How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That Otherwise Destroys Forests

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Don't miss! Our amazing [#BossWomen series]( [How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That Otherwise Destroys Forests]( Jul 14, 2017 03:53 pm | Manabi Katoch In this project, the tribal community is involved in the mechanical control of lantana by manually cutting, and at the same time, they are trained in making low- cost furniture, handicraft, toys and other utility articles using lantana wood. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That Otherwise Destroys Forests on Facebook]( [This UK Student Helped 1,000 People Get Affordable Electricity in a Remote UP Village!]( Jul 14, 2017 03:53 pm | Jovita Aranha One in five of the 1.3 billion people in India live without access to electricity. As many as 450 million people in India lack access to reliable power, limiting their socio-economic opportunities. Despite the staggering darkness that haunts most rural homes in India, nearly 100 houses in Uttar Pradesh’s Sarvantara village saw bulbs glowing. These […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This UK Student Helped 1,000 People Get Affordable Electricity in a Remote UP Village! on Facebook]( [Inspired by PM’s Kind Gesture, This Pune Family Is Helping Others in Need of Medical Care]( Jul 14, 2017 01:30 pm | Lekshmi Priya S One good deed leads to another, and a family based in Pune is living testimony to this fact. After receiving help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the medical treatment of their daughter Vaishali last year, this family is now spreading the love and helping those in dire need of medical care. The 6-year-old was […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Inspired by PM’s Kind Gesture, This Pune Family Is Helping Others in Need of Medical Care on Facebook]( [Teaching English 101 – Empower You Students With These Simple Tips]( Jul 14, 2017 01:15 pm | Volunteer Curriculum In the last lesson plan, we discussed how your student can introduce himself and the people around him. This lesson plan builds upon it. This lesson plan will equip your student to describe the relationship he shares with the objects and people around himself. The aim of this lesson plan is to help the student […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Teaching English 101 – Empower You Students With These Simple Tips on Facebook]( [Suburban Railways in Bengaluru Soon? Railway Ministry Nod Set to Ease Commuter Woes!]( Jul 14, 2017 01:03 pm | Jovita Aranha The Ministry of Railways has finally approved the most-awaited suburban rail system for Bengaluru. On Thursday, in a letter to additional chief secretary of urban development Mahendra Jain, the Railway Ministry said the Railway Board has agreed to the proposal of the Karnataka government for conversion of 15 existing short-distance passenger trains into Mainline Multiple […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Suburban Railways in Bengaluru Soon? Railway Ministry Nod Set to Ease Commuter Woes! on Facebook]( [Team of Indian Astronomers Discovered a Supercluster of Galaxies and Named It Saraswati]( Jul 14, 2017 11:46 am | Lekshmi Priya S A team of Indian astronomers have identified an extremely large supercluster of galaxies and have named it Saraswati. Astronomers from the Pune-based Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA), and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and members of two other Indian universities stumbled upon the previously unknown supercluster, which is located […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Team of Indian Astronomers Discovered a Supercluster of Galaxies and Named It Saraswati on Facebook]( [This Woman Is Capturing Mumbai in an Old Film Camera & the Results Will Make You Nostalgic]( Jul 13, 2017 06:52 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Remember the times when we posed for cameras that had limited shots and a click gone was a click truly gone? Most of the younger generation, all too well-equipped with front cameras and selfie sticks, might never know what a film camera was or anything about a dark room where negatives magically transformed into the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Woman Is Capturing Mumbai in an Old Film Camera & the Results Will Make You Nostalgic on Facebook]( [Solar Trees & Eco-Friendly Loos: How a Mumbai Startup Is Helping India Go Green]( Jul 13, 2017 06:17 pm | Jovita Aranha Ever used a toilet made of glass bottles, recycled milk and juice cartons? Or danced at an eco-friendly EDM festival? This Mumbai-based innovative startup, with its motto of ‘greening the impossible,’ is doing it all! Mission of Apro Green Tech Apro Green Tech provides assistance to corporates and government bodies, on corporate social responsibility & […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Solar Trees & Eco-Friendly Loos: How a Mumbai Startup Is Helping India Go Green on Facebook]( [No Fishing, Stars That Bring Rain & Other Legends Around the Breathtaking Monsoons in Western Ghats]( Jul 13, 2017 06:10 pm | Amulya B Monsoons in India is a joyous occasion. If you happen to be in the west coast of India next to the mighty Western Ghats, you’d see how the Monsoon is indeed an emotion to the people living there. While the Ghats may run for 1,600 km from Maharashtra-Gujarat border and down south to Kerala, it is the portion […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like No Fishing, Stars That Bring Rain & Other Legends Around the Breathtaking