18th October 2017
Hi all,
I hope all of you are doing great. This message is an update and an Invite to a dialogue that we are initiating from the alumni of 2041 in Chennai.
Post the expedition with the assistance of Robert Swan’s team I got in contact with everyone from India who had been on the expedition since 2003. We formed an Alumni network (70 members pan India) and created a platform to share ideas, initiatives and work on solutions.
Post the expedition I went around attending forums, meeting people and joining initiatives. It was evident that ideas and solutions existed. A lot of people have put in immense time and effort to address every problem to do with combating climate change. I felt the need to start bridging the gaps between the solutions and the larger segment of people.
We are testing the waters starting with a generic sustainability dialogue, we are collaborating with few people who have been in this space for many years to get more people involved into activities.
Please feel free to join us on the 22nd of October from 10 am to 1 pm at The Backyard, 3rd main road Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai.
The structure for the dialogue would have our experiences from our expedition to Antarctica, how much negative change has happened to the land thousand miles away from out habitats by Shaivya Rathore and myself. Nityanand Jayaraman, a renowned environmentalist, journalist would be talking about how the city is changing its urban structure that isn’t disaster friendly. Mathew Jose, founder of Paperman would share his expertise on waste management.
The last hour would be an interactive session with everyone gathered on how to make this into an activity driven model and future dialogues on specific sustainability initiatives.
As this is our first session, we have limited seating capacity that has to be capped at 50. If you are interested on attending it kindly contact me on +91 9176223719
The below are articles that were out last week on 2041’s progress and our initiative.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/global-warming-mitigation-planning-for-chennai/article19839302.ece
Thank you all for helping me get to this platform.
Have a very Happy Diwali!!
Regards,
Walter Clint Fernando
I hope all of you are doing great. This message is an update and an Invite to a dialogue that we are initiating from the alumni of 2041 in Chennai.
Post the expedition with the assistance of Robert Swan’s team I got in contact with everyone from India who had been on the expedition since 2003. We formed an Alumni network (70 members pan India) and created a platform to share ideas, initiatives and work on solutions.
Post the expedition I went around attending forums, meeting people and joining initiatives. It was evident that ideas and solutions existed. A lot of people have put in immense time and effort to address every problem to do with combating climate change. I felt the need to start bridging the gaps between the solutions and the larger segment of people.
We are testing the waters starting with a generic sustainability dialogue, we are collaborating with few people who have been in this space for many years to get more people involved into activities.
Please feel free to join us on the 22nd of October from 10 am to 1 pm at The Backyard, 3rd main road Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai.
The structure for the dialogue would have our experiences from our expedition to Antarctica, how much negative change has happened to the land thousand miles away from out habitats by Shaivya Rathore and myself. Nityanand Jayaraman, a renowned environmentalist, journalist would be talking about how the city is changing its urban structure that isn’t disaster friendly. Mathew Jose, founder of Paperman would share his expertise on waste management.
The last hour would be an interactive session with everyone gathered on how to make this into an activity driven model and future dialogues on specific sustainability initiatives.
As this is our first session, we have limited seating capacity that has to be capped at 50. If you are interested on attending it kindly contact me on +91 9176223719
The below are articles that were out last week on 2041’s progress and our initiative.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/global-warming-mitigation-planning-for-chennai/article19839302.ece
Thank you all for helping me get to this platform.
Have a very Happy Diwali!!
Regards,
Walter Clint Fernando
Hi all,
I hope all of you are doing great. This message is an update and an Invite to a dialogue that we are initiating from the alumni of 2041 in Chennai.
Post the expedition with the assistance of Robert Swan’s team I got in contact with everyone from India who had been on the expedition since 2003. We formed an Alumni network (70 members pan India) and created a platform to share ideas, initiatives and work on solutions.
Post the expedition I went around attending forums, meeting people and joining initiatives. It was evident that ideas and solutions existed. A lot of people have put in immense time and effort to address every problem to do with combating climate change. I felt the need to start bridging the gaps between the solutions and the larger segment of people.
