Weeds to Wealth

At ATREE, I worked on a strategic initiative to transform the invasive Lantana Camara plant from an environmental threat into an economic resource. Working with the Soliga community in South India's tiger reserves, I developed prototypes and processing techniques that turn this destructive weed into valuable products. The project demonstrated how design interventions can create sustainable livelihoods while addressing conservation challenges, though we identified important scalability considerations for the approach.