Jodie Underhill (@jodie.underhill ), more popularly known as ‘Garbage girl’ was born in 1976 in Great Yarmouth, England. She is 100% committed to tackling India’s garbage problem and sincerely believes that change is possible!
She started organizing mass clean ups in McLeod Ganj, India in March 2009 and went on to form the group Mountain Cleaners shortly afterward.
No longer content with being restricted to the mountains Jodie founded Waste Warriors in September 2012 and the organization has been going from strength to strength and now employs nearly 70 staff.
Jodie’s dedication and commitment to a cleaner India have earned her support from Prasoon Joshi, Adam Gilchrist, Piyush Chawla and Anand Mahindra to name a few.
Awards & Recognition
Rex Karmaveer Fellowship
(United Nations & ICONGO, March 2015)
Service Before Self Award
(Mumbai Rotary Club, February 2015)
Grassroots Women of the Decade Award
(Assocham Ladies League, September 2014)
Amazing Indians Award (Times Now & Mahindra, February 2012)
Content: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jodieunderhill
Photo Credit: http://hillpost.in
www.facebook.com/jodie.underhill1
www.wastewarriors.org/our-founder
Special thanks to @mountaincoy_vivophotography for all the help.