His walkathon— from Puducherry to Ooty via Auroville—will take place before the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21 that begins in Paris next week.
Be it the issue of climate change, fair trade practices or health, 64-year-old Pushanath Krishnamurthy or 'Push' has always 'walked' the talk.
Krishnamurthy has championed several causes by going on solo walkathons, creating awareness through stories of change that he either led or saw take place in communities he was helping.
Known for his work on Fair Trade, Climate Change, HIV/AIDS at Oxfam, Push believes that a single person can make a difference. He takes inspiration from his role model Mahatma Gandhi. "Look at the man and his efforts during the Dandi march; he’d just walk, completely convinced about the cause he was backing. And people would join him,” he told to The Hindu.
Push had earlier gone on a solo walkathon to spread awareness for various causes. His 2009 walk from Oxford to Copenhagen to raise awareness on the issue of climate change grabbed global headlines.
Kalki Koechlin talks about Push's campaign:
A few years ago, he had walked for the betterment of coffee growers in Karnataka which resulted in the paper ‘Coffee to Go' which focused on improving the coffee supply chain.
This time, he is on a walkathon of 450 km— from Puducherry to Ooty via Auroville—to highlight the issue of how climate change affects farmers via the topic of fair trade. He is talking about fair trade and how it helps farmers during his walk. His walk will take place before the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21 that begins in Paris next week. “The poorest of the poor are worst affected by climate change and this is going to be a defining moment when the world leaders meet to decide the future of our earth," says Push.
Fairtrade India is supporting him in his cause. They are trying to build funds for programmes that will help Indian farmers battle climate change and earn well on their crops.
Watch: What is Fair Trade?
Tamil Nadu farmers could very well be among the worst affected due to the recent rains. Push's walk is timely as it comes across a situation when effects of climate change are visible.
Though Push is on a one-man journey, his endeavour is to bring in as many people as possible in the movement to help Indian farmers.
Here is how you can help him and Fair Trade India and thereby support farmers of the country.
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