A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl in Tamil Nadu has been declared the first 'carbon neutral' baby, thanks to the foresight shown by her parents.
Even before Aadavi was born, her parents, Dinesh and Janaga, have been planting fruit trees by collaborating with farmers across the state.
Now they have planted 6,000 trees and this is expected to offset Aadavi's lifetime carbon footprint.
An average Indian emits 2 tons of carbon annually.
As a result of Dinesh and Janaga's noble initiatives, Aadavi has been awarded by the Asia Book of Records for being the world's first carbon-neutral baby.
Dinesh was working with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, but he left the job to form an NGO Seerakhu, along with Janaga.
Seerakhu aims to create a carbon-neutral India and they educate people to curb their carbon footprint by planting trees.
Within two years, Seerakhu has planted 400,000 trees and regenerated forests through their relentless pursuit to plant trees.
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A man carries his cat across a flooded road in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on November 29, 2025. Sri Lanka made an appeal for international assistance on November 29 as the death toll from heavy rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose to 123, with another 130 reported missing. Getty Images