Mainstreaming Sustainability, One Step at a Time
At Organo, we have always believed that sustainable living should not be an aspiration limited to a few — it must become a practical, everyday way of life for many. As our work expands across geographies, scales, and typologies, we are asking ourselves: How do we stay true to our values while also building for a larger, more complex world?
Over the years, through Organo Et School, we explored how sustainability could be made more relatable and actionable — in schools, in farms, and in communities. What began as an education initiative is now ready to evolve into something larger and more structured.
The Organo Center of Excellence (OCE) is the next step in this journey — a way to consolidate our learnings, expand our reach, and bring greater depth and consistency to how we design, build, and nurture eco-communities.
Why the Center of Excellence?
The OCE is not a separate initiative. It is the next logical step in our journey. It brings together the practices, insights, and learnings from our work so far and sets the foundation for what comes next. It will help us deepen our understanding of sustainability, refine how we design and build, and ensure that the experience we offer remains meaningful and consistent across all our projects.
We are choosing to create this Center because we know that real impact requires both imagination and rigour. It requires systems that can support scale, without losing soul.
What We Hope to Do
The Organo Center of Excellence will focus on six core areas that define our work:
Each of these areas will be shaped by research, documentation, learning loops, and collaboration with both internal and external partners.
How We Will Work
The OCE will function as a learning and doing space — a place where teams can pause to reflect, test ideas, share knowledge, and strengthen capabilities. It will bring together designers, engineers, sustainability practitioners, educators, industry experts, innovators and community facilitators to collectively solve real-world challenges. It will also serve as a platform for training the next generation of sustainability professionals.
By anchoring our efforts in data, documentation, and dialogue, we hope to build a replicable model that is grounded in reality and responsive to local needs.
Our Larger Intention
This is not about being a “first mover” or claiming leadership. It is about doing the work well, and doing it with care. The Organo CoE gives us the structure to listen more closely — to the land, to the people we build for, and to the changing climate around us.
We hope that in time, the Organo CoE can serve as a quiet, credible voice in the movement to make sustainability a part of everyday life — not as a niche offering, but as the new normal.
Get Involved
If you are a researcher, educator, builder, sustainability practitioner, or simply someone who shares our belief that responsible living should be accessible and actionable, we invite you to connect with us.
As we embark on this next chapter, we are also in the process of identifying a Center Head to lead this effort — someone who brings clarity, curiosity, and commitment to sustainability, learning, and systems thinking.
Let’s learn together. Let’s build better.
Write to us at oes@organo.co.in or visit https://www.organoetschool.co.in to explore partnerships, knowledge-sharing, or internship opportunities with the Organo Center of Excellence.
About Organo Et School (OES)
Organo Et School empowers people to embrace eco-living mindsets, behaviors, and habits. We recognize that for any positive impact to be sustainable, it must be long-term and inter-generational.
Organo Et School is a learning initiative set up by Organo in 2017 and has been facilitating field visits and workshops for Schools and Interest Groups. Organo Et School, an experiential learning initiative by Organo since 2017, has impacted over 8000 students, 2000 adults,1250 community residents, and 500 corporate employees.
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