National Seminar on Green Economy 2021
15 & 16 Dec 2021
Bringing practitoners, models, insights, experiences nd ideas on green Economy together
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Background:
A Green Economy certificate course was organised for the students of Madras School of Social Work
(MSSW) pursuing their Masters programme in Social Entrepreneurship along with. The positive
response from the students ensured that the programme got additional mileage with other agencies
resulting in requests for more such programmes. Global trend indicates enormous potential for
growth of the Green Economic opportunities in double digits over the next 20 years as national
priorities shift towards more sustainable solutions. However, the same needs sustained civil society
and academic efforts in developing transformative narratives, carrying out initiatives, showcasing
nature-based solutions, building capacities, enlarging the scope beyond just techno-fixes, ensuring
just transition, providing policy inputs, highlighting flaws in the existing ecosystem, etc., With the
realization that the showcasing of the Green Economy course provides for an opportunity to
additionally focus on some of these as well, it was decided that a Seminar could be organized that
can bring together several such initiatives and insights.
Concept: The Seminar will bring together some of the best models of Green Economy from diverse
domains (primarily within Tamil Nadu, but, also from few other places). The Seminar over a 2-day
period is aimed at showcasing models, examples and experiences of existing Green Economy
initiatives which can provide insights as well as bring out the need for policy inputs.
Scope: The Seminar is seen as a first among several initiatives that can create an opportunity for
contributing towards building an ecosystem for Green Economic movement at the state and national
level. The Seminar aims to bring together diverse ways in which it manifests across the state – Local
Economy models, Sustainable Agriculture, Circular Economy, Nature-based Livelihoods, Green Rural
Entrepreneurship, Green Building, Renewable Energy, etc., Environmental justice cannot be built
without social justice as the recent COP26 Conference has adequately proved. Hence, the Seminar
will also look at focusing on cross-cutting areas for Green Economic system, that includes
investments, innovation, capacity building, governance and technology.
Here is the event schedule and timings of each themes
Introduction to the Seminar, Releasing booklet on Green Economy Curriculum and Inauguration of the Green Bazaar exhibition and Sales.
MSSW
MSSW
MSSW
MSSW
MSSW
Samanvaya
SPC
Forestry & Climate Change
Will concentrate and bring together people on Design, Construction and Operations & Maintenance challenges of the Infrastructure & Energy areas. Sessions will concentrate on Renewable Energy, Circular & Low Carbon Materials for construction and Passive Ventilation under Design; Recycling material & decommissioning buildings under Construction along with modular & portable construction and active energy management, water treatment and recycling under maintenance.
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Urban Design Collective
World Green Building Council (WGBC)
Auroville Consulting
V Invent Chemilab (Pacca Pro)
Sustainable Agriculture and allied areas, including irrigation, livestock management, food supply chain. Presentations will include, Community models for sustainable agriculture, Soil Health maintenance and management – indigenous processes and methods, resource conservation technologies, FPOs, livestock, water management and conclude with a roundtable on agro-ecological practices.
Anchor
Anchor
Pudukkottai Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited
World Vision
ASHA
Senaapathy Kangayam Cattle Research Foundation
Myharvest
Non-farm sector in the rural areas as well as industrial and productive areas in urban sector. Presenters will share models and insights from green enterprises in the areas of natural fibre, creating ecological supply chain, traditional knowledge based enterprises from tribal areas, local economy strengthening enterprises and a broader understanding of the green enterprises sector itself. The event is anchored by the CoLive network, a network of over 80 organizations across India working on post-Covid livelihoods recovery.
(Anchor)
Industree Crafts Foundation
Barefoot International
KeyStone Foundation
Yaadum Collective, Madurai
Sarba Shanti Ayog
People drive every economic activity both through their skills & knowledge as well as through their consumption. Building skills, knowledge and perspective on a more conscious ahd humane economy is a pressing need globally. Several institutions have taken the lead on this in Tamil Nadu, showcasing during this session will be Sustainable Livelihood Institute, Nammalvar Multiversity, ISHP, HSS, CSIM apart from the host MSSW that is pioneering this sector.
(Anchor)
Chennai
Trichy
Indian Society of Healthcare Professionals (ISHP)
SLI
Investment sector participants including private and public financial institutions that will throw light on the investment potential that exists and opportunities in the green sector currently. Globally today the green economy invites more investments than any other single sector.
(Anchor)
TIIC
Nannilam
Harnessing Innovative practices oriented towards Green Economy and Evolving technologies meant for the Green Economy sector is as much in demand to improve and optimise the consumption of various forms across the world today as much as they are about improving lifestyle of people. This session displaying some of the innovations and technologies will be anchored by RuTAG from IIT-M.
(Anchor)
MCC-MRF Innovation Park
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
DTD Studio - Centre for Eco-friendly Architecture and Planning
Environmental justice is not possible without social justice. A governance system that is ensuring equity and keeps the inequality in check is essential if the world has to make a just transition towards a green economic system. Several interesting models exist in Tamil Nadu including reviving of a river through local governance of natural resource, green village effort, building network economy and attempts to build strength to the greening at the grassroot level. Some of the leaders in this sector will be sharing their thoughts during this session.
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Pandeswaram Panchayat, Thiruvallur
Greening of the Service Sector including in the domains of Hospitality, Tourism, Healthcare, Wellness, Entertainment, etc. is high in demand as conscious consumers demand that there be more greener options. The programme will have presentations by practitioners from this sector who will throw light on the various potentials that exist in the sector. They will be from areas of tourism, event management, hospitality and waste management.
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Inspiring talk on "Ecological Imperatives" and "Collectives, Governance and Community Responsibility"
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