Sharing my learings and findings from understanding and implementing Spatio Temporal Asset Catalogs (STAC) Specs.
How to implement STAC Specs for geospatial datasets
Independence day 2025
Along with being technologists, entrepreneurs, doctors, artists, designers, or whatever professionals we may be, let us also be compost makers, terrace gardeners, bicyclists, plastic refusers, harsh chemical avoiders, bioenzyme makers, millet consumers, natural fabrics wearers, DIYers... The times we live in now call upon us to protect our air, water, land more than ever before.... Continue Reading →
“Children need Nature” conference
We all need nature for our physical and mental wellbeing and increasingly so in a more technologically advanced and crowded urban lifestyle. 'Children need nature' was a conference aimed to bring together school administrators, parents, educators and students to understand how to enable access to nature to all children.
How to make leaf mould compost on a terrace
Dried leaves are everyone around us, and often they are treated as "waste". Only if we knew how valuable they actually are, we would not let them leave! Leaf mould is a compost made by decomposing dried leaves. It is a valuable resource for the soil as it helps in water retention, recycling of minerals and in improving soil structure. It can be made very easily in any space. Let's learn how!
Kick-starting “Urban Natural Farms”
Kickstarting Urban Natural Farms, a platform to enable natural farming in urban vacant land to grow chemical free food for urban residents, for micro biodiversity hotspots within urban areas, for climate resilient cities and for community engagement. Reach out to be a part of the building of the platform if this aligns with you. 🌱
Easiest way to grow vegetables in the terrace
Plastic free, low cost technique of growing vegetables in the terrace using wooden fruit packaging boxes.
One Straw Revolution: Book Review
Everyone who eats should care to know about how food is grown and the processes involved until it reaches the table, especially in the times of industrial and technological inputs driving accelerated change in the sector. I recently (and finally!) read the One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. The book gave a refreshing boost to... Continue Reading →
Building a webapp for data collection & visualization using R Shiny
This is a tutorial post about building a webapp with user form and leaflet map visualization using R Shiny. The webapp I built aims to collect crowdsourced data of how sustainable are the eateries around the world. The code for the project is open source. Do fill in some entries at http://www.sustainableeateries.com/ or ping if you would like to collaborate on the project or for any feedback on the tutorial.
The bicycle diaries
The last commute from work on March 13th (before the quarantine life came upon us) marked the completion of 10,000 km of logged bicycle rides. I started logging my bicycle rides a few months after coming to Bangalore in 2015. When I look back, I realise that there has never been a time when I... Continue Reading →
How many trees will you plant this monsoon?
For us its been three consecutive plantation drives over the weekends, full of fun and learning. 2 weekends ago, we were at Nrityagram, an Odissi dance school located in Hessaraghatta, along with folks from Beforest, a community based sustainable farming initiative. Nrityagram has a lot of beautiful trees in the campus, and Beforest folks are... Continue Reading →
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