Visualizing the Journey Steps of Building Positive Mental Health
On August 11 2020, The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India in partnership with the Armed Forces Medical College released “Building Positive Health in Nine Simple Steps: Effective Habits for a Healthy Life” - a simple visual guide for and easy...
REDDIT Letter from Italy on Corona in Hindi
We read this letter from an Italian Citizen and think it was worth translating it into hindi and disseminating over whatsapp to various hindi speaking grops. Although it is 8 days old (Written on March 12th) it shows the different stages of the virus in Italy and we...
Composting in Corona Times…
Happy #GlobalRecyclingDay y'all! Thought we'd share some updates from our community-based waste management project in Delhi, hoping it will serve as a respite from the worrying news inundating our media feeds. East Delhi, where we're working on a Govt-led waste...
REDDIT Letter from Italy on Corona in Hindi
We read this letter from an Italian Citizen and think it was worth translating it into hindi and disseminating over whatsapp to various hindi speaking grops. Although it is 8 days old (Written on March 12th) it shows the different stages of the virus in Italy and we...
Composting in Corona Times…
Happy #GlobalRecyclingDay y'all! Thought we'd share some updates from our community-based waste management project in Delhi, hoping it will serve as a respite from the worrying news inundating our media feeds. East Delhi, where we're working on a Govt-led waste...
Old-fashioned Ways to Address Waste – The Raathwalas
Religion and mythology are intricately knitted with vast folklores across different castes and tribes in Hinduism. Hence, there are various perspectives and reasons for feeding animals. One predominant sentiment is that of “punya”, i.e., virtue. While Hinduism...
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Su-Dhara: A step towards cleanliness!
Vertiver is one of the key implementing partners of Su-Dhara, a sentinel project on urban waste management under the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India’s Waste to Wealth Mission. Delhi generates approximately 14,000 tonnes of solid waste per...
Bringing home the Nobel Prize Series 2019
Year after Year for over a century, one global award has continued to highlight achievements by individuals that have contributed to “the greatest benefit of all mankind.” The team behind the Nobel Prize has now created the goal to spark a million new ideas that...
Visualizing Cancer Rates Across India and UK
A few months ago, Vertiver facilitated a bi-lateral dialogue on cancer for CRUK (Cancer Research UK) and DBT (Department of Biotechnology, GoI). The Affordable Approaches to Cancer Summit converged sixty cancer experts from across both countries representing 40...
Afforestation – Key to Flood Damage Mitigation
Rhinos exhausted and stranded on a small piece of land surrounded by water, deer floating for days in search of high land without food and homes being swept away…. These heartbreaking moments have become synonymous with floods in Assam. Sadly, the Brahmaputra flows...
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SHAPING THE NARRATIVE ON CROP RESIDUE BURNING FOR GIZ AND NABARD
Every year sometime close to Diwali all of Delhi goes up in arms about poor air quality. The blame game begins and one of the key sources of pollution is identified as burning crop residue in states surrounding Delhi. Various articles have already highlighted...
360 Communications for IEMaC- Conserving and Enhancing Forest Cover in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh
Forests are our absolute first love at Vertiver! We've shaped and moulded stories across digital and print media on forests in Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Karnataka, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Assam and more. So when we were asked to serve as communication partners to...
Facilitating Expert Conversations on AI and Big Data in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the reigning paradigm of our era. In Vertiver's design, strategy and research work across sustainable agriculture, health and forests, we’re experiencing first-hand how AI is fundamentally transforming the way farmers, doctors...
Shaping the Narrative on Why Forests Matter to India
Vertiver worked closely with Tetratech and Iora Ecological on USAID's Forest-PLUS programme in four states of India- Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Madhya Pradesh. Early on we realized that the conversation on forests in India was either happening too...
Communication Design for a Carbon Negative Future, Launch of SikkimCIMS- the First State-based Climate Inventory and Monitoring Portal
Lush green forests, magnificent mountains, vibrant tribe culture,the rhythmic chants at the beautiful monasteries are only a few of the magnificent features that define Sikkim. So, what else is so unique about this North East State that leads India in various...
Every day is an Earth Day!
The Living Roots Bridge of Meghalaya are spectacular monuments of community collaboration and trans-generational design — certainly no art form for the instant gratification pros of our 21st century! A mere 7000 steps from the edge of modern living, the root bridges...
Grieving Climate Change Denial
How Trump processes Climate Change_A perspective from South Asia from Vertiver on Vimeo. When Trump announced his withdrawl from the Paris Agreement, those of us working on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in South Asia felt particularly disgusted. As...
50 Shades of Green : Come down to Earth
Welcome to June! It's World Environment Day - just another day really but in light of the crazy stuff that is happening with the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement, this day carries some serious weight this year! No matter the geopolitical scene, we at Vertiver...
