#urbanagriculture provides #locallygrown food, better #wellbeing, reduced #foodmiles, thermal comfort and more! But does not find its place in urban policy yet. Dr Chandni Singh Swarnika Sharma 🐕 Sheetal Patil @maitreyikv Nitya Rao Amruth kiran Prathigna Poonacha

The #UPAGrI project team hosted ‘Sowing Sustainable Cities’ on 26 July at Indian Institute for Human Settlements, launching an online exhibition and compendium of #urbanagriculture practices. Dr Chandni Singh Swarnika Sharma 🐕 Sheetal Patil @maitreyikv Nitya Rao Amruth kiran Prathigna Poonacha

Today we mark #HiroshimaDay to honour one lakh people who died that fateful day. Today, ability to invent things is taken for granted! Eight decades ago, it took just 7 years for an idea to get out of scientists’ minds & abolish two huge cities! Buckle up, it's a long thread👇

Sanitary pads take 250-800 years to decompose, which is pushing young Indians to opt for greener alternatives #Sustainability businessinsider.in/sustainability… By Karuna

For >30k years, dogs accompanied humans on every step of the way. Today, lakhs of free-ranging dogs endure a precarious existence, & are often deemed a threat to humans & wildlife. How can we manage this situation in an ethical & scientific way? Join in to learn from the experts!

#IndiaUrbanFellows #iihsufp #admissionsopen #applynow Aromar Revi Amir Bazaz Jagdish Krishnaswamy Gautam Bhan Dr Chandni Singh Divya Ravindranath Neethi P Prathigna Poonacha Vineetha Nalla Swarnika Sharma 🐕 Shriya Anand @ranjitnihal

Great initiative... 🐕💗

#IndiaUrbanFellows #admissionsopen #applynow #iihsin #iihsufp Aromar Revi, Gautam Bhan, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Divya Ravindranath, Prathigna Poonacha, @ranjitnihal, Vineetha Nalla, Swarnika Sharma 🐕, Amir Bazaz, Shriya Anand, @PaddyUnfettered, NamKap, Research@IIHS

Aromar Revi Gautam Bhan Jagdish Krishnaswamy Divya Ravindranath Amir Bazaz Prathigna Poonacha Vineetha Nalla Swarnika Sharma 🐕 Shriya Anand NamKap @PaddyUnfettered

Very happy to share a book cover I designed for IIHS. The book is about sustainable agriculture in the cities. This was my first project for my office and therefore extra special! Thank you Indian Institute for Human Settlements for the opportunity #urbanagriculture #bookcover #art

How does this look as a book panel? Sustainability is one of the themes in Sowing sustainable cities book. Here I have tried to illustrate urban housing, terrace gardening, composting and wildlife associated with urban farming. #butterfly #terracegardening #composting

📢Mark your calendars! The 8th edition of City Scripts, IIHS’ annual urban writings festival, is here! 📅 26 - 28 May 2023 📍 IIHS Bengaluru City Campus The 3-day festival is packed with workshops, conversations, exhibitions and more. Register : bit.ly/41eSofC

This book is a wonderful resource of urban and peri-urban #agriculture written mostly by practitioners. UPA can be one solution towards sustainable, liveable cities, & help improve #dietarydiversity & nutrition. Indian Institute for Human Settlements Nitya Rao Piramal Swasthya Greater Chennai Corporation Smart Cities Mission

Thank you for amplifying our work on #urbanagriculture across Indian cities Soumya Swaminathan 🙏🏼 For those interested, an open access version is available at iihs.co.in/knowledge-gate… Illustrated Ravi Jambhekar | Ecologist | Illustrator led by Sheetal Patil Hindi language version coming soon.

Dr Chandni Singh Soumya Swaminathan Ravi Jambhekar | Ecologist | Illustrator Thank you! Covers 29 cases from 10 cities with individual to neighborhood to city scale. Useful for #urbanagripractices, #urbanplanners, policymakers, teachers, health workers, ULBs, civil society. Shouting out to Prathigna Poonacha Dr Chandni Singh @maitreyikv Swarnika Sharma 🐕

An amazing collective effort documenting a range of #innovation for #urban #Sustainability Sheetal Patil Dr Chandni Singh Development UEA 🌍 The British Academy

"The NGT proceeded to pronounce summary judgment on all four appeals though not a word had been argued by one of the appellants. It passed its judgment in violation of the principles of natural justice"

India’s fatal sweltering #Heat🔥 in June linked to #ClimateChange⚠️ New analysis Climate Central shows that the extreme heat event over #UttarPradesh in June was made at least 2 times more likely by human-caused climate change! #heatwave #hotweather Extreme Temperatures Around The World

IIHS' ongoing research project, funded by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), 'Greening urban food systems: Building sustainable urban agriculture practices in Bengaluru through nature-based solutions' works towards enabling sustainable transitions in urban food systems.

Join us for a panel discussion on the role of urban agriculture in building sustainable cities at 6:30pm on 20 October. Listen to our panellists share insights and experiences of engaging in and studying urban agriculture across India and France.