Monsoons in Western Ghats on Facebook]( [How One Girl Overcame a Rare Illness, All Thanks to Affordable Healthcare]( Jul 13, 2017 05:47 pm | Guest Contributor Living with any chronic health condition can be demanding but rare diseases come with a unique set of challenges for patients and their care providers. Rare diseases by definition are those which affect only a small number of people. These diseases are chronic and progressive and have major impact on the quality of life of […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How One Girl Overcame a Rare Illness, All Thanks to Affordable Healthcare on Facebook]( [How the Will of the People From Kerala Brought a 9-Km-Long Dead River to Life]( Jul 13, 2017 05:39 pm | Chinchu C Water has been at the centre of many recent discourses. Human interventions in the natural ecosystems and water bodies over the centuries have brought about some irreparable damage to the planet, in varying degrees at various places. Water crises loom over the generations of the present and tomorrow, with no immediate solutions in sight. While […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How the Will of the People From Kerala Brought a 9-Km-Long Dead River to Life on Facebook]( [Redefining Disability, This Organisation Helps Train Differently Abled People to Find Employment]( Jul 13, 2017 05:22 pm | Lekshmi Priya S How do you define disability? A certain lack that prevents a person from doing ‘normal’ things that every regular person can or a tag that acts as a blockade to every opportunity that comes along? Thankfully, the lessening usage of the term ‘disability’ in current times is in itself a harbinger of awareness amidst people […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Redefining Disability, This Organisation Helps Train Differently Abled People to Find Employment on Facebook]( [This Lecturer Quit His Job to Become a ‘Plant Doctor’ & Help Farmers in Distress]( Jul 13, 2017 03:45 pm | Manabi Katoch A farmer’s son, Dr. K R Hullunache Gowda left his job as a lecturer and started farming to understand the reasons behind the dire situation of farmers. He researched for almost ten years on organic practices and is now spreading the knowledge for free. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Lecturer Quit His Job to Become a ‘Plant Doctor’ & Help Farmers in Distress on Facebook]( [How Tribal Women of Odisha Have Made Farming Organic, Profitable & Life-Changing]( Jul 13, 2017 02:52 pm | Village Square Nirmala Barla (40), a passionate farmer of Sundargarh district’s Brahmanamara village, is a proud woman because she feeds her family with a variety of safely grown food, and not just cereals grown by using lots of chemical fertilisers that are available in the market. In her 14 acres of land, both upland and relatively plain, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How Tribal Women of Odisha Have Made Farming Organic, Profitable & Life-Changing on Facebook]( [Want to Go Green This Ganeshotsav? Head to Nerul for Idols That Can Later Be Used as Manure!]( Jul 13, 2017 01:59 pm | Jovita Aranha As India preps in full swing to celebrate Ganeshotsav, one Nerul resident is determined to help people adopt a more eco-friendly approach. Nilesh Tupe, an auditor and cow shelter owner in Nerul, is helping devotees go green by selling Ganpati idols made from cow dung. The cow dung used in the idol making is sourced […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Want to Go Green This Ganeshotsav? Head to Nerul for Idols That Can Later Be Used as Manure! on Facebook]( [From Lathi to the Shovel – Karnataka Cops Take to Gardening to Relieve Stress]( Jul 13, 2017 01:45 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj A day in the life of a cop is stressful to say the least. Add to that, a staff crunch, drivers caught speeding at midnight, and some of them slurring their words while vowing they aren’t drunk. In an attempt to unburden some of this stress, the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) department has settled […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like From Lathi to the Shovel – Karnataka Cops Take to Gardening to Relieve Stress on Facebook]( [This 7-Year-Old Is Selling Her Beautiful Artwork to Fund Education for Poor Kids]( Jul 13, 2017 12:53 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Artists across the world at some point in their lives have channelled their creativity for raising charity towards greater causes. But when children as young as seven are motivated by the idea, we know that not only a budding artist is in the making but also one who has a greater consciousness towards human welfare. […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This 7-Year-Old Is Selling Her Beautiful Artwork to Fund Education for Poor Kids on Facebook]( [How to Avoid Being Exploited for Your Time and Money While Practising as a Freelancer]( Jul 13, 2017 12:36 pm | Lawyered Of late, the economies around the world are witnessing a drastic change in the form of employment from traditional to independent employment. Freelancers are independent workers serving multiple clients, temporarily hired for short term projects. With complete independence, they work on their own terms and let their creative juices flow without hindrance. The prospect of […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How to Avoid Being Exploited for Your Time and Money While Practising as a Freelancer on Facebook]( [Gurugram Residents Are Using a ‘Magic’ Fridge to Fight Food Wastage & Hunger With Dignity]( Jul 13, 2017 12:03 pm | Vidya Raja One of