Home a space for living and aspiring

Earth is our only home, every living thing on earth creates or lives in a place called home. Home is a space for living and meeting one's aspirations too. The podcaster explains from his observations and practices about the living space.

Sustainable Traditional Green Buildings

People had been living in the lap of nature with least impact on the earth. In the past, billions of people lived and left the earth, without much impacts. In the last 50 years, the ecological footprint is increasing as people are using exotic and non-sustainable materials in the construction of living spaces. In this podcast, all the aspects of traditional green buildings are presented. The materials used in the construction industry has high embodied energy too. The elements of nature - light, air, ambience, a niche for everyone, privacy and socialization were existing in the traditional green buildings. The podcaster explains from his observations and himself adopted traditional green building concepts. saibhaskarnakka@gmail.com

Living at the base of the Pyramid

The economic activities are broadly grouped into primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary and quinary activities. These activities in sequence can be considered as a pyramid starting from the base of the pyramid i.e., primary activity. As the majority of people dependent lessens with every increase in level, people engaged at a lower level of economic activity lead a life with more integrity.

Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development and Planning

Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development and Planning. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation is the iterative process of integrating considerations of climate change adaptation into policy-making, budgeting, implementation and monitoring processes at national, sector and subnational levels. It is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder effort grounded in the contribution of climate change adaptation to human well-being, pro-poor economic growth, and achievement of the SDGs. It entails working with a range of government and non-governmental actors, and other actors in the development field.

Food Consumption and Sustainability

Food Consumption and Sustainability of resources

Stoves for a cause

The contribution of efficient biomass low-cost stoves by Dr Sai Bhaskar Reddy is presented in this podcast.

Freedom and Sustainability

Freedom with responsibility will lead to sustainability