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.
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
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.
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!
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.
