March 2022
Jacaranda Tales: A Film Festival on Women and Nature
Jacaranda Tales is a celebration of women's symbiotic relationship with nature, recognizing their often overlooked contributions to nurturing of the environment. The 4 day festival hopes to create awareness on environmental issues, cutting across barriers of class, gender and literacy using the power of the audio-visual format. Panel discussions with eminent environmentalists and film makers will bring together women leading these efforts, and their stories, to develop insights into their extraordinary lives and struggles. This will be a non-ticketed event.…
Find out more »Exploring pathways for a city-wide plan for integrating pollination service and green infrastructure in Bengaluru
Bangalore, one of fastest-growing cities in India, saw a surge in vegetable gardening during the Covid-19 lockdown, and there is keen interest in sustaining this. Urban gardens require pollinators for enhanced productivity. A panel of ecologists and city planners will discuss provisions for integrating pollinator-friendly green infrastructure with city planning. Register for the session: https://t.co/kdUmvF4BHx
Find out more »Mobilizing Collective Action to Address Climate Change
How faith in science & commitment to moral principles guide the process of learning would advance this process of change? What kind of institutional structures would be needed to systematize and disseminate knowledge generated in local settings? This webinar is part of webinars on the social and economic impact of the pandemic on India’s most vulnerable populations organized by the Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development at Devi Ahilya University. Register here: https://t.co/EFuGOUs8hu
Find out more »April 2022
Birdsong Exhibition
Early Bird is delighted to be partnering with the Indian Music Experience Museum in Bangalore for an upcoming exhibit called Birdsong. This is an exhibition curated by the museum that spotlights the contribution of birds to our ecological and cultural wealth. It opens on 1 Apr 2022 and entry to the birdsong exhibit will be free on 1-2 April (and will be priced at a nominal amount thereafter). The opening weekend organized by the museum features some interesting performances including…
Find out more »Jacaranda Tales: The Online Edition
The much appreciated Jacaranda Tales film festival on women and nature is back with an online edition. From 9th to 18th April, you can watch films and recordings of the panels that had been organized in the Gandhi Bahavan Auditorium. The festival will go live at doculive.blogspot.com on 9th April 2022.
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