Interviews 

Use इको-प्रिंटिंग: Say NO to chemicals.

We have tried to explore the insights during our conversation with Dr. Monisha Singh, Asst. Professor (Department of Family and Community Science) and Ms Aanchal Manuja, one of the Research Students who has identified new avenues in Eco-printing. Her research may help us to eliminate the use of chemical.

The Future of Sustainable Fashion?

A conversation with Ruby Veridiano, a Sustainable Fashion Storyteller, Educator, & Communications Consultant about the Future of Sustainable Fashion. She is a Filipina-American writer, co-founder of Spoken word collective iLL-Literacy, and a former VJ for Myx TV. She emphasis on girls empowerment. 

Kashmir owns a Sustainable initiative! 

Ecokash, is an initiative that helps the artisans’ community of Kashmir whose livelihood depends on Organic Fabrics, Handicrafts, etc. Insha Mir, a Journalist turned Entrepreneur is the Founder of EcoKash. As a steping stone to her Entrepreneur journey, EcoKash received a grant from Oyo's Founder Ritesh Agarwal. 

ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation plays a critical role at the Regional and National levels. ICAR- IISWC was established on 1st April 1974.  by the Govt. of India and transferred to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on 1st October 1967. 

(Part-2) Is it possible to avoid Green Washing? Do we really need more 'Sustainability Influencers'? What are the Solutions available for Sustainable Fashion? Do you really need one?? or Do you already have it in your wardrobe?? Think before you buy could be the best strategy today. 

( Part-1) Fashion transforms us, it's more than what it seems to be!! It's closed to our hearts and framed with our minds. But, Is it Sustainable??Are we really producing Values or Waste??Is there any co-relation between Sustainability and Circular Economy?? How does recycling affects sustainability?? 

Women , Geo-politics, Renewables

Prof. Annpurna Nautiyal is the Vice-Chancellor, HNB Garhwal University situated in the foothills of Himalayas. She shares her expert views on How Climate Change affects Women, increases Vulnerability and Socio-Political imbalance? What are the Political, Economical and Social consequences? 

Does the Problem holds a Solution?

A conversation with Padma Bhushan Dr. Anil Joshi on the current climatic conditions spread across resources, sectors, and assets. What are the risks involved? What could be the key solutions that may serve as a layer to protect? And, How worst it could be, if not handled properly. Because Climate Change is real.

Green innovation from Sweden

Mr. Imad Agi is the Chairman & CEO of Europe based ECOLOO Group. He is a Sustainable Sanitation Expert, well known Speaker, and an Entrepreneur. He has spoken in more than 20 countries on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and has been recognized by United Nations Foundation.

IPCC's AR6 by Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability was officially launched on 28- Feb -2022. The Report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. 

Indian Meteorological Centre has a key role in providing data to protect lives, both at National and State levels. It shares information before disaster, provide support data during the disaster, and consolidate to interpret the data after the disaster.  

Climate change may leads to heavy rainfall causing Floods, Landslides, and affects the lives and livelihoods. It may turn into disaster either at the time of arrival of monsoon or at the time of withdrawl of monsoon. Is it going to increase in the near Future?  

Migration has always been an issue, specifically in the hilly areas. It's a series issue for the  villages of Uttarakhand. However, is it possible to keep a hold on migration? 

Pre-Monsoon information is a part of 'Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy'. It, therefore has the potential to save millions of lives and livelihood. But is it really helpful? 

Himalaya, also known as the 'Third Pole' is being affected by Climate Change. Rise in temperature, Melting of glaciers are affecting it immensly.  Is the ecology here is getting imbalance? 

Empowering Villages is one of the most important factors for Agriculture based economies. Therefore, we need to  strenghten the villages, which evetually will upgrade the economy. 

We are focusing on the verticle growth, and this is how our ecomony grows, this is how our infrastructure grows, and this is how our cities grows. But, we need to address the inclusive horizontal growth. 

There must be 3 features of technology, it must be cheap, it must be feasable , and it muct be locally repaired. We must develop the techonologyy in a participatory and customized way.

Himalaya is a donor, it provides water, air, bio-diversity, and balances our ecology.   To protect the livelihood in the cities, we need to protect villages. The life of a city is driven by the life of a village. 

There are various touchpoints where the Climate Change affects our Agriculture system. Increase in temperature could harm the organic matter content of the soil. It brings down moisture as well.

Increasing land degradation directly affects our productivity in the agriculture sector. It is one of the most emerging challenges. Agroforestry, therefore has a significant role to uphold the quality. 

There are Solutions right from Soil Management to Water Management to Fertilizer Management. Thus, we need to identify the best possible ways to implement those. But remember, one thing fits all approach willl not work.

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission is the key factor of Global Warming both in Developed and Developing Countries. And, to combat GHG emissions there are several Macro and Micro initiatives taken at the Global level. 

ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (IISWC) was established on 1st April 1974. It was initially established by the Government of India and then transferred to the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR). 

Change in Climate has a devastating effect on our planet. And, the critical part is that Nature does not have any Geographical boundaries. Lets have a short look at the Physical and Economical damages (1970 to 2019) 

An exclusive discussion with Shri Bikram Singh Ji, Director of the Meteorological Department, Dehradun, on: Climate change, the global role of the Regional Center, its regional and national-level role, the use of data from the Meteorological Department, and the threats and solutions related to climate change in the future. 

In an exclusive conversation with Shri Bikram Singh Ji (Director, Meteorological Center, Dehradun), learn about: - Uttarakhand's role in preventing pollution, the influx of people from across the country and abroad to Uttarakhand, glaciers in the Himalayan region, villages of Uttarakhand, and disaster management. 

In a conversation with Padma Bhushan Dr. Anil Joshi, learn about: - The Himalayas and its significant role as the 'Third Pole', issues related to migration from villages, particularly in Uttarakhand, and a vision for the villages of the future. 

Global temperature shifts may take centuries but the effects of rising in temperature are rapid and extreme. The devastating impacts of increase in temperature is at every level.

Frequent Natural calamities have always been a challenge. It affects the most vulnerable globally. More than 70% were affected by extreme or lack of rainfall 2000-2019 (Source: UNDRR Report).