Climate Activism Archives

How Padma Shri nominee Yogabalaji, 21, planted 10,000 trees, gave Covid-19 talks

by Ranjani Rajendra | Feb 25, 2022

(February 25, 2022) From the small Tamil Nadu town of Muduvurpatti comes a lad who has stars in eyes and a steely resolve to affect change towards the environment at the grassroot level. Always socially driven, Yogabalaji G, a 21-year-old engineering student, has been...

Planting forests, creating shoes from plastic, making glass into sand – these young Indian activists are conservationists with a plan

by Global Indian | Dec 28, 2021

(December 28, 2021) Three years ago, a young Swedish girl made the world stop in its tracks by emphasising the extent of environmental damage in the world. Her fervent plea was to ask if this is the world we were leaving behind for our children. At a UN climate...