“I stopped eating chicken when I was 10 years old. Varun, who helmed this initiative, says he has been concerned about environmental degradation since his early childhood days. Today, the fertile land has no trace of chemicals, and is instead evolving into a community forest that is self-sufficient to meet its basic needs. Named Vanantara, it is the labour of love of Varun Ravindra and 40-odd others who have brought about such a powerful transformation in a matter of five years. A few years ago, were you to drive past the 100-acre land in Shoolarji, along the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border, you might have found nothing but a barren patch that had long lost its fertility owing to overuse of chemicals.īut today, this land is a paradise that’s home to 40,000 trees of 250 varying species, as well as a variety of birds and other biodiversity.
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