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Print & Newspaper

Indore youth cycles, hitch-hikes through India and abroad

Hindustan Times · Dec 2015

World's first marine cemetery unveiled in Kerala

Hindustan Times · Dec 2019

World's first 'marine cemetery' unveiled in Kerala

Times of India · Dec 2019

Plastic Is Killing Humanity: Deathbeds Made From Single-use Plastic Installed in Rishikesh

NDTV Swachh India · Jan 2021

Climate change activist creates 'death beds' with single use plastic

Times of India · Jan 2021

The true challenge of climate change: We don't really understand it!

Times of India Voices · Dec 2021

Why Indian Farmers Are Adopting Crop Diversification Strategies

Deccan Chronicle · Jun 2023

Waste less, travel light, live green: Easy hacks from experts

Hindustan Times Brunch · Jun 2024

Climate art installation that brings the global crisis to life will melt when Delhi-NCR temperature hits 53°C

Hindustan Times · Mar 2025

Climate change: This golf ball art installation in Gurugram is melting

HT City · Mar 2025

Digital Media

A golden opportunity for underprivileged children in Indore

YourStory · May 2015

Meet the Indore boy who's travelled to 80 cities, cycled 18,000 km, hitchhiked 48,000 km

YourStory · Jan 2016

How a 21-Year-Old Travelled to over 80 Cities on a Shoestring Budget

The Better India · Jun 2016

Travelled to 80 cities, cycled 18,000 km, hitchhiked 48,000 km with barely any money

Tripoto · 2016

The hitchhiker's guide to entrepreneurship: parallels that matter

YourStory · Dec 2017

Kozhikode's new marine cemetery is a call to action to save the world

Architectural Digest India · Dec 2019

Dying fish get world's first marine cemetery in Kozhikode

Condé Nast Traveller India · Dec 2019

This beach in Kerala gets world's first Marine Cemetery made entirely out of single-use plastic bottles

YourStory · Dec 2019

This Kerala Cemetery Is Dedicated To Marine Animals That Died Because Of Plastic Pollution

Indiatimes · Dec 2019

The True Cost of Plastic? India's First Marine Cemetery

The Better India · Dec 2019

Kerala's Marine Cemetery: Memorial for Aquatic Life Killed by Plastic Pollution

Planet Custodian · Dec 2019

Life Underwater is Perishing: This 'Marine Cemetery' is a Red Alert

Forbes India · Jan 2020

TBI Green Influencers: Aakash Ranison Shares His 'One Step' to Sustainability

The Better India · Jan 2020

World's First Marine Cemetery

Wildlife Watch · 2020

A death-bed in Rishikesh has something to do with you

Condé Nast Traveller India · Dec 2020

Plastic Pollution: Climate Change Activist Makes Pyre Made of Plastic

The Quint · Dec 2020

Climate Activist Builds Death-Bed Out Of Plastic To Warn About Pollution

The Logical Indian · 2020

Meet Aakash Ranison, the Travelpreneur & Climate Activist Who Uses Social Media To Drive Change

The Logical Indian · Sep 2020

Featured in the September 2020 print issue

Travel + Leisure India · Sep 2020

Aakash Ranison has set up three deathbeds using plastic waste drawn from the Ganga

EdEx Live · Feb 2021

Deathbeds made of single use plastic scoured from the Ganga

Forbes India · Feb 2021

Aakash Ranison launched his eBook 'Climate Change Explained for One and All'

Media Infoline · Apr 2021

Author Aakash Ranison launches his eBook 'Climate Change Explained for One and All'

India Education Diary · Apr 2021

Aakash Ranison launches his e-book 'Climate Change Explained for One and All'

Adda247 · Apr 2021

Climate Activist Aakash Ranison Releases New Book On The Climate Crisis

Vegan First · Apr 2021

#KetchupTalks: Aakash Ranison talks about ways to adopt sustainable living

Social Ketchup · Apr 2021

Do your bit to save the world: experts list small steps every consumer can take

Economic Times Panache · Apr 2021

The World's First Single-Use Plastic Deathbed Reflects The Stark Reality Of Environmental Pollution

Homegrown · Jun 2021

Meet this climate change activist and sustainability influencer

NewsBytes · Jun 2021

'I am Rani's son': Taking up his mother's name, Aakash Ranison defies the patronymic tradition

Homegrown · Jun 2021

Aakash Ranison, the Climate Optimist, on his life: from a wanderlust to a world changer

News18

Aakash Ranison, Forbes India Top 100 Digital Star

Forbes India · 2022

From Aakash Ranison to Rohan Chakravarty, meet India's ecowarriors

Forbes India · 2022

Does comfort food like chocolate add to environmental damage? Yes, says this book

