Sruti Harihara Subramanian: Every Day Sustainability, Starting Right at Home

Feb 09, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha India,  SDG 12,  Sruti Harihara Subramanian

Sruti: Thanks so much for interviewing me, Spiffy! Well, I believe that the challenge of sustainability is not just about being eco-friendly, environmentally conscious, and consuming organic produce. Sustainability is about examining the process chain of each and everything we, as consumers, buy. Goli Soda strongly believes that we can enable sustainable changes to people’s consumption patterns with very minimal alterations to lifestyle and superior product satisfaction. Accessible online and offline, Goli Soda helps you live “Sustainably, Every Day”.

Amaan Iqbal Ibrahim: Reaching Out to Lessen the Feeling of Loneliness among Migrant Workers

Jan 25, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Amaan Iqbal Ibrahim,  India,  SDG 8,  UAE

Amaan: Thank you Spiffy! In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there are almost seven million migrant workers from places like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines and more. Most of these workers have to leave their families back home, and end up only meeting their families once every few years. It causes a whole lot of loneliness, depression, and unease. The first goal we had was to eradicate this sense of loneliness, and we began by going to the labor accommodations and distributing food during the month of Ramadan. But then we thought, why stop there? Why just focus on a Muslim Holiday? My group and I believed in the power of social harmony and the rising need for it in today's world, so we expanded the drives to include Christmas, Onam, New Years, and many more cultural events!

Aishwarya Sunaad: Creating a Luxury Textile Brand from the Village Up

Jan 21, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Aishwarya Sunaad,  India,  SDG8

Aishwarya: Thank you so much for coming here, Spiffy. Ordinaire is a social business, built by women from Indian villages, who are scripting a new narrative for themselves and their communities, with every product they sew. Rural India is considered among the poorest demographics in the world, plagued by unemployment, malnutrition, lack of healthcare and education, and debilitating poverty. But there is immense talent and skill in India's villages, and the bulk of this talent lies with women. Ordinaire draws inspiration from and is built by ordinary women. Working in three villages, its stakeholders leverage their sewing skills to create utilitarian lifestyle products made from scrap textiles from export factories, generating income, financial independence, and savings.