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Exploring today, for a more sustainable tomorrow

This post presents an abstract submitted to the International Conference on Education as a Driver for Sustainable Development Goals organized by the Centre for Environment Education . Abstract Title : Exploring today, for a more sustainable tomorrow. Authors: Nimesh Ved, Radha Gopalan and Suresh Jones . Workshop Theme: SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and production. Relevance to the workshop theme : Critical exploration will include questions which bring out connections between production, consumption and sustainable life on the planet, like: ·         How do we look at ourselves as being a part of the planet rather than apart from the planet? ·         How do we understand that every action has a consequence and we have a responsibility to other living beings on this planet? ·         How do we integrate the interconnectedness of life into our thought and action? Relevance to conference objectives : Human lifestyles, especially in th

Mizoram and Meghalaya

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Pleased to share an image from the Balipara Awards where I received the Green Green Award. Many thanks to Balipara Foundation and so many of you who have been a part of this journey.  Have learnt more from the journey than I can ever explain leave aside give.  Link to an earlier award .

Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai - Some conversations after a film

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One feedback to the earlier post on the topic - to elaborate - has me putting up a revised piece. I moved out to the street – in heavy and slow steps – and called up the number I had not answered as the film was being screened. As the conversation moved, Friend: How was the film? Me: Disturbing. Friend: Audience? Me: Room was full, more people than chairs and no one either talked on the phone or went out. Friend: Did anyone disturb the screening? Problems have been reported from Delhi. Me: Thankfully no. We were to discuss conservation education but it was a kind of difficult task after one had heard of people being cut, killed and burnt. The ‘normalcy’ with which people talked of the massacres will remain with me for a while. As I sat in the bus, I wondered on the very notion of saving wildlife when human life had very little value. I was returning home after attending a screening of Nakul Singh Sawhney’s ‘Muzaffarnagar Baaki Hai’ at Lamakaan.  The screening