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awenest parent podcastRaising Healthy Eaters (without losing your mind)Today Sakshi and I meet Falguni, the founder of OliveNutrition24 who breaks down this complicated and emotional topic of feeding kids and babies. What is the right way to introduce your baby to new food? Screen time during eating, yay or nay? How does our food behaviour impact your child? (Do you now need to fake-like karela?) All this and a lot more - in sharp 30 min covering some extremely interesting and relevant questions.
2025-11-2133 minawenest parent podcastSports for Kids : Why, When and how? with Kunal Kanwar, founder, TUG SportsToday, Sakshi and Kinshuk meet Kunal Kanwar, who is an ICC LEVEL 2 Cricket coach! That is a BIG DEAL guys! Kunal has over a decade of experience in sports education and is the founder and director of TUG sports, a premier sports coaching academy based in Noida. We discuss many things - including, when should parents decide to go with professional coaching, why do kids drop out of sports, how should one see the utility of sports in a child's life - and many more!
2025-03-0823 minawenest parent podcastDevelopmental Milestones in Children - What, Why and When to Act?What are the developmental milestones in children - and when do you need to worry? What signs should you be watchful of as a parent? What are the common myths surrounding developmental disorders? What kind of assessments do parents need to know about? Heavy questions right? That's what we thought. Knowledge is the best way to fight parenting challenges. In this episode, we are joined by our guest, Dr. Sakshi Mehrotra, who answers our questions patiently, and with utmost sensitivity. Dr. Sakshi Mehrotra is a Counselling Psychologist and NLP Practitioner, with more than 17 years of experience in...
2024-12-2230 minawenest parent podcastEternal Screentime of the Spotless Mind - Parenting in the Social Media Ageawenest Parent Podcast is brought to you by awenest baby, the 100% plant-based baby care brand.Kinshuk and Sakshi kick off the show with Nidhi Sudhan, a responsible tech & media advocate. Nidhi cofounded Citizen Digital Foundation in 2021 to foster Information Literacy and Responsible Innovation. Screentime for kids is something that every parent universally worries about - how much, from what age, what type? Answers to all these questions are provided by Nidhi in today's episode! A must-listen for every parent! Follow awenest here - Instagram handleResources for parents and children...
2024-10-0138 min
awenest parent podcastSkin care for babies, kids and teens - with Dr. Ashvith Shettyawenest Parent Podcast is brought to you by awenest baby, the 100% plant-based baby care brand. Kinshuk and Sakshi kick off the show with Dr. Ashvith Shetty, a reputed Dermatologist and Cosmetologist. Dr. Ashvith also gives a mother's perspective on childrens' skin care routines. Parents worry about every aspect of their kids' wellbeing, skin care being a big part of it. Today we break some myths about skin care with insightful discussions and practical suggestions tailored to Indian parents. Follow awenest here - Instagram handleFollow Dr. Ashvith here - Instagram handle
2024-08-3123 minawenest parent podcastwater from thin air - featuring Swapnil Shrivastav, founder of Uravu labs In this episode, Tania and Kinshuk meet Swapnil Shrivastav. He is the founder and CEO of Uravu labs, a company working on extracting water from air.Water from thin air - wouldn't that be something? Swapnil explains in meticulous detail the technology, its benefits and applications.
2024-03-1050 minawenest parent podcastSatellite Data and its massive application: In conversation with Nikit of Tathya.earthToday the Sustainably Yours team speaks to Nikit on the usage of satellite data for making the world a sustainable place. Nikit is the founder of Tathya.Earth - a start up focusing on the real time monitoring of global supply chain and its impact on the environment. What will you learn from this episode? How is satellite data important and what are the potential applications? How is Tathya.Earth using the data to make accurate observations? What more is happening in the satellite data space in India? .. and a lot more!
2023-07-3042 minawenest parent podcastCare for some home-delivered zero-waste grocery? - featuring Gayatri Joshi of EcoSansarToday we speak to Gayatri Joshi, founder of EcoSansar, an online zerowaste store which has the convenience of a ecommerce store 'packed' with the goodness of zero waste. Active in Bangalore, and having a very loyal base of customers, EcoSansar promises to take back all the packaging for refill and resupply. As the hosts of this episode (Both Kinshuk and Tania) have been grocery retailers as some point in their lives, this show is of remarkable value - as we dig deep into - Gayatri's motivations for starting ecosansarHer mantra for zero-waste living ...
2023-05-2352 minawenest parent podcastMaking a "spectacle" of Multi-layered Plastic: featuring Anish MalpaniWhat is the toughest thing to recycle? MLP or Multi-layered plastic. Who is recycling it today in India - no one that we knew of. It is largely getting burnt for energy recovery - producing harmful fumes and what not. Only may be 2-3% of the entire volume is potentially going for pyrolysis. Anish Malpani and his team at Ashaya are recycling what no one recycles - Multi layered plastic (those tetra pack milk bottles and chips packets). And to demonstrate use case of the recycled plastic, they made the coolest products - sunglasses - that don't b...
