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"headline":"Kalki Koechlin on sustainable living, corporate responsibility, and storytelling",
"excerpt":"Actress Kalki Koechlin advocates for mindful consumption, highlighting the need for corporate accountability over individual blame for environmental issues. She emphasizes storytelling's role in promoting joyful sustainable practices.",
"category":"Sustainability & ESG",
"article":"Actress Kalki Koechlin shared her views on sustainable living, emphasizing that it should not feel like a punishment and should instead bring joy. She believes that while individual choices matter, the primary onus for environmental issues lies with big corporations.\n\nKoechlin advocates for mindful consumption and shifting cultural imagination through storytelling. She shared personal experiences of growing up connected to nature and her support for organizations promoting sustainable practices, like reusable sanitary napkins. She also campaigns for local community initiatives such as circulating cloth bags.\n\nReflecting on parenthood, Koechlin moved to Goa to provide her daughter with access to nature, emphasizing the importance of children experiencing the natural world. She also discussed the potential of storytelling, citing the film 'Don't Look Up' and a personal anecdote about a forest-saving activist, to raise awareness about environmental issues."
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A new species of giant water lily has been confirmed as new to science after a chance discovery of Instagram photos led to an expedition in a Colombian rainforest. The plant is now considered critically endangered.
Filmmaker Kiran Rao highlights the inconveniences and challenges in practicing sustainability, emphasizing it's a social responsibility intertwined with collective action and human behavior change.
Communities near Dhaka's new waste-to-energy plant express concerns over toxic air pollution and health risks. The project is set to incinerate 3,000 metric tons of waste daily.