My OperaThe learning curve
Friday, May 9, 2008 2:08:13 AM
The learning curve: Ten years ago, if you said you built eco-friendly homes for a living, no one would have taken you seriously. Not so today. Chandrasekhar Hariharan has shown that this is the business of the future. If watershed management, waste management, forestry, biogas, traditional architecture and solar energy sound like things NGOs do, you’ve guessed right. It was the development sector which served as Hariharan’s learning ground before he started BCIL. “Such technologies had to be combined with an enterprise that could push conservation values without compromising on everyday living and lifestyles,” he says.
