025
The impact of climate change on agriculture: What we know
Using insights from existing IDR articles, we answer four key questions on the impact of climate change on crops, food security, and smallholder livelihoods.
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India Development Review
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4 min read
July 8, 2025
Growing a forest to save a flower
In Assam’s Jorhat district, a farmer has transformed his backyard into a forest to protect kopou, the state flower, as deforestation threatens its survival.
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Mithu Gogoi
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2 min read
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