00:00India is among the countries most affected by rapid industrialization and climate change.
00:07It struggles with air pollution, rising temperatures and topsoil erosion.
00:11Social inequalities are driving people out of rural areas and into sprawling urban centers,
00:17adding pressure on India's major cities, with some of the worst air quality levels in the world.
00:22It's an environment ripe for new solutions.
00:25Sustainability expert Kunal Jagdalay sees urban gardening as an ideal way to decarbonize households.
00:32It's an additional layer on your roof where it acts as insulation to the heat that is being transferred inside the house.
00:40So it reduces, as I said, 5 to 7 degrees Celsius, it will reduce heat that is coming inside the house.
00:49And apparently if heat is coming less, you will need lesser AC.
00:54Based in Delhi, the world's second largest city, Mayang Sharma has turned his green thumb into a thriving business.
01:03He started his journey over a decade ago to cope with the death of his father, also a gardener.
01:08Now he has found success online, captivating over 300,000 followers on Instagram.
01:14He uses social media platforms to promote sustainability,
01:17educating fears on how to transform their rooftops into mini gardens.
01:21Imagine a deli where an aircraft lands or a drone flies by and there's no terrace which is not green, right?
01:29Which is not having fruit plants, vegetable plants.
01:33That would be beautiful, right? And that's the idea behind all of this.
01:37But gardening isn't just about living sustainably. As Mayang Sharma's story shows, it can also be a tool for healing.
01:44The founder of a business called The Greenish Affair, Aditi Katar, shares how greenery helped her deal with mental health struggles and hopes to inspire others to do the same.
01:53People actually started getting plants home because they come with the least responsibility as compared to pets and kids.
02:00So I started my journey like that only because I used to find my happiness here, I used to share it with the people.
02:05And I wanted people to know that how plants can actually help you overcome your stress or anxiety or in my case it was postpartum depression.
02:15Terrace by terrace, roof by roof, these people are working to make urban Indian households more sustainable, inspiring others to add a touch of green to concrete spaces, improving their cities and their mental well-being.
02:28Joseph Oh and Miriam Brunner for Taiwan Plus.
02:31The Blueish SPEAKER
02:32Foundation
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