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Stephanie and Shammi are the creators of the unique tech-art social enterprise Sensistan - a space providing immersive and interactive experiences that expand people’s senses through combining technology and interactive art. 

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 Time Stamps 

00:00:00 - Intro 

00:02:20 - Background Story of Sensistan 

00:05:20 - NGO Circus Collective 

00:09:00 - Challenges in developing Sensistan 

00:18:53 - Shades of Sensistan 

00:25:00 - Ansh's Installation at Sensistan 

00:28:00 - Museum and Lab 

00:31:25 - Night Museum 

00:34:15 - Story of Sista 

00:38:50 - Financing Sensistan 

00:42:15 - Digital Art and future 

00:45:20 - Mixed Reality 

00:52:15 - Advice for young artists 

00:54:00 - Moments to Remember 

00:58:45 - Building Communities 

01:02:04 - Space and community in Cambodia 

01:10:23 - Art curation 

01:16:25 - Life in Camper Van

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Rushati Chowdhury is a visual artist, material designer, and maker at the intersection of science and art. She is trained in textile and now aims to give a new definition to traditional craftsmanship and visual arts, explore new materials, and push the limits of what can be possible with all the matter that nature has provided us.

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🌱Time Stamps 

00:00:00 - Intro 

00:04:19 - Experiences in the fashion industry 

00:07:11 - Sustainability in fashion 

00:10:30 - Fast Fashion 

00:14:34 - Recycling and organic materials in fashion 

00:18:00 - Algorithm driven designs 

00:21:05 - Aesthetic vs utility 

00:26:40 - Journey with Biomaterials 

00:30:22 - Art with Bioplastics 

00:32:15 - Ingredients, use cases of Bioplastics 

00:38:29 - Mind after midnight installation 

00:41:20 - Perception about life and death 

00:49:21 - Rushati's childhood 

00:51:00 - Role of art and artists 

00:53:48 - Dreams ahead

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This episode is about the heartwarming story of Saanya and Sannat, who moved to a quaint village in the Himalayas to create an intentional life in the countryside. Sannat is an accomplished trail runner, an architect, and a personal growth enthusiast. Saanya is an architect and the founder of Studio Mitti, a rural studio that works with the community and natural building materials.  

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👫Time Stamps 

00:00:00 - Intro

 00:03:00 - A burning desire to move to the mountains

 00:05:50 - Inception

 00:11:37 - Family's reaction to the idea

 00:16:35 - Transition period

 00:19:55 - Sannat Quitting the job 

00:26:24 - Saanya's journey 

00:29:50 - Lockdown 

00:31:54 - Parameters for choosing the place 

00:32:24 - Why choose Bir? 

00:35:20 - Finding shelter in the hills 

00:41:50 - Parameters for the house 

00:44:54 - Day 0 at Bir 

00:46:00 - Relationship with the locals 

00:51:05 - Importance of working with your hands 

00:57:00 - Expats in Bir 

00:59:45 - Financial sustenance 

01:01:31 - A Typical day in their lives 

01:04:15 - Advantage of living in a rural setting 

01:07:05 - Effects of weather 

01:09:22 - Advice for someone looking to move to rural pastures 

01:15:18 - Future plans

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Itika Gupta is a founding partner at Studio Carbon, a studio that works at the intersection of design, systems, and storytelling. Through Dungse, cow dung bio-composites, created in collaboration with Studio Lindey Cafsia, they aim at giving the age-old natural material cow dung a contemporary spin by combining modern design skills with ancient indigenous knowledge. 

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💩Time Stamps 

00:00:00 - Intro 

00:02:34 - Background story 

00:04:53 - Why choose Cow Dung? 

00:09:18 - Dungse raw materials and experiments 

00:12:28 - Dungse applications 

00:16:15 - Biocomposite properties 

00:19:20 - Biomaterials and innovation 

00:22:00 - Design infrastructure in Netherlands and India 

00:25:34 - Future of circularity in India 

00:28:12 - Open source information vs Intellectual Property 

00:31:47 - Response to Dungse as a product 

00:34:55 - Vision for Dungse 

00:38:12 - Importance of intersection of design and science 

00:40:21 - Biomaterials with potential 

00:44:20 - Key challenges with Biomaterials adoption 

00:48:45 - Experiments at Studio Carbon 

00:51:47 - Dreams ahead 

00:51:47 - What if...

