In January 2002, we brought all our young fundraising recruiters from Mumbai into and as a full part of Greenpeace rather than as employees of an outsourced marketing agency. We managed to bring to ourselves a sense of equality within the organisation by naming the division "Supporter Campaigns" and gave it our best to flesh...Read More
A little more than 33 years ago, sometime in early 1988, I was grinding through my Masters degree in Zoology at the Madras Christian College. The big news was that the Tamilnadu Forest Department was planning to shut down all five of their Olive Ridley Sea Turtle hatcheries on the Chennai (then Madras) coast. For...Read More
Dokpwé is a West African word that means “Communal Work Society” – a village that has many arms, many legs, one stomach and one heart. This Dokpwé, was an irregular publication, formed around a private group of people and a magazine – a conscious attempt to build bridges within our own diverse community. The publication...Read More
Dokpwé is a West African word that means “Communal Work Society” – a village that has many arms, many legs, one stomach and one heart. This Dokpwé, was an irregular publication, formed around a private group of people and a magazine – a conscious attempt to build bridges within our own diverse community. The publication...Read More
The article was originally written by Prema Naraynen for the Times of India, May 20th, 2013. Read the original… A student volunteer group in the city has now thrived for a quarter of a century. We find out what makes it tick “People call me a founder of the SSTCN, which is okay, but the...Read More
As I look back, I cannot begin to explain the overwhelming feelings when faced with this responsibility; of building supporter legitimacy into the foundations for a strong, financially self-sufficient Greenpeace presence in India. Overwhelming in sheer scale – the vastness of India and its challenges and the vision that is Greenpeace.Read More
If you take a walk along the beach at night, chances are that you will cross paths with a living, breathing creature that evolved during the age of the dinosaurs- the giant sea turtle. Sea turtles nest along the Coromandel coast. If you have been fortunate enough to have witnessed this phenomenon — of a...Read More
Amongst my whole class of studious and proper 18 year olds, I remember an older-than-the-rest person in a well-worn blue jersey, using an old notebook and a pencil, diligently taking notes in class. Over the next month, as I got to know more about him and his work prior, I also got to know that...Read More
Alone, kneeling, with your hand deep inside a freshly laid nest, you cant help but keep an eye out down the beach for anyone approaching. Some nights I’d see a tall wraith-like figure approaching at a fast and peculiarly-recognizable pace. Mayavan, dressed in a white-grey shirt, lungi and head-wrap, carrying his cloth bags and (the...Read More
