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Guest interviews
English
United States
100 episodes
since Jan. 8, 2021
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I had the opportunity to speak with Mr Crispino Lobo about the genesis of his work and the things that are being done at WOTR today. I got a crash course on watershed management in about 20 minutes. If you know nothing about the management of water as a resource in a rural landscape, this would be …

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Upcycling Food

Oat Milk has become quite popular today. Have you wondered what happens to the oats after the milk has been extracted? Yousef ate bread with grains left after making beer. This got him started on a quest to upcycle food. This journey has culminated in the launch of B-Sides. The journey has been lo…

Solar Transition

Damian Miller has been building Orb Energy in India for almost 2 decades now. His journey has been a unique example of sheer determination to make a change in this landscape. In this candid conversation, he shares his journey from the early days of Orb Energy to the place that they have reached tod…
Recycling is often brought up as a panacea to the global climate challenge. What really goes into the business and how challenging it is to scale a business of this nature is hard for most of us to fathom. I had the privilege of speaking with Mr Prassann Daphal, CEO of RecycleKaro which is one of …
I had a delightful conversation with Dr. Harini Nagendra who is the Director for the School of Climate Change and Sustainability at the Azim Premji University. We covered a lot of ground in this conversation, starting from her background in ecology, her work that got her more involved in the area …
I had the privilege of speaking with Anu who has lived many lives. She went from completing her masters in Civil Systems Engineering at Berkley to founding NextDrop which was backed by YC. Along the NextDrop journey, she made a pivot towards working in the area of sustainability. She has worked in…
I had the opportunity to speak with Sheeba Sen from Hasten Regeneration about her work in the area of forest regeneration. To describe the conversation as illuminating would be an understatement. Sheeba has been helping communities restore forests for over a decade now and she brings a whole host …
Last week I was able to spend some time with Dr. Philip Ellis who is a distinguished practitioner-scholar and a fellow in democratic civic engagement at the University of Pennsylvania's prestigious Netter Center and Graduate School of Education and a visiting scholar at Anant National University. W…
In this podcast, I speak with Vikas from Boson Whitewater who is working towards making every home and industry reclaim their wastewater and turn it into potable water. His journey began when he returned from the UK to India hoping to make a difference. Such a long and intriguing journey through wh…
I sat down with one of the founders of Paani.Earth, Madhuri Mandava to talk about the work that they are doing and why it matters. What I learnt blew my mind. In 20 minutes, Madhuri took me through her journey to make data about rivers more accessible and how it plays a crucial role in decision mak…
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