5th Green Literature Festival

Team GLF is thrilled to announce the fifth edition of the Green Literature Festival, the only literary festival in India dedicated to driving climate action through the power of the written and spoken words. Scheduled on November 29, 2025, at Century Club, inside Cubbon Park, Bengaluru, the day promises to be inspirational, aspirational and will leave attendees with fresh ideas and plans to both lead and participate in building a better neighbourhood, a more livable city and a greener planet. It will feature keynotes, fireside chats, film screenings, workshops, bookstores, stalls, among others. 

GLF is free to attend and is open to students (8+), teachers, parents, entrepreneurs, professionals, aspiring writers, and all those who want to make a difference. The highlights of the festival are the Children's Green Literature Festival, the Green Business Literature Festival, Rapid Book Launches, Green Poetry, and the GLF Green Honour Book Ceremony.

Come, have a Green Day Out!

FAQs - https://greenlitfest.com/faqs/

Wadiyar Hall

Panels Fireside Chats Book Launches GLF Honour Book Awards

10:00 am to 10:15 am

Inaugural and Welcome

Benedict Paramanand, Author, Founder, Green Literature Festival, Editor, SustainabilityNext, Co-founder, BizLitFest

10:15 am to 10:45 am

Reflections From My Travels to Leh and Ladakh

Sujatha Padmanaban, Author, Member, Kalpavriksh

10:45 am to 11:30 am

In the Front Line: Stories From the Field

Arathi Menon, Senior Writer and Editor, Mongabay India

Priti David, Executive Editor, PARI Network

Host – Chintan Girish Modi, Literary Critic and Journalist

11:45 am to 12:30 pm

Island on Edge: Pushing Nicobar Knowingly Into Disaster

Pankaj Sekhsaria, Author, Academic

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm

How AI Helps Parents and Students Drive Climate Action

Swaroop Madhavan, Founder, Parentof

1:40 pm to 2:00 pm

Quiz

2:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Cartoons and Conservation Communication

Rohan Chakravarty, Cartoonist, Artist, Author, The Green Humour Series

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

How Youth Can Influence Climate Story

Ishaan Shanavas, Author, The Light of Wilder Things: A Teenager’s Search for Nature and Wildlife

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Nature in Focus Film – The Last Frontier: An Ode to the Resilient Mangroves

Presented by Rohit Varma, Co-founder, Nature in Focus, Brand Strategist, Filmmaker, Podcast Host

3:45 pm to 4:30 pm

Fiction That Sparks Climate Conversations

Gigi Ganguly, Author, Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain World and One Arm Shorter Than the Other

Sonali Prasad, Journalist and Author, Glass Bottom

Host – Joya John, Assistant Professor of Literature, Krea University

4:30 pm to 5:15 pm

Re-Imagining Greener Bengaluru

Roopa Pai, Author, Becoming Bangalore – Stories That Shaped A Home Town

Deepa Padmanaban, Author, Rewilding India and Invisible Housemates and Science Journalist

Host – Ramya Coushik, Writer, Naturalist and Founder, Green Goobe Zero Waste Living

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Sampige Village

Children’s Green Literature Festival

Session 1: Ages 8 to 11 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Whispers Of The Mangroves

Radhika Suri, Author and Educator

Gattu – Walking With the Herd

An Animation Film about a day in the life of a pastoral boy, by ATREE

Airaa Academy presents – THE PAPER THEIVES

a collaboration between Jenny Pinto and TheatreSHIft

Session 2: Ages 12+, 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Trees of Bengaluru – Discussion and Quiz

Roopa Pai, Author, Let’s Talk About Trees

Environmental Comics from Scratch

Rohan Chakravarty, Cartoonist, Artist, Author, The Green Humour Series

Introduction to Nature Journaling

Shruti Jha, Nature Educator, Founder, Green Panther

GLF Short Story Competition

GLF Grand Evening

4:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Poetry Beneath the Trees: An Inaugural GLF Poetry Open House

Curated by Priyanka Sacheti, Writer, Poet and Nature Photographer

Shiruti J, Poet, Team GLF

Rapid Book Launches

Big Book Launch

Fruitful Insights: Heritage, Ecology, and Promise of India’s Fruit Trees by ATREE

GLF Honour Book Awards 2025

Categories – Children, Adult Fiction/Non-fiction, Green Business

Jury Insights

Acceptance Speech by Winners

Host – Monisha Raman, Author, Team GLF

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Mysore Hall

Green Business Literature Festival

2.15 pm to 5.00 pm

Fireside Chat

Santhosh Jayaram, Sustainability Thought Leader, Advisor, Green Literature Festival

Rajeev Peshawaria, Author, Sustainable Sustainability: Why ESG is Not Enough,CEO, Stewardship Asia Centre (SAC), Singapore

Benedict Paramanand, Author, Founder, Green Literature Festival, Editor, SustainabilityNext, Co-founder, BizLitFest

How New Materials Will Shape India’s Green Transition

Babu Padmanabhan, Founder and MD, STEER World

Gayatri Chauhan, Founder and CEO, BuzzOnEarth + Presentations by Startups

Vishal Mehta, Co-Founder & CEO, unWOOD

AI and Future of Sustainability

Madanmohan Rao, Research Director, YourStory, Co-founder, MXR.world

Kundan Das, Head Sales & BD, Renewable & Nuclear Energy Transition

Bengaluru’s Green Venture Success Stories

Sahar Mansoor, Author, Founder and CEO, Bare Necessities

Ramya Coushik, Writer, Naturalist and Founder, Green Goobe Zero Waste Living

Host – Manuel Alur, Startup Mentor, Educator, Consultant Climate Adaptation

Climate Education Workshops for Teachers

11 am to 1 pm

How Teachers Can Use AI Smartly in the Classroom

Swaroop Madhavan, Founder, Parentof

Climate Action Through Games

Jenny Pinto, Educator, Founder, Oorja Design