About EasyForest (KALPAVRIKSHA)
Afforestation, made easy
Started by two computer engineers from Tamil Nadu, EasyForest blends the Miyawaki method with ancient Indian principles to grow fast, self-sustaining native forests.
At a glance
EasyForest (KALPAVRIKSHA) was started in 2017 by two computer engineers from Tamil Nadu. It blends the Miyawaki method with ancient Indian principles to grow fast, self-sustaining native forests, and has planted 20,000 native trees in 16 districts across 3 states.
Our story
EasyForest was founded in 2017 by Ramachandran S, co-founder and chief, and Karvendhan G, co-founder and head of operations: two computer engineers who wanted afforestation to be simple for everyone who owns a piece of land.
In 2019 we planted the first dense forest in Chennai with Greater Chennai Corporation: 2,500+ saplings in Kotturpuram. The same year, Salem Corporation set up urban forests with us under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan.
Since then our forests have grown across 16 districts in 3 states. Today we plant dense forests, Sacred Forests (Pavithra Vana) and sustainable farms for governments, hospitals, industries, temples and families.
Our forests in numbers
- states with our forests
- 3
- districts with our forests
- 16
- native trees planted
- 20,000
- solid waste put back into soil
- 400t
- CO₂ absorbed every year*
- 484t
- O₂ released every year*
- 1,868t
* Estimated yearly figures once the forests reach maturity.
Our journey
From one forest in Chennai to 16 districts
- 2017EasyForest begins
Two computer engineers from Tamil Nadu start planting native forests.
- 2019Chennai's first dense forest
2,500+ saplings in Kotturpuram with Greater Chennai Corporation.
- 2019Urban forests in Salem
Salem Corporation sets up urban forests with us under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan.
- 2021Recognised in the USA
Aim2Flourish names EasyForest a business innovation for the UN Global Goals.
- 2025Apollo Hospitals
A Panchabootha Vana at Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, inaugurated in March.
- Today16 districts
20,000 native trees and growing, across 3 states.
(opens the full certificate)Recognition
Recognised by Aim2Flourish, Ohio, USA
In August 2021, Aim2Flourish, from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, recognised EasyForest as a business innovation for the UN Global Goals, under "Afforestation made easy".
Read the interview (opens in a new tab)In the news
Featured in
- The HinduArticle
Salem Corporation sets up urban forests under Jal Shakti Abhiyan
Read on thehindu.com (opens in a new tab) - Times of IndiaArticle
Eight acres of urban forest to come up in Chennai's central region
Read on timesofindia.com (opens in a new tab) - The News MinuteArticle
Startup mini-forests: two TN men transforming educational and corporate campuses
Read on thenewsminute.com (opens in a new tab) - Sun NewsVideo
How to create a Miyawaki forest, with S. Ramachandran
Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab, in Tamil)In Tamil
Who started EasyForest?
Two computer engineers from Tamil Nadu started EasyForest in 2017 to plant native forests.
What method does EasyForest use?
We blend the Miyawaki method of dense native planting with ancient Indian principles, and reuse solid waste to build the soil, so the forest grows fast and then sustains itself.
What has EasyForest achieved?
Chennai's first dense forest in 2019 (2,500+ saplings in Kotturpuram), urban forests with Salem Corporation under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, recognition by Aim2Flourish in 2021 as a business innovation for the UN Global Goals, and 20,000 native trees in 16 districts across 3 states.
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