#02 - Richa Shrivastava Chhabra, Maker’s Asylum, India
Jun 07, 2021•49 min•Ep. 2
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Episode description
Richa drives strategic collaborations and partnerships for Maker's Asylum. She believes that the future of learning is evolving and alternative spaces will be significant in customizing people's learning journeys. Maker’s Asylum is a community maker space focussed on fostering innovation through purpose-based learning focussed on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The space houses various labs that are co-located in order to facilitate the prototyping of ideas that are interdisciplinary in nature.
#Timeline:
- 00:20 Episode Intro
- 04:40 The 5 in 5 Game
- 10:10 The origin story of MakersAsylum
- 15:30 Makerspaces in India, before and during the pandemic
- 19:20 M19 Collective - Makers against Covid19
- 22:00 The power of open innovation: 1 million face shields in 49 days
- 25:00 Making open-source oxygen concentrators
- 27:20 Building a community of innovators for future crisis response efforts
- 32:00 Unexpected lessons
- 34:00 The dream ahead and ways to support MakersAsylum
- 39:20 On frugal innovation and resourcefulness
- 42:40 On purpose and wellbeing within a community
- 46:30 Taking ownership during an #actiondecade
#Links
Website: www.actiondecade.org
Audience questions: ask.actiondecade.org
MakersAsylum Website: Instagram
MakersAsylum: Website
Music by Passion HiFi
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