sustainability

This woman entrepreneur breathed life into a ghost village by starting a cottage industry for plantable stationery Women entrepreneurs are on a rise. A new article on how a 28-year-old social entrepreneur is working to uplift the rural villages and inspiring youth to promote sustainable living. She is the founder of Evolve Foundation and KiWi Kisan Window and initiated various projects like Kahaani, Dehradun Drum circle, plantable stationery, etc. “The idea was to have a very holistic approach. We did not want to focus on a single cause like education for the girl child. This is because even when you ... Read more

Gender Inequality still prevails in the modern world Times have changed, but there are some old social issues still prevailing in societies. Gender inequality has been existing all over the world for a long time back. It recognizes that men and women are not equal. Even though they do have biological differences, discrimination is done based on socially constructed divisions. Some of the common reasons that cause gender inequality are patriarchy, misogyny, religion, and self-interests. A gender discriminated victim goes through pressure, poor-treatment, stress, and disrespected other times. Women are the one that suffers a lot because of gender discrimination ... Read more

‘Social entrepreneurs’ show the way in doing sustainable business Evolve Foundation is one unique social enterprise based in Uttarakhand and founded by Nupur. On February 2020, the enterprise’s working was covered by TOI along with other social enterprises of Dehradun city like Alaya Design studio, Bhuli & Himalayan Weavers. Read the complete article about it. “Every young person should aspire to start something that matters and should volunteer for at least a few hours in any area you like, as it will not lead to a better society but also help them learn more about themselves.” – Nupur Agarwal Evolve- ... Read more

Evolving villages to eradicate poverty According to the 2011 census of India, there are more than 6 lakh villages in the country. Poverty is one of the issues faced by the nation as well. Sustainable Development Goal 1 by the UN is ‘eradicating poverty for all people everywhere’. ‘Evolve’ is one such enterprise that plans on achieving the goal through small ways. In a hope to earn more for a living, many people from rural villages move to metropolitan areas and cities in search of work. However, not everyone gets to fulfil their desires. Instead, most of them end up ... Read more

SUSTAINABLE LIVING:an outlook for future Life before the outbreak of Coronavirus was different than how it is currently. People were able to travel, go out to eat or order food online, to the malls for shopping, party and whatnot. This freedom then, however, was taken for granted and often misused. Also, it greatly affected the environment and society. People became accustomed to arbitrary consumption pattern which further leads to over-extraction of resources, wastage of goods and increases pollution. Life during this pandemic situation has transformed. The loss of freedom, work and shortage of resources has improved people’s habit, if not ... Read more

CLIMATE CHANGE -Industry’s Impact With a boost in the industry sector, the utilization of resources has increased. The Earth temperature is rising at faster rates. And a rapid climate change has caused global warming with the prime reason being greenhouse gas emissions from the industries. There is a lot of wastage during the production process and after consumption as well.  This wastage includes emission of hazardous gases like CO2 in the atmosphere, residual waste that has significant environmental harm and health problems too. “Climate change is man made and we can be the change to save the climate.”  –Nupur Agarwal ... Read more