Eco India: The artisans recycling floral waste from Mumbai’s Siddhivinayak temple into natural dyes

Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. Our top story this week looks at how a Mumbai-based designer has established a thriving, sustainable business by using discarded materials to create experimental dyes for textiles. ********** CREDITS: Supervising Producer: Nooshin Mowla Director of Photography: Kushang Dholakia Video Editor: Sujit Lad Field Producer & Script: Swati Ali Associate Producers: Shibika Suresh, Dewang Trivedi  Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu ********** Eco India is a co-production between DW and Scroll.in. You can watch the full episodes on scroll.in/ecoindia Subscribe to get the latest episodes of Eco India - https://bit.ly/2M9WTXn For more explainers, and the web’s most interesting videos - https://scroll.in/video/ For the latest news and analysis - https://scroll.in  Follow Scroll.in here -  Facebook:   /     Twitter:   / scroll_in    Instagram:   / scroll_in   Mastodon: https://masthead.social/@Scroll

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Eco India: Could a fuel generated from plastic waste replace fossil fuels and meet energy needs?

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HOW TO BUNDLE DYE AT HOME WITH FOOD WASTE | NATURAL DYE | BOTANICAL COLOUR

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Eco India: How the pattern of a beehive inspired the design for an affordable, natural air cooler

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How Indians Handle Millions Of Tons Of Temple Offerings | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

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This Artist Says Ambition Is a Trap

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Changing India: HelpUsGreen

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A day in the life of a female construction worker | BBC News India

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Eco India: Meet the artisans who are reviving the traditional, eco-friendly art of Batik printing

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How 1.5 Million Plastic Bottles Are Turned Into Clothing Every Day | World Wide Waste

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Eco India: In space-strapped Mumbai, citizens are using a Japanese technique to create green cover

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Eco India: One step forward towards solving the problems of food waste, hunger and malnutrition

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How Sacred Flowers Are Turned Into Incense Sticks | World Wide Waste

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How Traore is Magically Growing Real Apples in Desert?

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In Search of Forgotten Colours - Sachio Yoshioka and the Art of Natural Dyeing

I went down a rabbit hole trying to recycle all my tech waste
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I went down a rabbit hole trying to recycle all my tech waste

She sells cow dung products but not milk to save native cows of India
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She sells cow dung products but not milk to save native cows of India

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The Story Of Mumbai's Youth Clean Up Movement | Times Now Plus

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Eco India: Why are sparrows continuing to disappear from Indian cities?

College students recycle flower waste into organic dyes, help destitute women earn a livelihood
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College students recycle flower waste into organic dyes, help destitute women earn a livelihood

Eco India: How a Kanpur startup is making sure temple flowers don't end up in the Ganga
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Eco India: How a Kanpur startup is making sure temple flowers don't end up in the Ganga