1 Sustainable, healthy and vegan restaurant Type of listing: Restaurants Will be interesting for: Foodies, Beauty and Wellness Enthusiast Chennai's Sante Spa Cuisine shines the limelight on clean eating Sante strives to be as green as possible: the furniture is made of cane, and the crockery, plates, and bowls for dips are neem wood. The straws are rolled up banana leaves, and the glasses, copper. • Sante Spa’s menu also has extensive vegan and gluten-free options to raise awareness on healthy eating and eco friendly living. • A Pune based celebrity chef has designed the menu, incorporating local ingredients with global flavours. Restaurant located at: Get to know more: Nungambakkam Visit the location : Santé Spa Cuisine Contact relevant people Santé Spa Cuisine - Zomato Santé Spa Cuisine - Facebook Read new reports on this: The Hindu, March 05, 2019 Check out images Deccan Chronicle, August 23, 2019 Santé Spa Cuisine Green and organic restaurants in Chennai, Sustainable restaurants in Chennai, Vegan restaurants in Chennai 2 Terrace gardening at government schools Type of listing: Training Will be interesting for: Nature Lover, Knowledge Seeker Chennai: 100 corporation schools to grow vegetables for noon meal Members of the Mother Teresa Women’s SHG, which acquired expertise in terrace gardening, will train nearly 40 students who are part art of eco clubs and the national green corps. These children will be provided with seeds and pots for 25 plants. • Mother Teresa Women’s SHGs will train corporation teachers and students to maintain terrace gardens in their schools. • Vegetables grown will be used for school's mid day meal scheme. Model garden of Mother Teresa Women’s Complex located Get to know more: at: Nungambakkam Visit the location: Mother Teresa Women's Complex Contact relevant people Tamilnadu Corporation For Development of Women Ltd Read new reports on this: Times of India, July 3, 2018 Gardening at Schools in Chennai, Gardening tips for kids India, Techniques for terrace gardening in Indian schools 3 Luxury hotel meets organic farming Type of listing: Event Will be interesting for: Foodies, Beauty and Wellness Enthusiast. Chennai chefs join hands with farmers for organic brunch Chefs at The Park join hands with local farmers from Nalla Keerai to create an organic brunch, complete with a little pop-up vegetable market. The chefs were delighted with the produce that they started exploring a long-term partnership with Nalla Keerai. • The Park Hotel Chefs offers the city’s first organic brunch, where the recipes are kept simple and traditional, and the focus is on the richness and nutrition levels of the organic produce used. • Nalla Keerai is an organic farming brand that produces natural, pesticide free vegetables, greens and grains. They have partnered with close to 3000 farmers, covering 1.65 lakh acres of farm land for organic produce. Nalla Keerai Office located at:Koyembedu Get to know more: The Park Hotel located at: Nungambakkam Contact relevant people Visit the location: The Park Chennai, Nalla Keerai The Park Hotel Chennai Nalla Keerai 601 Restaurant - The Park Chennai Read news reports on this: The Hindu, January 18, 2018 Organic food restaurants in Chennai, Organic ingredients used by Chefs in India 4 Reviving wells in residential complexes. Type of listing: Residential Utility Revamp Will be interesting for: Homemakers, Society Minded Well done! Stories of how reviving old wells can benefit residents Residents of three apartment complexes in Chennai took collective efforts to revive wells in their property and it is helping them tide over the water crisis in the city. They say it is important to revive water conservation techniques for a sustainable future. • Growing trend of apartment complexes with wells being revived for increased water storage capacity, safer consumption and decreased dependency on metro water. • Rain Centre has helped several houses like these revamp their water management structures for modern consumption needs. Murali Anand Apartment located at: Mandaveli Get to know more: Acchyuthan’s Hayagreeva located at: Nungambakkam Visit location: Murali Anand Apartments, Acchyuthan’s Hayagreeva Contact relevant people Dr. Sekhar Raghavan - Rain Centre Read new reports on this: The Hindu, July 13, 2019 Well revival techniques in Chennai, Groundwater conservation techniques for apartments in India, Water management tips in apartment complexes India 5 Reduce water wastage during transportation Type of listing: Smart Technology Will be interesting for: Business Minded, Society Minded Chennai: Smart dispensers to save water spillage To reduce wastage of water during transportation through tankers, Greater Chennai Corporation and Metro-water has set up 20 smart card-based water dispensers