Hello
My name is Dr. Suparna Banerjee
I am from India. I have made Germany my home, atleast for now. I have spent, well around, five years of my life researching at the Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn. The result is a PhD degree. I have published my book on the subject. You can find it here:
Routledge and
Some of my articles on climate related issues are available online. You can check them here:
Sal Leaves : A traditional South Asian alternative to plastic
Humankind needs more stringent environmental regulations.
Useful e-learning courses on the UNEP website
How to manage global risks effectively
Earth is headed towards 2.8 degree warning
Lectures Delivered in association with Deutsch-Indische Zusammenarbeit e. V. Indo-German Cooperation:
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Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies.
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Social Movements and the Role of Civil Society regarding the climate crisis.
I am an avid reader and travel enthusiast. I am also fun to work with. I spend a lot of my time writing.
You can contact me here:
Discovering My Passion: The Journey Behind This Blog
In India, just like in any other developing economies, awareness about climate change is limited either to academic books or nothing at all. This is not a common topic that we encounter on a regular basis. The most prominent reason behind this is our everyday struggle with existential crisis - food, clothing & shelter. This leaves us with little time and luxury to introspect about these issues. Even among the privileged section awareness is very limited.
When I moved to Germany I, too, had my initial reservation about topics such as climate. I considered these to be too opulent to waste my time over. However, continuous discussions among peers and regular exchanges with friends triggered my initial interest. I began to study about the subject. I volunteered with a couple of NGO's to understand how these things actually work on the ground. It was an eye opener for me.
I reaslised there exists a vast void among the people about climate related issues in India - what is going on in the world's largest democracy and one of the most populated countries of the world. There are climate treaties with India being signed, destructive impact of climate change on multiple cities of India that are visible, calamities wrecking havoc on marginal communities, unrestrained development signalling future catastrophies - news which are being confined to a limited audience.
The aim of this blog is to deliver reel size news items about a plethora of environment and climate news from India to a wider audience. The size of the news matter as it intends to target the young people who wants to grab the most esential news item from the country. The objective is to arouse interest among the ordinary people about environement news from India. This blog is the one stop platform for Nature Enthusiasts interested to know more about my beutiful country.
Green Zeit is a passion project through which I want to contribute towards my community. It is closely associated with Sustainable Development Goal #13 aiming to exchange knowledge and build upon it. The word Green probably is the most common colour associated with nature. And Zeit in German means time. It is the time to act now on and with Nature.