Hyderabad, Feb. 2 -- As the concern over sustainability and the preservation of nature grows, a group of students in Hyderabad aims to reduce the use of real flowers for decorative purposes replacing them with artificial ones.

The artificial flower business called 'Everlasting Blossoms' was initiated by Shahnaz Ansari, Mohammed Azmath and Mariya Begum who are students of Class 7 at the Kurmaguda Academy for Relief and Education (KARE) school in Hyderabad.

Elaborating on the initial idea Azmath said, "The idea originated from an art exhibition held at our school a few months ago. One of our teachers assigned us sustainability and nature and gave us a basic understanding of the theme."

He and his co-founders noticed that a lot of flowers...