Climate Optimist · Sustainability Advocate

Aakash Ranison, Climate Activist from India.A planet worth
fighting for.

Author · Artist · Filmmaker · Social Entrepreneur

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Awards Received

A decade of work, recognised.

Forbes

Top 100 Digital Star

2022

Cosmopolitan

Climate Warrior Of The Year

2022 & 2023

Travel + Leisure

Champion for Responsible Travel

2022

Exhibit Magazine

Sustainable Changemaker Of The Year

2022

Femina

Beautiful Indians: Creators For Good

2023

The Foundation

Climate, in action.

Nonprofit · Founded 2022

Greener Earth Foundation.

Greener Earth Foundation works through climate education, art, and advocacy across India. From representing civil society at UNFCCC COP28 and COP29 to climate books and public art installations, every effort is guided by care for the planet and hope for what comes next.

Founder & Co-Director · Art · Education · Policy · India

The Books

Climate, in print.

I'm a Climate Optimist book cover

Book 01 · 2023

I'm a Climate Optimist.

A handbook for hope: small, grounded acts for living lighter on the planet, written from a decade of fieldwork.

Penguin Random House India · 2023 · English
Climate Change Explained book cover

Book 02 · 2021

Climate Change Explained.

A clear-eyed introduction to what is happening to our planet, and what each of us can do about it. Short enough to read in one sitting, grounded enough to act on.

Aakash Ranison Co. · 2021 · English

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The Arts

Climate, in craft.

Tethered Cap · Feb 2026

Echoed Earth.

A planet rendered in concentric rings of colour, every bottle cap reclaimed from waste and pressed into a portrait of the only home we have.

Tethered Cap · Mosaic · Upcycled plastic caps

Tethered Cap · Dec 2025

Captured Earth.

Hokusai's iconic wave, reimagined in upcycled plastic bottle caps: a large-scale mosaic asking what we leave behind in the oceans we love.

Tethered Cap · Mosaic · Upcycled plastic caps

Installation · Apr 2025

Below2°.

A site-specific climate art installation at Karma Lakelands, built to melt in real time: a literal countdown to the 2°C global warming threshold the world is working to stay below.

In partnership with Karma Lakelands · 2°C concept

Installation · Dec 2019

Marine Cemetery.

A permanent installation at Beypore beach in Kozhikode, Kerala, built from 2,000 recovered plastic bottles. Nine grave markers, each named for a species we are losing to plastic pollution and the collapse of marine ecosystems.

Beypore, Kerala · 2,000 bottles · 9 species

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The Documentaries

Climate, on film.

Film 01 · 2023

ZF: On Your Marks!

A short documentary made with ZF Group at the inaugural Hyderabad Formula E race, exploring what sustainable mobility looks like when it is already here.

ZF Group · Hyderabad E-Prix · 9:27

Film 02 · 2022

Footprints.

Seven episodes. 448 kilometres on foot, from Manali to Leh-Ladakh through the high Himalayas, where the signs of a changing climate are written in the ice.

7 episodes · Travel · Climate · YouTube

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The Stages

Climate, in keynotes.

UN · IOM · 2024

COP29 Youth Delegate, Baku.

One of 24 UNFCCC youth delegates in IOM's COP29 delegation, working on climate migration and climate justice. A chance to carry the lived reality of climate adaptation into the rooms where policy is shaped.

Baku, Azerbaijan · Nov 11–22, 2024 · 1 of 24 delegates

Moderator, 6th Edition · 2023

Paris Peace Forum.

Moderator at the 6th Paris Peace Forum. Theme: "Seeking Common Ground in a World of Rivalry." A stage shared with Emmanuel Macron, Jane Goodall, and Maria Ressa, and a conversation that belongs to all of us.

Paris, France · 6th Edition · Greener Earth Foundation

TEDx · Google · 100+ stages

A decade of stages.

Five TEDx talks. One Google Talk. Over a hundred climate change keynotes, panels, and workshops across India and abroad, making climate science plain-spoken, accessible, and grounded in real solutions.

5 × TEDx · 1 × Google Talk · 100+ keynotes

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The Policy Work

Climate, in policy.

PIL · NGT, India

Tethered Cap Mandate.

A PIL filed before India's National Green Tribunal, asking that every plastic bottle sold in India carry a tethered cap, following the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive. One small change. Millions of caps kept out of the soil, rivers, and seas.

Applicant: Aakash Ranison · Advocate: Narendra Pal

The Brands

Climate, in partnership.

Lifestyle · 2023

Adidas.

Reintroducing an icon, animal-free. A campaign with Adidas around the vegan Stan Smith. The same shoe, made with more care for where it comes from.

Lifestyle · Stan Smith · Vegan

Digital · 2023

WaterBear.

A creator-led campaign with WaterBear, a streaming platform built entirely around environmental storytelling. Climate stories, on screens built for them.

Digital · Streaming · Climate stories

Cosmetics · 2023

Juicy Chemistry.

Skincare without the fine print. A campaign with Juicy Chemistry around their certified-organic, vegan range: better for skin and better for soil.

Cosmetics · Organic · Vegan

Automobile · 2022

Mercedes-Benz.

A campaign with Mercedes-Benz around the EQS, for an audience already curious about what electric mobility looks like on Indian roads.

Automobile · EQS · Electric

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Work with me · Get in touch

Let's Build Together.

01

Commission an installation

Art made from what the city discards, placed where the city gathers. Climate installations that start conversations and outlast the opening night.

02

Co-produce a documentary

Climate documentaries from the frontline: the people already adapting, the places already changing. Stories that belong on screens that reach further.

03

Invite me to speak

Climate without the doom: talks that leave a room informed, hopeful, and ready to act. Built on a decade of fieldwork.

04

Run a campaign with me

For brands with a genuine stake in the future. Campaigns built on real climate work, made to reach millions who are already paying attention.

05

Back the policy campaign

The Tethered Cap PIL is before India's National Green Tribunal. Joining this effort means keeping millions of plastic caps out of the soil, rivers, and seas.