In which I write an essay on meaning making with plants in my book, Savi and the Memory Keeper. With some amazing illustrations by Rajiv Eipe.
Thank you for asking us, Elizabeth Tavella.
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So excited to share this!! Fly migrants are truly incredible animals who are so important for the planet.

They are vital pollinators, pest controllers, decomposers, and transferers of nutrients!

Thank you so much to New Scientist for featuring these most remarkable of migrants!

An analysis of the recently uploaded State Expert Committee appointed as per the 202/96 Godavarman order to identify (& thereby protect) unclassed/deemed #forest shows that 'NO state has provided verifiable data on the identification, status, and location of unclassed Forests in…

The @aclu writes: “University officials must also be cognizant of the history of law enforcement using inappropriate and excessive force on communities of color… Moreover, arresting peaceful protestors is also likely to escalate… the tensions on campus”
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We need solar power. And the Great Indian bustard needs enough area to breed, hide and range in. Both need to be done, and not at the cost of the other.

I’ve outlined some areas that should be prioritised for the GIB below:

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#IndianOceanbasin , the fastest warming basin in the world, will see warming of 1.7°C-3.8°C per century, new paper has projected, warning that this will lead to an increase in #extremeweather , prolonged #marineheatwaves and changes in #monsoon Roxy Koll ⛈

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#Report : bit.ly/3JyeJym

It is high time to initiate a dialogue on the intricate relationship between #AirQuality and #ViolentCrime . Although our recent study conducted in #Chennai found a weak correlation, more research is needed.

Greater Chennai Corporation GREATER CHENNAI POLICE -GCP

Young Hope for India in 2024? on youth and Vikalp Sangam Manifesto for a just, equitable, sustainable future vikalpsangam.org/article/young-… Shrishtee Bajpai

Chief Wildlife warden goes on record saying Pulicat's 10km eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) will not exist after settlement of rights. The way for Adani port will be cleared if the ESZ is reduced. Reason for TN to be deeply worried -

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#EarthDay | M.Yuvan writes about how it is time for local nature-based learning to become a part of school education:
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'We need to redefine activism as facilitating falling in love with the living world.'

~ M.Yuvan, in conversation with Chintan

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Some gifts are so precious, thanks M.Yuvan not just for the #book & this utterly beautiful msg, but for writing this luminous, poetic, emotive, enlightening & important book. Read it and rediscover #Chennai & your own cities. Redraw their maps... & fight to protect their…

A major crisis is silently building inside #Pulicat bird sanctuary. Invasive 'Charru mussels' are triggering an ecological disaster depleting native prawns, crabs & fish life. Yellow clams & green mussels are becoming extinct. Urgent action needed.

The New Indian Express #TamilNadu

'We need to redefine activism as facilitating falling in love with the living world,' says M.Yuvan, author of the Bloomsbury India book INTERTIDAL: A COAST & MARSH DIARY, in this interview with me for Hindustan Times. Edits: manjula narayan. hindustantimes.com/books/yuvan-av…

🧵 on #GreenCreditRules2024

Why the euphoria at the MoEF&CC tweaking the #GreenCreditRules2024 SO 884(E)? Where is the #Government Order detailing change in the #policy that primacy must be accorded to restoring #ecosystems over #tree planting? And even if the ministry has…

This is really fantastic Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta Abhisheka Krishna Gopal Thank you for facilitating this wonderful initiative to weave in nature education as part of community library spaces! Also thrilled that some of our Kannada NatureClassrooms material is part of this library kit :-)

If wetlands could vote... If water could vote...

#LokSabhaElections2024

This is no way to protect a sanctuary, India's 2nd largest waterbody. Illegal land conversion, oil spill, gas leak, bird deaths from fertilizer + industrial pollution, invasive mussel introduced by ports.

This is no way to honor a wetland Tamil Nadu Forest Department

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The students at Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts explored their immediate neighbourhood using our Walls and Pavements resource and it looks like they had a lot of fun! Here is what they have to say about their experience.