Vatavaran Vaad Series | वातावरण वाद शृंखला

About the Initiative

Vatavaran means Environment and Vaad means dialogue, debate and discussion. Vatavaran Vaad is an endeavour for dialogue, debate and discussion around the Environment, Climate Change, Weather, Pollution, Biodiversity Loss, and other related issues, in order to trigger, catalyze, and nudge sustainable change towards environmental justice and nyāya, by way of taking cognizance and disseminating information and creating awareness.

The series is ideated and curated by Adv. Abhishek Kumar — Founder and Curator of The Sangyan.

Parts of the Series

1. Triple Disasters in One Frame

Visual/Image Description [Alt Text]: On a white and blue background, a Satellite map of India along with its neighbouring countries dated 27th May 2024 and sourced from Zoom Earth, representing with the following text “Cyclone Remal in the Bay of Bengal, Heatwaves and Forest Fires across North, Central, and Western India and the approaching Southwest Monsoon.” Along with it are the logos and QR codes of The Sangyan and Build Forward Better campaign, and hashtags — #BuildForwardBetter and #VatavaranVaad.

2. Virtual Water Trade vis-à-vis Food and Water Security

Visual/Image Description [Alt Text]: On a white, yellow and blue sky background, a picture titled “India’s Rice Cultivation and Sustainability Maps — (a) Rice Growing Area Map (Different colour-coded District-wise India Map) and (b) Rice Sustainability Map (Different colour-coded District-wise India Map), along with the Source: H Pathak, R Tripathi, NN Jambhulkar, JP Bisen and BB Panda (2020). Eco-regional Rice Farming for Enhancing Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability. NRRI Research Bulletin №22, ICAR — National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India. pp 28.” There’s the following text — “Eastern states (Bihar, Odisha, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand), the Northeast, and the South-West Coast are more suitable for rice cultivation. However, these regions have relatively less area under rice compared to the North-Western Plains (Haryana, Punjab, & Western U.P.), resulting in multi-order impacts like overexploitation of groundwater, excess use of fertilizer & pesticide, non-natural crop patterns, etc. because of artificial intervention (assured procurement, etc.).” Along with it are the logos and QR codes of The Sangyan and the ‘Build Forward Better’ campaign, and hashtags — #BuildForwardBetter and #VatavaranVaad.

About the Author

Adv. Abhishek Kumar — Founder and Curator of The Sangyan

#PrakritiRakshatiRakshita #BuildForwardBetter #VatavaranVaad #Vatavaran #Vaad #UnitedInAction #Environment #ClimateAction #WeatherUpdate #DisasterAlert #ClimateEmergency #ActNow #Sustainability #Pollution #BiodiversityLoss #GIS #KarmicResult #Shastrartha #GameTheory #Groundwater #WaterStress #EnvironmentSecurity #MultiOrderImpact #ClimateSecurity #Dharma #Nyaya #Niti #Sangyan #GeographicInformationSystem #Nature