Explore every episode of the podcast Little Mind Chats
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| World Environment Day 2023 with Mrs Vani Murthy | 05 Jun 2023 | 00:27:47 | |
"Everyday is our environment Day". I'm truly blessed that one of the most inspiring mentors, Mrs Vani Murthy, more famously known as 'Worm Rani' agreed to be on my podcast on this 'World Environment Day'.
Vani Murthy ji has been living a 0 waste lifestyle for decades now. She literally lives and inspires millions of people to live a plastic free and earthly lifestyle. No wonder she has 289000 followers on Instagram. My visit to her home helped me see practically, how she grows her own food, uses the remains to compost it and has a 100% no trash lifestyle.
Each time I speak to her, it gives me great hope that this is the route and the best 'Solution to plastic Pollution'. This year's theme for 'World Environment Day'.
Some of my questions were around what she thinks of the current situation with regards to Plastic pollution. Does she really think there is a solution/ replacement for the numerous number of plastic things we use every single day? Children see, children do! If parents are using plastic unhindered, is there a chance for children to lead a path to plastic free living?
I loved every perspective she shared. Request you to please listen to the full episode too! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 128: Mother's Day Special with the 3 WISE moms | 14 May 2023 | 00:17:29 | |
Mother's Day is something I'm very excited about, Every year! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 127: Sustainable Financial Future with Dr. Mara Harvey | 18 Apr 2023 | 00:24:07 | |
While sustainability and finance seem like two very diverse topics, a combination of the two, 'Sustainable Investing' is something I learnt in this very educative podcast episode, Dr. Mara Harvey, has been guiding and educating parents and children towards financial literacy with a focus on sustainability. She has published rhymed book for children on money, equality and sustainability. Dr. Mara has emphasized on the importance of consumer choices and how powerful our choices are, in deciding how consumer companies contribute towards sustainability. Human population is on the rise and we are consuming too many resources from our planet, not allowing enough time to replenish. 'There is no shortage of capital on this planet to achieve Sustainable Development Goals' Her fifth book in the series explains the 17 Sustainable Development Goals to children in rhymes. It has been endorsed and published by the United Nations under the title "START DOING GOOD". Its interesting to learn how uniquely she has developed rhymes so that kids can playfully learn and be aware of UNSDGs, just like their ABCs. Listen to the podcast and get inspired! Link is in the comments. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 126: Kids too young for Finance? Conversation with Dr Mara Harvey | 11 Apr 2023 | 00:24:07 | |
Research shows that an Adult's attitude towards money is shaped by the age of 7. Financial know how at an early age can do wonders for the future of a child.
My esteemed guest today, Dr Mara Catherine Harvey has this unique combination of in-depth understanding of finances, an ability to teach children about the importance of being money wise, the skill to write books on it and above all, she knows the correlation between Finances and sustainability goals, the UNSDGs.
Dr Mara has a doctorate in Political Economy, She is the CEO VP Bank Switzerland & Head Region Europe. Financial Parenting Expert. Author of SMART WAY TO START (book series for kids on money and ethics). SDG Advocate. Founder & CEO FinancialParentingWorld.com
Here are some question she answered for the parents
Here are some questions Mara answers for children
Please follow Dr Mara on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/drmaraharvey WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 125: Climate Change with Roberta Boscolo | 07 Mar 2023 | 00:13:43 | |