2023-04-1150 minawenest parent podcastcan insects turn out to be our ultimate saviour? featuring Ankit Alok Bagaria, founder, LoopwormThe world population will reach 10 bn by 2050. A growing concern is, how to meet the protein requirements of this expanding population. Even today, the world has 1 billion cattle, 25 billion chicken, almost 1 billion pigs and numerous fish and shrimp farms. We need to feed these animals to eventually feed us. Kinshuk and Tania from the Sustainably Yours team meet Ankit Alok Bagaria, who is addressing this growing need for animal food with his start up Loopworm. Loopworm is an agri-biotechnology company that takes inspiration from nature to convert organic wastes into valuable products. What will you learn fro...
2023-02-0537 minawenest parent podcastWhat is wrong with fast fashion? featuring Dipna and Dipti from Love The World TodayToday Tania & Kinshuk from the Sustainably Yours team meet Dipna and Dipti, founders of the ethical fashion brand Love The World Today. Love The World Today started as a fashion blog. Overtime, it has evolved into a sustainable clothing brand for children that is 100% designed and made in India. Dipna and Dipti are sisters - and though their career paths have been different, they connected on this common cause. In this episode, they share their story of - why India needed this brand? - what is wrong with fast fashion? - what steps...
2022-12-0241 min
Green Tatwa Talks - An Ecofriendly Podcast on Sustainable LivingE23 - Discussing the importance of sustainable choice, plastic free organic products Feat. Kinshuk Mishra from awenest on Green Talks with Panchtatwa Girl.Check out my latest episode!
E23 - Discussing the importance of sustainable choice, plastic-free organic products Feat. Kinshuk Mishra from awenest on Green Talks with Panchtatwa Girl.
awenest is an impact-oriented brand that helps, builds, and supports the community takes pride in the efforts to inculcate inclusivity, and also wants to extend it to the planet as well. It's a plastic-free marketplace for sustainable living Awenest believes in harmony with the planet and something very beautiful I read on their site is that they think harmony comes from a series of small steps - and e...
2022-10-0552 min
Green Tatwa Talks - An Ecofriendly Podcast on Sustainable LivingE23 - Discussing the importance of sustainable choice, plastic free organic products Feat. Kinshuk Mishra from awenest on Green Talks with Panchtatwa Girl.Check out my latest episode!E23 - Discussing the importance of sustainable choice, plastic-free organic products Feat. Kinshuk Mishra from awenest on Green Talks with Panchtatwa Girl.awenest is an impact-oriented brand where they help, build and support the community and take pride in the efforts to inculcate inclusivity, and also want to extend it to the planet as well. It's a plastic-free marketplace for sustainable living Awenest believes in harmony with the planet and something very beautiful I read on their site is that they think harmony comes from a series of small steps...
2022-10-0452 minawenest parent podcastHow to start living a zero-waste life? featuring SoumyaToday the Green Shoots team understands how to live zero-waste. We meet Soumya, a sustainability advocate and practitioner. She is extremely popular on Instagram as greenfeetcleanfeet There are several reels and posts by her on how to live sustainably and you must check them out for recipes and hacks. In today's episode, you can learn the following: - How to start your waste-free life? - What are the DIY solutions to go zero-waste? - How can you inspire others to live waste free? - How can you show kids the meaning...
2022-09-2931 minawenest parent podcastSaving our water bodies - in conversation with Ramveer Tanwar (Pondman of India)Did you know that India had over 2.5 million lakes in 1947 - and the count has drastically come down to 0.5 million? What impact does this have on our groundwater, bio-diversity, and well-being in general? How can these water bodies be revived? Today the Green Shoots team meets up with Mr. Ramveer Tanwar, fondly known as the Pondman of India. Mr. Tanwar, fondly known as the Pondman of India is an environmentalist and a TEDx speaker. Ramveer is the founder of Say Earth- an NGO that works in the space of water conservation, rejuvenation of water bodies, and rainwater...
2022-08-0928 minawenest parent podcastCan your kitchen waste provide energy security to the country? Featuring Rahul Khera, founder Balancing BitsToday the Green Shoots team dives into the management of wet waste. The fruit peels and the food leftovers that we throw away are potentially massive sources of energy and can enrich our soil too!Learn how Rahul Khera, through his brainchild Balancing Bits is solving the large problem of wet waste recycling. This episode is the second in a two part series and focuses solely on the challenges, opportunities, and the surprisingly positive by-products of wet waste.What will you learn in this episode?- Chemistry of wet waste- How should aspiring entrepreneurs l...
2022-06-2136 minawenest parent podcastDon't underestimate your kitchen waste - with Rahul Khera, founder, Balancing BitsToday the Green Shoots team dives into the management of wet waste. The fruit peels and the food leftovers that we throw away are potentially massive sources of energy and can enrich our soil too! Learn how Rahul Khera, through his brainchild Balancing Bits is solving the large problem of wet waste recycling. This episode is the first in a 2 part series and focuses solely on the challenges, opportunities, and the surprisingly positive by-products of wet waste. What will you learn in this episode? - How is waste from an Indian household different from any other w...
