Deer Park just concluded a 2 day residential workshop for over 15 participants who represented various organizations involved in waste and ecological issues in the Kangra valley.
Theme- GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL CRISIS & THE ZERO WASTE APPROACH
This workshop focused on the Global Ecological Crisis and its causes and conditions, as well as on its interconnectedness with our modern consumption system on the large scale and the actions of every individual on the small scale. After examination and discussion of the Global Ecological Crisis, the group was introduced to the Zero Waste Approach. This was followed by discussion of the role that every individual can play to create a sustainable change.
Finally we focused on the local context of Kanga Valley (Dharamsala and Bir in particular) and reflected on the changes needed on the level of local politics and civil society and especially on the actions needed from the individual level.
It was a participatory workshop in which participants discussed and found possible solutions to various ecological issues through games, discussions, film screenings, etc. The methodology used for this workshop could be transferred to programs organized by participants own organizations.
The purpose of the workshop was:
- To create awareness about the ecological crisis on a global and on a local level.
- To introduce the participants to the Zero Waste approach
- To inspire participants to take responsibility to act both individually and collectively for positive change
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