🍃EcoDispatch Nov '24: Reinforcements for Climate Action >> Doom-and-Gloom
Read on for 🌐Global & Indian SusMafia Highlights, 🌱SusMafia’s Collection of Origin Stories in Climate, and 🍃Climate Network Engagements Curated by SusMafia
Yes, this is a very long EcoDispatch, but it’s by design.
We don’t expect you to read all this in one sitting! But every time something doom-and-gloom discourages you, we want you to come 🔙back to this and go through the good stuff that’s rallying against the bad stuff:🔖bookmark this link on your browser
The Doom-and-Gloom🙄
The Everything that is Going Wrong narrative: Poor administration, bad governments, foolish leaders … and more.
<1> Rain, floods, and water scarcity, all co-exist in Bengaluru
<2> Delhi NCR’s AQI going beyond measurable levels
<3> Trump’s re-election and how it impacts climate action momentum
These are some of the climate change reality checks, no doubt. But, we believe that there is very little upside to getting stuck on these, and losing our determination.
Why not focus on reinforcements for climate action, that are happening right now and around us? 👇🏼
The Reinforcements for Climate Action💪🏼
Sparking Sustainability Narrative: Innovations, connections, and opportunities driving climate action … and more👇🏼
Ecosystem-ing Without Borders
Global & Indian SusMafia Highlights
The New Stuff
Raptee.HV launched its first high-performance electric motorcycle, the T30, priced at INR 2.39 lakhs (ex-showroom). Unlike utility electric two-wheelers, the T30 is engineered with the sophistication and durability of an electric car, setting a new standard for electric two-wheelers. Deliveries are slated to begin in Chennai and Bangalore in January 2025.🏍️Explore the visuals of T30, here on LinkedIn
Dairy farmers from Rajasthan and Assam have received their first-ever payments from carbon credits generated under the manure management program, supported by EKI Energy Services Ltd (EKI) in partnership with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Sustain Plus Energy Foundation (SPEF). This milestone, celebrated in Anand, Gujarat, highlights the transformative potential of carbon finance in empowering farmers and driving sustainable practices. 🧑🏼🌾Read more about this milestone here, on the news
The Gatherings
LSD in BLR: We brought together Krishnan (Wastelink), Ravi (Dexler Energy), Harsh (CarbonStrong), and Ankit (ReVx) to share their life journey and table their burning questions, over cheese, food, and stuff. Very grateful to Ravi and Supriya (ex-P&G, SusMafia advisor) for co-hosting this long-slow dinner/LSD. Enabling soon in BOM, DEL, CHE, and other locations.
We hosted our first-ever climate mixer in Chennai last month. It was really cool to experience people from diverse backgrounds coming together to share vulnerably – and go away with some concrete gives and gets.
We will host and co-host such community interactions, online and offline.🗓️Stay updated on SusMafia events, on this pageWe hosted a climate recruitment meet-up in Cubbon Park, Bangalore to discuss what building A-teams for climate ventures looks like:
🔎Explore key perspectives from the meet-up, here on LinkedIn
🤝We are enabling in-person meetups for climate recruiters to learn and share. 🔗Fill out this quick form to be invited to the next meet-up in your city: https://bit.ly/climate-hr-meet-ups
India is a hub for meaningful climate innovations! 📈🍃 That's what headlined our AMA at Ashoka University with Aalok (SuperHumanRace), Rohit (IAN), Himanshu (Theia), and Rajat from the SusMafia community. 🏫Access the highlights from the AMA, here on LinkedIn
Jose Jacob’s TIA brought 40+ leaders together for a CXO Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence for and by India. ⚙️Explore those who were part of this conversation, here on LinkedIn
Many SusMafia community members made their presence felt at IFAT India 2024, in Mumbai. IFAT India 2024 has cemented its role as one of India’s leading platforms for driving critical discussions and showcasing transformative solutions to address the country’s pressing water, waste, and recycling challenges. 🔁Learn more about IFAT 2024, here on their website
