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Media that will guide you through your journey of conscious lifestyle.

  • Braiding Sweetgrass
    Book

    A book to must-have if you are a nature's person, a guide and journey with teachings in the form of stories for you to start loving plants and encourage you to grow a garden in your backyard. The author of Braiding Sweetgrass-Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer is Director, Centre for Native Peoples, and the Environment, at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) and holds many other titles. She was born in the countryside and her time spent outdoor was deeply rooted in an appreciation for nature. Her way of embracing nature and treating plants with humanness is expressed in braiding sweetgrass. This book includes various forms of indigenous knowledge and methods away from science. It reframes the human relationship with nature with the theme of reciprocity. The Braid of Sweetgrass is woven into three major human-nature elements- spirit, stories, and science. According to many readers, the book is healing, peaceful, and spiritual. This book helped many to find their ways to nature during a pandemic. Kimmerer often asked her students, “Does the earth loves you back?” I will let this question do the rest to grow your sweetgrass.

  • Digital Minimalism
    Book

    Tired of Furtive glances at the phone? Can’t even enjoy a simple walk without fear of missing out something? Wish to go on a digital detox, but don’t know how to? Well, here we are with the right book Digital Minimalism- Choosing a focused life in a Noisy World, Cal Newport is an American non-fiction author and associate professor of Computer Science at Georgetown. While writing this book, he considered real-life examples from Farmers to Elites and their common practices towards growing technologies. This book shows the path towards Digital Minimalism- an idea to know what’s going around you as well as staying updated, giving time to self-inner growth with a peaceful mind. According to him, it's time to #Rethink your relationship with social media. As the only approach to stay sane according to Digital Minimalists has been noticed so far is taking time off from technologies and staying away peacefully in solitude for a while. According to Cal, it’s important to understand true values you can build around technologies and what you let in. The Book defines ways to organize your routine including technologies and how to use them Cal puts an interesting question to all of us, “What happens when you are constantly escaping life through the screen?” It's time we start rebuilding the connection with ourselves and have a nice walk.

  • Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
    Book

    Author: Greg McKeown Originally Published: 2014 Essentialism - The right space to start. Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean just doing less for the sake of less either. It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest point of contribution by doing only what is essential. “Only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, you can make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.” “The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default”

  • Right To Be Cold
    Book

    One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic, and the Whole Planet by Sheila Watt-Cloutier A nonfiction quest in scope regarding, how the intuits (indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska) are affected by changes in politics as well as the environment. Sheila is a Canadian activist; she has done a range of work on social and environmental issues faced by Inuit like organic pollutants & global warming. Honoured with many awards and featured in many documentaries Her childhood was spent around her mother who was a healer and grandmother. She was brought up in a traditional indigenous lifestyle which eventually pathed her to become an environmental activist. The book touches on the themes and topics related to global activism, global politics, hunting, peek into the indigenous culture, and more. Its first part is more of a biographical lifestyle of Watt-Cloutier whereas the second half is about her travels to conferences and counselling to create more awareness regarding crisis faced by Inuits. it is an attempt to story of an invite to put a ‘human face' on the problems in the Arctic According to Sheila, “People today are concerned about saving time and having convenience.” The issues are all related to humanity. What we do today, can affect people's entire life. Take time, Breathe, Think

  • Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
    Book

    If you are planning to lead a zero waste lifestyle and are confused about where to begin, this is the right book to start off. Bea Johnson, author of this book has been called “The mother of zero waste lifestyle” by CNN. She is a US-based environmental activist, author, and motivational speaker, This book is a step-by-step guide which helps to examine ourselves in our daily life waste management. Through this book, the author shares her personal experience of how she and her family managed to reduce the production of waste to one quart per year. One of the ways the author adapted to maintain a zero-waste lifestyle was by adding ‘refuse’ with the other key principles of sustainability that are; reuse, reduce and recycle. The book also shares the benefits that the author and her family got out of zero waste lifestyle like; they started getting more time to spend together as a family, they have cut their annual expenditure to 40% and they became much healthier than before. “How is it unrealistic if I’m living it?” was the question that Bea Johnson asked to the criticizers who said a zero waste lifestyle is impossible to maintain. Let’s try to practice a zero waste lifestyle with the help of this extremely beneficial book which will guide you through.

  • Chasing Coral
    Documentary

    Chasing Coral is an award-winning documentary directed by American director Jeff Orlowski. The documentary was released in the United States on July 14, 2017. IMDb gives it an 8.5 out of 10 rating. The film follows a group of drivers, scientists, and photographers from all over the world as they go on a global quest to document the destruction of coral reefs. This film explores the phenomena known as "coral bleaching." Coral bleaching occurs when corals turn white as a result of climate change. Corals that go through this process are more likely to have stunted growth, lower reproductive potential, and be more susceptible to illness. The documentary begins with the story of Richard Vevers, an advertising expert who resolves to utilize his knowledge and skills to aid with climate change action. Somehow, Vevers succeeds bring in Pawel Orlowski, the project's director, after being impressed by his previous documentary, 'Chasing Ice.' In this documentary, Vever, the project's spokesman, is enthralled with ocean ecology, believing it to be as mysterious and magnificent as outer space. During his initial mission, the 'XL Catlin Seaview Survey,' he used still cameras to photograph the ocean floor. He starts by talking about his favourite sea creature, the Sea dragon, and how it became extinct. Then he begins to notice coral bleaching in a wide range of locations. Underwater, the vibrant corals faded to white and were eventually annihilated. He gets in touch with coral experts at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology and discovers that global warming is to blame for this horrible occurrence. And then, he decides to photograph the bleaching and reveal it to the world to bring this problem to the attention of the general public. Vevers, Orlowski, and the team find photographing the bleaching process to be a challenging endeavour. The majority of the film revolves around this daring undersea adventure. For them, as well as the scientists who eventually saw the tape, seeing corals die in front of their eyes was painful. The entire film is eye-opening and encourages us to reconsider every time we do something that harms the environment. Critics say that "It is a rare movie that dares to explore the issue of how best to represent an idea".

  • The IKKIVI Podcast
    Podcast

    This is a space where they speak with leaders, change-makers, and disruptors who inspire us with their unique perspectives to live meaningful and fuller lives each day. Here they reflect on contemporary cultural practices and build on conscious values to create a community of thoughtful individuals through conversation. They release new episodes every fortnight

  • Conscious Chatter
    Podcast

    An inclusive audio space, Conscious Chatter opens the door to conversations about our clothing + the layers of stories, meaning, and potential impact connected to what we wear. It's a venue that allows us to continue to learn more about the garment industry and how we can all be a bigger part of positive change in the industry.

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