Category Archives: Sustainability

Awards

Clean Noida Youth Champion 2021 SustainX received Clean Noida Youth Champions 2021 award for its contribution in Waste reduction, Waste Management and Green initiatives. Click here to know more about the awards. Founder spoke about the moment of disgust that transformed her when a wrongly directed Google Map took her through Asia’s largest garbage landfill in Ghazipur,Continue reading “Awards”

Home Garden Setup

Plants are the new pets… Do you know there are plants that grow in water, some grow in soil and there are few that don’t need either soil or water; they are AIR Plants. They take their nutrients from air. Isn’t this amazing? Learning about this completely blew my mind. Well, with pandemic and lockdownContinue reading “Home Garden Setup”

Project Green Balconies Retirement gift: Dr. Ranas’ Garden of Life

Project GreenBalconies : Know the story Early 2019, we were working on maturing the ideas behind SustainX when GreenBalconies was formed by pure love for nature and with a thought of providing something long lasting to working people living in big-city apartments with tiny balconies and off-late cherishing their childhood memories of planting trees andContinue reading “Project Green Balconies Retirement gift: Dr. Ranas’ Garden of Life”

Project Green Balconies: Wedding gift for Neha Rohit

It was Nov’ 2018, when Neha and Rohit got married in typical 2-States style and task was to gift them something that they can cherish for long. They recently bought a house and were in the process of making it their ‘Home’. Setting up a west facing green balcony on 17th floor apartment was challenging.Continue reading “Project Green Balconies: Wedding gift for Neha Rohit”

Food Stories – Dine out, Order online or Take Away sustainably

We are aware that hot food shall never be kept in plastic containers. Basically, heat can cause the BPA and Phthalates in plastics to leach into your food. That means, that hot food which is served in plastic containers that we receive whenever we order food online, is actually problematic.  Plastic cutlery, plastic containers, plastic boxes (yes, those oneContinue reading “Food Stories – Dine out, Order online or Take Away sustainably”

Quick first steps to an Earth friendly, sustainable Good Morning

Let’s begin our day in sync with mother earth, with all natural ingredients and minimal waste. I live in a small apartment with my husband and 11 years old son. We don’t want to waste or pollute water,  soil and air. Our zero waste close to nature morning routine is as follows: First question IContinue reading “Quick first steps to an Earth friendly, sustainable Good Morning”

Lazy boy tips to reduce Plastic/Polythene waste at home

Regular observation and categorization of my garbage bin gave me following insights about it’s content: Regular visitors of my garbage bins are empty packs of: 1. Dairy Products – Milk , Yogurt, Cheese etc. 2. Chips, Biscuits, Bread, Snacks etc. 3. Grocery Items – Pulses, noodles, soups,refills etc. And, My dustbin is covered everyday withContinue reading “Lazy boy tips to reduce Plastic/Polythene waste at home”

Project Zero Waste…Hah! Be realistic -Project Reduced Waste Part 1 -Step (0,1)

First time here? Please Read this post first. I am one of the contributors of that Garbage Mountain in my city. And, it starts from my own garbage bin. However, that feeling of disgust I had, witnessing garbage mountain DID NOT actually happened as I saw my garbage bin. For home, it’s a plastic coveredContinue reading “Project Zero Waste…Hah! Be realistic -Project Reduced Waste Part 1 -Step (0,1)”

A wrongly directed route on Google Maps gave me direction for life

In 2018, I found myself following a longer route back to my home built in green open surroundings. Was literally following instructions of lady from Google Maps and last thing I knew was that I was going to witness something that will change me as a person forever, something that will make me feel disgustedContinue reading “A wrongly directed route on Google Maps gave me direction for life”