environmental activist Archives

The Indegenous Equation: How Bhavna Choudhury became a global voice for tribes in Assam

by Bindu Gopal Rao | Dec 30, 2024

(December 29, 2024) Bhavna Choudhury remembers how, on Teacher’s Day, children didn’t come to class with pens or bouquets. Instead, they arrived with their hands full of Lao, Ou-Tenga, Kordoi, all grown in their own backyards. Growing up in a small indigenous...

Sustainable designer Kriti Tula is changing the ways of the fashion world

by Namrata Srivastava | Jul 9, 2023

(July 9, 2022) Fashion is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and also one of the sectors that generates tonnes of harmful waste every year. When I ask fashion designer Kriti Tula, what I can as an individual do to help reduce this waste generation,...

Ancient living: Climate warrior Archana Soreng is saving the planet through tribal practices

by Namrata Srivastava | Apr 4, 2023

(April 4, 2023) “We all can contribute towards climate action because we all are unique. Our voice matters. And you can contribute to climate action in the way you like, in the way you can,” said climate warrior, Archana Soreng, as she finished her speech...