We welcome our new batch of interns from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad: Chandra Sekharan.S, Sabari Santosh S, Sivaraman Santhanam, Swetha Ravichandran, Shreyas Seshadri, Shrinaath M, Chockalingam Harisankar, and Srinathji M. These students will be working with us on Digital literacy, Digital inequalities, coaching for project management with Rural Lab staff for the next […]
CCE-Seers 2022 – Collaboration with EWB Ireland
The exciting finish of FIN’s Collaboration with EWB Ireland “Where There is No Engineer” – Designing for Community Resilience – National Finals The National Finals of the “Where There Is No Engineer” Design Competition will take place in the Museum Building in Trinity College Dublin on Saturday the 4th of June 2022. Interested individuals can […]
Plastics and Sustainable Development: What India is doing about it
Cristina García Santos FIN Intern – P2 Programme in Collaboration with Fusion Waste Management and Consultancy The purpose of this blog post is to assess India’s role in tackling the issue of plastics. It is a crucial topic in the area of solid waste management as the production of plastic increases every year. This […]
From Accra to India: the story of how Trashy Bags is motivating behavioural change in an Indian village
Cristina García Santos FIN Intern – P2 Programme in Collaboration with Fusion Waste Management and Consultancy In 2015, the waste generation rate in Ghana was 0.47 kilogrammes per capita every day. Plastic waste was the second type of waste generated in the country, accounting for 14% of total waste. An average of 80% households […]
All that glitters may not be gold: The difficulty of contrasting data
Cristina García Santos FIN Intern – P2 Programme in Collaboration with Fusion Waste Management and Consultancy This blog post started as a research project on entrepreneurship with flower waste showcasing two different case studies from India that give flowers a second life. Although it may seem surprising to some, flower waste is a significant […]
Sambhav Garden – Interventions in repurposing a landfill in Madhya Pradesh by Fusion Waste Management
Jairaj Gopalakrishnan FIN Intern – P2 Programme in Collaboration with Fusion Waste Management and Consultancy One of the most common ways of dealing with waste in India is by simply dumping the waste in open areas and either leaving it to rot or burning these wastes. In the ancient town of Nagda, Madhya Pradesh, the […]
Why is Education for Sustainable Development required in schools and how will it benefit? A cost-benefit exploration
Jairaj Gopalakrishnan Intern at FIN “ We are increasingly asking if what people learn is truly relevant to their lives, if what they learn helps to ensure the survival of our planet. Education for Sustainable Development can provide the knowledge, awareness and action that empower people to transform themselves and transform societies” – Stefania Giannini, […]
Successfully repurposing a Landfill – Ariel Shannon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel & Sai Tso Wan Eco-Park, Hong Kong
Jairaj Gopalakrishnan FIN Intern – P2 Programme in Collaboration with Fusion Waste Management and Consultancy Waste is a global issue. The world keeps generating more and more rubbish at an unsustainable rate. According to the World Bank, we produced close about two billion tons of waste in 2016, and the most common way we dispose […]
Gender Issues
“Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” ― Geena Dunne Anderson. In 2022, FIN conducted a webinar entitled “Don’t periods matter?” to commemorate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, featuring females of all ages who are impacted by menstruation- […]