One of the highlights of the Biodiversity by the Bay campaign has been the opportunity to work with Rohan Chakravarty of Green Humour. Rohan worked with wildlife experts and local Mumbaikars to create a one-of-a-kind map of Mumbai’s biodiversity that has been viewed by thousands of people, from journalists in Mumbai to commenters in Karachi…
Every year the city is painted pink by the migration of the flamingos into Mumbai. BNHS notes that “Ever since the 1980s, flocks of 30,000-40,000 of the bird have been settling along the Thane Creek between September and April. The number has increased significantly over the years and in 2020, Mumbai registered close to 1.5…
On the occasion of World Migratory Bird Day, we organised a webinar to celebrate the majestic annual visitors of Mumbai, our very own lesser flamingos. This event was special as it enabled policy makers and activists to sit across and engage with a dialogue with each other. Moderated by award winning environment journalist Bahar Dutt,…
With the ever-increasing destruction of wetlands in Navi Mumbai, we ask the residents to put on their running shoes on every World Wetlands Day to create awareness about wetlands, mangroves, and the visiting flamingos. Mumbai has lost a lot of its mangroves due to reclamation, encroachment, and garbage dumping, among other causes. The International Union…
Much like the rest of us, Nikhil Kini has spent the last five months stuck indoors due to Covid-19. We partnered him to explore one of the activities he missed the most; visiting parks! He decided to reclaim his time in nature by visiting every single park in Mumbai (in his own words, “he’s a…
On September 4th, Waatavaran invited three visionary architects and urban planners of Mumbai – Rahul Kadri of IMK Architects, Pranav Naik of Studio Pomegranate, and Shilpa Chandawarkar, a professor at the Indian Education Society’s College of Architecture – to initiate a dialogue on Mumbai’s Green Recovery. With them, we invited young architecture and planning students to share…
On September 4th, Waatavaran invited three visionary architects and urban planners of Mumbai – Rahul Kadri of IMK Architects, Pranav Naik of Studio Pomegranate, and Shilpa Chandawarkar, a professor at the Indian Education Society’s College of Architecture – to initiate a dialogue on Mumbai’s Green Recovery. With them, we invited young architecture and planning students to share…
On September 4th, Waatavaran invited three visionary architects and urban planners of Mumbai – Rahul Kadri of IMK Architects, Pranav Naik of Studio Pomegranate, and Shilpa Chandawarkar, a professor at the Indian Education Society’s College of Architecture – to initiate a dialogue on Mumbai’s Green Recovery. With them, we invited young architecture and planning students to share…
On September 4th, Waatavaran invited three visionary architects and urban planners of Mumbai – Rahul Kadri of IMK Architects, Pranav Naik of Studio Pomegranate, and Shilpa Chandawarkar, a professor at the Indian Education Society’s College of Architecture – to initiate a dialogue on Mumbai’s Green Recovery. With them, we invited young architecture and planning students to share…
On September 4th, Waatavaran invited three visionary architects and urban planners of Mumbai – Rahul Kadri of IMK Architects, Pranav Naik of Studio Pomegranate, and Shilpa Chandawarkar, a professor at the Indian Education Society’s College of Architecture – to initiate a dialogue on Mumbai’s Green Recovery. With them, we invited young architecture and planning students to share…