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In a nation brimming with diversity and dynamism, India’s pursuit of sustainability finds its champions in a new breed of sustainability influencers. These individuals, armed with passion and purpose, harness the power of social media to inspire change and transform the way we perceive and engage with our environment.
Aakash Ranison 🍃
Aakash uses his passion for travel as a means of encouraging others on the journey to learn about sustainability. He is well-known in the travel business industry and is considered an “OG” in space. In 2022, Forbes India named him as one of “India’s Top 100 Digital Stars.”
He has been the recipient of multiple awards in the sustainability space, one pictured below.
Nayana Premnath
She is among the well-known Instagram sustainability influencers who have received several honors, including Sustainability Influencer of The Year from Cosmopolitan India.
She learned about low-waste living in 2019, and she says she is having fun with it. Her inspiration comes from teaching others how to steel-dubbed their leftovers!
Sagar 🌲
Sagar is an environmentalist, educator, and sustainability influencer. His 22.8K followers enjoy, learn and seek inspiration from Sagar on fundamental issues like water conservation, soil sciences, and climate change, to name a few.
He chooses to live off-grid in the Himalayas.
Vani Murthy
Vani is a prime example of how maturity can be fashionable (and relevant). She co-founded the Bangalore branch of the Solid Trash Management Round Table, an organization devoted to solving the waste issue in cities.
The 2020 posts on Vani’s Instagram provide all the inspiration and knowledge required to embrace a low-waste lifestyle and sustainable behaviors.
Ripudaman Bevli 🌿
By planning clean-up campaigns around Mumbai, Ripu introduced the idea of blogging to this nation. He works towards raising awareness about trash reduction and aspires to make India free of litter.
You may find hundreds of short films about sustainability and how to live a waste-free life on his Instagram page, all of which are inspiring – making him a true sustainability influencer.
Kakali Biswas
This Indian sustainable fashion influencer’s Instagram is your best bet for exquisite outfit inspiration. She has her own clothing brand, Dora by Phoenix, and she is also an entrepreneur.
Through Instagram, she supports the adoption of regional and ethnic dress and promotes local companies.
Saif 🍀
Saif has got to be one of the most influential sustainability influencers in India in 2023.
His content is as amusing as it is educational, Saif talks about everything from saving on electricity bills to pollution and COP 27 – but not like how your humanities teacher would teach you.
His focus areas: Sustainability, People & Business.
Pankti Pandey
Fans of a sustainable lifestyle can find a wealth of information on Pankti’s Instagram, from natural deodorants to cleaning bio-enzymes. She has made it onto the Forbes list of “India’s Top 100 Digital Stars”, in a similar fashion to other sustainability influencers on this list.
Pankti advocates waste-free living and identifies as a minimalist. Her postings promote a zero-waste lifestyle and are very instructive.
Kopal Nanda 🌺
This gardener’s page is completely green and includes many successful fruits and vegetables. One of India’s emerging “plantfluencers”.
Kopal, speaks about different plants and demonstrates how to cultivate and care for them in an apartment garden. Her feed is full of knowledge about both veggie gardening and decorative plants.
Following her is a good idea if one of your aims is to become a green thumb.
Arushi Sana Chandwani
Arushi has been awarded Times Power Woman of the Year in 2022.
She is so many great things rolled into one: a speaker, traveler, sustainability influencer and consultant, and farmer.
Pallavi 🌻
A yoga-in-nature enthusiast, Pallavi is a sustainable fashion blogger and influencer since 2012.
Her feed is colorful and vibrant with her dresses and aesthetic photography through travel.
With their tireless efforts, India’s sustainability influencers are paving the way for a more harmonious and sustainable society, one inspired post at a time.