Countryside

Catch Mihir and Abhishek on Countryside in conversation with Mr. Sanju Soman. He is founder of SUSTERA, a non profit which focuses directly on climate change adaptation, mitigation, outreach and advocacy thus contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. In this podcast the listeners would come to understand the concept of upcycling and the wonderful initiative of SUSTERA of upcycling of sarees and other fabric into bags called Milee Bags. Tune in to know the impact of Milee bags on the local community in Kerala. He leaves us with a message that leaves a deep impression and seriously questions our actions till now. Tune in for this episode on the Countryside podcast.

Catch Pratyasha On Countryside in conversation with Dr. Dori Tunstall. She is the Dean, Faculty of Design at Ontario College of Arts and Design University, Toronto. She has been an associate professor in design anthropology At Swinburne University and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has worked with Kutch artisans through Kala Raksha in India. Arts and Crafts has been a part and parcel of Rural India since time immemorial. The same is dying as it is not adding value to the livelihoods of the rural population. The podcast talks about how Arts and Crafts can boost up the rural economy and be a potential alternative livelihood option. It also features how the advancements in globalization and Technology benefit rural craft communities, citing examples from the western World. The industry can easily empower women as well as the upcoming generations, retaining their traditions.

Catch shreyus from the countryside in conversation with Mr. Liby Johnson, executive director of Gram Vikas, exploring hot topics such as swatch Bharath Grameen program (Phase II), impact of COVID-19 on the sanitation ecosystem, disaster and risk mitigation measures

Liby Johnson is the Executive Director of Gram Vikas, Odisha. He is a development management specialist with more than 22 years’ experience of grassroots/policy-level work in both the government and-government sectors. He has a Post Graduate Diploma in RuralManagement from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), Gujarat. Liby coordinated Gram Vikas’ relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction activities after the 1999 Odisha Super Cyclone, and post-Indian Ocean Tsunami reconstruction efforts taken up by SIFFS(South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies) – a fisher people’s collective in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.