Trump’s paris agreement withdrawal speech dissected
When Trump pulls out of a climate treaty just when the world is waking up to the reality of a warming globe leading to frequent weather disasters, his words need another perspective... His words in black- our comments in...
360 Communications for IEMaC- Conserving and Enhancing Forest Cover in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh
Forests are our absolute first love at Vertiver! We've shaped and moulded stories across digital and print media on forests in Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Karnataka, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Assam and more. So when we were asked to serve as communication partners to...
360 Communications for IEMaC- Conserving and Enhancing Forest Cover in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh
Forests are our absolute first love at Vertiver! We've shaped and moulded stories across digital and print media on forests in Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Karnataka, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Assam and more. So when we were asked to serve as communication partners to...
50 Shades of Green : Come down to Earth
Welcome to June! It's World Environment Day - just another day really but in light of the crazy stuff that is happening with the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement, this day carries some serious weight this year! No matter the geopolitical scene, we at Vertiver...
Trump’s paris agreement withdrawal speech dissected
When Trump pulls out of a climate treaty just when the world is waking up to the reality of a warming globe leading to frequent weather disasters, his words need another perspective... His words in black- our comments in...
Introducing reVERT: Upcycled products
Revert_upcycle from Vertiver on Vimeo. Vertiver proudly announces the launch of our upcycled product line, reVERT— products crafted entirely from discarded outdoor signs. As champions of ecological and social responsibility AND as a creative agency that designs...
A tribute to the late musician, Ustaad Mulazim Hussain Sahib of Lahore and New York
In 1998-1998, I was working on a student film project in New York City. It was a story on south asian musicians in New York who made their living playing in restaurants on the notorious East 6th street in lower Manhattan. These restaurants located in tiny cramped...
When your branding client is…India’s Forests
Very proud of having launched our new "Forests are life" campaign yesterday to mark the "International Day of Forests" with the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change launching it at an event at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. We developed this campaign...
Playing Catch up with Cameras!
Us film zealots at Vertiver have been chasing cameras since the 90s. We learnt to shoot on the (gasp!) Betacams and were so ecstatic to chuck the bulk when the Mini-DVs arrived. We invested in the Sony HDV and PDX 10 cameras. Then Flip Camera came teasing us with its...
Trump’s paris agreement withdrawal speech dissected
When Trump pulls out of a climate treaty just when the world is waking up to the reality of a warming globe leading to frequent weather disasters, his words need another perspective... His words in black- our comments in...
Trump’s paris agreement withdrawal speech dissected
When Trump pulls out of a climate treaty just when the world is waking up to the reality of a warming globe leading to frequent weather disasters, his words need another perspective... His words in black- our comments in...
Design for Conservation, not just for Branding
The Earth Series Installation at India Design 2017 Nothing makes us happier at Vertiver than a big brand visibly celebrating nature. So it was exciting when we ran into this installation by Asian Paints titled EarthSeries today at India DesignID. The installation...
Wetlands
Today is World Wetlands Day. Wetlands are being cleared and filled around the world, depriving us of the enormous ecosystem benefits and biodiversity they support. These "kidneys of nature" need protection. Most of us are not aware of the crucial ecological role that...
Celebrating Vasant Panchami
Today is Vasant Panchami, a day that is celebrated in different forms across India heralding the arrival of Spring. People offer their prayers to Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge, Wisdom and the Creative Arts to mark this day. Today many of our team members wore...
Hello 360 Virtual Reality!
There is Virtual Reality and there's 360 VR. It took us a little...
Wrapping our heads around Air Pollution
We live in Delhi. Apparently, the city with the worst air pollution in the world!! With AQI readings reaching 999 in many areas of Delhi when the WHO sets those limits at 30, it is hard to wake up here every day without fretting over an imminent move out of the city....
PIXAR makes us happy
At Vertiver we love tinkering with design, art, illustrations, color, photography and film but sometimes working on climate action becomes overwhelming...that's when we turn to PIXAR to recharge... a studio on the other side of the planet chipping away at reducing...
International Day of Forests 2016
The "Forests are Life" campaign was conceptualized and designed by Vertiver and was launched 2nd year in a row on March 21st 2016, in partnership with MoEFCC and USAID to mark the International Day of Forests. The campaign which is displayed across 300 sites in Delhi,...
Cuba Series: Public Signage
Last year we visited Cuba and inspiration struck! Exquisite vintage cars, decadent architecture, sweetest people, incredible salsa and of course outdoor signage. As brand folk and storytellers we are fascinated with the use of mass media for communications. In Cuba...
World Environment Day 2015
We're wasting away! Vertiver's latest ad on the mounting problem of waste. Tis time to take personal responsibility for our ecosystems. We created this mess and we are the only ones who can get us out of it! Happy World Environment Day friends. ...