#31 Sonam Wangchuk - The Truth Of Education, How To Be Awesome, Sustainable And Revolutionary In A Little Way

<p><strong>PPS:</strong> This episode is full of surprises! From crackers bursting in the middle of a normal day to recording in Bangalore traffic!</p><p><strong>About </strong><a href="https://www.ilivesimply.org/"><strong>I Live Simply movement</strong></a><strong>:</strong></p><p>A unique crowd-funding campaign where the contribution made is not monetarily, rather by pledging a greener and simpler lifestyle changes.</p><p>As leaders of tomorrow, students’ participation in this movement can have a huge impact on fighting global warming. Some of the pledges today’s youth can make could be: Making your college campus plastic-free, planting more trees in your campus and around, adopting bike-pooling or using more of public transport, reducing unnecessary water consumption, less data consumption which meant lesser online streaming, taking initiatives to partner with waste management organisations for proper recycling of e-waste, TetraPaks, plastics etc.</p><p>PS: To measure the impact of this episode I urge you to use <strong>#ilivesimply #TheGalataPodcast </strong></p><p> </p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.ilivesimply.org/" target="_blank">https://www.ilivesimply.org/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>About Sonam Wangchuk,</strong></p><p>A mechanical engineer by education, Sonam has worked in the field of education reform for 27+ years. The man who inspired the popular “Phunsukh Wangdu” character in the Bollywood hit Three Idiots, Sonam has been instrumental in changing the face of education in the mountains. His sessions throw a whole new perspective on innovation and entrepreneurship that embraces social change.</p><p>In 1988, he founded SECMOL (Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh) that aims to reform the government school system in Ladakh. In 1994 he was instrumental in the launch of Operation New Hope, a triangular collaboration of the government, village communities and the civil society, whose work has been instrumental in improving the pass percentage of 10th graders in the region from a dismal 5%