Environmentalist Foundation of India

• It was started in 2007 and registered in 2011.
• Headquarter: Chennai, Hyderabad, Puducherry, and Coimbatore.
• Objective: Wildlife conservation and habitat restoration.
• Key Functions:
  • The organisation is known for its work in cleaning and scientifi c restoration of lakes in India for
    biodiversity.
  • The organisation and its efforts grew from that one pond in Chennai to include over 39 lakes and 48 ponds in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chokecherry and Gujarat in the last 10 years (2007 to 2017) ” EFI is also involved in the setting up of herbal biodiversity gardens at schools and special interest zones. The idea behind the herbal gardens is to increase people’s interest in green cover and live healthy with native Indian herbs.
  • EFI’s “Clean for Olive Green” is a beach clean-up project that is organized every year in December to May to keep Chennai’s beaches clean for the nesting Sea Turtle Mothers.