Our today's guest is super cool. She was born in Silicon Valley and is currently getting an MBA from Santa Clara University. She's here to talk about Power Knot, a company in California that manufactures biodigesters.

Biodigesters divert food from landfills and convert it into grey water that can safely return to the environment. Greywater is all the streams of water from households or offices except wastewater if you don't know. This greywater once commercially treated can go back to the environment!

Their digesters can process 20kg-1000kg of food waste in corporate and military settings. We've spoken before about how important food waste is to sustainability earlier in the podcast, so you'd know how absolutely amazing that is. If that's not cool enough already, they've reduced 6300 tonnes of organic waste from the landfill in 2020!

Power Knot now has offices in the US, UK, UAE and Australia. We hope they come to India soon. It's companies like Power Knot that make a big difference in the amount of waste created commercially, and we're so happy to have their Marketing Manager on our podcast to tell us more.

Rana Pujari is super spontaneous and passionate. He’s worked in environmental policy-making for many years. 

He has a master’s degree in Forest Management from IIFM India and has worked in Kolkata, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. He even recently completed a PG Diploma in Environmental law and policy from National Law University Delhi.

He’s published a large number of case studies and blogs over the last few years, and conducted a climate change trend analysis of all districts in MP for the last 100 years! He currently works as a Program Officer for South Asia at The Climate Group, where he is supporting the cause of subnational change by publishing their stories. 

Rana has been selected to be among one of the 80 global participants to join the 2041 ClimateForce Antarctic Expedition in March 2022. In this 12 day voyage, he will be with one of the greatest living explorers Sir Robert Swan to learn more on climate leadership and training and creating meaningful impacts in the community after his return. 

He calls for your support and to contribute to his cause follow his Fundraiser link- https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/2041-climateforce-antarctic-expedition.

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We’re here to make your sustainability journey a bit more exciting and doable! Because sustainability isn’t all metal straws and measuring your carbon footprint. It’s a fun and ever evolving way of life - that you can be a part of!

Well, today’s guest is just like us. She’s here to advocate Environmental change, and we’re here for it.  During her studies, she worked on a zero-emissions project in jail in Varodhara. She has a Masters’s Degree from University College Dublin, and she’s currently working as a writer at the International Council for Circular Economy.

If you're not impressed already, which we definitely are, she has been selected for an internship at the Action for climate empowerment at the UNFCCC!

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We’re so excited to announce that Chaitsi Ahuja, Founder and CEO of Brown Living is here with us today! Brown Living is India’s first Plastic and Chemical Free Marketplace! It should be your go-to place if you want to live sustainably in India - they have absolutely everything, from coffee to fashion. I highly recommend you all to go and check it out because I was astonished and amazed at the variety of products she offers on her website https://brownliving.in/

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She completed her bachelor's in Environmental Sciences from USC and is currently doing a master's degree there. Having worked as an intern at multiple internships, Farah is highly skilled in operation, sustainability analysis, content writing and holds a plethora of knowledge about the environment as a whole. She studies complex environmental issues focusing on climate change and she has been a competitive swimmer for more than 15 years! Because of her incredible academic and industrial experience she has also been selected for the Climate Force Antarctic Expedition.

We have another such individual who has achieved quite a tremendous amount of success for his age. 

He is the Co-founder and Director of RecycleX. This company recycles and makes sustainable and innovative ideas for construction purposes.

He has received the Best Sustainable Environmental Award at the American Society of Civil Engineers, USA.

Bhushan Patil is one of the best inspirational youth we have amongst us. He is a mechanical engineer turned into a creative and practical environmentalist. Even at this young age, you can get a glimpse of his visionary leadership in the domain of sustainability and inclusive development.

He is passionate about circular economy and low-carbon development and wants to utilize his management skills to create a difference at the last mile.

Listen to our podcast where we unravel the mindset behind a motivating journey!

You can find him on https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhushan-patil94/

The Fashion Industry is the second most polluting industry in the world right now!

 The fashion industry is a  $2.4 trillion-dollar industry that employs approximately 60 million people worldwide—most of them women—and the scale of the industry is only expected to grow over the coming years. Here Pratik and Pratiksha talk about how sustainable fashion can benefit our earth. The methods to adopts a zero-waste life are also discussed in a brief manner. Tune into this amazing episode because as Nelson Mandela said "We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in our hand to make a difference”