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How I started producing Zero Waste

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Before I begin, I  would  like to apologize for an excruciating long delay in posting any new post. As a kid, I was always fascinated by animals, plants etc. I would often be found observing butterflies or lost in the natural wonders of birds. My parents had a very tough time trying to keep me away from snakes. For me I wanted a life where I could be with animals and plants all day long. Back then I was unaware that there was a career with animals. Being in wilderness was all I wanted. Gradually it dawned on me that I can be a wildlife researcher and conservationist and that way I can be in wilderness all my life! My field site in peninsular India                                   Black-shouldered kite Here I am a PhD Candidate, studying birds in shrub forests, trying to see how birds see a forest and what they prefer in the forest. I get to walk in forest all day long! Climb mountains! Feel the rush of wind on my face! Run through grass in rain!  Life seemed bea