In southern India, a paper making unit is revolutionizing the papermaking process saving 50 000 trees. A number that is still in the counting. Every year an estimated 15 billion trees are cut to make paper. A chemical-intensive process that creates a product that is often used for only a short period of time. At the same time, huge amounts of waste are created in the agriculture and textile industry which are valuable fibres that are much easier to use for papermaking than th

In Karnataka, a southern state of India, young artisans are crafting the future of environmental and social tableware. Using earth clay and natural minerals, young local artisans are shaping earth into stoneware to last for hundreds of years to come. They seek to change the unequal work field by providing work opportunities to young local artisans while using materials from the earth in the utmost respectable way to the environment. Artisans are the backbone of India’s non-fa