Reduce your and your city's waste footprint | Malini Parmar | TEDxGGSIPU

Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has”. Desire to handle her waste responsibly lead her to become part of the responsible waste management movement in the country. She talks about how a small initiative to implement waste segregation led to her being an accidental activist and then a social entrepreneur. She is co-founder of stonesoup.in and trustee of SWMRT. Some of the campaigns that she has given birth to and helped move forward are, ‘2Bin1Bag - waste segregation’, ‘SWACHAGRAHA - home composting’, ‘Period love #bleed green - safe and sustainable menstruation’ “Karnataka Plastic Ban - to get single-use disposables banned” campaign.

She has been a banker and then a global IT professional. Single mom by adoption and a Vipassana meditator.

Your current situation is giving you an opportunity to re-evaluate what you want. A rule that couldn’t be proved any better than Malini Parmar, who spent more than 20 years in Banking & IT and yet took the courageous step towards the sector of volunteering, activism, and then entrepreneurship to solve the problem of urban waste. Describing herself as an “accidental activist”, Malini speaks about her urge to solve the bigger problem and also create flexible employment for women. This led to the creation of Stonesoup.in - her start-up for responsible waste management and a few of her “waste” friends. Recipient of multiple awards, she has also been a part of SWMRT and Bangalore Eco Team and campaigns for segregation at source, composting, plastic ban, sustainable menstruation, and natural cleaners. She is a single adoptive mom and lives with her mother, 70 year old yoga teacher, and her daughters. Cleaner and Greener world creating sustainable livelihoods for all is what she dreams of. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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