We attended a roundtable on startup innovation in climate action at AIC-IIIT Hyderabad to discuss key topics like collaboration, access to capital, and policy support for climate-tech solutions. 🤔Full-rundown of the roundtable is here on Instagram
The Recognitions
Buyofuel's Kishan has been presented with a couple of important recognitions that celebrate his leadership and Buyofuel's innovative strides in sustainable fuels:
Kishan was given the Greenpreneur Award for Best Circular Economy Business from Vyaapar Jagat.💫More about this, here on Instagram
Kishan was recognized as the Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year at the Tamil Nadu Young Leadership Summit & Awards 2024.📈More about this, here on LinkedIn
Climes’ founder Anirudh, has been recognized as one of the GITEX Impact Leaders of 2024, one of the world’s leading climate-tech and ESG events. This recognition spotlights Climes’ commitment to making climate finance accessible, transparent, and impactful.🎋Get additional context, here on Instagram
WATSAN, EcoSTP, and Boson Whitewater were among the top 20 water companies at this year’s “Design for Water” Titan Design Impact Awards.💧More about the 2024 Titan Design Impact Award, here on their website
FluxGen secured the Second Runner-Up title at the prestigious KPMG’s GTIC 2024 Global Finals in Lisbon; from being among the only Indian representation among 23 other teams! This recognition celebrates FluxGen’s growing efforts in water conservation and technology innovation, proving once again the impact of their solutions. 🌏More about this, here on KPMG’s LinkedIn
Canvaloop, GoDoGood, and Bintix were among the winners of Social Alpha’s Techtonic; spotlighting innovations for a circular economy. They were recognized for building breakthrough innovations to drive us toward a more sustainable future while empowering waste pickers to lead dignified and empowered lives. 📈Learn more about Techtonic, here on LinkedIn
Canvaloop is also a finalist at Sankalp Bharat 2024, a startup forum for India. 🤝Explore what it is all about, here on Sankalp Bharath’s event page
We had a climate conversation with Rainmatter (by Zerodha), discussing climate science and building climate communities. This conversation features Kamal Kapadia from Terra.do, Pratap Raju of Climate Collective, and Ganesh from The Sustainability Mafia. 🎧Listen in to the full conversation, here on YouTube
Starting in Climate >> Starting an IC Engine
SusMafia’s Collection of Origin Stories in Climate
We have 🕶️new Mafiosos on board: Himansha Singh (Craste), Ashay Bhave (Thaely), Siddharth Hande (Kabadiwalla Connect), and Prateek Kumar (GoSharpener). 🔎Explore what being a Mafioso is all about
The IIT-Madras CZC 4.0 showcase culminated with six early-stage start-ups (out of 25) winning a 10 lakh INR grant from Thales and AquaMAP. Four out of these six start-ups were actively mentored by our SusVentures team. 📽️See highlights from CZC 4.0, here on LinkedIn
We are super grateful to Prof. Indumathi Nambi for collaborating with us for CZC 4.0 and we are excited for the next phase of our relationship with IIT-Madras:Prof. Ganga Prasath will lead the upcoming SusVentures Climate Entrepreneurship credited course at IIT-Madras, along with his faculty and SusMafia. Very grateful to Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri and the School of Sustainability, whose trust in SusMafia makes all this possible. 🌱Read more about our partnership with IIT-Madras, here on LinkedIn
A significant shoutout to our Mafiosos and the larger community who have been a part of our program at IIT-M so far – the fundamental reason we can inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs. Thank you, Aalok (SuperHumanRace), Amit (DoItZero), Manas (LEAP Cities), Hasita, Madhusudhan (Oorja), Chandrasekhar (Jivoule Biofuels), Ganesh (Fluxgen), Arjun (Smart Joules), Vishal (ReConnect Energy), Chandrasekaran (WATSAN), Ankit (Sheru), Dinesh (Raptee), and Sarthak (Neufin).
