RE:Community – Edition 3
Kudos to parents who took time to bring their children to these workshops, working and spending time away from screens, while building a strong sustainability community together.
Amit Arora
It’s Elementary – Edition 2
About 40 participants of diverse age groups (some young, some very young and some still young) braved high humidity levels and joined us on the mindful nature journaling journey this Sunday in the green surroundings of Vinoba Ashram in Vadodara.
Phoebus Cartel
Driven by the desire to sell more and more lightbulbs to earn more profits, the Phoebus Cartel aimed to dominate the global lightbulb market by setting prices and intentionally limiting the lifespan of their products to approximately 1,000 hours, a significant reduction from their potential 2,500-hour lifespan.
RE:Community -Edition Two
Re:Community is a space to learn, unlearn, and relearn all such things and take baby steps towards building sustainable communities that respect Earth's limited resources
It’s Elementary- Edition One
What's the connection between beads and sustainability? Well, you see, beads that are available in the market are made of plastic. It's symbolic of our use and throw culture. It's inexpensive so one does not have to think much before buying it. And just because it's inexpensive, one can throw it away as well after use without sparing a thought.
RE:Community -Edition One
Amidst the trending consumption focused approach of planned obsolescence and fast fashion, we gathered to witness the joy of soldering, rewiring, restitching and building community of repairers at RE: Community, a first-of-its-kind repair gathering that took place on first Sunday of May
Earth Day 2024
This Earth Day 2024, we are announcing the soft launch of our two new projects to bring the community together. The first called "It's Elementary" is conceived as a knowledge community offering workshops, wisdom, exhibitions, documentaries; all aimed at increasing awareness and empowering us towards action. The second is the launch of the Repair Community Vadodara (RE:Community). This is conceived as a monthly coming together of repair enthusiasts with the three-fold objective of longevity, creativity and community.
Ground Slipping under the feet
As many as 7,000 chicks may have perished. Imagine the chicks, still in their down feathers, drowning in frigid waters as they haven't yet developed their waterproof feathers because that was meant to happen in another couple of months. But in the meanwhile the ice under their feet melt!
Roots Local Story Grant – April 2024
Launching the first small grant project of RootsNews. ‘Roots Local Story Grant’ is a small grant project of RootsNews, a not-for-profit, independent, community supported press project of Paper Ball Educational Innovation, Vadodara. Freelance journalists and Media students based out of Vadodara can apply. One candidate will be selected for the grant project.