WELL Labs and RMI convened a multi-stakeholder workshop to co-develop actionable solutions for scaling nature-based solutions across building, neighbourhood, and city levels. This synthesis report presents a detailed overview of the deliberations.
Blogs & Op-eds
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Futures Research
Planting Hope: How Community Afforestation Efforts Help Restore Bengaluru’s Greenery
Published in Citizen Matters
Celebrating Nature and Community: The Spirit of ‘Kere Connect Habba’
Friends of Lakes and India Cares Foundation are organising Kere Connect Habbas, or lake festivals, around the lakes of Bengaluru, to foster connection and engagement between a lake and its community
RO Water Purifiers Explained: What Every Homeowner Should Know
Published in Citizen Matters
Are White-Topped Roads Worsening Flooding in Bengaluru?
Published in Citizen Matters
The Greater Bengaluru Authority Must Embrace River-Centric Planning
Published in South First
Bring Back Nature to Bengaluru’s Rescue
Published in Deccan Herald
Few Bengaluru Apartments Sell Treated Wastewater
Published in Deccan Herald
FluxGen and WELL Labs’ DropTalk 2025 Redefines Water Conversations
Published in MSN
Bengaluru Needs Effective Groundwater Monitoring
Published in Citizen Matters
Review: Draft Framework for Lake Rejuvenation
WELL Labs, in collaboration with Friends of Lakes and supported by DCB Bank and BBMP, has drafted a framework for sustainably managing lakes. We invite you to review it and share your insights.
How Can We Engage Communities to Conserve Water in Bengaluru?
The Green Star Challenge promotes water sustainability in Bengaluru by acknowledging and promoting communities’ and institutions’ conservation efforts
Why Does It Flood so Bad in Bengaluru?
Published in The Hindu
Rain batters India’s Bengaluru, Renews Haphazard Expansion Concerns
Published in Hindustan Times
Bengaluru: Driest September in Decades Exposes Demand-Supply Gap
Published in NewsTrail
Bengaluru Heading Towards Zero Water Days, Warn Experts
Published in Deccan Herald
Building Climate-Resilient Cities with Nature-Based Solutions
In part 3 of this blog series, we look at how nature-based solutions (NbS) can help urban India mitigate and adapt to heat and water stress. We also delve into the work we are doing on NbS.
Science Gallery is Helping Bengaluru Rediscover its lakes–by teaching map-making
Published in Deccan Herald
Community Involvement Key to Reviving Bengaluru Lakes, Says Expert
Published in Deccan Herald
Bengaluru Has the Highest Number of Decentralised Sewage Treatment Plants Globally. Are They Effective?
WELL Labs and Eawag surveyed decentralised sewage treatment plants in the Yelahanka zone of northern Bengaluru to understand the challenges in urban wastewater treatment and reuse.