Both re-wilding as well as the creation of a green economy need a deep understanding of ground realities and committed local changemakers to engage with local stakeholders. We forge partnerships and provide direct funding and support to organisations working at different areas of an entire spectrum. If you are an organisation working in this space and would like to partner with us, please write to us at [email protected].
Investments
2022
IndianYards
A social enterprise up-skilling women from rural & indigenous communities of The Nilgiris into fine first generation artisans and subsequently enabling them into producer clusters.
2022
PadCare Labs
Helping manage the menstrual waste disposal system with a larger vision of safeguarding our women, our waste pickers and Mother Earth.
2022
Dharaksha
Specialising in biodegradable packaging material - aiming to curb stubble burning and plastic pollution by creating alternatives.
2022
InfinityBox
Replacing single-use plastic containers with reusable, recyclable, and better quality containers.
2022
Accasia
Carbon accounting and ESG tracking for real estate and hospitality sector.
2022
Climes
Climes make carbon neutralisation available to consumers through integrations across various services like flights, deliveries and events.
2022
MatchLog
MatchLog offers, at scale, the ability to street turn a container from the hinterland, leading to the elimination of unnecessary empty runs that are mandatory to either commence or complete an import-export cycle from the empty container parks.
2022
Solar Square
SolarSquare is an upcoming residential solar company. They aim to make the process of going solar frictionless and transparent for every homeowner.
2021
SundayGrids
SundayGrids is democratizing solar energy. They are essentially a marketplace to purchase remote solar energy and utilize it against utility bills.
2021
Akshayakalpa
Akshayakalpa is a farmer-entrepreneurship initiative and focuses on making the farmers self-reliant by using technology and processes to produce safe and wholesome food for the customers using sustainable practices.
2021
Organic Mandya
Organic Mandya is working to mainstream organic farming practices. They work with farmers and help in the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. They now have 7000+ Farmers in 300+ spread across 270 Villages working with them.
2021
Zerocircle
Zerocircle uses seaweed to create bio-alternatives to products that we use in our daily lives and enable organisations to create solutions that are perfectly circular, and leave nothing behind. And make a zero-waste lifestyle easy.
2021
Zodhya
Zodhya enables direct reduction of electricity consumption for HVAC systems by regulating the energy intake helping with a 15-20% reduction of electricity consumption.
2021
Agnikul
Agnikul is democratising access to space for the small satellite market. The team aims to contribute immensely to the prediction of weather patterns using small satellites.
2020
Terra.do
Terra.do is an online climate school that trains aspiring climate entrepreneurs with the worlds leading experts on climate science, policy, business and social justice.
2020
Blue Sky Analytics
Good, reliable data forms the basis for bringing attention to problems and is key in finding the solutions to them. Blue Sky crunches massive amounts of satellite and other data to provide high-quality, historical, real-time and predictive environmental intelligence.
Grants
2022
RCRC
RCRC is a coalition of civil society organisations that works for an inclusive, equitable and just future for marginalised communities.
2022
Saahas
Saahas helps communities manage their waste at source by reducing, reusing, and segregating.
2022
PARI
PARI is a non-profit journalistic organisation that publishes and archives stories on the lives, labour, language, arts, craft, livelihoods, and culture of rural India and rural migrants to urban India.
2022
CSTEP
The Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) engages with government and non-government bodies for better policymaking for a sustainable and inclusive society.
2022
Tech4Good Community
Helps other non-profit organisations use technology and tools in an attempt to amplify their social impact.
2022
Veditum
Veditum India Foundation is a not-for-profit research and media organization, working at the intersection of environmental, social, and cultural challenges.
2022
Biome Environmental Trust
Research, public education, practice-to-policy bridging, and policy advocacy in the areas of land-use and land-use planning, energy, water, and sanitation. The trust ideates, incubates, and catalyzes ecological sustainability and environmentally and socially just water and land-use management.
2022
Wassan
Societal transitions to natural farming through multiple institutions, markets, government, individual actors, incentive structures, and behavioural patterns to align with the transition pathways. Providing an ecosystem of support making it easy for farmers to shift to regenerative practices.
2022
Buzz Women
Enabling underserved women by making knowledge, skills and tools available for economic, social, personal and ecological empowerment. Built on the foundation of the 5 Cs - Cash, Care, Climate, Community, and Confidence.
2022
SlamOutLoud
Using art forms of poetry, storytelling, theatre, and visual arts to help children from under-resourced communities find their voice through creative expression. They will be piloting the integration of an arts-based Climate Action curriculum into their ongoing programs, to enable children to understand the impact of climate change and steps they can take to engage with the issue.
2021
Nrityagram
Village of artists dedicated to the practice and nurture of a 2000-year-old art form. For the last 3 decades having nurtured their land through vermicomposting, waste-management, alternative energy use, replenishing water and growing food, they practice a holistic lifestyle.
