Jijivisha
A river struggles
The Yamuna, filmed along the twenty-two kilometres of it that are inside Delhi.
Stories and films
Some of it
we filmed.
The readings are one kind of record. These are the others — films made with the people in them, and a poster series that said the same things on paper, in a city that reads walls before it reads reports.
The films
Made over two decades, mostly with school and college groups who appear in them. Each plays here; none is behind a form.
Wasted
In two parts
2 parts
Waste it
A separate film
NatureScapes
A series, not a single film
4 parts
Diary entries filmed on school trips — Sirmaur, Sariska, Ranthambore, Mukteshwar.
Podcasts
Conversations, not films
21 in the playlist
- ‘WHAT A WASTE: Equity, Justice, Resilience & Future!’, Bharati Chaturvedi talks to Vimlendu Jha
- 'Wild and Wilful: Birds, Bees, Butterfies and Beyond!', Neha Sinha in conversation with Vimlendu Jha
- Climate Crisis Today: Abhiir Bhalla in conversation with Tanya Mittal
- Delhi is CHOKING! We DESERVE to breathe better air! #youtubeshorts #shorts #delhi #news #nature
- Delhi’s air might “look” better this year!? #environment #nature #youtube #youtubeshorts #shorts
- From commitments to action: Discussing Net Zero and ESG on World Environment Day.
- Green The Map Podcast Series #1 - 'Clean Yamuna - A road map' - In conversation with Manoj Mishra
- How to be more environmentally conscious in the post Covid-19 world
- India's Law & Governance on Environment - Kanchi Kohli in conversation with Vimlendu Jha
- MAVI: A Sustainable Beverage Enterprise :: Vikram Mittal in conversation with Vimlendu Jha
- Millets of Mewar: Sunny Gandharva in conversation with Vimlendu Jha
- Tamarind Chutney - Tanvi Bikhchandani in conversation with Nida Ansari
- Tenacious Bee Collective - Malini Kochupillai in conversation with Nida Ansari
- The Delhi Ridge isn’t “just” a forest, it’s one of the city’s oldest natural protectors🌿 #shorts
- Toxic Air, Tough Questions - A Student-Led Conversation with Vimlendu Jha
- Turning Climate Anxiety into Collective Action | Podcast with Vijay Sehrawat & Shreya
- Virtual Panel Discussion - LGBTQIA+ Leadership in times of Covid 19
- We’re not just breathing polluted air, we’re breathing apathy. #environment #youtubeshorts #shorts
- What is the value of Trees? #youtubeshorts #shorts #shortvideo #short
- Why Trees Matter: Forests, Biodiversity & Our Future | Arhan & Zoya with Ashim Bery
- Women and Sustainable Mobility: Nita Diwakar from CARM-DAKSH in conversation with Vimlendu Jha
In the news
Broadcast segments and interviews, as uploaded to our own channel.
- ANI Yamuna Pollution - Interview with ANI News Yamuna pollution.
- CNBC Awaaz Swechha on CNBC Awaaz_Air Purification Planters! Air-purification planters.
- CNN News18 CNN News18's The Breakfast Club - Interview with Vimlendu Jha on Heatwaves in India 2025 The 2025 heatwaves.
- Hindustan Times HT Youth Survey 2017 Going Green, Doing Good The 2017 youth survey, on going green.
- Mirror Now Holy Dip or Health Risk? - Vimlendu Jha in conversation with Mirror Now Bathing in the Yamuna, and whether a holy dip is a health risk.
- Mirror Now Mahakumbh turning into a health hazard - Interview with Mirror Now The Mahakumbh, treated as a public-health question.
- NDTV CHALO LAKSHADWEEP: Is Lakshadweep a trade-off for Maldives? | NDTV | Vimlendu Jha | Swechha India Lakshadweep, and what a tourism switch away from the Maldives would cost it.
- NDTV Swechha India on NDTV Prime The organisation, on NDTV Prime.
- Not recorded A Fight To Save The YAMUNA - Swechha in the news The fight to save the Yamuna.
- Not recorded Covid Bio Medical Waste - a threat to future! Biomedical waste from Covid.
- Not recorded How can we limit the impact of microplastics? What happens to our bodies when microplastics enter? Microplastics, and what they do inside a body.
- Not recorded Hug Delhi Trees, Protest their Cutting, Says Vimlendu Jha Tree felling in Delhi, and hugging the trees to stop it.
- Not recorded Is Pollution A Personal or Political Issue? | Vimlendu Jha | Environmentalist Whether pollution is a personal or a political question.
- Not recorded Swechha's Airshed Park in the news! The Airshed Park.
- Not recorded Vaisho devi Flooding: "This isn’t just extreme weather, it’s climate change in motion" Flooding at Vaishno Devi, read as climate rather than weather.
- Not recorded Whats Choking Delhi - Vimlendu Jha in conversation with Rahul Gandhi What is choking Delhi — in conversation with Rahul Gandhi.
The poster series
Drawn by Sandip Paul. They were made to be pasted up, not filed — which is why the titles read like instructions and not like campaign names.
OH!FISH
USEDless polybag
Can u see the future
Climate change
Eat fresh, store less
Electrical vampires
Ped katron se sawdhan
Plant more, cut less
Tap ur water
Think b4 u sink
Taj Mahal
Drawn by Sandip Paul
Written
Five essays by people who work here, published as they were written.
- Cyclone BiparjoyBy Antarixa Bhardwaj2023-08-14
- Rise above the watersBy Antarixa Bhardwaj2023-08-07
- High time young people accelerate climate actionBy Tanya Mittal2022-09-07
- Climate crisis in the UK and EuropeBy Richa Mirdha2022-08-15
- Increasing climate migration due to Assam floodsBy Tanya Mittal2022-08-14
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