The Green Gen Podcast - Simplifying sustainability with Prerana Tirodkar

Introducing Season 2 of The Green Gen Podcast one beyond sustainability focused on embracing systemic complexities. 

Designed to help unleash our sphere of influence, showcase our power to be part of the solution both as members of the society we live in, consumers of the businesses that serve us, the businesses that we often blame, and the corporate world. Bringing perspectives, experiences, insights from world leaders, experts, change agents that aim to leave all of us enabled to build our theory of change. 

New episode out every 1st and 15th of the month! Watch out this space for more 

Sometimes all you need is ONE person, ONE though, ONE choice to make a difference. Join the journey of three engineering student activists - purposeful yet imperfect as they discuss climate change and all that it means to them. Learn from a candid conversation between individuals joined by one community - The FRCRCE alumni network, what it took to awaken and act upon the intention of making a difference. 

The informal waste management system is what you might identify to as the scrap pickers, kabadiwallas, etc is one of the most underrated contributors to the ecosystem. One that provides gainful employment opportunities to lakhs of people and contributes to a significant share of our output. 

In the episode, we share the journey of Kabadiwalla Connect which leverages the city’s existing informal waste infrastructure to deliver cost-effective and low carbon waste management solutions.

ABOUT

India’s complex urban challenges and in addition to increasing climate risks make it essential to prepare for and develop the ability to thrive in varying climate conditions. With increasing urbanization, urban areas are expected to house 40% of India’s population and contribute 75% of India’s GDP by 2030. This requires comprehensive development with a $30 billion investment program, the need for incorporating climate action within existing to ensure sustainable development. 

In the episode understand how 

- Integrated role of citizens and government to tackle climate action

- Indian policies and efforts to ensure sustainable socio-economic development 

Resources 

Punit Gandhi: https://www.punitgandhi.com/

National Institute of Urban Affairs: https://www.niua.org/

Climate Centre for Cities: http://niua.org/c-cube/

Our mission: The Green Gen Podcast is an effort to simplify the understanding of sustainability and help bridge the intention-action gap between an individual's pro-environmental behavior.  In the episodes, we share solutions, insights, knowledge bytes that help make responsible behavior natural and sustainability accessible, practical, and actionable.

Introducing The Green Affair Segment where we demystify complex jargons that surround Sustainability. 

In this episode learn more about 

- What does circular economy mean?

- Learn more about practical business examples that surround us

- How we as individuals can lead a circular, zero waste-conscious life. 

Being green is more than just buying 'eco'. It is an unshakable commitment to a sustainable lifestyle. 

Introducing THE GREEN AFFAIR where we bring to you real experiences. Roadblocks that had to be tackled by individuals who choose to move beyond being bystanders and take ownership of the environmental crisis we face today. 

A zero-waste minimalistic lifestyle is one that most of us have either been hearing about or been an advocate of. 

But what does it even mean? 

Would it make sense to mindlessly hop on this bandwagon?Zero-waste lifestyle is a lifestyle change and an incremental journey towards leading a sustainable life. One that influences all environmental areas by preventing resource extraction, reducing the number of materials sent to the landfill or incinerator, and reducing pollution from producing, transporting, or disposing of materials.

2021 is one of the most critical years in our journey towards achieving the UN global goals. In order to accelerate our journey, we need to collaborate and make sustainability everyone's problem. In this episode, Anita shares her journey of driving global partnerships for sustainable development across the private and public sectors and the importance of business in the future of our planet. 

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Did you know tourism is the fourth-largest contributor to Co2 production? While transport is primarily responsible to drive the impact accommodation contributes to over one-fourth of the total impact.

What if the solution to all of this isn’t cutting down on your travel but is planning better?

Join Prerana Prasad the founder of Ecoplore an aggregator platform for eco-friendly hotels across India and Varun Paul a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Ashoka Fellow and Social impact consultant at Sattva consulting as we share our simple guide that will leave your inspired and help you plan your next vacation and travel responsibly.

There is so much out there that is downright breathtaking to explore do not deny yourself of the joy of travelling and experiencing true happiness.

In the first episode, our host Prerana Tirodkar is joined by Dr. CB Bhattacharya. Dr. CB Bhattacharya is the founder of The Center for Sustainable Business (CSB) at the University of Pittsburgh and a world-renowned expert in the domain of sustainability in business. His research and teaching focus specifically on how companies can use underleveraged “intangible assets” such as corporate identity, reputation, corporate social responsibility and sustainability to strengthen stakeholder relationships and drive firm market value.

Corporate sustainability for the longest time has been misunderstood as a responsibility of the CSR department. However, 2021 demands ownership right from the mailroom to the boardroom. In this episode identify how we can leverage corporate sustainability to drive business and societal value.