I4 Sustainable Development Foundation

We are tucked away in Seema Apartments, which is right near Mhatre Bridge. If you know the area, you know how busy that bridge gets during the evening rush. Our place is 9/B/1, and it is a fairly quiet corner once you get inside. We started this because we wanted to look at how things are being built and used around here. It is not about big speeches; it is more about the small stuff, like how people handle their waste or save a bit of water in their own homes. The office is full of stacks of papers and old maps of the city. We spend a lot of time talking to neighbors and trying to figure out why some things work and others do not. Sometimes the light in the hallway flickers, and we keep meaning to tell the caretaker, but we usually get distracted by work. It is a simple setup—a few tables, some mismatched chairs, and a lot of books on the shelves. We do not have a receptionist or anything like that. If the bell rings, whoever is closest to the door gets up to answer it. It is just a handful of us trying to make sense of things and seeing if we can help the neighborhood stay a bit greener. It is slow work, and we do not always have the answers, but we keep at it anyway.