Hachette India

A Green Day: Embracing Climate Action

Jeevesh Gupta

Chittranjan Dubey

Anandajit Goswami

An Engaging Compilation of Perspectives on Climate Activism

The impassioned essays, noteworthy profiles and first-person narratives in this anthology champion grassroots and global environmental movements that have persuaded policymakers and mobilized communities to take note of the worsening state of the natural order. From the Global South to the Global North, change advocates and those experiencing the thick of the emergency revisit the tipping points in their activism journey, lay out harsh truths about the extent of damage caused and offer scalable solutions to combat the mounting crisis.

Outlining their rage, despair, fears and hope for the future, the campaigners underscore that there may be reasons to be optimistic despite the dreary reality we find ourselves in. While calling for collective action, these wide-ranging, inspiring and urgent stories reflect a diverse landscape of climate activism and are enough evidence that a sea change is possible.

Classification : Essays
Pub Date : APR 28, 2024
Imprint : Hachette India
Page Extent : 232
Binding : PB
ISBN : 9789357319751
Price : INR 499

Jeevesh Gupta

Jeevesh Gupta is an environmentalist and social activist who works in the areas of disability and climate change. Jeevesh left his corporate career in 2010 and has been a social-change agent for over a decade. He has been a co-founder/active member of many groups and movements, including the Extinction Rebellion and Delhi Drum Circle and Movement to save more than fifty thousand trees in the 7 GPRA Colonies of Delhi. He runs a trust called Campaign for Differently Abled, whose motto is 'Let's see what they see and show them what we see'. He writes for a community magazine called Samvada, blogs actively on i-jeevesh.blogspot.com and is an active contributor to Mainstream Weekly.

Chittranjan Dubey

Chittranjan Dubey is an environmentalist raising awareness about the ecological crises in Europe and India. His work has been covered by media houses like BBC, The Telegraph, Reuters, Ouest-France, Reporterre, RFI, London Review of Books, TRT World, VICE, Bangkok Post, The Straits Times, The Economic Times, Times of India, Hindustan Times. He volunteered with the Extinction Rebellion movement in cities like London, Berlin, Delhi, Brussels and Madrid, where people turned up on the streets, demanding their governments declare a climate emergency. As a social activist, he was involved in the India Against Corruption Movement in 2010–2011. He also teaches meditation in European countries in addition to his IT consulting job.

Anandajit Goswami

Anandajit Goswami is a research fellow with the Ashoka Centre for People-centric Energy Transition, Ashoka University, and has been a director and professor at the School of Behavioural and Social Sciences (SBSS), Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies. He has worked with TERI, TERI SAS, UNECA, Copenhagen Consensus Centre, WWF, Niti Aayog, and has been an ambassador of the anti-tobacco campaign of NADA Foundation across several states in the country. Anandajit has also been recognized by All India Human Rights Council, Child Rights and You, and WWF India for his contribution in the space of human, child and animal rights.