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It’s no secret that global warming has been an urgent cause for concern for our planet. Living through one historical record in climate change after the other has been stressful, to say the least. While we have gained some momentum to move towards sustainable practices, there are some key influential figures who consistently push for people and governments to step up their actions to protect our environment. Around the world, climate change activists have been organising movements to spread awareness about the crisis at hand.
Over the years, India has amassed its own group of personalities who have made efforts to relay the urgency for working towards an environment-friendly tomorrow. In honour of Women’s History Month and Day, scroll through our list of inspiring women leading the fight against climate change in India.
Image: Shutterstock/>To an Indian driver, honking feels like invincibility but this illusion of invincible power causes speeding, accidents and deaths. Even the smallest bike can blast through blocked traffic with a loud-enough horn. The deafening horn compounds the effects of other dangerous-driving behaviours like lane-cutting, jumping signals and drunk-driving. It lets us believe we can drive faster, weave in and out of traffic with impunity. We assume that the person ahead should move when he hears us coming. When he doesn’t, we are aggrieved, and blast him with an even longer bout of the horn. Although noise pollution from honking adversely affects physical and mental health and aggravates road rage, honking is not perceived as a violation of the law.