ENACTUS gargi

Who doesn’t love sipping hot chai from a cup? But what if that cup is plastic—the same plastic that piles up in our landfills, clogs drains, and pollutes our environment for centuries? Now imagine replacing that plastic cup with a simple, earthy kulhad. Not only does it bring back the rustic charm of tradition, but it also vanishes back into the soil without harming it. With this thought, Enactus Gargi started Project Neev in 2019. Our aim was simple: fight plastic pollution while reviving India’s fading pottery community. Kulhads became our first step—an eco-friendly alternative that sustains potters by creating demand for their craft and helps businesses adopt greener choices. But we didn’t stop there. Through initiatives like the Green Campus Drive, we reduced single-use plastics within our college. We introduced terracotta candles as natural, toxin-free alternatives to soy-wax candles, and designed EcoBricks—plastic bottles stuffed with waste that can be used as building blocks for sustainable infrastructure. Along the way, we organized pottery workshops, school drives, and competitions where students shaped their own kulhads, made EcoBricks, and realized that sustainability can be creative, fun, and impactful.