Organically produced cassava flour being sold under the farm’s eponymous brand name We realised if something was harming our body it was also harming the land,” says Pradhan. We found ourselves questioning our eating choices and didn’t want to live on preservatives and pesticides anymore. “It was also fear of what we were consuming. The couple has jointly founded the aptly named Petrichor Farms, a permaculture farm and sustainable education centre.

We didn’t want to bring home a bundle of plastic every time we went out to buy food,” says Sweta Pradhan, who has been living off the land and working hard to create a green community in West Bengal’s Kalimpong, along with her partner Sidhartha Blone. So, I reached out to those who’re trying to swim against the tide and go back in time to a life of less consumption and greater meaning. It is a mainstream burning, raging issue that needs the centre stage this moment. No one saw the pandemic coming to prove them wrong. Though a lot of the discourse focused unnecessarily on her age, the general consensus still hovered on a capitalist stance.īehind the well-meaning encouragements lay the not so secret belief that caring for the planet was a future-generation problem and it’s good that feisty teenagers were stepping out of their comfort zones to address the issue. Her words and conviction had the desired effect and the world got talking about sustainability and carbon-neutral living choices. In August 2019, Greta Thunberg sailed across the Atlantic on her eco-friendly Malizia II, attracting eyeballs globally.

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