Registrations closing soon: Earth and Us

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mani

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Aug 15, 2024, 4:04:41 AM8/15/24
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Dear All, 


We hope this message finds you well. The Centre for Gender and Environment is thrilled to announce an online certificate course "Earth and Us"  that will explore topics such as ecology, climate change, sustainability and alternatives.  The deadline for applying is the 19th of August 2024. To register click on the Link.

Course content:
* What is ecology and why is it necessary to have an ecological perspective now more than ever.
* Understand the journey of the Earth and the impact of human beings on the planet
* Basics of ecological studies
* Current dominant narrative on climate change and the missing narratives
* Impact of climate change on communities
* Understanding the current economic paradigm of growth (GDP) and energy consumption
* What is true sustainability
* Understanding what solutions are mere greenwashing solutions
* Analysing our current ecological footprints
* Finding alternatives and exploring what is happening across the world
* Finding answers in indigenous spiritual traditions and knowledge systems
* How to anchor ourselves in the time of poly crises

COURSE DATES - 23rd to 31st August, 2024
LIVE SESSIONS- 23-24 and 29-30 August, 2024
ASSIGNMENT PRESENTATION - 31st August, 2024
SESSION TIME: 5.00PM to 7.30PM (weekdays) and 10.30AM to 1.30PM (weekends) includes time for Q&A
COURSE FEE: INR 3500/- (no fee waiver for individuals); 10% discount on group registrations of 3+ individuals; two full sponsorships for those belonging to socio-economically underprivileged communities especially females and other genders. 
Registrations will be considered complete after payment of the course fee.

NOTE: An assignment will be given on the second day (24th August) and all participants are expected to complete and present their assignment on the last day (31st August) to complete the course. The assignments in CGE courses are specifically designed to provide hands-on experience and practical ways of implementing skills and knowledge gained during the course. The certificate will be granted on completion of the assignment.

Who can participate: The course does not require any prior knowledge of the above subjects. It's open to all with a curious mind, interest in deeply engaging with nature and like-minded communities, and exploring the potential of the self. Anyone above the age of 16 years can apply.     

FACILITATORS: 
Bipasha Majumder is a documentation specialist, writer, and researcher with over 15 years of experience in the development sector. Her interest and expertise are in the overarching themes of environment, ecology, gender, and indigenous traditions. She is the author of the book The Garden of Pride that documented community leadership and participation in transforming green spaces in New Delhi. She is currently documenting nature traditions of tribal communities in Eastern Himalaya.  

Mani Prakash is an experienced environment and human rights lawyer and researcher.  She has worked extensively on issues legal issues relating to pollution, rights of fishing and tribal communities, rivers, wetlands, and laws on harmful pesticides and has written several research papers relating to environmental issues. She is an expert at capacity building of activists and NGO professionals on environment and gender. 


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Jinan K B

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Sep 19, 2024, 9:48:05 PM9/19/24
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Jinan K B

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Mar 11, 2026, 12:59:35 AM (yesterday) Mar 11
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Dear  Friends,

I have been reflecting on a question that underlies many conversations today about culture, knowledge, and civilizational renewal: What are the conditions under which knowledge itself arises?

Much of what we call knowledge today is shaped within modern epistemic frameworks that privilege abstraction, representation, and control. This raises a particularly important concern in the current efforts to revive Indian Knowledge Systems.

Across civilizations, many indigenous knowledge traditions emerged under very different conditions—through direct engagement with life, disciplined observation, and an integration of value, knowledge, and aesthetics.

A deeper question, however, remains largely unexamined: To what extent are our attempts to understand these traditions still framed within the cognitive structures of modern Western education? Can traditions that emerged from lived inquiry truly be understood within frameworks that separate knowledge from life?

These reflections led me to frame a set of foundational questions about the nature of knowing itself—about the roles of experience, values, and aesthetics in cognition; the relationship between text and lived practice; and how research might be approached within knowledge traditions that were never organized as academic disciplines.

I have gathered these questions in a short essay titled “The Colonization of Cognition: Foundational Questions for Cultural Regeneration — The Indian Case.” While the immediate context is India, the inquiry speaks more broadly to all cultures attempting to rediscover the living foundations of knowledge.

Please read the full article here

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/colonization-cognition-jinan-kb-zjizc/

Substack: othingparenting.substack.com/p/the-colonization-of-cognitio

Medium: https://jinankb.medium.com/the-colonization-of-cognition-13f78f5ea278

Warm regards,
Jinan K. B.

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