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Data-led research on climate, waste and water in India, with what works on the ground from Earth5R programmes.
Mumbai sent 97.27% of its Ganesh idols to artificial ponds in 2026, then retrieved 2,754.85 tonnes of remains that still need a use. Flowers, Kolkata's reused bamboo frames, Diwali smoke and what Earth5R learned cleaning puja waste from lakes, with the five R's applied to…
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Punjab recorded 5,114 farm fires in 2025, 93% fewer than in 2021, yet burning is spreading to new districts and states. Ten research-backed facts on crop residue, health, Delhi's air, machines, straw as fuel and measurement, with what Earth5R learned training farmers in Punjab and…
India has planted more than 310 crore saplings since June 2024, one of the largest tree planting drives in the world, and forest and tree cover has grown to 25.17%. What the forest survey and national programmes show, what Earth5R's plantation drives taught, and how…
Six Mumbai beaches gave back more than 950 tonnes of waste in nine monsoon days, and plastic makes up 43% of India's beach litter. What the national coastal cleanup data, river science and Earth5R's own beach, river and lake cleanups show about what works.
Professor David Stern of The Australian National University tells Earth5R founder Saurabh Gupta why green energy is not a magic bullet, how the rebound effect works, and what India can learn about growth and emissions.
India generates about 70.7 lakh tonnes of textile waste a year, and 45% of post-consumer textile waste is burnt or landfilled. Ten facts on where it comes from, who recovers it and what works before an EPR rule arrives.
India draws more groundwater than any other country, and the 2026 monsoon ended 13% short. The latest national data on depletion hotspots and contamination, and the fixes that work on the ground.
Indian homes throw away about 78 million tonnes of food a year, farms lose ₹1.53 lakh crore of produce after harvest, and half of city waste is organic. Ten sourced facts on food waste in India, its methane cost, and what the SWM Rules 2026…
AI is pressing on the planet's limits and on human limits at the same time: energy, water and e-waste on one side; understanding, democracy, languages, relationships and accountability on the other. Saurabh Gupta on why wisdom has become the scarce resource, and how the Earth5R…
Ten data-backed facts on air pollution in India for 2026: the most polluted cities, the main causes, deaths, the cost to GDP and what has cut PM2.5 elsewhere.
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