The 90-minute documentary by filmmaker Ali Tabrizi starts out as a nature documentary trying to understand whale stranding but soon turns into a journey uncovering the effects of the commercial fishing industry. With hidden cameras and filming in dangerous locations, the documentary tries to expose the illegal fishing markets which have a deeper, hidden system of corruption, slavery, and fraud,…
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Zero-Waste Products Available on Amazon
Are you thinking about living a more sustainable lifestyle but not sure where to begin? Here are a few zero-waste products available on Amazon India to get you started. While it is difficult to live a truly zero-waste lifestyle, these items will help reduce your household waste significantly. 1. Menstrual Cup Switch to a cup instead of disposable sanitary napkins…
Let’s have an Eco-Friendly Holi!
This colorful festival of Holi is to celebrate the victory of the almighty over the demon and make us all realize the power of goodness. With the pandemic and climate change crisis, the world needs more attention than ever before. Keeping the safety of the environment in mind, here are some ways to celebrate an eco-friendly Holi. While there…
Teaching your kids about the planet while home-schooling
Parents leave no stone unturned when it comes to teaching their children everything that would help them become a better person. From helping the little one learns the alphabets to inculcating good manners, everything that a child learns, begin at home. The COVID-19 outbreak has drastically altered daily life for millions of students and parents. Suddenly, the pressure on educators…
Tips for parents on teaching environment themed topics to their kids at home.
We always say that kids are our future. But looking at the global environmental crisis the world is facing today, we also wonder, what kind of future will our children have? How are they going to fight this crisis in future? And what could be the possible solution for this problem? Well, the solution is quite simple if you are…
Raising Conscious Children In The Lockdown
Dear fellow parents, In today’s time, raising children has become very challenging and extremely demanding. To add to that, life in the city takes them away from the real joy of living in nature. When the lockdown started my family and I decided to move to our second home in a small town called Navsari where we are surrounded by…
Teach your kids recycling at home with these simple DIY’s
Image Credit: Larimer County Several people send their waste for recycling on a monthly basis. But most of them don’t even know how it works. Do you know how exactly your paper is recycled? Or that plastic shampoo bottle that your raddiwala took last month? Did you know that there are several types of plastics and each one of them is…
How to be an environmentally conscious parent in India
Disclaimer: We do not earn any kind of affiliate commission from the products mentioned below. I only recommend products that I like and have received positive information about.* With the recent plastic ban and segregation laws taking effect in Maharashtra, it is important to include children in the conversation as well. After all, this is a generation of children, that…
Deconstructing the “S” Word – How to introduce sustainability to your child
The “S” word — “Sustainability”, has become the new buzzword for educators and parents everywhere. But how exactly can you introduce a young child to the complex world of sustainability? Here are some simple ideas that you can implement for kids below the age of 9: For ages 2 -4: At this age the child is filled with wonder because of all…
Why you need to teach your child about sustainability
Us: “Why is waste bad?” Child 1: “Waste is bad because it makes the place smell and harms animals” Us: “What can we do about waste?” Child 2: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Us: “Okay. But do you know how this is done? and what do you do before recycling?” All Children: *Silence* This was a small snippet from one of our…