#179 A Sustainable Podcast ft. Praveen anna

0:00 – Introduction  1:04 – Praveen anna’s childhood in the UK and later in a village near Isha Yoga Centre  5:14 – Missed that friendly Indian vibe initially in the UK  7:40 – Things started getting more social with a ritual with colleagues at Starbucks  10:02 – Things get a lot more planned and less spontaneous when you move abroad  11:49 – Praveen Anna’s belief systems are different from his parents’ 13:02 - Praveen Anna learnt the skill of taking up newer opportunities and remaining humble from his parents  16:14 – UG from Christ University – was known as ‘Salt’. Other 2 friends were Sugar and Spice  19:41 – Made friends from other parts of India and called their group - ‘Aliens’.  22:00 – Technology made more sense. Was agnostic through college.  25:52 – Recycling of waste in Christ college.  27:32 – Love Life and Pop culture during college  31:43 – Fitness became the new identity towards the end of college.  35:26 – Staying at Uncle’s in UK and finding a job  36:31 – A childhood friend introduces Krishna consciousness and meditation  51:36 – Came across Sadhguru and Vaisakh Sabu on YouTube. Started watching more spiritual content  55:07 – Connected with a girl who was planning to do Inner Engineering and enrolled for it   55:55 – Wanted to experience the beauty of Inner Engineering’s principles before talking about it  57:31 – How to talk about Inner Engineering to others?  58:13 – People wanted to know about the practices that Vaisakh Sabu was doing during a function  1:00:10 – Spirituality is not a disability  1:00:55 – No meat, egg and limited dairy since March 2020. Yoga helped, big time!  1:01:51 – Vaisakh Sabu decides to become pure vegetarian?   1:03:52 – Inner Engineering has helped Praveen anna to make sustainable everyday choices  1:05:40 – Oxford street protests- started paying more attention towards textile industry   1:12:02 – Conversation with dad about people’s textile consumption habits in the village  1:12:55 – Tips to make sustainable fashion choices. Systems need to change. Here’s how  1:17:18 – Will H&M sue us?  1:17:52 - Isha Life’s clothing range and 100% organic cotton clothing   1:19:51 – What does one mean by sustainability?  1:22:27 – What’s the difference between organic cotton and conventional cotton?  1:24:52 – Applied the tools of Inner Engineering while buying day to day products like bottle and brush  1:25:41 – Vaisakh Sabu exposes Praveen Anna’s oxidised copper bottle  1:26:40 – How to clean the inside of your copper bottle / vessel / Jar?  1:27:45 – Bamboo toothbrush and organic earbuds  1:29:36 – Organic sweater made out of recycled cotton and polyester   1:34:55 – Reach out to Nuva Fashions for sustainable fashion supplies  1:37:14 – Start observing around you to make batter choices  1:38:16 – Reach out to Praveen anna on social  1:43:24 – Last few words to youngsters Email: [email protected]   Instagram @praveen_scar   Email: [email protected]  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vaisu90/