Inspired by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) clean air study, 24-year-old Harshit Baveja started 'Gift a Life' organisation three years ago to curb the menace of air pollution in the national capital.In 2016, when Delhi's air quality was the worst Baveja established the company with the concept of 'Gift a plant, gift a life'.Talking about the inspiration behind this, he said that he came across NASA's 'Clean Air Study,' a study of ways to clean the air in space stations.Its results suggested that in addition to absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen through photosynthesis, certain common indoor plants may also provide a natural way of removing toxic agents such as benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene from the air.Taking a cue from this report, Harshit decided to gift indoor plants to his family, friends, and neighbours."Besides helping them to stay healthy during those days when air pollution was really high, we wanted to understand the ...
