Green Literature Festival

26/03/2025

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There stands the hunter, Eyes sharp, feet silent on the earth, Gripping the pulse of the wild, A keeper of the chase, The untamed rhythm of life. The other kneels, the gardener, Hands deep in the soil, Shaping the land, persuading life from the earth deep, Tending, nurturing, A creator of cycles, Wh...

27/02/2025

GLF Newsletter 2025- Presenting our February Newsletter. We have some interesting reads lined up:

Unreal Lands: Extraordinary Landscpaes in Fiction an evocative feature by poet and philologist Kanya Kanchana

Book reviews by Benedict Paramanand, Monisha Raman and Anupama Benachinamaradi.

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24/02/2025

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What does it mean for a literary work to have land as the protagonist? Land and its accompanying tales have contributed to the social, mental and spiritual construction of space. Read More>>

27/12/2024

What is the potential of an individual's action in navigating climate change? What can we do as a community? What are the ripple effects of the work done? How can institutional intervention help?

In this panel moderated by Madhur Singh, our speakers, author and teacher Matthew Pye, Alister Scott from the Global Rewilding Alliance and author Rajan Mehta discuss climate solutions and initiating structural changes.

27/12/2024

What links a Himalayan Pencil Cedar in Spiti to Kuntis Parijat Tree in Kinfoor?
These are among the many ancient trees in India with record dimensions and religious and cultural significance. Author and scientist Dr Natesh took the audience on a journey across the country, showcasing some of the iconic trees and stressed the need for their documentation and preservation.

26/12/2024

In the loud world of multimedia, books offer the space to introspect and raise radical thinkers of tomorrow. In times of climate emergency, should children's books tell the truth? Watch celebrated author Bijal Vachharajani and editor and publisher Sudeshna Ghosh in conversation with acclaimed author and journalist Aparna Karthikeyan as they discuss the making of green books.

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26/12/2024

Autors Nagaraja Prakasam and Rajan Mehta, along with entrepreneur Vishal Pandya, discussed the need for more grassroot solutions as we battle climate change.

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26/12/2024

'Why do people with the least carbon footing have to continue paying the cost for conservation as currently mandated by official policy.' ~ Ravi Chellam.

From urban landscapes to wilderness, our panelists Alister Scott from the Global Rewilding Alliance, senior wildlife biologist Ravi Chellam, and architect Nina Chandavarkar discussed the need for rewilding the planet by making people a part of the solution. The conversation was moderated by author and academic Seema Mundoli.

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26/12/2024

Author and photographer Arati Kumar Rao held the audience captive as she took them to the heart of the Thar Desert. She spoke about traditional knowledge and the cost human societies pay for abandoning it.

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24/12/2024

'Human-free wilderness is a myth that originated in North America.' - Dr Tarsh Thekaekara.

Regeneration ecologist and author Vasanth Bosco and conservation scientist Dr Tarsh Thekaekara discussed the perils of national conservation laws and proposed the need for local solutions to local problems in the session on The Nilgiris moderated by Monish Raman.

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24/12/2024

Shailesh Shrivastava, senior editor Mongabay India and wildlife biologist, Dr P Gowri Shankar, discussed the prevalence of misinformation in today's reporting and their repercussions in alienating wildlife. This session was moderated by conservation storyteller Trishala Ashok.

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18/12/2024

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Greetings, Thank you for participating in the 4th Edition of Green Literature Festival, 7 December 2024 at Century Club, Bengaluru.  And to those who missed it, here are the video links to all the sessions.  Please watch them and share them widely.  https://youtu.be/w8rzR8jtmZ0 https://youtu.b...