at three filling stations. • Majority of the tankers fill in more than their actual capacities, causing excess water to spill over during its transportation. • This trial initiative was started to monitor the wastage of water during its transportation through tankers. About 11,700 trips are operated daily distributing 76 million litres of water through 1180 lorries. Smart dispensers located at: Get to know more: Injambakkam, Nungambakkam, Kilpauk Details of Filling Stations Read new reports on this: Times of India, September 16, 2019 The Hindu, September 19, 2019 DT Next, January 27, 2020 Water wastage during transportation in India, Automatic water dispensers in India, Smart water management during transportation 6 Segregation and composting at zero waste homes Type of listing: Products for Home Will be interesting for: Homemaker, Nature Lover Zero waste homes for a clean and green city Zero waste homes are fast becoming the norm. Close to 3500 families in Chennai are using composting as an initiation into sustainable living. Other families in the city are using savvy water management practises and organic, eco-friendly detergents instead of regular cleaners. • Since 2008, Navneeth Raghavan’s Daily Dump has been selling home composting products. • Preethi Sukumaran and Sruti Harihara Subramanian follow zero-waste lifestyle. Preethi and her husband make eco-friendly detergents, whereas Sruti runs Asvita Bistro in Alwarpet where she also implements waste management practises. Individuals are from: Get to know more: Alwarpet, Sholinganallur, Nungambakkam Contact relevant people Navneeth Raghavan Preethi Sukumaran Read new reports on this: Sruti Harihara Subramanian The Hindu, November 2, 2016 Citizen Matters, January 8, 2019 Use the product Daily Dump Zero waste homes in Chennai, How to become a zero waste household in India, Beginner’s guide to zero-waste living in India 7 Converting plastic waste to fuel Type of listing: Case Study of Start Up Will be interesting for: Business Minded, Knowledge Seeker, Engineering Enthusiast Chennai couple develop new tech, turn 150 tons of plastic waste into low-cost fuel The start-up, founded by husband-wife duo Vidya and Amarnath Maitreyan, converts plastic waste into liquid fuel that is eco-friendly, cheaper and can be used to fuel generators, industrial boilers, and furnaces, amongst others. • The circular economy start-up Paterson Energy recycles plastic water into plastic oil using thermo-chemical depolymerisation technology. • Single use plastic, which does not get recycle, can be used in this model. Their current product can generate 500 L of oil for a tonne of plastic waste Office is located at: Nungambakkam Get to know more: Visit the location: Paterson Energy Private Limited Contact relevant people Paterson Energy Private Limited Vidya Amarnath Read new reports on this: The Better India, October 22, 2019 The Hindu Business line, October 30, 2017 Plastic to fuel technology in Chennai, Plastic waste to fuel in India, Innovations in plastic waste to fuel technology India 8 Food and farming sustainability at homes Type of listing: Training Will be interesting for: Homemaker, Nature Lover How to raise a farm in an urban nook Regenerative agriculturist Maya Ganesh says closed-loop farming and regenerative farming are highly suitable for urban spaces. It is easy on resources and does not force its practitioners to reach for something outside their environment. • Maya Ganesh says that closing the loop is just about ensuring the waste generated go back into the ecosystem as a resource. • Protecting the soil using mulch implies that you can also conserve water while farming at your home, and this protects the soil for the plants’ growth. • Maya Ganesh also teaches APL school children gardening techniques and helps them maintain a school garden. Maya Ganesh’s home is located at: Nungambakkam Get to know more: APL Global School located at: Visit the school: APL Global School Contact relevant people Maya Ganesh APL Global School Read new reports on this: The Hindu, February, 7, 2019 The Better India, August 14, 2019 Closed loop farming in Chennai, Regenerative farming in India, Urban farming in Chennai 9 Natural history of areas in city Type of listing: Locations Will be interesting for: Nature Lover, Culture Lover, Knowledge Seeker City settlements draw names from their green past Before it became a concrete jungle, the city had a verdant landscape known for its biodiversity.This is explained by the fact some of its settlements drew their names from the trees and plants once found in abundance • D. Narasimham, professor from MCC talks about the ecological history of Perambur, Purasaiwakkam and other places in Chennai. • K. Thirunavukkarasu, a historian who studies the Dravidian movement