A 2-day workshop by Integrated Design (INDE) aims to explore and comprehend, to begin with, the idea of commons, without prescribing to the rural-urban binary.

What Are Commons? – an Introductory Masterclass by Prof. Amit Kurien (RV University ) and Rahul Paul (INDE)

How Climate Change Solutions Are Impacting the Commons: A Perspective from the Grassroots by Nirmala Gowda (Mapping Malnad)

Water will find a way: Insights from documenting the tanks of Anekal by Prof. Kaustubh (Azim Premji University)

Commons across scale and space, in the Bangalore Context by  Mohan Rao (INDE)

Moderated Panel Discussion –Anjali Karol Mohan (INDE), Sony Pellisery (NLSIU), Brinda Sastry (IUDI, Sensing Local and
BBMP), Sandhya Naidu (CDA, Mumbai), Mohan Rao (Moderator)

The Naimisam – Jiddu Krishnamurti Center in Hyderabad, organized the Earth Festival 2025.

The day before the festival, a private retreat was held with Aseem Shrivastava on Ecosophy. Aseem Shrivastava is a writer, teacher, and ecological thinker who holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Massachusetts.

The Festival itself took place in Hyderabad’s Staff Engineering College. The festival also featured a panel discussion titled “Humanity is hurtling on a path to self-obliteration. Can youth and citizenry intercept?”

The Panellist were: Sagardhara, Dileep Kamat, Bharat Mansata, Mayank Ale, Capt Nitin Dhond & Nirmala Gowda

Event organized by DLN Rao Foundation on “Roads to Guranteeing Environmental Justice”

Key Note Address by Hon’ble Justice Mr Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Judge Supreme Court of India

Guest of Honour, Hon’ble Justice Sunil Dutta Yadav, Judge , High Court of Karnataka

Civil Society Representative, Nirmala Gowda talks on water injustice and unequal access to clean water

Nirmala Gowda, Editor of Mapping Malnad, was invited to deliver the keynote at BWSSB Water Day 2026, presided over by BWSSB Chairman Ram Prasath Manohar. The event also featured a panel discussion with distinguished experts, including Smt. Mamatha Devi G.S., Registrar at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics, University; Smt. Veena R. Achyutha, Scientist at the Central Ground Water Board; and Smt. Asha S., Founder Secretary of Arohana Rural Organisation, Vinjinahalli