We are testing the waters starting with a generic sustainability dialogue, we are collaborating with few people who have been in this space for many years to get more people involved into activities.
Please feel free to join us on the 22nd of October from 10 am to 1 pm at The Backyard, 3rd main road Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai.
The structure for the dialogue would have our experiences from our expedition to Antarctica, how much negative change has happened to the land thousand miles away from out habitats by Shaivya Rathore and myself. Nityanand Jayaraman, a renowned environmentalist, journalist would be talking about how the city is changing its urban structure that isn’t disaster friendly. Mathew Jose, founder of Paperman would share his expertise on waste management.
The last hour would be an interactive session with everyone gathered on how to make this into an activity driven model and future dialogues on specific sustainability initiatives.
As this is our first session, we have limited seating capacity that has to be capped at 50. If you are interested on attending it kindly contact me on +91 9176223719
The below are articles that were out last week on 2041’s progress and our initiative.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/global-warming-mitigation-planning-for-chennai/article19839302.ece
Thank you all for helping me get to this platform.
Have a very Happy Diwali!!
Regards,
Walter Clint Fernando
I hope all of you are doing great. This message is an update and an Invite to a dialogue that we are initiating from the alumni of 2041 in Chennai.
Post the expedition with the assistance of Robert Swan’s team I got in contact with everyone from India who had been on the expedition since 2003. We formed an Alumni network (70 members pan India) and created a platform to share ideas, initiatives and work on solutions.
Post the expedition I went around attending forums, meeting people and joining initiatives. It was evident that ideas and solutions existed. A lot of people have put in immense time and effort to address every problem to do with combating climate change. I felt the need to start bridging the gaps between the solutions and the larger segment of people.
We are testing the waters starting with a generic sustainability dialogue, we are collaborating with few people who have been in this space for many years to get more people involved into activities.
Please feel free to join us on the 22nd of October from 10 am to 1 pm at The Backyard, 3rd main road Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai.
The structure for the dialogue would have our experiences from our expedition to Antarctica, how much negative change has happened to the land thousand miles away from out habitats by Shaivya Rathore and myself. Nityanand Jayaraman, a renowned environmentalist, journalist would be talking about how the city is changing its urban structure that isn’t disaster friendly. Mathew Jose, founder of Paperman would share his expertise on waste management.
The last hour would be an interactive session with everyone gathered on how to make this into an activity driven model and future dialogues on specific sustainability initiatives.
As this is our first session, we have limited seating capacity that has to be capped at 50. If you are interested on attending it kindly contact me on +91 9176223719
The below are articles that were out last week on 2041’s progress and our initiative.
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/global-warming-mitigation-planning-for-chennai/article19839302.ece
Thank you all for helping me get to this platform.
Have a very Happy Diwali!!
Regards,
Walter Clint Fernando
21st April 2017
9:05 PM 8th of November, 2016 – I was staring at an official email from Robert Swan inviting me to come on board for the Antarctic expedition; the exact moment when we were all witnessing the demonetization revolution unfold in India. I gave up that very moment; it was a short lived dream. I was hit with a brick wall even before I could begin working it all out.
6:30 AM 8th March, 2017 – I woke up in my cabin, I looked outside the porthole and literally screamed “ICE BERGS”, I did wake up my cabin mate; we literally ran up to the decks in seconds. I was there!! I was in Antarctica. Too perfect to be true...
I cannot forget every bit of the journey starting in November and all the way till this moment. All of you made it happen; everyone right from my family, my friends, people I’ve never met in more than a decade, strangers; they all told me only one thing, “YOU ARE GOING PERIOD” and finally the big companies MRF and Pegasus Maritime Inc came in to support the cause through their CSR.
Apologies for the delayed update on the expedition; I was swamped with work as soon as I got back; also, had to survive and compensate for lost time and business since February.
We were a total of 85 members who represented 33 different nations that took part in the ‘Leadership on the Edge program’ in Antarctica. We had a much diversified group of people from varied industries, organizations who gave the entire expedition a larger perspective and agenda.
