Saving the Ganges River by Turning Sacred Flowers Into Incense

Is creative thinking the best way to improve our communities? Undoubtedly, yes! For proof, here’s how one man in India is helping ease the pollution of the Ganges by turning sacred flowers—formerly trash that was dumped into the river—into incense!

Every year 8 million tons of fresh, sacred flowers from temples in India, could end up in the Ganges River as a major pollutant. But now, many are being UP-cycled and repurposed into a sacred form of incense, rebirthing them in an eco-friendly way that we can all learn from.

By Brittany Nugent

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