Switch ON is an Indian Grassroot Climate Action Project committed to:
- Effectively spread the Urgency
- Inspire leadership and take Direct Action

Climate Urgency Fair 2009!

[ January 15, 2009 9:00 am to January 17, 2009 5:00 pm. ] Switch ON, WWF and Concern for Calcutta are organizing a Climate Urgency Fair from the 15-17 January 2009 at Nature Study Park, Kolkata. We invite your school / college or organization to participate at the fair.

WORKSHOPS:
1. Leadership and Communication
(by: Switch ON - English)

2. Theatre
(Bengali and English)

3. Video making
(by: FTII students- English)

4. Pothochitro Painting
(by: Folk Artist [...]

Gooooodmorning Calcutta!

Gooooodmorning Calcutta!

It is time for your wake-up call! The past week the Switch On team visited a lot of schools and colleges in Calcutta to spread the word on our existence and approach to the climate urgency and its solutions. This time we are doing promotional sessions together with the Banglanatak people - who have created [...]

Movies at XLRI

Movies at XLRI

Ensemble 2008, the flagship management festival of XLRI, pretty much lived up to its reputation as one of the finer fests amongst the B schools in India, but this year, with a difference!
They partnered with Switch ON to awaken the youth to the urgency of Climate Change through films on Climate Change. Way to go XLRI!

Deshbandhu College

Deshbandhu College

On the 20th of November we joined forces with Banglantak and broke through the barrier that’s called language! At first Vinay and Huub had a hard time communicating with the students from Deshbandhu College. While focusing on the Climate Urgency they must have neglected their Bengali homework.. Luckily a helpful translator came to the [...]

NSHM College Campus

NSHM College Campus

On the 19th of November NSHM Knowledge Campus welcomed Switch ON for an interactive session. The hour we spend with the students revolved around the fact that Climate Change is not only a threat - but more importantly - is an opportunity that is generating a whole lot of businesses and innovation! We tried to show [...]