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Updated On: 02 January, 2011 10:22 AM IST | | Kasmin Fernandes
If you want to find rare native and non-native plants, set up a sustainable community, build a butterfly terrace garden or adopt a forest, Varun Lulla is the guy to go to. Kasmin Fernandes meets the eco evangelist who will change the way we view open spaces in 2011
If you want to find rare native and non-native plants, set up a sustainable community, build a butterfly terrace garden or adopt a forest, Varun Lulla is the guy to go to. Kasmin Fernandes meets the eco evangelist who will change the way we view open spaces in 2011
At theu00a0weekly Farmers' Market that has become a mainstay in the city's eco-conscious shopper's psyche, 26 year-old Varun Lulla recently installed a bicycle that kids had a blast pedalling. No ordinary bicycle this, it produced energy to power a mixer to grind grain into flour.
What's more, he also held workshops on how to make a remote-controlled solar airplane, a geodesic dome (a structure that uses minimal material and gives maximum insulation and energy), pedal-powered devices (like a bicycle that can run a pump or a juicer), a bamboo bicycle and an eco rickshaw.
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| Musician and eco-landscapist Varun Lulla gets his hands muddy at the garden, which he helped set up for the Mumbai office of scuba diving company Lacadives. PIC/ PRATIMA REDDY How do you like the new new mid-day.com experience? Share your feedback and help us improve. Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