We've all read/ heard of news about humanity's fight against climate change. Be it in our country India, or elsewhere in the world. Just like weather, climate and the water cycle have no boundaries across the earth, so does this specialised agency of the United Nations, World Meteorological Organisation. Feeling elated to have one of the most vocal persons of WMO, Speak to us about climate change. Meet Roberta Boscolo, a scientist and climate change leader at WMO who has been adding value to transformative solutions for a resilient, low-carbon energy for many countries across the continents. Let's hear her what she has to say about climate change and the measures to reduce climate change and its impact on our earth. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 124: Schools and sustainability with Usha Iyer | 26 Feb 2023 | 00:21:02 | |
A School where Carbon net zero is the goal, uniforms worn by children are Work in progress to become recyclable, Lots of trees, school grown veggies are sent home and children are constantly working towards UNSDGs. Every stone laid in building this school is rooted in and reflects sustainability. Every furniture made is made of wood…. This and so much more that went into making this award winning sustainable school! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 123: My First time on All India Radio | 21 Feb 2023 | 00:10:41 | |
It was indeed a great experience to be on All India Radio. I had the chance to interact Anupama Ji, and explain to her, all about the environmental effort that Little-WISE is working for. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 122: Circular economy route to Sustainability - Dr Vidhi Vora | 24 Jan 2023 | 00:22:52 | |
Circularity is everywhere in the nature… Vidhi Vohra, an ardent circular Economy supporter, preacher and advisor, clearly explains how this fits perfectly with having a sustainable world and future. Children can become the thoughtful designers of tomorrow, preserving sustainability and circularity. All you need is, the awareness, a hand holding until they understand this. As founder of Her advice to adults of today, Make your decisions based on the 7 generations coming after you so they enjoy what you have today! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 121: Cancers in Children.. Why? with Oncologist Dr Pooja Gujjal Chebbi | 17 Dec 2022 | 00:27:11 | |
“The presence of the doctor is the beginning of the cure.” Did you know Little-WISE is getting a great deal of support not just from Children, parents, schools, teachers and environmentalists? Our greatest supporters are turning out to be Doctors!! Listen to Dr Pooja Gujjal Chebbi, a Paediatric Oncologist who’s been working for the past 15 years with cancer patients who are children! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 120: Children's Day Special with Dr Ajay Kumar - 39th Defence Secretary | 15 Nov 2022 | 00:31:58 | |
Childhood memories to the future of children in our country, Dr Ajay Kumar, 39th Defence secretary of India has nailed it! He explained such inspiring stories of what Indian youngsters are capable of doing. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 119: Deepavali special Episode. | 24 Oct 2022 | 00:08:17 | |
Deepavali or Diwali is that one day of the year where the entire world celebrates uniquely, with fireworks, lots of lamps, sweets and new clothes too! This story from our history is a reminder that women in the past were not just beautiful, but filled with the power to be at the forefront of a war too, when needed. Truly inspired by Satyabhama’s valour and Krishna’s nature of accepting the true qualities of Satyabhama. I would like to dedicate this episode to the glory of this festival, spreading the message that Good always wins over evil. Happy Deepavali! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 118: Inspiring Ingenuity - Digital Vaccines with Bhargav Sri Prakash | 09 Oct 2022 | 00:27:58 | |
Its not everyday that we get to speak to history makers. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 117: Celebrating a ton of change, the Little-WISE style | 10 Sep 2022 | 00:15:03 | |
While the whole world keeps moving forward, we took some time to stop by and look back at what we achieved in the past 10 months. Some called it nothing less than an impossible feat achieved. Listen to this episode and you will realize the magnitude of positive response and support this intiative, now a movement is gaining. Principals, teachers, parents and children are coming together to help environment in an very festive and exuberant environment, month on month.
Thank you! We’re targeting 10 tons next.
