Sharing Big Ideas with Chhaya Bhanti and Morag Gamble

How do you communicate big ideas that stick and spread in local communities?  Listen in. Sustainability communication is one of the many talents of my guest on this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, Chhaya Bhanti. Chhaya is the Founder and Director of Vertiver- a women-owned, Indian social enterprise full of designers, storytellers, artists, researchers and passionate environmentalists. They create engaging campaigns to cultivate positive change around issues of waste, forests, biodiversity, climate action, ecosystems conservation, water, and sustainable agriculture - also through Iora Ecological SolutionsChhaya was a brand designer living the high life in New York when she woke up to the inherent waste and destruction that her industry and own work were creating. She returned home to India, took time out to reacquaint with her country (riding her bicycle down the Himalayas from Ladakh!), and then set up her own communications company to be a positive influence in the world. Chhaya's advocacy work supports policy change and community empowerment affecting millions of people. Here's some facts from her website which are some of the driving motivators of her work. In India: One in every four people depend on forests for their livelihood85% of household water use depends on groundwater48% of children under 5 years old are malnourishedOutdoor air pollution causes 1.2 million deaths a yearI look forward to talking with Chhaya again soon - next time with some of the communities she works with to explore urban permaculture ideas. NB: You can watch our youtube conversation here.________________________________Download this list of 10 of Morag's favourite books.Morag's 4 part introduction to permaculture video series.________________________________FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PERMACULTUREIn invite you to join me to learn more about permaculture through the many permaculture films, articles and resources on Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel  & blogFrom being involved with permaculture for more than a quarter of a century , I see that the  world needs more local permaculture teachers and [pr]activists everywhere - sharing local ways of one planet living, regenerative design & growing, & working toward a climate-safe future.  I invite you to join the Permaculture Educators Program  with others from 6 continents to explore ways of being the change and and introducing people to the practice of regenerative growing and regenerative cultures - creating the conditions for transition. If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible GardenEnjoy!Morag GambleI acknowledge the Gubbi Gubbi people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live , work & play, and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim KirkmanI'd love to hear from you. Text me here.Support the show_____MORAG GAMBLEFounder, Permaculture Education InstituteMorag's CoursesPodcast BlogPodcast YouTube: Podcast InstagramLinkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/moraggamble/I am a possibilitarian and I believe in HumanKINDness.In this podcast my guests and I explore How are we to live? Really live, as nature ourselves, tending the conditions where life can thrive. We ask How do we become the kind of humans this moment is asking us to be?This podcast is one of my acts of myceliation. Each conversation is a thread in a vast network of people speaking up for life with love and care. This podcast beams out from my hand-built solar-powered studio in the midst of a permaculture food forest in a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara and Gubbi Gubbi country.If this episode lights something in you, pass it to one person who needs it. That is how myceliation works.