Mission Shunya

Mission Shunya

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  • 26: Litter-free Lalbagh - featuring Saahas
    Lalbagh is a botanical garden in the Indian city of Bengaluru. The two flower shows during the year see a footfall of around 600k each. In the last year the waste generation during the event was reduced to half. How it did happen? On this episode Girish Shivakumar interviews Rajalakshmi from Saahas, the group that is behind this success story.

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    28 min
  • 25: Energy storage thought leadership featuring Dr Rahul Walawalkar
    Dr Rahul Walawalkar is an industry veteran and has been at the forefront of the energy technology transition and has a particular affinity towards energy storage. On this 25th episode of Mission Shunya podcast he joins Girish Shivakumar to share his story. Girish and Rahul collaborated to launch India’s first energy and clean-tech podcast, Emerging Tech Radio in 2017. 

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    34 min
  • 24: Inspirational heroes, motivational stories and how it helps us to move forward: A special tribute
    Episode 24 is a tribute to the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant and all the people like him, heroes who inspire us every day. On this episode Girish Shivakumar brings to you guest stories from the podcast whose work was featured in the previous episodes. Listen in as they share the reason on why they started their work or their intrinsic motivations. 

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    23 min
  • 23: Sustainable Clothing: Turning plastic into wearable fabric
    Did you know manufacturing a cotton t-shirt consumes around 2700L of water in the process? 
    On this episode, Kathir, co-founder of ecohike, a sustainable clothing company from India joins Girish Shivakumar to share his story of creating a new range of fabric that is made of recycled plastic. 
    To know more contact about ecohike www.ecohike.in 
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    28 min
  • 22: Waste Management - A success story from Bengaluru
    On this week's episode Padmashree Balaram joins Girish Shivakumar to share the success story of building a waste to energy plant right in the heart of Bengaluru city in India. You can contact Padmashree at [email protected] 
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    31 min
  • 21: 2010s in review and the predictions for the decade ahead
    The first episode of the new year and the new decade is here!
    Girish Shivakumar reviews the decade gone by and predicts the stories and trends that will shape the decade ahead. The transition to a zero carbon economy (Mission Shunya) is underway and this decade will accelerate the transition. Subscribe now to Mission Shunya on podcast platforms and social media channels to keep track of this transition.
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    15 min
  • 20: Amazon Rainforest Wildfires: How does it affect us?
    On this episode Tony Juniper, a campaigner, writer, sustainability advisor and leading British environmentalist joins Girish Shivakumar to talk about the importance of tropical rainforests and the impact of amazon rainforest wildfires.  

    To know more about Tony’s work you can check his website www.tonyjuniper.com You can also follow him on Twitter @TonyJuniper. 

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    32 min
  • 19: The Evolution of Pay-As-You-Go Solar
    Pay-As-You-Go Solar has revolutionised the way people get access to electricity in Africa. The emergence of new technology coupled with declining system costs has enabled the low income families in the developing world get access to electricity. On this episode Nikhil Nair shares his international experience in developing the business for M-Kopa with Girish Shivakumar. 

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    30 min
  • 18: What it takes to live an eco-friendly lifestyle?
    Neel Mathews shares his passionate story of building a house that is water and energy positive and also how he helps others achieve the same on this episode with Girish Shivakumar.

    More about Neel’s work and contact details at www.lifeislab.com 

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    25 min
  • 17: Clean air as a service to control indoor air pollution
    The Indian capital of Delhi and most of the regions in North India continue to choke post the monsoon season and it has peaked after Diwali. The pollutants are at dangerous levels outdoors but indoor air is also susceptible to a significant pollution. How do you combat indoor air pollution?Aayush Jha founder of Clairco, a startup that offers clean air as a service joins Girish Shivakumar to discuss about the issue of indoor air pollution.To know more about clairco https://www.getclairco.com/ 

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    27 min

About Mission Shunya

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Mission Shunya (Shunya=Zero) is all about the transition to a zero carbon economy. The podcast features conversations related to clean-tech and sustainability. A new podcast episode is released every fortnight. Experts from around the world are featured along with people whose businesses and actions are having a positive impact and aims to inspire every individual take action to do their bit for the planet. Renewable energy, electric vehicles, sustainable development, climate change, circular economy are just a few of the topics that will be covered.