Please do vote for me by 15th September, I’ve been nominated for a ‘Green Childhood Awards’ under the ‘Nature Positive Innovation of the year’ category, hosted by wenaturalists. Here’s the link -> https://tinyurl.com/5n9abj57 WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 116: International youth Day with Arundhati Chaudhuri | 12 Aug 2022 | 00:23:12 | |
In their youth, most are thinking of what to do next, what career path or which high paying job should they aim at. Amidst all this, we tend to forget the potential within us to change the disastrous environmental situation we are heading towards. On this International Youth Day, I wanted this young 16 year old and her team, who are juggling her academics along with launching a whole new magazine to spotlight the environmental situation we are in. The magazine is filled with amazing lot of information to get anyone inspired to do more for our environment. Thank you for featuring me in your magazine… I fee honored! You can follow ‘The Young Environmentalist’ here-> https://tyeexecutives.wixsite.com/thetye Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_young_environmentalists/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-young-environmentalists/ WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 115: Little-WISE excerpts from Experts | 24 Jul 2022 | 00:16:19 | |
Believe you can and you are half way there It took over a year of believing and month on month effort for 8 months to see my Little-WISE see the day of light. Now, it feels like this is just the beginning for my club. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 114: Current News for Kids - 36 | 10 Jul 2022 | 00:13:29 | |
Space travel seems like a dream come true to many. This research from University of Calgary in Canada warns of bone issues for long term space travellers. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 113: International Yoga Day with Dr B.N. Brahmacharya ji | 21 Jun 2022 | 00:23:25 | |
A man who is curing migranes, spondylitis and many other chronic diseases, No wonder he received some of the prestigious Yoga awards all through his life of 50 years in Yoga. Dr Dr B.N. Brahmacharya, Founder of Arogya Kendra explains the basis and basics of Yoga. Who ever knew that Yoga is not just about Asanas… as it has something else called Yama and Niyama preceding Asanas . Its an art of controlling body, mind and breathing, all in tandem with each other will help our energies and health be at their best.. He even explains why Namaskara is that important,
Make sure you meet him at Arogya Kendra Address: #148 1st cross 1st block west of chord road rajaji nagar 1st block bangalore, banglore, Karnataka 560010 WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 112: Current news for kids - 35 | 13 Jun 2022 | 00:11:39 | |
Discoveries from the past and technology of the future, they're both equally fascinating. What's happening now, still amazes me. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 111: Inspiring Ingenuity with Nitin Pandey of Parentune | 31 May 2022 | 00:22:53 | |
Ingenuity starts from a very young age… Here’s the ingenious idea of Nitin Pandey, founder of India’s most successful parenting app, Parentune. His success today has its roots in his childhood. Listen and understand why this app cares for children through their parents. His advice for every child is to play a sport, help and work together, improve things around you, dream everyday and have a growth mindset where failures turn to learnings. I love each one of them. Follow Parentune in the following links. https://www.linkedin.com/company/parentune-com/ https://www.instagram.com/parentunelive/ https://www.facebook.com/Parentune
Sound effects courtesy: Zapsplat WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 110: Current News for Kids - 34 May 2022 | 29 May 2022 | 00:15:29 | |
This week there were too many interesting things to discuss. I’m excited to share them! Now that India is offering support, I really hope Srilanka’s situation gets sorted very soon. Ofcourse I couldn’t miss out news on some environmental issues. For a change, I cover the simple secret technique Rajasthan uses to tackle lack of biodiversity… You must listen to this ‘kidi-Nagar’ phenomenon… Institutions like ISRO are going out of their way to get children started on space and its science… I love technology and it fascinates me when something new comes out… Can’t stop myself from sharing it with you all…. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 109: Sustainable Plush toys with Vishnu Chandran | 08 May 2022 | 00:18:16 | |
Did you know? The pile of plastic bottles produced daily would be higher than the Eiffel Tower? That’s because almost 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. Here’s my guest today, who has successfully found a way to not just recycle, but make it into something that creates visual appreciation towards animals….Plush toys! Meet Vishnu Chandran, CEO and Entreprenuer of the Year, who promised a better future for children, animals and planet. His amazing drive and attention to details at making sustainable toys cannot be missed behind his simple thoughts. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 108: Earth Day with 'Soil and Soul' - Priti Rao | 22 Apr 2022 | 00:19:27 | |
