Through our Green Trails initiative, we are always trying to find alternative ways to process, reduce and recycle waste. Here are some of our experiments.

When we trek the Himalayas - there is a lot of waste produced and also collected. In fact, our trekkers go out of their way to help clean up the slopes. Here's what finally happens to all the waste...

We all trek for a physical and mental detox. Yet, with the ingredients most of toiletries have, it defeats that very purpose. Here Lakshmi, our Green Trails Coordinator, shares a few alternatives you can try instead of commercial toiletries.

The Himalayan rivers are slowly freezing up. Winter is almost here. So are the trek updates for this week! Check them out!

In 2013, Indiahikes took up Green Trails as a mission. In this video, Green Trails crusader Lakshmi Selvakumaran talks about how far we have come and our vision for the future.

Back from his fourth trek to Roopkund, Green Trails Intern Nikshep gives an account of the work that is being done on the slopes. He felt awful to see the sorry plight of holy places. But the enthusiasm of...

So much happened this week! From making arrangements for the EBC via Gokyo Ri trek to catching a thief red handed at the Deoriatal Base! Read on for the latest news from the Himalayas.

Green trails crusader Lakshmi went on her first trek to Sandakphu and was shocked by the state of affairs. Garbage being burnt in the open and piles of rotting debris. Here is the story of how she designed a...

The El Nino effect disrupted practically everything in the Himalayas: from agricultural produce to availability of water. Here is a little story of how local folk took on the mammoth task of ensuring trekkers had water at each campsite.

On the recent trek to Hampta Pass, Nikshep our green trails intern realised why exactly he stayed back in the mountains, and ditched his biochemical engineering classes back in college.

Imagine climbing a mountain of plastic with music blaring in the background. Quite the opposite of serene. If we do not focus on green trekking, this is how grim the future of our Himalayas look. Here, Green trails Crusader...

Starting this week, we will have trek updates to keep trekkers and their families informed of the happenings on the slopes. Here is the first of many to come.