About The Artist

Bhavna Karki is a renowned environmentalist & eco-artist from India, living in California, US. She has been working in the field of environment and sciences right from college days. Since her college days she is known for her active involvement in environmental issues and approach towards finding solutions for those. She has been advocating for environmental causes through her work with organizations like United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Disaster Mitigation; Management Centre (DMMC) Dehradun, Govt. of Uttarakhand. At UNDP; DMMC her work spans around environmental, ecological, disaster management; resource sustainability especially in the Himalayan region. Being associated with various programs with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in India, National; State governments in India; several voluntary organizations in various capacities she managed various issues in her domain and assisted government agencies positive intervention in the field of environment, climate change, disaster management and allied fields resulting a big impact on environmental diaspora. She has been a very sourceful; active resource person for School Safety Issue, Climate Risk Management, Community Centric Disaster Management and other related areas for State Governments, NGOs and Government Training Institution in India. Currently, she is on the advisory body of many NGOs i.e. in the field of environment. She is also a climate reality leader and co-founder of SCRRN, a citizen-centric movement arising from Shimla City to sensitize and mobilize the people on getting together in solution-finding exercises. She is also team member of the TEDx Cart Road, a Shimla based TEDx event through which the best ideas are brought to the global audience. Thus, most of her art-work is very close to nature, its beauty, eco-system and other environmental issues. Focusing on the issue of “global warming” and “climate change” she is trying to bring together the scientific and creative worlds through art work. This is also a medium through which active environmentalism can be made a priority for one and all.