6 INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN

Who Are Working Towards

Environment Conservation

Without Caring For Attention

The 106-year-old is the world’s oldest environmentalist. She has planted over 8,000 trees in 80 years apart from a series of 385 banyan trees along a 4km stretch from her village Hulikal to Kuduro.

Saalumarada Thimmakka

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Sugathakumari was also the founder secretary of Prakrithi Samrakshan Samithi. She was the first to receive the Indira Priyadarshini VrikshaMitra Award.

Sugathakumari

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Jamuna Tudu has saved over 50 acres of forest and now gets help from the central armed forces. She was conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2019.

Jamuna Tudu

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It is very much possible that you have heard of the famous Chipko movement that was started to prevent forests and protest against tree cutting. Vandan Shiva was the driving force behind the movement.

Vandana Shiva

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She is known for her work towards the rainwater harvesting policy and got the World Water Award. Apart from this,  Sunita is a recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri and the Stockholm Water Prize.

Sunita Narain

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105-year-old Pappamal is the latest addition to the list of most influential environmental activists who received the prestigious Padma Shri Award by the President of India. Hailing from Thekkampatti village in Tamil Nadu.

Pappammal

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