the paradoxes of India is the simultaneous existence of plenty and poverty. According to a report by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, every third malnourished child is Indian, yet hundreds of tons of food is wasted across India every day – across homes, events like weddings, parties, and restaurants. […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Gurugram Residents Are Using a ‘Magic’ Fridge to Fight Food Wastage & Hunger With Dignity on Facebook]( [Bengaluru Students Bag Prestigious Award in the UK for an Innovative Device That Tracks Bee Health]( Jul 13, 2017 11:49 am | Jovita Aranha Competing with over 90 international teams between the age group of 9-16, a six-member team from Greenwood High International School, Bengaluru, won the second spot at the FIRST LEGO League International Open Championship 2017 for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills in the UK. Team Flaming Phoenix with Aditya P Uchil, Aditya Vasisht, Akshay […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Bengaluru Students Bag Prestigious Award in the UK for an Innovative Device That Tracks Bee Health on Facebook]( [Did You Know You Can Refuse to Pay Service Charge Added on Your Restaurant Bill?]( Jul 13, 2017 11:38 am | Vidya Raja How many times have you had to look again at your restaurant bill to understand and reconcile how much was the amount charged for food, and how much was all the various charges and taxes levied? With the implementation of the GST, apparently some of our woes may have ended, but the service charge, which […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Did You Know You Can Refuse to Pay Service Charge Added on Your Restaurant Bill? on Facebook]( [Now, Locate Public Toilets Near You on Google Maps in Delhi!]( Jul 13, 2017 11:26 am | Lekshmi Priya S Tired of holding your bladder thanks to lack of toilets in public, or more importantly, hygienically safe toilets in public? The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has partnered with Google on the latter’s toilet locator awareness campaign through which public toilets across Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Noida zones can be located on Google Maps. […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Now, Locate Public Toilets Near You on Google Maps in Delhi! on Facebook]( [How India’s Youngest Woman to Captain a Boeing 777 Gave Wings to Her Childhood Dream]( Jul 13, 2017 10:57 am | Guest Contributor When Anny Divya’s mother was expecting her, the family was posted at the army base – close to the air base in Pathankot. Her father, a school drop-out, had to leave his studies at a young age since the family couldn’t afford to educate him. After a few sundry jobs, Anny’s father joined the army […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How India’s Youngest Woman to Captain a Boeing 777 Gave Wings to Her Childhood Dream on Facebook]( [A Sceptic’s Guide to IQ Tests & Why They Need to Be Approached Cautiously]( Jul 13, 2017 10:14 am | Amulya B Arnav Sharma, an 11-year-old from Reading, UK, recently scored 162 in the Mensa IQ Test. Publications all over the world hailed the boy as his score surpassed that of Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein who scored 160 on the scale. Intelligent Quotient (IQ) tests have been around for ages, but are they reducing the complex […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like A Sceptic’s Guide to IQ Tests & Why They Need to Be Approached Cautiously on Facebook]( [How One Tribal Village in Maharashtra Ensures Water Availability Throughout the Summer]( Jul 12, 2017 06:32 pm | Village Square On a hot April afternoon, Bhetwadi village in Mokhada administrative block of Palghar wore a deserted look. The hills surrounding this tribal village of 72 families, about 150 km north of Mumbai, were bare with patches of dry grass. All water bodies had gone dry with only one dug-well having enough water to last the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How One Tribal Village in Maharashtra Ensures Water Availability Throughout the Summer on Facebook]( [Aditya L1: What India’s Maiden Space Mission to Study the Sun Will Look For]( Jul 12, 2017 05:25 pm | Promote Science Aditya means the Sun in the Sanskrit language. It is our nearest star and is located at a distance of one Astronomical unit and sunlight takes about eight and a half minutes to reach us on Earth. Sun is the natural source of energy, heat and light. It is impossible to imagine life on Earth without our Sun. Numerous […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Aditya L1: What India’s Maiden Space Mission to Study the Sun Will Look For on Facebook]( [Indian Scientists Develop Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Hack to Remove Oil Spills From Sea!]( Jul 12, 2017 05:04 pm | Jovita Aranha Oil spills have been one of the major sources of environmental degradation haunting earth. In order to effectively remove crude oil from the sea, Indian scientists have developed a simple system, which is not only cheap but also environment-friendly. Oil spills have the power to pollute and even destroy marine ecosystems. “Marine oil spills are […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Indian Scientists Develop Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Hack to Remove Oil Spills From Sea! on Facebook]( Recent Stories You May Have Missed: [Women of a Delhi Slum Filed 200 RTIs, Made the Law Work for Them, & Drastically Improved Their Lives]( [Confused About GST on Your Food Bill? 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