This section features initiatives, companies, events, organisations, and people working in the place of climate and sustainability
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Climate crisis is well upon us. But what's music got to do with it?
For starters, there's NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET!
Music Declares Emergency (a group of artists, music industry professionals and organisations) leverages the music industry's global influence to tackle climate change.
Understanding their role to drive public opinion, artists around the world have participated in and endorsed #NoMusicOnADeadPlanet, from Billie Eilish and Mel C to Julian Llyod Weber, The 1975 and Radiohead.
Our ecosystems are at a tipping point, stressing the need for a louder voice against this emergency - the loudest being Music. String along to find out how it plays key notes in the global movement against the climate crisis.
'As consumers, we have so much power to change the world by just being careful in what we buy' - Emma Watson.
In the previous article, we discussed if circularity is a sustainable reality in the fashion supply chain today. We also had a couple of conscious fashion brands share the challenges of closing the loop.
In this article, we present critical dilemmas that conscious consumers face while adopting the existing solutions available in the market in order to prevent garments from entering landfills.
'If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it' - Toni Morrison.
Authors like Priyadarshini are already using fiction to teach young readers about social and environmental responsibility, even though sustainability education has not been integrated into our nation's school curriculum.
Can we consume animal-based products and still be sustainable? What happens when we boycott silk, wool or honey? Namrata has interviewed some small business owners who directly work with grassroots — so we analyse the questions through a rural Indian lens.
Does being 'cruelty-free' automatically guarantee a clothing brand is sustainable? And brands using animal products by default should be shelved in the 'boycott' category? Before we Mary Kondo our clothes and accessories, let's pause to check out a narrative that may have more truth than the 'organic granola bar' on your hand.
Check out Namrata's take on the issue, the owner of the clothing brand Kaizen the label.
The classic air pollution case in north India (allegedly caused by farm fires/stubble burning) is signalling a dystopian future for us unless we stop playing the blame game every year and actively take part in climate action.
Talk is cheap, and it is easy to point fingers at a group, especially a marginalised one shouldering intersectional burdens. So what can different stakeholders holding various forms of power/responsibility do to stop this crisis?
In Marshall McLuhan's words, one can find the answer to this: 'There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew'.
If you love mountains, then NOW is the time to take action and save them. The once pristine and delicately balanced – Himalayan Mountain regions face a disturbed ecosystem caused by human-caused hazards.
Get to know how the Himalayan regions are being exploited and what we can do to address these emerging challenges and improve conditions for local communities.
From times immemorial, we've used natural resources unfairly. Specifically Water, one of the key resources, is freely wasted. But nature-based, low-cost technologies do exist to solve this problem.
They're called Constructed Wetlands.
Read more about them in the case study presented by Dr. Sudarsan J S
Conscious consumerism in Fashion has been spoken about for a long time. But is there another way of going green and yet, being fashionable? The answer - Styling.
Ruchika from KiRu talks about the dangerous impact of fast fashion and how small, easy steps can make a big difference.