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India One Step Closer to Reintroducing Wild Cheetahs

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The Asiatic cheetah once ruled that plains in India and the Middle East, but now its population is estimated to be 100 individuals or less.

Learning From The Past, Designing For The Future: How They Air Conditioned In India 400 Years Ago

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Images from Infosys powerpoint on green energy initiatives

It is hot in Rajasthan, India. Four hundred years ago when building palaces, they installed air conditioning to beat the heat.

India Goes Prefab (PHOTOS)

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All images courtesy of Design Flute

"Plug-in living" is coming to India, in the guise of what design blog Design Flute is calling India's first prefab green villa.

Nonprofit Fashion Label Employs and Empowers Women in India (Photos)

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Credit: Satara

We were impressed by the beautiful fashion designs in summery prints--somewhat reminiscent of tye-dye--by Satara featured on Ecouterre recently, and were blown away when we took a look at th

Ocean-Loving Elephant Redefines "Swim Trunks"

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swimming elephant photo Photo via The Telegraph

At 60 year old, Rajan still enjoys taking a dip in the crystal waters off his island home--and he doesn't let the fact that he weighs as much as a large truck slow him down.

Indian State of Kerala Starts 10-Year Conversion to All-Organic Farming

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photo: McKay Savage via flickr.

The southern Indian state of Kerala has officially announced a new farming policy which aims to covert all agriculture in the state to organic methods over the next ten years.