2022-06-1032 minawenest parent podcastSonika and the art of sustainable parentingHello, planet-friendly people out there! We demystify sustainable living, one topic at a time. Today we address sustainable parenting!Tania and Kinshuk from the Green Shoots team meet Sonika Bhasin and her 3-year-old, Abir. Sonika's sustainability journey started with the birth of her son, and her related questions about how can we hand over this planet better than we found it, to our next generation. She breaks many myths about sustainable living, and words of practical wisdom are sprinkled across this episode, interrupted by heavy doses of laughter. Find out the...
2022-05-0929 minawenest parent podcast(Im)perfectly zero-waste with Shubhashree & Srini - the power of individual actionToday the Green Shoots team continues the conversation with Srini and Shubhashree, the authors of (Im)perfectly Zero Waste. They have also co-authored the book - The Everyday Eco-Warrior.Learn all about #zerowaste #zerowasteliving #sustainableliving in this episode. Specifically, learn about the following in this episode: The recipes & DIYs in the book which are easy to emulateHow individual action can lead to a circular economy and large-scale impactPersonal journeys of the authors Shubhashree is also the illustrator behind The Hungry Palette and the founder of Slowing Down Circle. She is also one-third of The Yad...
2022-04-1630 minawenest parent podcast(Im)perfectly Zero Waste with Shubhashree and SriniToday the Green Shoots team meets Srini and Shubhashree, the authors of (Im)perfectly Zero Waste. They have also co-authored the book - The Everyday Eco-Warrior. Learn all about #zerowaste #zerowasteliving #sustainableliving in this episode. Specifically, learn about the following: The sustainability triggers of the authors How to start living a sustainable life The concept of zero-waste and its societal importance How individual action can lead to a circular economy and large-scale impact. Shubhashree is also the illustrator behind The Hungry Palette and the founder of Slowing Down Circle. She is also one-third of The Ya...
2022-04-0753 minawenest parent podcastCan solar-powered cookies bring social change? Conversations with Vaibhav DugarEach one of us is a consumer – and what we consume defines us. Our choices as consumers decide the fate of this planet and its inhabitants. It also impacts our health and the kind of values we will embed in our children. We must choose wisely. A brand of cookies that we discovered is trying to be sustainable at various levels. Vaibhav Dugar, linkedin.com/in/vaibhavdugar co-creator of Kivu kivu.in, explains to us why he started a brand of vegan cookies that is solar-baked, made in drought-hit areas of Maharashtra, using Indian ingredients. In...
2022-03-1232 minawenest parent podcastPlastic Recycling - The Indian perspective with Ritvik RaoIndia has started its journey of waste management - however, we have a long way to go. Availability of data, encouraging the informal sector to adopt technology, generating high-quality recycled material, encouraging people like you and me to segregate our waste - these are just some of the issues the sector deals with on a daily basis. We are back with another informative session with India-centric knowledge and data addressing these issues. We meet Ritvik Rao http://linkedin.com/in/ritvik-rao-87a9a5118, co-founder of Sampurn(e)arth http://www.sampurnearth.com/, a solid waste m...
2022-02-0638 minawenest parent podcastA tale of planet-friendly living and home-made tooth powders with Richa MalikToday, the Green Shoots team continues its conversation on the Indian plastic story. With our guest Richa Malik, the founder of TheHappyTurtle.in https://www.thehappyturtle.in/, we learn about a new festival - Plastic Free July. We follow it up with the business models in the space, the meaning of sustainable growth, and know a little about the teams and organizations that are doing meaningful work in the sector. We close this episode with what role participants can play in the value chain (including you and me) to r...
2022-01-2024 minawenest parent podcastHow deep-sea diving made Richa Malik an ecopreneurToday, the Green Shoots team dives into the Indian plastic story. We start by giving you a sense of the plastic waste landscape, and then meet Richa Malik, the founder of TheHappyTurtle.in. https://www.thehappyturtle.in/Richa has made it her life's mission to make people & organizations aware of the plastic menace and is generous enough to distill her years of experience within 2 podcast episodes. Here is her linkedin profile to know more about her linkedin.com/in/richa-malikIn this episode, you will learn about green washing, zero-waste living an...
2021-12-2734 minawenest parent podcastPlanet-friendly living made easy with Shravan ShankarIn the second part of our conversation with Shravan, Kinshuk and Atul deep dive into the formats and business models that are winning in the sustainability space. Also, a separate section on how retailers and consumers (meaning us) can live sustainably. Learn about the following in this episode:What kind of business models work the best in this space? Learn also about what you and I can do to make the planet a better place Reach out to us at GreenShoots.Pehlay@gmail.com and remember to tune into the next episode that goe...
2021-12-1023 minawenest parent podcastDefining sustainability for India with Shravan ShankarThis episode is the first part in a two part series conversation with Shravan Shankar, a veteran in the field of sustainability in India.Learn about the following in this episode:What are the big Sustainability challenges that India needs to solve for?What are the struggles of start ups in this field?Learn also about how the Impressario Group is partnering with CIMA to make sustainable choices in their value chain Reach out to us at GreenShoots.Pehlay@gmail.com and remember to tune into the second part when it goes liv...
2021-11-0727 min