Urban Farming & Permaculture

UniversityCourses taught 2016-20 EcoLab – Green LivingSocial Entrepreneurship & Leadership, IoBM History of Social Advocacy in South AsiaSocial Entrepreneurship & Leadership, IoBM Web-Media DesignMedia Sciences, Iqra University Technology & Design in SciFi FilmsVisual Studies, University of Karachi ​ ​ ​ SchoolsEnvironmental Education Green Schools PakistanGreen curriculum. School farms. Global Citizenship. New technologies & methods.2013-2018. Future …

Climate Action PK

CLIMATE MARCH The Climate March coincided with the global Climate Strike, held simultaneously in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, 33 cities in Pakistan in all. 20-27 September 2019. Children and all citizens urged the government to take urgent action on a Charter Demands for Karachi and a Climate Manifesto for all Pakistan. https://www.facebook.com/pg/ClimateActionKHI

Artworks

Yasir Husain Drones – Sounds of ViolenceArt research on High-tech warfare and sonic ideology. Lead: Dani Ploeger (NL). 10 July 2018, T2F. Karachi Biennale 2019  – installationHawaee Fyre – on air & living in the anthropocene. Uses internet of things, IoT.  Karachi Biennale  2017Implosive Karachi – itinerant 360cam live from streets, markets & biennale venues — with …

Green Hour – FM91

Every Wed 10-11am Weekly Radio Show & Podcast On Khalid Malik’s Morning JamProduced by FM91 in collaboration with Yasir Darya from Darya Lab This is our second year.! We interview a diverse group of citizens, activists, professionals, experts and CEOs on ecology, environment and health. Green Hour is a national podcast on soundcloud, youtube, and …

Digital Local Government

e-gov  civic engagement   multi-disciplinary Online Civic EngagementImproving quality of life together Civic Engagement & Action Click for prezi Yasir Husain & Ata Kirmaniyasir.darya@gmail.com Citizen-driven engagement platform, designed to bring  improvement in quality of life and environment indexes, using live date and online citizen engagement. The effort will support citizen-friendly government function for all,  through structured interactions. …

Green Pakistan Coalition

. A loose network of ecology-minded green people . Recommendations on Law,  Environment & Climate Emergency. . Conversation between lawyers, civil society, students, grassroots orgs. . International treaties, federal, provincial, local laws. Lobbying. greenpakistancoalition.org

Community Parks

Parks for People Yasir Husain      yasir.darya@gmail.com    Purpose Number of parks Strategy Benefits Activities Start with urban farming Greywater use Blackwater use Note

Air Bike

Karachi Biennale30 October – 16 November 2022 artwork  technology  IOT  electric bike  AQI You talk to a biker whose bike has a an air quality monitor. The electric bike has an Internet of Things IoT air quality device which sends data feeds to the gallery. Air quality monitors are the future ‘everyday’. This unfortunate condition has been …

CLEAN AIR KARACHI

An advocacy project on public consultation and law on clean air in Karachi, it has two major parts: I.    COMMUNICATON  public information briefings & campaign style social media, demanding clean airII.   LEGAL  policy deliberations and legal avenues We all share the air in Earth’s fragile atmosphere which have now been under attack by …