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As we come upon the 2 year anniversary of the COVID 19 global pandemic and the numerous global shutdowns, your hostess Sara Jolena Wolcott and one of her primary thought partners and colleagues, the Chennai-based sustainable livelihood expert Ramasubramanian (Ram), discuss what has and has not shifted in the past two years, and some of the implications for the future. The two friends start with economics and move to mindsets, values, and embodied spiritual expressions in communities on both sides of the world. Most of the focus is on India, especially sustainable livelihoods in rural communities, where Ram spends most of his time.
Some key points:
5:09 - What happened? Going through three levels - macroeconomy, values/conversations, and local economy
15:09 - Connecting agricultural shifts, livelihood shifts, and education
17:43 - What’s shifting and changing?
37:18 - Will large companies engage more with local economies, especially as more employees move towards rural areas? And how is this shift impacting the local economy??
54:04 - What can we do with our hands and our hearts?
56:46 - What is it that are we exemplars of?
Music Title: Both of Us
Music by: madiRFAN
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Ram's bio
Ram is recognized as a leading authority on sustainable livelihoods enterprise eco-system building. Has been a knowledge Consultant, building new forms of institutions, projects, initiatives, and ideas in the social sector, for over two decades with several prestigious clients in India and abroad.
His recent work includes: trained hundreds of enterprise leaders through innovative management courses; designed and delivered training programs for multiple cross-sections of society; designed policies, programs, processes, and systems for government departments and institutions; authored individually and in collaboration four books; his articles have been published in several magazines in English and Tamil.
Co-founder of the Sustainable Livelihood Institute in Tamil Nadu, India and lead consultant at Samanvaya Social Ventures.
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Ram’s consultancy company:
Samanvaya Social Ventures Pvt Ltd.
