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YouTube video by The Climate Brief Why Delhi (and India) Can't Afford The *NEW Aravalli Ruling!

India's oldest mountain range may lose the little protection it had

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YouTube video by The Climate Brief Why Bengaluru Is Setting the Standard for Indian Cities

The next time someone says ‘But what can I do?’, share the example of how the citizens of Bangalore raised their voices and just earned themselves a new heritage biodiversity park. This is not a story from 50 years ago, but from 2025!

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A hangover, a UNESCO heritage site and the right bin! A fun story that starts with Vermouth and ends with a lesson in waste segregation

A personal essay that starts with Vermouth and ends with a lesson in waste segregation

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So I am going to give this place another shot. Where do I find people interested in climate I should follow?

Inktober X Climate change | 2024 edition My interpretation of the Inktober 2024 prompts with a climate change lens

A fun project I did last year
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The men accused of stealing wind No one really owns the wind, but it can apparently be stolen!

If no one owns it, can it be stolen?
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Sweat it out: The Heat quiz Take this quiz to learn some interesting nuggets on why its getting so hot, how it will impact our lives in more ways than we can imagine and what are some innovative solutions people have found!

Heat is often called the silent killer. And rightly so. Sharing a quiz I made last year that talks about why its getting so hot and how we can deal with it. Give it a shot!

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Sunny climate stormy climate | Weekly digest #65 Maharashtra's state fish (the silver Pomphret) may be at the risk of extinction, Mumbai's coastal road development to fell 9000 mangroves and China renews its commitment to its climate goals.

Back with an edition of the news digest after a months break
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Hahaha yeah they just don't stop!

To be honest, I didn't get bird watching. Thought it was too slow. Not exciting. It is indeed slow, but once you slow down and learn to listen and see, there is so much happening!

Saw the black headed jay and its beautiful blue tail. Tried to distinguish between kites and eagles. Got tired of listening to the red whattled lapwing. Saw drongos and parakeets. All in all, had a lot of fun and have discovered a new hobby, maybe.

The app inded made the last week I spent in the Kangra valley a very fun and joyous experience. I can now tell the Great barbet from the blue throated barbet. Learnt and saw that the Himalayan bulbul is indeed quite friendly and will just come and sit on a pole next to you.

We kept seeing this beautiful black bird with red streaks on its face and crest on its head. Didn't know what it was and downloaded the app in our attempts to identify this bird. Turns out it was the red whiskered Bulbul.

I downloaded it a couple of months back, soon after we moved into a new place where we'd hear a lot of chirps that we weren't familiar with. To be fair, the only sounds I was really familiar with were those of crows, pigeons, sparrows and parrots.

I think I am becoming a bird watcher, one of those annoying people who get excited because "I think I heard a Himalayan woodpecker" and make the whole group stop trying to look for it.

And a large part of the blames must go to the Merlin bird ID app by @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Sunny climate, Stormy climate | Sailee | Substack This publication tries to bring to you a balanced view on the climate crisis. Some 'stormy' pieces that should be a cause for alarm and some 'sunny' ones that bring hope. I write a weekly news digest,...

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I am sharing this today in spirit of the Earth day theme ‘Our power our planet’. I started writing because that felt like something I could do. Talking to people about climate change is a powerful climate action. You can start with this. Or you can choose to do something else. The choice is yours.

I didn't think it would go anywhere. I wasn't even sure how long I'd keep writing.
2 years later, I still write the newsletter. It's seen almost 100 posts and 1200 subscribers. I've gotten identified as 'the sunny stormy girl'. It's sparked many conversations.

A lot of people feel anxious when they see the state of the planet and there are broadly two ways to cope - to disengage completely OR to find their sense of agency and do what they think is in their control. I chose the latter and my coping mechanism was to write a newsletter.

Who is going to read a climate newsletter in a world where people can’t even go through a 60 second reel?

I started writing my climate newsletter almost 2 years back. Mostly because I didn't know what to do with all the information about climate change I was consuming.

YouTube video by The Climate Brief The Price You're Paying For India's Car Obsession

We talk about this in our latest video: The price we are paying for our car obsession: youtu.be/pL0iuPncF7g?...

We can't end our obsession with cars unless we stop putting cars at the center of how our cities are designed. It will need more investment in buses, metros and trains. It will mean lesser investment in flyovers and coastal roads. (4/5)

Mumbai gets even better. The number of BEST buses has actually reduced from ~4000 to ~2900 over the last decade.

And there's a similar story playing out in most cities. (3/5)

But often it's not a choice. It's the only way to commute when public transport infra is so grossly inadequate.

How inadequate? Bangalore had 6400 buses for 9 mn people in 2012. It still has 6400 buses, now for almost 1.5X the population!
That's < 0.5 buses per 1000 ppl (2/5)

India is in a toxic relationship with cars. Quite literally. Cars are a sign of status. It's a dream to buy ones first car. But the cars are also killing us - leaving us with congested roads, unbreathable air and transport noise levels that are twice of what is healthy. (1/5)

Union budget 2025: What does it mean for climate action? The budget delivers on supporting the energy transition, but doesn’t do much for other critical pillars of climate action such as adaptation, conservation, agriculture, pollution, or built envt

My review of what the budget means for climate action
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The 2025 Climate bucket list 10 simple challenges to make this your most climate-friendly year yet

It’s the end of Jan and if you feel like your regular new year resolutions are not working, might i interest you to check out this slightly different list?
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Daily reminder to be grateful for blue skies #113

Daily reminder to be grateful for blue skies #112

Umm... Do we really need to reduce plastic usage? Isn't it all getting recycled now? Umm.. I hate to tell you, but I think it's time. Santa claus is not real, sweetie pie!

I am doing a series of posts where I try to answer questions I get asked often in the context of climate change or sustainable practices like a ‘Climate change FAQ’.
This is the first one.
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