2021
Socratus
Seeking to be the midwife of collective wisdom. They are creating a distributed academy for training minds through deep engagement with problems such as the agrarian crisis and climate change.
2021
Janaagraha
Working fix the city systems across law, policy, and institutions with a specific focus on sectors such as climate change, gender equality & public safety, water and sanitation, education, and public health using civic participation, municipal finance, and advocacy.
2021
Sauramandala Foundation
With a vision to build the resilience of people living in remote, disconnected, and vulnerable communities in India. Building and fostering the capacity of changemakers from local communities to solve complex challenges in health, education, ecology, and livelihoods.
2021
Sarjapura Curries
Building a culture of eating healthy and a trusting community. With a vision to build a learning centre and space for activities related to nature, reviving dying handcrafted skills and holistic life.
2021
Fields of View
Leveraging experience and expertise in designing tools, spaces for participation and evidence-based decision-making, to build a platform rooted in lived experience and research for thoughtful climate action.
2021
Uttarayan
35+ yr old NGO working with people and ecosystems to build robust ecology across South Bengal. Creating a nursery for elephant fodder and repellant plantation to restore fragmented habitats of North Bengal Terai elephant corridors.
2021
Technology for Wildlife
Amplifying conservation impact. Using technology to collaborate with partners, conduct innovative independent projects and educate conservation practitioners.
2021
Dakshin
The only research and intervention organisation with a primary focus on Indias marine, coastal and island geographies, they inform and advocate for conservation and natural resource management, while supporting sustainable livelihoods, social development and environmental justice.
2021
ATREE
Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation (CSEI) designs research-backed solutions for the first mile—citizens, consumers and businesses—that protect the environment while providing livelihoods. CSEI’s Food Futures Initiative aims to boost water security and restore degraded land to improve 150,000 livelihoods in 2000 villages by 2030.
2021
Media Grantees
Successful ideas need to inhabit the mainstream conscious if they are to gain widespread acceptance. To this end, we support journalism, storytelling and messaging for various stakeholders in the mainstream.
2021
Palar Guttahalli Eco-restoration Program
The Rotary Club Of Bangalore (RCB) and the Vyakti Vikas Kendra (VVKI) have partnered to revive the Palar river basin. The rainfed river originates in the Chikkaballapur district and flows through three states--Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu--before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
2021
Waste Warriors
Working to build sustainable, affordable and replicable Solid Waste Management models in three different regions - urban Dehradun (Uttarakhand), hilly Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) and the rural forested landscape around Corbett Tiger Reserve (Uttarakhand).
2021
Farmers for Forests
A not-for-profit with the goal of revolutionizing India’s forestry sector to sequester carbon, support farmers, create green jobs and restore and protect fragile ecosystems. They work with communities and people who want to protect the forest in which they live.
2021
SayTrees
Group of ordinary people determined to protect the environment by sensitising and empowering people to give back to nature. This team inspires citizens to spare a few hours on weekends and work towards making their cities, and their lives, greener.
2021
ReapBenefit
Building a tribe of problem-solving citizens who drive change in their local communities by solving everyday issues using local data, local solutions and local campaigns. The experiential learning is amplified by hands-on activities, Do-It-Yourself Solution kits, civic games and Reap Benefit’s technology platforms.
2021
Nature Conservation Foundation
Contributing to the knowledge and conservation of India’s unique wildlife heritage with innovative research and imaginative solutions. They work in a range of wildlife habitats—from coral reefs and tropical rainforests to the high mountains of the Himalayas.
2021
Vidhi - Center for Legal Policy
Independent think tank doing legal research to make better laws and improve governance for the public good.
2020
Ecologically Sustainable Median Planting @ Center for Environment Concerns
Dr. K S Gopal is a pioneer who is driving an experiment for the ecologically sound planting of flora on a couple of kilometers of medians on main roads in Bengaluru. The aim is to support an ecosystem for birds and bees, use 50% less water, drastically bring down truck and road closure time, reduce costs for de-weeding, create biologically-rich healthy soils.
2020
Wild Shaale @ Centre for Wildlife Studies
Dr. Krithi Karanth of CWS has been at the forefront to address the human-animal conflict in and around wildlife habitat by relying on education, awareness, and rights-based approaches. We have contributed to CWS’ Wild Shaale program, a unique conservation-education program designed for rural school-going children living around wildlife reserves.
2020
The 1000 Tree Project @ SwaYYam
A 100+ acre farmers’ collective at the edge of the Bandipur forest aims to transform a degraded landscape into a fertile terrain with sustainable water resource management. In addition, the initiative will strengthen and secure the livelihoods of farmers through an agroforestry approach.
Fellowships
2022
Bhumitra/Bhusakhi
Srinivas Vasu aims to evolve a methodology by which farmers can test their own soil so as to develop an army of volunteer resource persons for soil health.
2020
DP Srivastava
Tigers In The Urban Landscapes Of India - A Bio-Social Research to Understand Human-Tiger Interactions in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.