Inspiring India to become greener and greater
Which international trends — environmental, technological and cultural — can inspire India to become greener and greater?
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David
- What trends are inspiring India to become greener and greater?
- How does a waste management strategy minimizes waste generation and maximizes resource recovery?
- How do advanced waste-to-energy plants convert non-recyclable waste into electricity, reducing the strain on landfill while also producing renewable energy?
- Why are community engagement and public education important for fostering a sustainability culture?
- How are citizens empowered to make environmentally conscious choices on a daily basis?
- How can cotton be recycled from manufacturers’ waste (excess or unused yarns, fabrics and textiles) and consumers’ discarded clothes?
- Why does dyeing cotton with CO2 reduce waste?
- Could unwanted clothes be used for cotton batting or wadding, quilts and home insulation against cold weather?
- How might fashion designers and clothing manufacturers turn to Indian sheep famers?
- Why are sheep the future of warmth?
- How could vertical farms lead to repurposed land becoming sheep farms or new homes for the youth?
- How could farmland be returned to nature and remodelled as a new jungle?
- Why do elephants, tigers, lions and other animals need their space too in the future India?
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We can expect that by 2050, India will be as spotless as Singapore, without any waste whatsoever.
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David
- Could household waste plastic be converted into petrol for the family’s scooters and cars?
- What technology could India utilize to create biogas for rural communities?
- Could rainwater harvesting operate on an industrial scale?
- Could medical waste offer an income stream?
- How is 1 kg of organic kitchen waste converted into compost in just seven days?
- Why must we reduce the amount of plastic in rivers that flow into the seas?
- Could India’s deep spiritual sense keep holy rivers clean and pollution-free?
- How can India’s long tradition of craftsmanship be revitalized?
- Why is India’s national pride growing alongside a rise in tourism?
- How can ideas from India’s historical past reduce the pressure of tourism?
- How could Indian entrepreneurs revive the region’s architectural wonders?
- Why must many old legends from the Mahabharata and other ancient scriptures be retold?

India can become a food superpower in the future, easily securing third place among the world’s top food exporters, after the US and the Netherlands.
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David
- Could the country’s Jewish heritage and Jesus’s travels in the region increase India’s role as a spiritual destination?
- How could small electric aircraft allow Indian craftsmen to access and renovate numerous remote, derelict sites?
- Could less bureaucracy enable many civil servants to change their careers and start afresh as artisans or craftsmen?
- Why does India have the technology and know-how to develop its own supersonic and hypersonic aircraft?
- How can India benefit from positive changes in tourism by luring pensioners who can afford to travel?
- Why could India build its own airships to transport goods faster than by road, rail or sea?
- How is air cleanliness essential for health, happiness and development of tourism in India?
- Inspired by Chinese technology, could India encircle its largest desert with trees to end desertification?
- Inspired by Israeli technology, could India develop advanced solutions for adapting to intense droughts and water scarcity?
- Could desalination plants along India’s coast provide the country with domestic and agricultural freshwater?
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