This earth day, I discovered a treasure, a treasure that helps the Soil and water bodies of mother earth. Not just that? This simple formula even helps us in our daily lives. It helps us get rid of the chemical cleaners. Like that’s not enough, we can all create this treasure, right at our homes. Priti Rao of Soil and Soul sets such a high milestone in making that difference on Mother earth. I salute her and think she deserves this spotlight on this Earth Day Follow her here - https://www.soilandsoul.in/ WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 107: Children's views on Plastic toys - Athrey Ram Rao | 16 Apr 2022 | 00:13:45 | |
Its always exciting to host kids on my podcast.. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 106: Current News for Kids - 33 | 09 Apr 2022 | 00:20:44 | |
News is always fascinating and you could never get bored of it! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 105: Toys in India with Suhasini Paul | 02 Apr 2022 | 00:19:36 | |
The power of creating something is incredible... The power to influence little lives with that creation is a bigger reponsibility... So, who shoulders this responsibility of creating toys for us? Its the 'Toy Designers'. https://www.linkedin.com/in/suhasinipaul/ https://www.instagram.com/suhasinipaul/?hl=en WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 104: Women's Day Special - Meeta Sharma Gupta | 07 Mar 2022 | 00:16:59 | |
Happy Women's Day!! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 103: UN Scientist's view on Toys - Dr Peter Fantke | 05 Mar 2022 | 00:17:26 | |
Dr Peter Fantke. Dr Peter is professor for quantitative sustainability assessment with focus on assessing life cycle fate, exposure, and effects of chemicals. He is the director of USEtox, the UNEP/SETAC scientific consensus model. This model characterises chemical toxicity and ecotoxicity. It also coordinates global task forces on quantifying emissions of pesticides and addressing impacts from exposure to toxic chemicals and fine particulate matter. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 102: Businesses can embrace sustainability - Azaan Feroze Sait | 19 Feb 2022 | 00:13:43 | |
Would you think its possible to go sustainable everywhere? I mean even at the work place of our grown-ups? WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 101: Parent's thoughts on toys - Jamaica/ USA - G'Ade | 13 Feb 2022 | 00:28:04 | |
G'Ade just nailed a few things in this conversation. Its true that children will need more ways to engage ourselves. With so many gadgets, toys are anyways loosing their relevance slowly. That would mean so much less pollution in our living spaces. Theunfilteredby G'Ade on Instagram , Watch out to my episode next week, with my No 1 supporter... An amazing individual and business man in Bengaluru WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 100: One Hundred Episodes... Little Mind Chats | 06 Feb 2022 | 00:13:34 | |
Minds are little, not our thoughts. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 099: Republic Day Special - Brigadier Sushil Bhasin | 25 Jan 2022 | 00:25:28 | |
Happy 73rd Republic Day!! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 098: On a mission towards India's sustainability - Sunil Sood | 22 Jan 2022 | 00:28:19 | |
Speak about the future of sustainability... Here's the man who's dedicated 30 years of his life in understanding this in-depth! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 097: Toy industry Influencer - Matt Nuccio | 08 Jan 2022 | 00:14:06 | |
Taking my conversation up one notch, I was lucky to get in touch with Matt Nuccio, one of the top 100 influencers in the toy industry. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 096: Draw it to believe it. Its your Future! with Patti Dobrowolski | 01 Jan 2022 | 00:26:49 | |
I feel proud and humbled at the same time to bring this episode out..... WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 096: Sustainability in Stationary with Naren and Ashutosh | 25 Dec 2021 | 00:15:28 | |
What do we write with? Pens, pencils, What do we write in? books, papers... WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 095: Sustainable living made easy with Chaitsi Ahuja | 12 Dec 2021 | 00:26:16 | |
Chaitsi Ahuja, an Environmentalist who turned into a sustainability leader in business helps us understand how her love for mother earth is still the core of what she does. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 094: First off - An impactful plastic collection drive | 05 Dec 2021 | 00:09:04 | |
According to one of Murphy’s laws, ‘Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse’. I’m choosing not to leave the situation of plastics and toys to themselves. I did a plastic collection drive last week, as it was the last sunday of November. One kid gave up a kilo worth of his toys and 3 kids went on an epic fun evening collecting a whopping 9 kilos of household plastics and toys in their immediate neighbourhood. Interestingly, Leo Tolstoy quotes that “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Listen to my podcast to know how we all can bring a change in ourselves and our earth. Every little decision matters. There ARE alternatives, just as cost effective as plastic and certainly not half as damaging to our earth. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 093: All about sustainable toys with Christina Floyd | 21 Nov 2021 | 00:32:45 | |
