Do you know all the ways in which you could reduce your eco-footprint?? You could compost, vermicompost, grow your own veggies, recycle your recyclables, say no to single use plastics, be a champion of sustainable fashion, support locally grown produce…the list is only limited by your imagination and convictions.  

Vani murthy is the maharani of all of these things and more!  

If you’re an urbanite, wondering how the heck you can make a difference to the planet then this masterclass with the beloved WORM RANI is all you need!

Listen up as she takes you through all the steps that can bring you closer to a low waste lifestyle. Oh, and this episode is also packed with a more-than-healthy helping of inspiration and optimism that you can draw on to navigate life itself!

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This week, Prithvi and Jashid take us on a trip into the Fungal Queendom - that abyss of awesomeness from which spring forth marvellous mushrooms and terrific toadstools.

These filamentous beings have inhabited the earth for millennia; they continue to thrive in, on and around us, dominating both living and non-living realms in ways we cannot ever fathom. We barely have begun to understand these enigmatic entities. 

Nature’s greatest alchemists, powerful architects, the OG Influencers of our planet with their rule-bending, ground-breaking, rock-eating, chemistry-altering, states-of-matter-transforming ways. Fungi are fantastical, whimsical, quirky, manipulative, transactional, opportunistic, competitive but also relentless, resilient, altruistic, considerate. The more we unravel, the sooner we'd realise that we'd do better as a species if we pay heed to them, for the Future is Funga.


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Ever noticed the trees around you? What do you reckon they are doing all day? Remember tree games from your childhood? Favorite tree treats? Do you think they communicate with each other? What trees are best for a city? How can you protect a tree?
This new season kicks off with a tree talk featuring Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli, who will take us through the bajillion ways trees make our urban lives infinitely better. Get ready to branch out and leaf behind any doubts about the magic of our floral friends. Tune in for a tree-mendous start to the season!"




Shownotes:
Trees, Commons and Sustainability and Human health:
https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/urban-sustainability/rediscovering-urban-commons
https://issuu.com/wimbledonhighschool/docs/owls_viii_trees/s/12197998#:~:text=In%20Old%20English%2C%20the%20word,trust'%20or%20'promise'.
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4371
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/the-little-known-physical-and-mental-health-benefits-of-urban-trees/#:~:text=Research%20has%20linked%20exposure%20to,and%20that%20they%20improve%20moods.
Tree Guide:
https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/publications/2023/booklet/tree-planting-guide
Wood Wide Web and related research:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mother-trees-are-intelligent-they-learn-and-remember/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-trees-support-each-other-through-a-network-of-fungi/
https://undark.org/2023/05/25/where-the-wood-wide-web-narrative-went-wrong/
Tree Mapping:
https://india.mongabay.com/2022/10/mumbai-activists-demand-that-the-tree-geo-tagging-information-be-made-public/
Compensatory Afforestation:
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/08/compensatory-afforestation-unlikely-to-make-up-for-the-loss-of-carbon-stocks/

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For the season finale, we explore the underwater realm with wildlife biologist and ocean explorer, Chetana Purushotham. She takes us on a guided tour of coral reefs-these incredible ‘living-rocks’; plant-animal combos that support all kinds of life - lionfish, clownfish, yellow box fish… We even stop to listen to what reef fish sound like! We then float past lush sea grass meadows, slow down with nudibranchs, say hello to rays and sea cucumbers hanging out in the sand, swim through schooling fish and meet the cool creatures of the night-time seascape. Find out about unbelievable underwater partnerships and trace the origin of white beach sand back to a fish’s bum hole.
If you’ve never gone diving, think of this as your auditory first..and if you have seen some underwater sights..well, there’s gonna be more than a thing or two that you’ll find out on this episode, for shore!
OH ALSO! FISH CALENDARS. EVERYONE and their grandma needs one!
Soooo much on this episode.
Headphones. Snorkel. Dive in!

Show Notes:
Follow Chetana’s adventures @spidersandthesea
FISH CALENDARS:
Know your fish
In Season fish

Chetana’s Writing

Vocalisations videos:
Fish Sounds from a restored reef
Fish Sounds: Earth Unplugged
The Sound of a coral reef

Parrotfish eating algae/ crunching coral

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How well do you know your neighbours? No, not the human kind but other (more interesting!) creatures and critters that share city space with us. 

Leaf cutter bees who cut out chunks from leaves leaving behind perfectly scalloped leaf edges. Trees with wine goblet flowers and sticky seed pockets. Swallowtail butterflies that sashay about flower patches in busy roundabouts. Gorgeous geckos that hang out upside down on our ceilings. Bird songsters outside the windows. Wasp architects under the desk…

Naturalist, photographer, writer and educator, Karthikeyan Srinivasan tells us story after story of many, many urban creatures. Inspired by Karthik’s blog and his first-hand accounts of various lifeforms,  think of this as a collection of audio stories on the many celebrity critters and bird-next-door starlets hanging out around the ‘hood.

Shownotes:
Karthik’s journal (blog)
Follow Karthik
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Purchase books/pocket field guides

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A mammal that can fly. Like proper flap-flap bird-fly. Bats are unicorn-level phantasmal creatures with Greek god fitness levels, living amongst us! This episode is dedicated to these marvellous, under-appreciated creatures and is a full blown effort to take on the undeserving bad raps that bats have. 

