Thaalavattam is not a band, it’s a project, and an experience. Montry might be at the centre of it, but it’s mainly about collaborative work, not just with musicians, but also with visual artists

Thaalavattam is not a band, it’s a project, and an experience. Montry might be at the centre of it, but it’s mainly about collaborative work, not just with musicians, but also with visual artists and designers from all fields who have the passion to experiment and create. He creates all his instruments with reused material like industrial discarded materials, shock absorbers, paint cans, soda bottle crowns, pet bottles, bicycle parts and discarded PVC pipes etc. We have a lot of inspirations and influences from nature, colours, people, what I see in every day life, conversations, found objects like floating jugs, plastic bags and bottles, graphic design, experiences of my travels around the world, street music and so on. Inspiration is all around. Our motto is Reduce Reuse Retune and the vision is to CLEAN THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MUSIC. Montry Thaalavattam was 'the first live act from India’, having performed at the O.Z.O.R.A. Music Festival (DRAGON-NEST) in Hungary in 2014, and were honoured to be part of the opening and closing acts. We have played in 2015, and invited to headline again in 2016, making it three years in a row. Also we have been part of TEDx Vienna and various festivals in Europe like Tree of Life Gathering (Austria), Tanz durch den Tag Aufwind Festival (Austria), Griasdi Handpan Festival (Austria), Ancient Festival (Germany), Sisyphos (Berlin), Burning Mountain (Switzerland), Samsara Festival (Hungary), Sun Festival (Hungary), Rostfest (Austria), Garbicz Festival (Poland) Amsterdam dance event 2019 Montry Manuel, an environmentalist and musician born and brought up at Cochin. Currently he is based in Austria. Montry had the love for music since his childhood. He was influenced by his father for all his creative ways of living and the love for music. He was trained by his guru Jerry Peter (Cochin) who instilled in him the love of drums. Also he worked in the field of advertising as a art director for about 10 years while pursuing music as a hobby till he decided to be a musician full-time. He was a founding member of the renowned Indian band “Swarathma” and was with them for seven years. They created 3 albums, many collaborative works and toured the country and the world extensively. Montry always been interested in experimenting and creating new sounds, so he started to ideate in creating music from FOUND OBJECTS in 2010. He separated from Swarathma and created the “idea” of Thaalavattam (local language of Kerala, India, it translates to “A Circle of Rhythm”) in 2011 in Bangalore (India). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Dr. Haley Mellin, founder of Art-to-Acres and Conserve.org, artist, and researcher and Dr. Steven Brumby CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Impact Observatory joined Garrison Institute co-founder Jonathan

Dr. Haley Mellin, founder of Art-to-Acres and Conserve.org, artist, and researcher and Dr. Steven Brumby CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Impact Observatory joined Garrison Institute co-founder Jonathan F.P. Rose to discuss innovative approaches to large-scale conservation, biodiversity’s role in planetary health, and using visualization to support these goals. Recorded on January 25, this was the first Pathways to Planetary Health (PPH) Forum event of 2022 and focused on our first pathway, Half-Earth. Half-Earth describes the required lands we, collectively, most conserve in biodiversity rich areas and connecting corridors to stabilize life and climate health on the planet, and emphasizes 50% of terrestrial and ocean conservation by 2050. Half-Earth is one necessary component of planetary health, but not singularly sufficient. Learn about all four pathways and other PPH events here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDFwWlZoOF9FX0lTVUtqWEtBZGlqOW9SLTZ6QXxBQ3Jtc0tuNkFtREZvS2RjTlhqaDgwZGM3MElxbUZVVTduN3IybHZ3eWFkeFNtbXh0V1ZrQjlXQmU0dkpKRXBKQ1RUWm1BUWluLTZ3MVVXZm5fQ1dLYkNKMVBXOHh6TnpqdnhRQ3BuRTJNNEYwd05CbHdJT2FLTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.garrisoninstitute.org%2Finitiatives%2Fprograms%2Fpathways-to-planetary-health%2F Support the Garrison Institute: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUtnSUNvWmlONnMzd2pkeFRhRVd1a01KRmdld3xBQ3Jtc0tsSTc4a2ViZHhHejd0dDNtNW5YYTJ5OHBTekp0YzVVeDJpLTlYaFRRWko0a0RSeFF6MHZuUlVXZ08zZktGQnd6cUkxVmxnMWxxX0plY0tWbEVRVmNuZ292dmRRRlh6NFRYaGJXREZsTmtWUzg3RmVxbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.garrisoninstitute.org%2FGI%2FDonations%2FDonate_Now.aspx

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#ClimateFinance is integral to combating climate change. Financial strategies can be leveraged and innovated to either support environmental sustainability, or to empower false solutions. Speaking

#ClimateFinance is integral to combating climate change. Financial strategies can be leveraged and innovated to either support environmental sustainability, or to empower false solutions. Speaking at #COP28 in Dubai, Raya Salter, Tom Goldtooth, and Dan Galpern take a hard look at where the money is flowing, whether it will really benefit the planet or not, and the legal action that can be taken when it is not working. The #ClimateCrisis demands immediate real action, not band aids that keep the fossil fuel industry afloat. For more about Tom Goldtooth's work https://www.ienearth.org/ For more about Dan Galpern's work https://cprclimate.org/ For more about Raya Salter's work https://www.rayasalter.com/ Hosted by Carlos Garcia Edited by Mike Coe Thumbnail by Eric Dehais Music: At The Bazaar Underscore by David Fesliyan Producer: Dale Walkonen For more information on the state of our planet, visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library.

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Beyond his position as chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr rose to global prominence in the business world with his development of OKRs (objectives and key results),

Beyond his position as chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr rose to global prominence in the business world with his development of OKRs (objectives and key results), which he popularized in his best-selling book Measure What Matters. Could the same set of management tools be applied to preventing the growing climate crisis? In Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now, John Doerr and Kleiner Perkins advisor Ryan Panchadsaram argue that it can.

Join The Commonwealth Club and Climate One as John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram discuss the most pressing issue in our lifetime—and how lessons learned at the highest levels of business might address it.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

SPEAKERS

John Doerr
Chair, Kleiner Perkins; Author, Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

Ryan Panchadsaram
Advisor to the Chairman, Kleiner Perkins; Contributor, Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

In Conversation with Greg Dalton
Founder and Host, Climate One

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The Kashia’s success might be the first time that a tribe in the U.S. has held a private deed—as well as management rights—to their ancestral lands.

The Kashia Band of

The Kashia’s success might be the first time that a tribe in the U.S. has held a private deed—as well as management rights—to their ancestral lands.

The Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo people in Sonoma County, California. They are also known as the Kashaya Pomo. The reservation, Stewarts Point Rancheria, is located in Stewarts Point in northwest Sonoma County, south of Point Arena.

Trust for Public Lands.

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