World Earth Month 2023: Indian Individuals Who Are Trying To Make The World A Better Place Through Their Sustainable Beliefs And Work

It is an absolute no-brainer that all of us will soon be facing the brunt of the damages that we have caused in the form of global warming. Samriddh Burman View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Burlap People As a young tennis player playing in the junior circuit, Samriddh had the opportunity to travel far and wide, and these travels as he points out helped him “gain a certain perspective, where I experienced that the world is much bigger than what you experience day to day and there is a sort of imbalance in society but at the same time in how everything is interconnected.” Owing to all the travelling that he was doing from a very early age and his tenure as a Liberal Arts student in the United States, he slowly started to understand the value of community and appreciate nature and all that it had to offer in all its glory and all this slowly culminated into a major force that led him on his journey into sustainability and years later was also an inspiration behind the work that he does today with his brand The Burlap People. He further added, “When we say we work with jute or cotton, this is to say that the products that we make are almost biodegradable and environment friendly.” Samriddh believes that the first step to ensure that one is living consciously is to gain as much knowledge and awareness as one can and try to understand how as an individual our actions impact everything around us and the fact that we do not exist by ourselves but are interdependent on all that we are surrounded by. There is no longer time to wait or debate and it is time to come together and make changes in our lifestyle choices.” Vyshnavi Gudivada View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eco Studio Indiaᵀᴹ Zerowaste Store Vyashnavi’s journey towards sustainability started around 2018 when she came across multiple videos and also witnessed real-life incidents of animals consuming plastic in landfills, that was the triggering point for her and made her realise that “ We are doing a lot of damage to the earth and its inhabitants in the short span of time that we exist.” On the personal front, she makes her own natural tooth powder and even shampoo in order to live a more conscious and fuller life. There is no one trigger moment, but the pandemic was an eye-opener for me.” To give us a more in depth view of her sustainability journey, the co-founder of a sustainable fashion brand called QuirkyBae said, “Conscious living is a state of mind.