Dispelling myths, addressing batty Covid fears, getting into the true meaning of the term ‘batshit crazy’ and giving us logical, scientific suggestions to live considerate lives, making room for bats is a near impossible task. So we called the best man for the job - bat biologist Rohit Chakravarty who has worked with 100s of bats over the last 9 years. This episode also features Zareef Khan, a Van Gujjar from Uttarakhand and Rohit’s field assistant. He gives us incredible field stories on bats and banshees and keeps it real and relatable for regular (not-a-scientist) folks like you and me.

Show notes
Follow Rohit: @paintedbat
Follow the show : @tigressontuktuk
For Information on MAEE
https://india.mongabay.com/2021/05/van-gujjars-people-of-the-forest-or-nowhere/
https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/watch-falling-sex-bats-give-us-a-glimpse-into-the-weird-world-of-bat-mating/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/opinion/covid-bats.html

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Muddy hands. Sandy feet. Peaceful minds. Happy hearts.
This week, super-fun teacher and  inspiring educator, Chandini Chhabra gives us the 411 on nature education. We get into all the cool, mind blowing ways in which time in nature promotes a child's learning and development. There's SOOOOOO much that nature makes better - inside our heads, for our bodies heck, definitely for the soul too!
We get into some research and evidence, jump into a couple of Chandini's awesome online nature classes and come out of this episode informed and inspired for some much needed nature-infusing, for our kids, for ourselves and for our planet.

Show Notes:

Chandini Chhabra  @liana_forest_school
Nerd Bird  @nerdbird


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6401598/

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00305/full

https://childmind.org/article/why-kids-need-to-spend-time-in-nature/

https://www.childhoodbynature.com/going-local-why-kids-need-to-love-local-nature/

https://news.ncsu.edu/2019/07/children-local-nature-study/

https://www.davidsobelauthor.com/articles-and-film

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/04/nurtured-nature

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Spiders give you the heebie-jeebies?? Make the hair on the back of your neck stand up? You running off to grab a shoe even at the thought of one? Hairy, Scary, Stealthy, ‘Scuttlers’  and messy Cobweb-makers, that’s what you’re thinking right?

Ok, here’s the REAL, full, silken spider low down with Samuel John. How he went from shrieking, shoe-brandisher to big time spider lover.  How Spiders are superb parents. How they produce crazy-valuable silk. How they are master-mind decision makers. How arachnophobia works and how humans actually have a rich history of spider appreciation and respect. 

Take a listen to some incredible spider stories and some live, edge-of-the-seat, spider action witnessed while walking around in a busy Indian neighbourhood.

Also, this one’s got lots of laughs, guaranteed!


Show notes:

John's spider stories:  https://www.spidersandthesea.com/writing

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/spiderwebs-explained?loggedin=true
https://www.science.org/content/article/spider-silk-five-times-stronger-steel-now-scientists-know-why
https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/jumping-killers-and-their-varied-webs-of-retreat-732025.html
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/webs-under-water-the-really-bizarre-lives-of-intertidal-spiders/

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Amphibians are Nature’s best Percussionists, Beatboxers, Choral Singers and Vocalists. 

They are also Harbingers of the monsoon and Guardians of the earth’s life systems. 
They are also sitting ducks for extinction. 

Dr. Seshadri tells us all about these night-time superstars-how they sing, how they find love, how they parent, how he discovered new frog species and all the million ways in which we need these enigmatic creatures in our lives. 

Buckle up for a ribbiting story.

Show Notes:

http://seshadriks.weebly.com/

http://seshadriks.weebly.com/uploads/2/0/0/2/20029205/seshadri_krishna_sunil_2012._bangalores_frogs_at_risk.pdf

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28013-zoologger-worlds-first-venomous-frog-has-the-kiss-of-death/

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(06)02384-0

https://news.mongabay.com/2012/07/3000-new-species-of-amphibians-discovered-in-25-years/

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/10/14/13147056/amphibian-extinction-frog-bd

https://adamalonzi.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/amphibians-through-the-ages-why-frogs-matter/

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/03/535383841/how-frogs-benefited-from-the-dinosaurs-extinction

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345793932_Amphibian_Species_Discovery_Pattern_in_India_Past_Present_and_Future_Trends

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You a Writer? Artist? Doodler? Ardent notetaker? Scribbler of book edges?  Post-it point-jotter? Paint brush wielder? Obsessive compulsive observer?  Part-time portrait-maker? Full time Nature lover? 
This episode is for you!

Renowned artist and nature/wildlife illustrator, Sangeetha Kadur introduces us to the world of nature journaling. How to begin, techniques and tips, what art supplies to include in your kit, how to get out of your head, into nature and onto a journal page! 

This is a very hands-on episode..so feel free to whip out your art supplies (or just pen and paper), go find a little ‘sit spot’ and let her dulcet voice guide into trying out some fun stuff.


Show Notes:
http://sangeethakadur.com/

http://greenscrapsjournal.blogspot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/green_scraps/?hl=en

https://johnmuirlaws.com/

https://www.naturejournalingweek.com/blogs/what-is-nature-journaling

https://www.naturejournalingweek.com/start-here

https://wildlife.lowecol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/Make-a-Date-with-Nature.pdf

https://johnmuirlaws.com/sacrificial-pancakes-video/

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https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2022/jan/13/unpacking-stories-from-nature-for-urban-dwellers-2406067.html

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