It was more than a 100 years ago that Gandhi located the core of what would become the burning issues of the Anthropocene in the endless set of wants of the human being, the so-called “Homo ConsumensHomo Consumens.” He inquired into the “real” needs of humans versus a growing list of conveniences, the latter met only by a production machine that would increase structural and manifest violence and reduce the human being to slave consumers. In this “growth,” Gandhi saw human bondage and the extractive cycle of a consumption economy that has led us, one thrill at a time, to the age of the Anthropocene. Gandhi’s preference was a human-centric development and growth on the principles of sarvodaya—the upliftment of all, a system that would offer decent work, dignity and self-respect, where the owners of capital worked as trustees of society. He envisioned a model in which business owners would recognize that everything belongs to the Lord and they need take only what was for immediate use and leave the rest for the good of society. This paper discusses two examples of such models at work, namely the Aravind Eye Care SystemAravind Eye Care System and the Lijjat Papad CooperativeLijjat Papad Cooperative.