Hi, Are there any trustable sustainable toys at all out there? Where do I find genuine ones? Why Should I buy them? To answer these questions and so much more, I have Christina floyd with me. She’s been researching and sharing some golden nuggets to other parents, through her blogs and her popular facebook group called ‘Sustainable toys’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/844723552739385 Visit her website https://thebabypenguin.com/ to know a lot more about sustainable toys, how to choose them, and a LOT more on how to find what to trust. There is no doubt, Sustainable toys are certainly the way forward…. How about the rest of the plastic toys? I’m collecting them back to get them recycled through my Little-WISE club in Bengaluru. Its happening last sunday of every month.. This month, its on 28th. The three venues are
Come and join, get rid of the dangerous plastic toys and even earn points for your nobel deed. I really hope you enjoy listening WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com EMAIL: Siyona@littlemindchats.com LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/little-mind-chats-podcast-94711a1b6 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LittleMindChats INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/siyonaslittlemindchats/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LittleMindChats WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 092: A paediatrician's view on Plastic toys | 13 Nov 2021 | 00:21:29 | |
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| 091: My cross-cast with Pete about Little-WISE | 30 Oct 2021 | 00:31:48 | |
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| 090: Launching Season 6 and my ambitious Little-WISE club. | 15 Oct 2021 | 00:12:47 | |
Its feeling amazing to follow my dreams. I dream of a world without plastic toys... The toys that don't affect our health and damage earth either. This whole season explores on the effects of our toys on us and how it is possible to look for alternatives. In my club Little-WISE, I have fun filled ways for children to get involved and do so much for mother earth. Please listen to it and DO register either on my website www.littlemindchats.com Can’t wait for the October 31st… Nope! Not because its halloween, but its the last sunday of the month and that’s exactly when WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 089: Excitement of coaching in sports with Ray Malik | 09 Oct 2021 | 00:25:42 | |
How does a coach mould a sports person into a winner? What qualities would an athlete need before he/ she could be coached? Brigadier Ray Malik has been in Squash for 4 decades as a player and a coach to National Men’s team. He emphasises on how students are capable on picking sports as a way of life so it teaches them broader life skills too. Do not miss this last episode of Season 5!! I really hope you will love this episode. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 088: Sports Photography with Mike Valente | 03 Oct 2021 | 00:24:43 | |
Sports is not just about the players. There are a huge load of professions that support the glory of this industry. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 087: Current News for kids - 32 | 26 Sep 2021 | 00:14:25 | |
More news to share! There are great promising events happening around the world. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 086: 'Growth Beyond Failure' with Natalie Allport | 18 Sep 2021 | 00:20:17 | |
Sports gives skills for life... one of them is how we deal with competition, stress, the nerves around it and above all, the 'Failure' part that comes inadvertently. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 085: Current News for kids - 31 | 12 Sep 2021 | 00:14:29 | |
Its great to see more and more children achieve different feats whether its teenager Emma Raducanu winning the US Open or 5 year old Harvey hiking the Appalachian Mountains. Scientists warn on why fossil fuels must remain underground. To echo this, the world’s first giant carbon sucking machine, Orca is now operating in Iceland. Please do listen to other news below, and let me know what you think of my news.
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| 084: Teachers Day Special - Arathi Dayal | 05 Sep 2021 | 00:18:12 | |
The unconditional and selfless efforts put in by teachers is what builds a student and a strong nation through great students. WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 083: Inspiring Ingenuity - Illusionist Nikhil Raj | 01 Sep 2021 | 00:18:38 | |
Magic is a great part of anyone’s childhood and I’m lucky to be speaking to one. You can email him for shows here -> officialnikhilraj@gmail.com Listen and have fun! :) WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 082: Current news for kids - 30 | 28 Aug 2021 | 00:14:29 | |
Voo hooo... I've reached a milestone of 30 news episodes!
Hope you enjoy listening to it! WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||
| 081: 75th Independence Day special with Brigadier Ray Malik | 15 Aug 2021 | 00:27:05 | |
75th Independence Day for India, Its that time to share the exuberant feeling together. I have a remarkable Ex army personnel Brigadier Ray Malik with me today. Listening to his stories about meeting two of the finest Nobel Peace prize winners in 2 separate incidents gave me goose bumps… Army has always given us the security as a nation and some fine sports men too. Brig. Ray Malik is one such person who has made India proud with his achievements in Squash.
Listen and have a great independence Day. Jai Hind WEBSITE: https://www.littlemindchats.com/ | |||