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Connect with

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Dungse

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Shamita a circular economy expert and the CEO and founder of the Malba Project. Through Malba Project, she strives to bring attention to the construction waste stream, and enable the transition to a circular construction sector in India. To read the show notes click here .

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🧱 Time Stamps 

00:00:00 - Intro 

00:04:05 - Background Story 

00:07:58 - What is Malba and The Malba Project? 

00:09:48 - Reasons for demolition of buildings 

00:15:13 - Rigid idea of ownership and changing dynamics 

00:17:15 - Demolition process and practices 

00:23:50 - C & D management and facilities 

00:26:05 - C & D management laws, practices in various countries 

00:32:35 - What is circular economy 

00:36:17 - Roadmap and challenges of The Malba Project 

00:39:30 - Top down vs Bottom Up approach 

00:42:13 - Role of designers

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Being sustainable is not enough. We need to be regenerative.  

Sourabh Gujar, an ecological builder and permaculture designer, joins to discuss the human impact of living in the hills, the merits of permaculture, natural building, and regenerative design. To read more about Sourabh click here. 

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Time Stamps 
00:00:00 - Intro 
00:02:31 - How we met Sourabh? 
00:06:50 - What is TIEEDI? 
00:11:43 - Permaculture 
00:14:18 - Perspective about Architecture 
00:18:03 - Background story 
00:23:05 - Gandhian philosophy and Motivation to pursue an unconventional path 
00:28:25 - What is sustainability? 
00:31:28 - How nature influences your creativity? 
00:36:30 - Myths about Natural Building 
00:45:54 - Security through Architecture and rise of gated communities 
00:51:12 - Impact and working with rural communities 
00:54:26 - Sensitive design and schooling the world 

01:00:20 - Favorite natural material 

01:03:13 - Working with your own hands 

01:07:42 - Natural building site and working with community 

01:15:02 - Fair share models 

01:19:18 - Cities 01:21:32 - Dream project 

01:23:30 - Advice for students

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You can reach out to Sourabh Gujar on his Instagram handle - @permaculturearchitect

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In this episode, we not only deep dive into the queendom of Fungi but rediscover how to live a life driven with curiosity. 

Sharad is a self-taught multidisciplinary citizen scientist, researcher, and science communicator, with a keen interest in mycology and its applications. We talk about Fungi, mycology, biomaterials, the future of education, but this conversation is so much more. To read more about Sharad and complete show notes, click 👉🏾 here 

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You can reach out to Sharad Rai on his Instagram handle - @charles_bakwaski

🍄 Time Stamps 

00:00:00 - Intro 

00:04:05 - Sharad's Background 

00:06:37 - Changing perception of Fungi 

00:10:39 - Panspermia 

00:15:04 - Curiosity as a child and the ritualistic education 

00:21:34 - Deep diving into mycology 

00:27:05 - Fungi vs Plants 

00:30:54 - Internet of Nature 

00:34:02 - Will mushrooms save the world? 

00:39:09 - Mycoremediation 

00:43:26 - Future of Education 

00:49:05 - Mycomaterials and how they are made. 

00:57:53 - Ancient mushroom practices and references 

01:00:20 - Santa Claus and Amanita Muscaria 

01:02:08 - Mushroom Hunting and toxic mushrooms 

01:07:09 - Life lessons learnt from Fungi 

01:11:43 - Who is Charles Bakwaski? 

01:13:00 - Advice for beginners 

🍄Resources 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia 

🍄Facebook Groups 

- Poisons Help; Emergency Identification For Mushrooms & Plants

- Mushroom Growing  

🍄Book recommendations 

- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky 

- The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee 

- Radical Mycology: A Treatise On Seeing & Working With Fungi by Peter McCoy 

- The Fungal Pharmacy by Robert Rogers - Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation by Tradd Cotter 

- Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets 

🍄Movie recommendations 

- Fantastic Fungi 

- Planet Fungi: North East India  

🍄Ted Talks - 6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Paul Stamets  

🍄Podcasts 

- Joe Rogan Experience #1035 - Paul Stamets  

- Mushroom Revival Podcast 

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