In Kerala, children once joined a competition: collect plastic waste from their own homes and exchange it for book coupons.
This wasn't about making kids pick trash outside. It was about sparking curiosity at home. The children carried the message of change into their families.
In Kerala, life expectancy once reached 76 years, while retirement age was just 55. This meant thousands of brilliant professionals retired early, still full of knowledge and energy.
When called, two dozen chief engineers and countless leaders arrived.
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At home in Cuba, the lights stay on — not because of fossil fuels, but because of the sun and wind. More than 80% of their energy now comes from renewables.
In Cuba, a family built biodigesters with help from Biomask. But what made them powerful was the father's ingenuity — refining old designs to work better for small farms.
The result? Energy independence and "socio-ecological benefits" that ripple far beyond the farm.
In 1993, a family in Cuba began their farm. The kids were barely teenagers, the parents in their thirties.
They left behind the comforts of electricity and a familiar life, only to step straight into the country's "Special Period" — the food crisis that followed.
