The very FIRST Climate Justice Library in the world!

Youth for Climate India was born in New Delhi in 2019. A youth group, whose members met each other all by chance. In today’s episode, I speak with Rumit, one of the members of the group, who will shed light on this very unique concept – a climate justice library! In the age of 3 second videos, do books matter? Yes! A resounding yes! Books will not phase out because of social media, if anything there will be a knowledge integration. And that is the principle of the CJL, learning, discovering, and facilitating a space for ideas and minds. Isn’t that wonderful?!

Rumit also tells us the plans for more than one library. Youth for Climate India will host an online event on 3rd June, Friday at 12 pm. If you want to perform for this online event and help them to raise funds to start a new library, please visit their instagram handle @youthforclimateindia. While Delhi is the capital of India, it is also the capital of pollution and heatwaves ( now don’t panic, you can do something about it) The doom scrolling has probably convinced you that world is coming to an end, or there is no point, but trust me, there are people and communities who are wanting to do something about it, and while no change is guaranteed, it is critical to keep trying new ways. The Library is a shining example of this thought process.

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