Students out on the treasure hunt for green buildings

I was pleasantly surprised to realize that Hyderabad had so many eco buildings. The simplest clue turned out to be 'The world's third greenest building', referring to the self-sustainable Sohrabji Godrej Green Building Centre. The Yogi Bear Park, a favourite picnic spot for kids, was an easy guess too, as its mini golf park is known to have its largest green cover.

The hunt also touched upon Our Place that won the Best Eco Friendly Restaurant in 2003; KBR Park, the largest green spot in Hyderabad; Doctor's Colony, that won the Best Eco-friendly Colony Award twice; Save the Rocks Society that is campaigning to protect the city's rock formations and Greenko, a company doing research in bio-diesels and carbon creadit.

As cars vroomed past me on the chase for the city's greenest treasures, a student next to me was suddenly struck by a business idea - "Hey, why don't we start a business using this route and call it an ecotour package?"

Now, did I just witness the beginning of a new startup?