We kicked off the Climate Ninja cohort with Nadhi-SheForClimate! From over 100 amazing applications, we selected a cohort of ~45 women. Our first women-only, early career professionals Climate Ninja cohort came together for their inaugural session, filled with hellos and a lot of wholesomeness. ⤴️More about this cohort kick-off, here on LinkedIn
We launched the SusVentures credited course at BITS for the second time! Now, Prof. Rajiv, along with his faculty (Sandeep and Pramod) and the SusMafia, will lead the upcoming SusVentures Climate Entrepreneurship credited course at BITS Pilani, Goa, and Hyderabad. We’re deeply grateful to Sachin from PIEDS, Prof. Arya, and multiple student associations for making this possible. 🌱Learn more about the BITS engagement, here on LinkedIn
Roshan (Bintix) and Siddharth (Kabadiwalla Connect), our Mafiosos, engaged with students in the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani network, sharing insights about climate-tech gaps and their entrepreneurial journeys. 📽️Watch the interaction, here on YouTube
⌛ Oh, and we will soon roll it out at Jaypee University (led by Prof. Niraj Singh Parihar), as well. 📩Write to ventures@susmafia.org to collaborate or partner on our course.
We have three new Climate Ninja🍃🥷🏼 origin stories; all interviewed and curated by our star volunteer and storyteller Aadya Gupta:
What brings people to work in Climate? 📖Read Piyush’s story, here on LinkedIn
What connects Indian festivals and climate change? And no, this isn’t about Diwali. 📖Read Badsha’s story, here on LinkedIn
How do you channel climate anxiety into impact? 📖Read Neha’s story, here on LinkedIn
We initiated peer learning circles across Climate Ninja cohorts to build a learning culture in the community. These circles are for those trying to learn anything from climate skills to core tech skills, all by the community and for the community. 📩Ping regenerator@susmafia.org to partner on a Climate Ninja student chapter
As an official nominating partner for H&M Foundation’s Global Change Award, we nominated 20 early-stage solutions that have the potential to decarbonize textile and fashion. ↗️We negotiated with the H&M Foundation’s team to go beyond the 10 nominations originally allocated to us since we wanted to spotlight more high-potential solutions.
ℹ️If you want to access information about and/or connect with these 20 solutions or the ~60 who reached out to us, ping community@susmafia.org
Cool Stuff (to help keep ‘it’ below 1.5 ℃)
Climate Network Engagements Curated by SusMafia
SusVentures Showcase on Nov 30: 🔎Looking to meet exciting climate ventures that are just starting up? This showcase is for you: an online engagement where startups from the Sustainability Mafia's SusVentures initiative will be up for engagement. 🔎Explore more details before RSVPing or referring
The Millennium Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program that happens on your campus. The United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are here to elevate your leadership. Apply to the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2025 by Nov 30: https://www.millenniumfellows.org/apply
Redefine Furniture Design with Agrikraft 2024! Are you ready to innovate sustainably? Agrikraft 2024 is India’s premier furniture design competition, empowering students to create eco-friendly masterpieces using Craste’s engineered boards made from agricultural residue. 🌿Find out more information, here on Instagram
The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) in India is an esteemed competition that provides a platform for young minds to showcase their innovative solutions and ideas in the field of water conservation and sustainability. IIT-Madras, their School of Sustainability, and their trusted partner AquaMAP. 🔎Explore and apply here: https://sjwpindia.in/
Are you a young innovator (ages 16-28) passionate about addressing environmental problems in your local community and beyond? beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship is looking for 1000 Fellows for the next cohort. 🏎️Start your journey here: https://applications.bevisioneers.world/
SusMafia Gratitude Points
A big-big shoutout to those who have gone above and beyond to help us with their time and connections, pro-bono:
Aadya for her work on 🍃🥷Climate Ninja stories
Supriya, who collaborates on Corporado and many other community activities
Tanay, who collaborates with us on the Corporado initiative
Shivkumar and his team at B-Moat for their time on the WiP SusVentures logo
Rajat, who collaborates on the SusVentures course and other strategic stuff
Saavi, from the Climes team, who guides us on design and UX
Manasvi, from the Climes team, who helps us with finances and auditing
Vaibhav, who is super helpful to our Climate Ninja chapter in IBAB
Divyanshu, who has been our endorser for Climate Ninja and SusVentures in IIT-Madras
Our biggest co-creative support system for the ongoing Climate Ninja cohort:
#OpenDoor(Sus)Mafia
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