<Applications Invited> Launching Earth-Shastra: Creating a community to harmonise economics and ecology

[Shashank Kalra]

Dearest Alumni, 

I hope you are being very well. We are delighted to share with you a new initiative at YA, Earth-Shastra. Woohoo! A lot of you have really shared the journey of creating this through the numerous conversations and inspirations over the last few years. And we are here - creating a space like Gramya Manthan with a focus on an a specific domain. While its similar to GM, its also very different where we are trying several new approaches. 

As we build this, we need you to share it with relevant people - we are looking to have people from academic, corporate, non-profit and government sectors. If it is that you are passionate about, go ahead and apply. In any case, please share any feedback on the invitation content. 

We are excited to see how this sprouts.

Love

Shashank

Do you wonder why our cellphones do not last more than 2 years while radio-sets in our grandparents' time would last for a few decades? It baffled us, till we found the term 'planned obsolescence' - the strategy that guide producers to design the stuff to be useless as soon as possible  and be replaced with a new one. Approaches like these keep the economy thriving. And the environment deteriorating. We feel its imperative to look at the environmental crisis with the economic paradigms. Hence, Earth-Shastra is here. Know more What has been wrong in the relationship between ecology and economics that we ended up here! The words economics and ecology  have a common origin in the Greek work 'oikos' which translates to home. As we moved along, the distance between the two sciences has become enormous.  Earth-Shastra in its first phase is bringing together 30 passionate individuals from across the country to embark a 7-day immersive journey in the Himalayas to understand this relationship between economics and ecology. We shall deepen our lost connection with nature, deconstruct the current economic system and understand the ongoing economic and environmental crisis from an integrated lens.   If you are willing to develop the capacity to understand the big picture and the humility to start with small actions, this is for you!  Here are the details: Dates: 9th - 15th April, 2018 Venue: Sambhaavna Institute, Palampur (H.P.) We are looking for individuals from diverse backgrounds including students and professionals from non-profits, corporates and government - who are committed to learn and take action in their communities.   First Application Deadline: 11th February  Reach out to us at 9911 295 328 for any queries.  Apply Now Youth Alliance aims to nurture empathetic leaders who apply their head, heart, and hands to understand the world and drive change. We conduct ethical leadership and experiential learning programs for young people across India designed to raise awareness of careers in social change and inculcate a spirit of service across sectors. In last six years we have worked closely with  620 youngsters emerging into around 25 social enterprises, 65 new initiatives, 200+ joining different development organisations. Read more stories and reflections of our participants here: Ripples. This email was sent to you by: Youth Alliance B-94, 2nd Floor, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi

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Love and Regards,

Shashank

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