Climate Charche Lecture Series

Purpose
- To introduce a climate lens that sensitises college students to its interlinkages with the city’s different systems.
- To highlight the impact of sustainable choices in their chosen professions, as they embark on their careers.
Context
Climate change challenges are no longer a question of the future alone, they are a harsh reality today and are a serious concern for youth. In fact, a recent survey found that climate change takes precedence for Indian Millennials, with 26 percent emphasising its significance. The same survey reveals that climate concern is deemed important by 79 percent of Indian Gen Zs and 81 percent of Indian Millennials.
We believe that integrating sustainability and climate consciousness in the ongoing learning process for the younger generation is one way of influencing their understanding of climate change and how they can apply it to their chosen professions.
The focus of this Climate Charche Lecture Series for students of architecture is in recognition of them being a specific group of professionals who will soon be making critical decisions about the environment – built and otherwise. The findings of another recent survey shared that, current day climate education tends to emphasise facts over critical thinking, leading to under confidence in understanding climate change and mitigation strategies. Thus, rather than merely offer a theoretical understanding of the climate situation, the effort here would be to seed a new climate lens for the students in how they view, think and understand the environment.

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CMRUSOA
Collaborators
CMR University, School of Architecture was started in 2015 with a vision to nurture ecologically responsible professionals to address the challenges of contemporary human habitat through a maker-centered approach. The school focuses on promoting collaborative learning, through an elaborate curriculum in a highly interactive teaching-learning environment. The Director of CMRUSoA – Prof Muralidhar K and the faculty at SoA have played an active role in planning and executing the Climate Charche Lecture series, alongwith BSF.
Arathi Hanumanthappa is a Sustainability Professional, with over a decade of experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environment Education. She is currently Program Manager-Himalayan Hub at Eicher Foundation. Arathi was previously Program Manager at Wipro Foundation, where she led the “Wipro Earthian” programme, leading its efforts to integrate sustainability education into the core curriculum of schools and colleges.