Antarctica has changed me, changed me in every way; Rob has been the biggest takeaway from our journey, we were all inspired by his work that has got all of us to work on agendas and solutions that align with his objective to create a bigger movement towards sustainability and renewable energy.
We went through a whole lot of learning during the course in terms of understanding how significant Antarctica is; how history had altered the fate of the continent and its inhabitants. We had interactions with world famous researchers in marine biology, ornithologists, Glaciologists. Their work and dedication towards planet earth had left us all awe inspired to work on convenient solutions to combat climate change. I will have it all detailed in my blog and update a bit of it on Facebook which I would start off as soon as possible.
Moving forward, Apart from a sustainable business and supply chain in the agriculture sector which is my core business, I am working on a specific agenda which aligns more towards renewable energy. I have just begun understanding how the solar energy systems work in India, every state has their own policy and the state governments play a vital role in the implementation. There certainly are hurdles in many forms, I am still learning about it from people within the industry. I am no environmentalist or have any knowledge on the renewable energy, this isn’t my forte. Hence, I am not looking to ‘re-invent the wheel’ we got no time for it. I would work on all of this as a catalyst to replicate ideas and solutions to earth’s problems.
I am in talks with Rob and his team to spearhead an Indian 2041 summit sometime this year to gather the entire Indian team of people who were part of this expedition since its inception in 2003. The main agenda would be to open up a knowledge resource pool as there have been success projects implemented out by earlier members in various parts around India which could be replicated all around India as well as in other countries through our global connect, with newer ideas from the entire team this could be a good start. I will keep you all updated on this initiative, work in progress.
It was through all of you that I got MRF and Pegasus Maritime Inc- a business associate to get onboard to sponsor a part of my expedition to Antarctica. I can’t thank you all enough for all the support; I will be reaching out to all of you. A lot of you aren’t from India, if you ever land in to Chennai don’t ever hesitate to ring me up, I will be there to receive you with coffee or beer and with some fun stories.
I also look forward to your support (don’t worry, all of you have been very generous with the fund J). Support in terms of working on projects, ideas, connections any kind of resources that we would require to implement solutions in the real world. I will run an email thread that will have all of you updated on the progress.
Finally, I would like to keep all of it transparent, I had worked out the accounts this was the total budget and split-up for the funds for the expedition.
Particulars | INR |
Total expedition expenditure | 928273 |
Crowd fund & contributions | 369289 |
MRF | 200000 |
Pegasus Maritime Inc | 70000 |
Personal funding | 288984 |
Thank you all!!!
“The Greatest Threat to Our Planet Is the Belief That Someone Else Will Save It”
- Robert Swan OBE
Walter Clint Fernando
+91 9176223719
clintfernando@gmail.com
Fb – Saving Presentense
9:05 PM 8th of November, 2016 – I was staring at an official email from Robert Swan inviting me to come on board for the Antarctic expedition; the exact moment when we were all witnessing the demonetization revolution unfold in India. I gave up that very moment; it was a short lived dream. I was hit with a brick wall even before I could begin working it all out.
6:30 AM 8th March, 2017 – I woke up in my cabin, I looked outside the porthole and literally screamed “ICE BERGS”, I did wake up my cabin mate; we literally ran up to the decks in seconds. I was there!! I was in Antarctica. Too perfect to be true...
I cannot forget every bit of the journey starting in November and all the way till this moment. All of you made it happen; everyone right from my family, my friends, people I’ve never met in more than a decade, strangers; they all told me only one thing, “YOU ARE GOING PERIOD” and finally the big companies MRF and Pegasus Maritime Inc came in to support the cause through their CSR.
Apologies for the delayed update on the expedition; I was swamped with work as soon as I got back; also, had to survive and compensate for lost time and business since February.
We were a total of 85 members who represented 33 different nations that took part in the ‘Leadership on the Edge program’ in Antarctica. We had a much diversified group of people from varied industries, organizations who gave the entire expedition a larger perspective and agenda.
Antarctica has changed me, changed me in every way; Rob has been the biggest takeaway from our journey, we were all inspired by his work that has got all of us to work on agendas and solutions that align with his objective to create a bigger movement towards sustainability and renewable energy.
