Small promises, big impact
Let’s look after our first home, together.
Small everyday actions, multiplied by millions of Indians, can clean our air, save our water and grow our forests back. Start with one promise today.
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Our impact so far
- people have pledged
- Be one of the first to pledge
- trees planted Sample
- 1,250
- kg of waste collected Sample
- 3,400
- cities and towns Sample
- 3
Today’s eco-tip
Set your AC to 24°C. Each degree warmer saves about 6% of the electricity it uses.
Source: Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Learn
Six ways to care for our home
Clear, India-first guides with real sources, and one thing you can do today at the end of each.
Air & climate
Cleaner air, cooler cities and a monsoon we can count on.
Learn moreWater
Rain, rivers, lakes and the groundwater under our feet.
Learn morePlastic & waste
Refuse, reuse, separate and compost.
Learn moreTrees & wildlife
Native trees, birds, bees and city forests.
Learn moreEnergy
Rooftop solar, saving power and cleaner ways to travel.
Learn moreGreen living & festivals
Everyday choices and festivals, the green way.
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The Earth pledge
Make a promise you can keep
Choose 3 to 5 simple promises. You’ll get a certificate in English or Hindi to share with family and friends, and every pledge adds to the counter.
Choose my promisesA few promises people choose
- Carry a cloth bag and say no to plastic bags
- Turn off the tap while brushing and washing dishes
- Plant a native tree and care for it for a year
- Never waste food: cook and serve only what we need
- Seed
- Sprout
- Sapling
- Young tree
- Tree
30-day challenge
Plastic-free 30
One small task a day for 30 days. Check in daily and watch your tree grow from a seed to a full tree.
The first five days
- 1Find every single-use plastic in your kitchen
- 2Carry a cloth bag everywhere
- 3Say no to straws and plastic cutlery
- 4Buy loose vegetables, not packed ones
- 5Swap one packaged snack for a home-made one
Join a drive
Upcoming drives
Tree planting, lake and beach clean-ups and e-waste collection. Come alone or bring your family, school or office.
Stories of change
Ordinary people, real change
Our society started composting with four drums. Now almost nothing from our kitchens goes to the landfill.
[Resident], housing society in [City]Sample Every child in our class adopted a sapling. They named them, and they water them before the bell rings.
[Teacher], government school in [District]Sample Twenty of us cleared the lake bank one Sunday. The next month, more birds came back than we could count.
[Volunteer], [City]Sample
One small thing today
You don’t have to save the planet alone.
Just take one step today, and let it add up with everyone else’s.
Take the pledge