Why New Coal? « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Perplexed by the inter-related problems India faces as it develops at the cost of 2/3 rd of its population living outside the economy, two young activists from Switch ON, rode their cycles 1800 kilometers across India through the coal belt – to question India’s growth based on fossil fuel, and to seek and highlight alternatives for a sustainable and equitable development.

Why New Coal gives a new perspective to Coal in India – addressing India’s growing energy needs, problems of energy security and Climate Change Vulnerabilities – by interviewing experts across the nation, while also documenting Vinay and Hoob’s epic journey across the nation.

Speakers in the video include energy experts from across the country including S.P. Sethi (Planning commission), Dunu Roy (Hazard Centre), Vandana Shiva (Navdanya), Chandra Bhusan (CSE) Siddharth Pathak (Green Peace), S.K.Chand (TERI), Shirish Sinha (WWF) Ashok Agarwal (Jharia Bachao Sangharsh Samiti), Girish Sant (Prayas), Dr. Gonchowdhury (WBREDA), Sanjeev Ghotge (WISE), Nitin Desai (United Nations), Ambuj Sagar (IIT), Dr. M P Narayanan (Coal India)

If you like Vinay and Ekta’s trailer for Why New Coal, you’ll love his earlier video below, and the full-length feature film about the Climate Ride 2009.

About Caroline

Caroline is passionate about ensuring an safe climate future for all peoples on the planet, and believes that many solutions already exist to address poverty, increase equity, and improve environmental quality while also reducing climate change. This year, she's working with the global youth climate movement to ensure that youth voices at COP15 are coming from all over the world and that the youth voice is not only heard but seen through positive action. A French-American, but also a global citizen, Caroline grew up in Connecticut and has worked in six continents on climate related issues, and now lives, works with, and loves the Indian Youth Climate Network. She directs the Climate Solutions Project, an initiative to create, communicate and celebrate youth-led and grassroots solutions to climate change, in order to scale up these solutions and build the confidence necessary to ensure a great deal in Copenhagen. On the side, Caroline likes making climate art - rapping about climate action, photographing disappearing flowers, building sustainable dance floors, working with filmmakers to document youth initiatives worldwide, and creating dance flashmobs to spread the message of 350!