We went through a whole lot of learning during the course in terms of understanding how significant Antarctica is; how history had altered the fate of the continent and its inhabitants. We had interactions with world famous researchers in marine biology, ornithologists, Glaciologists. Their work and dedication towards planet earth had left us all awe inspired to work on convenient solutions to combat climate change. I will have it all detailed in my blog and update a bit of it on Facebook which I would start off as soon as possible.
Moving forward, Apart from a sustainable business and supply chain in the agriculture sector which is my core business, I am working on a specific agenda which aligns more towards renewable energy. I have just begun understanding how the solar energy systems work in India, every state has their own policy and the state governments play a vital role in the implementation. There certainly are hurdles in many forms, I am still learning about it from people within the industry. I am no environmentalist or have any knowledge on the renewable energy, this isn’t my forte. Hence, I am not looking to ‘re-invent the wheel’ we got no time for it. I would work on all of this as a catalyst to replicate ideas and solutions to earth’s problems.
I am in talks with Rob and his team to spearhead an Indian 2041 summit sometime this year to gather the entire Indian team of people who were part of this expedition since its inception in 2003. The main agenda would be to open up a knowledge resource pool as there have been success projects implemented out by earlier members in various parts around India which could be replicated all around India as well as in other countries through our global connect, with newer ideas from the entire team this could be a good start. I will keep you all updated on this initiative, work in progress.
It was through all of you that I got MRF and Pegasus Maritime Inc- a business associate to get onboard to sponsor a part of my expedition to Antarctica. I can’t thank you all enough for all the support; I will be reaching out to all of you. A lot of you aren’t from India, if you ever land in to Chennai don’t ever hesitate to ring me up, I will be there to receive you with coffee or beer and with some fun stories.
I also look forward to your support (don’t worry, all of you have been very generous with the fund J). Support in terms of working on projects, ideas, connections any kind of resources that we would require to implement solutions in the real world. I will run an email thread that will have all of you updated on the progress.
Finally, I would like to keep all of it transparent, I had worked out the accounts this was the total budget and split-up for the funds for the expedition.
Particulars | INR |
Total expedition expenditure | 928273 |
Crowd fund & contributions | 369289 |
MRF | 200000 |
Pegasus Maritime Inc | 70000 |
Personal funding | 288984 |
Thank you all!!!
“The Greatest Threat to Our Planet Is the Belief That Someone Else Will Save It”
- Robert Swan OBE
Walter Clint Fernando
+91 9176223719
clintfernando@gmail.com
Fb – Saving Presentense
20th February 2017
The crowd funding was the most amazing thing that kept me going through the complex preparation for the Antarctic expedition. Moments when things did not go according to plan, this was the silver lining. I would definitely reach out to everyone personally once I get back, this was really something. Thank you all!
With the funds that came in I was able to take care of the final payment towards the expedition, pay for my airfare to Buenos Aires and back and the visa.
I am falling short of a small amount, I hope to reach my goal of INR 300,000 or USD 4480 which is just a leap away. Kindly read on to know more about me and the expedition to the last wilderness on planet Earth.
I am falling short of a small amount, I hope to reach my goal of INR 300,000 or USD 4480 which is just a leap away. Kindly read on to know more about me and the expedition to the last wilderness on planet Earth.
The crowd funding was the most amazing thing that kept me going through the complex preparation for the Antarctic expedition. Moments when things did not go according to plan, this was the silver lining. I would definitely reach out to everyone personally once I get back, this was really something. Thank you all!
With the funds that came in I was able to take care of the final payment towards the expedition, pay for my airfare to Buenos Aires and back and the visa.
I am falling short of a small amount, I hope to reach my goal of INR 300,000 or USD 4480 which is just a leap away. Kindly read on to know more about me and the expedition to the last wilderness on planet Earth.
I am falling short of a small amount, I hope to reach my goal of INR 300,000 or USD 4480 which is just a leap away. Kindly read on to know more about me and the expedition to the last wilderness on planet Earth.
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