Scroll.in · Jun 2023

Book on climate change explores solutions to leading sustainable life

Devdiscourse · 2023

Activist Aakash Ranison Reveals How To Go Big With Sustainable Living

Travel + Leisure Asia · 2023

Meet the 'Climate Optimist': Aakash Ranison's handbook shows a sustainable way of life

YourStory · Jun 2023

The Climate Optimist's Guide to Sustainable Living

Outlook India · Jun 2023

From Crisis to Opportunity: Aakash Ranison's 'I'm a Climate Optimist'

Penguin India · Jun 2023

Aakash Ranison's carbon-neutral book could help with your climate anxiety

Homegrown · Jul 2023

This full-time climate optimist turns to travel for a deeper perspective

Travel + Leisure Asia

I'm a Climate Optimist

Fair Observer · Jul 2023

Businesses profit off the environment so they have to let go of money to save it

Forbes India · Aug 2023

How to make your travel plans eco-friendly

India Today · Aug 2023

Meet The Celebrated Panelists Of The ELLE Sustainability Awards 2024

ELLE India · Apr 2024

For Sustainability Activist Aakash Ranison, Time Is Of The Essence In His Effort To Mitigate The Ongoing Climate Crisis

ELLE India · Jun 2024

A new art installation in Gurugram will collapse in 2050 when the temperature rises by 2 degrees

Vogue India · 2025

There's a melting globe in Gurugram. It's 5 ft tall, made of golf balls, and has a message

ThePrint · Mar 2025

Climate-responsive artwork installed in Gurgaon, to melt at 53°C

DNA India · Mar 2025

Below 2°: A Climate Art Installation That's Melting Before Our Eyes

Homegrown · Mar 2025

Below 2°: Melting art installation on climate at Karma Lakelands

Media India · Mar 2025

Below2: An artwork that is melting

The Indian Express · 2025

This melting globe in Gurgaon is the climate wake-up call we all need

Cosmopolitan India · Apr 2025

How this artist and climate optimist is making global warming feel tangible

YourStory · May 2025

The Body Shop India reinforces youth voices through its Youth Collective Council

ANI News · Jan 2026

NGT Issues Notice to CPCB Over Pollution Caused by Detachable Plastic Bottle Caps

LawStreet Journal · Feb 2026

NGT Takes Note of Plastic Pollution From Bottle Caps in Packaged Water & Beverages

ETV Bharat · Feb 2026

India's environmental court investigates impact of single-use bottle caps

Packaging Insights · Mar 2026

Earth Day Spotlight: Indian Creators Redefining Conscious Living

The Reelstars · Apr 2026

Podcast

Climate Change, Responsible Travelling And How To Change The World

Rendezvous with Yash Chauhan · 2020

Ep. 82: Aakash Ranison

Paperback Podcast · 2021

Aakash Ranison on climate and sustainability

How's The Josh? · 2021

How can daily habits influence climate change?

Forbes India Bookshelves · 2023

How to Live a Sustainable Life: The Climate Clock

CNBC-TV18 · 2023

How to save our planet? A conversation with Aakash Ranison

RJ Ananthi's Rough Note · 2023

Aakash Ranison: Climate Optimist, Author, Vegan, Minimalist, Nomad

The Beautiful Thinkers Project · Nov 2023

Climate Optimist & a Conscious Travelpreneur (EP60)

The Climapreneur Show · 2023

Tackling Food Waste: Optimism, Innovation, and Tradition

Cool it Down · 2024

Video

'Govt Should Declare Climate Emergency': Embracing Climate Optimism

ET Now · 2024

You will DIE by 2050, Here's WHY! Climate Change Explained on RAAAZ

YouTube · 2023

Climate Clock: What is wardrobe detox?

CNBC-TV18 · 2023

Is it time to ban gasoline cars? Aakash Ranison vs Jonathan Miltimore

Doha Debates · 2024

Meet Aakash Ranison: A Climate Optimist!

YouTube · 2024

GREAT for a Sustainable Future

British High Commission India · 2024

Aakash Ranison on Cool it Down

BBC Media Action India · 2024

TEDx Talks

Secret of my happiness and freedom

TEDxSMVDU · 2016

The art of earning while travelling

TEDxJUET · 2018

How to make travel sustainable & fight climate change

TEDxSGSITS · 2019

Declare Climate Emergency to save the Melting Himalayas

TEDxDSC · 2022

International Press

Hope beats fear: The upbeat message from climate optimists

France 24 · Nov 2023

How does climate change impact young people and migration?

France 24 · Nov 2024

This Cemetery is Dedicated to Marine Life That Has Been Killed by Plastic

VICE · Dec 2019

Cited in the Yale Forum on Religion & Ecology, 2023 Eco-Anxiety Articles

Yale University (FORE) · 2023

Reference & Recognition

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

Marine Cemetery, the world's first, built from recycled plastic bottles

Wikipedia · Reference

Single Use Plastic Deathbed, an installation on the Ganga at Rishikesh

Wikipedia · Reference

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