Achievements
Recognition earned in the field, not on paper
A Guinness World Record, a national eco-club award, a UN water prize - every entry here traces back to a specific campaign, a specific pond, a specific street. Nothing is aspirational.
Awards & honours
2021
Global Sustainability Award - Best Sustainable Idea
Won for Captain Cool, our climate-literacy project raising a new generation of Climate Champions - awarded jointly by ARCED Tech, SDG Choupal, and Earth Day Network at the Global Sustainability Awards.
2019
Winner, Great Global Cleanup Campaign
Named winner across Earth Day Network's 49-city campaign for the Marimai Mandir pond rejuvenation and a 3 km roadside plastic cleanup in Naya Raipur - nearly 10 quintals of plastic waste collected and handed to the municipality.
2019
National Level Best Eco Club Award
Nature Bodies Eco Club named the country's best at the first National Conference of State Nodal Agencies for Eco Club Programmes, MoEF&CC, Kevadia - recognised for rainwater harvesting, city pond rejuvenation, and the Public Biodiversity Register.
2017
Guinness World Record - Largest Canvas Painting
3,500 students, 6 hours, one mixed-media canvas at the Biodiversity Haat in Ambikapur, on World Earth Day.
2016
Appreciated by Dr. Rajendra Singh, "Waterman of India"
Magsaysay Award-winning water conservationist Dr. Rajendra Singh personally reviewed and endorsed the team's early soak-pit and water-conservation work.
Also recognised for
Wipro Earthian Award 2016
Volvo Adventure Young Environmentalist Award 2011 (3rd, Global)
UN Water Prize 2017
Children's Book of World Record, 2017 (60 soak pits in 60 minutes)
India Star Book of Record - Mission Gaj Mitra
Recognised at UNCCD COP-14, New Delhi
In the press
Local and regional coverage, year on year
Nav Bharat, Bilaspur · 2022
World Wetlands Day at Kopra reservoir
Coverage of an awareness drive at Kopra jalashay for World Wetlands Day, marking 51 years of the Ramsar Convention.
Dainik Bhaskar, Bilaspur · 2021
Eco Club marks International Biodiversity Day
Report on an online biodiversity quiz reaching 1,728 students across every district of Chhattisgarh, run jointly with the state Environment Conservation Board.
Nai Dunia, Bilaspur · 2020
Jaldani - the soak pit built to save every drop
An Earth Day feature on the indigenous-plus-Italian technique soak-pit model, praised at national and international expos.
Nav Bharat, Bilaspur · 2019
The "Inverter Soakpit" innovation, 650 built statewide
Feature on Uttam Tamboli's low-cost soak-pit design, replicated by households, schools, and government offices across Chhattisgarh.
Nai Dunia · 2018
Nukkad natak spreads the water-conservation message
Coverage of a street-theatre performance urging residents to conserve water, one of dozens of nukkad nataks the team has staged across Bilaspur.
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