Distribution: Where the product is currently available The product is currently available in Bangalore city, India What is it? Explain in non-technical terms the purpose of the project, the intended user and how it is to be used.Bangalore – a dump? Bangalore produces 2000 tonnes of wastes everyday. The centralized government composting plant can handle […]
First Published, August 2012, Craft Revival Trust As members of the present generation, we are both trustees of the environment with obligations to care for it for future generations, and beneficiaries entitled to use it for our own economic and social well-being. (Weiss, 1993)Introduction The economic growth in India in the last decade has led […]
Issue #002, Winter, 2019 ISSN: 2581- 9410 “Craft is an antiquated way of producing goods, I don’t see […]
“Contrast city” is a rubber recycling program in Marrakesh-Morocco. The project aims at sustainable development. This is an initiative of LCCE (La Compagnie du Commerce Equitable), a French fair trade importer. LCCE wondered what could be done with rubber waste, polluting and poisonous when used as a source of energy. I have worked in this […]
Small Steps is a project initiated by Upasana Design Studio based in Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India. Following our design philosophy, we try to bring design to a level beyond the product and apply it to answer the various problems of everyday life. Small Steps is born out of that philosophy. Small Steps is an initiative to promote an environmentally […]
Natural Indigo has been used for dyeing textiles since prehistoric times all over the world. It is extracted from several plants depending on the climate and soil quality of the land. In the ancient time Greeks knew the indigo cake as indikom and the Romans as indicum which meant thing coming from India. They however […]