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Shalini Sharma
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Env, Media & Urban Studies|
Associate Prof- www.IISERPune.ac.in| Lead- sciencemediacentre.in| Contributor- IPCC AR6,WGII| RememberBhopalMuseum| LivingWatersMuseum | X: @nutshal | Views Personal
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Addressing silos in media reporting on water will change how we respond to the water crisis in India, says @journomayank in #WaterWavesWeekly, Ep 2.
Do watch & Share. 2/n
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The Silos in Water Reporting | Mayank Aggarwal | Water Waves Weekly| Ep 2
YouTube video by SMC_IISER Pune
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January 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#WaterWavesWeekly
Ep1 ft.- @PSainath_org explains the actors & factors behind the water crisis in India. Our brand new series where journalists reflect on state of water & water journalism in India.
Based on the roundtable at @IISERPune.
Do watch & share. 1/n
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January 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Starting 2025 with our vidcast series on #water and #arts for project AquaMuse @SMC_IISERPune. Here, indigenous artist/ curator Parag Tandel & Sara Ahmed @MuseumWaters take a deep dive into the Mumbai Koli tribe's community archive on coastal communities & ocean ecosystem. 1/n
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Exploring the Role of the Arts in Social Change with Sara Ahmed ft. Parag Tandel: AQUAMUSE Dialogues
YouTube video by IISER Pune
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January 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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“In Zen they say: If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually one discovers that it’s not boring at all but very interesting.” John Cage
December 13, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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Thankful to publish this new op-ed by Indigenous economist Rebecca Adamson today for @mongabay.bsky.social

I booked her on our podcast earlier this year & wanted to hear more

She shares how traditional ecological knowledge, diverse perspectives, and innovative finance can truly conserve nature:
We need an Indigenous conservation state of mind (commentary)
Scientists agree that the biodiversity crisis we face today may be one of the most disruptive events in Earth’s history. The response so far has been for hundreds of billions in government and philant...
news.mongabay.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Wife (biologist; 70yr ) and husband (engineer, 80yr) turn their Delhi house into a self-sustaining hydroponic based food secure, air purifiying, cool system. They are urban farmers who are living their passion! They take online classes too. What a story!
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How This Couple Defeated Toxic Air Pollution To Breathe 'Mountain Air' While Staying In Delhi
YouTube video by Mint
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November 28, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Fantastic story by Priti David on how the fates of tigers, adivasis and river are intertwined at Panna in Madhya Pradesh producing sustainability for none!
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Adivasis in Panna tiger park: dammed futures
First, they were moved to make space for tigers. Now it’s the Ken-Betwa river linking project that is grabbing forest dwellers’ land. The uncertainty about compensation, displacement dates and destina...
ruralindiaonline.org
November 28, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Worth a read for sure.

We have a working group in CSSN.org focused on the net zero myth and other greenwashing. The only thing this piece misses for me is an accounting of the network of actors advancing net zero claims based on DAC and CCS, and how they sold everyone that myth. A bedtime story.
November 23, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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I love that multiple research papers on urban pollinators suggest this is an issue where small actions make a big difference for little animals. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study
Researchers found no difference in the diversity of species in urban meadows compared with those in rural settings
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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“Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment”
Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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Would you like to develop tools or methods that can support online researchers? Do you have a project idea that could benefit the open source research community? Bellingcat’s Tech Fellowship could be the opportunity to do just that, apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t...
Bellingcat Tech Fellowship Opportunity - bellingcat
November 21, 2024 We will be reviewing applications for the fellowship on a rolling basis, and expect to interview applicants in the first week of December (2-6 December 2024) Would you like to develo...
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November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM