Green People & The Goat Village
Winner of the Gold Award World Responsible Tourism Awards 2019 under the category, 'Best For Benefitting Local People'
Mani Mahesh
Mani Mahesh is Co-founder, Bakri Chhap Natural Products and Head – Communications, Green People.
Green People is India’s first of its kind, integrated, Impact Organisation working towards rehabilitating abandoned villages & reverse-migration of marginalized farmers via two channels namely ‘The Goat Village’ & ‘Bakri Chhap’.
01:27 Interview start with Mani Mahesh – Bakri Chhap Natural Products, Green People & The Goat Village
03:12 The Goat Village as response to floods
04:45 Success of The Goat Village.
05:45 Pay as you go (at the start)
10:04 Growth, instilling pride and importance of food
15.50 Volunteering
19:45 ‘Bakri Swayamvar’ (marriage of goats)
28:11 Goat Villages and the TGV Hideouts differences
34:56 March 2020: marriage of goats event
Discussion panel: “Lessons in Wanderlust & What Millennial Travellers Want”
As the Travel and Tourism tries to survive and rise above the current crisis, it is clear to industry observers that the millennial travelers will be crucial to this recovery – not only as customers but also as stakeholders. Millennial travelers have shown to be a leading force in guiding the way to a more socially conscious, environmentally sustainable, and positivity-focused approach to travel that will help recharge host communities in the short and long term.
The interdisciplinary panel of lifestyle advocates, conservationists, and millennial influencers discuss the above topic, as well as some of the radical steps that we must be ready to consider to effectively tide over the current crisis.
ARTICLES DISCUSSED
Thou shall buy local
Travellers should support local economies through smart consumption: buy that cup of coffee from a local shop instead of a multinational chain; shop for clothing from local brands to help that new designer fresh out of college or the local tailor bringing her designs to life (how often have you come back home with a new dress from abroad, only for it to say “Made in India” on the label?)
Thou shall try public transport
Give cars a rest and go green. Public transport helps reduce your carbon footprint and lets you interact with new people
Planting trees is now the best way to tackle rising temperatures and climate change, according to a study this week from a group of scientists.
The Great Green Wall: India’s tree boom:
Under the Paris Agreement, India has pledged to increase its forests by 95 million hectares by 2030, costing around $6.2 billion.
In 2017 around 1.5 million volunteers planted more than 66 million trees in a record-breaking 12 hours
Tourism can destroy environments and drive out local residents. It’s time to rethink the purpose of travel.
“Greening” our vacations — making travel more sustainable without relinquishing it
entirely — is one of the fastest growing movements in travel.
It’s not just air miles that have a carbon footprint. A 2018 report by journal Nature Climate Change found that tourism accounts for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and that shopping and food are “significant” contributors.
