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Nivedita Tuli
Urban Ecology Educator & Programme Manager
EcoSattva – Programme Manager, Ecology Education & Water Body Management; Founder, Critterabad (hosted by Hyderabad Urban Lab Foundation)
Cohort
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Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Nivedita Tuli (she/they) is an urban ecologist, educator and restoration practitioner. She is currently with EcoSattva in Deccan India, building an education and restoration programme along the Kham River. Nivedita has previously worked with the forest bureaucracy at the state and central level, and with the action-research institute Hyderabad Urban Lab. She holds a master’s degree from the School of Human Ecology at Ambedkar University Delhi, and a bachelor’s in Communications from the University of Delhi. Nivedita’s practice integrates restoration action and education with academic insights from urban geography, political ecology, and queer studies. She shares this work with learners of all ages through accessible mediums like doodles and guided readings.
Passion Project
Primary Focus Area
Urban Ecology & Green Spaces, Environmental Justice & Community Engagement
Special Expertise
Designing urban ecological education programmes (Critterabad); revitalising abandoned parks through placemaking; working with low-income neighbourhoods and children on city margins; integrating queer ecology and critical urban theory into practice; art-based / “anti-art†facilitation; guided reading circles on urban ecology and capitalism
Critterabad Explorations brings urban children into close contact with insects and other “city critters” through safe, guided neighbourhood walks, micro-habitat searches, nature journaling and creative storytelling. The project helps children overcome fear, understand ecological roles and recognise biodiversity in pavements, walls, gardens and playgrounds. Through sketches, identifications and child-led sharing circles, participants learn to see Hyderabad as a living ecosystem.
Communities engaged
Children and families in low-income neighbourhoods of Hyderabad (e.g. near Prem Nagar rock garden, Arsh Mahal by Mir Alam Tank); urban residents and mental health space communities in Hyderabad; now parents, teachers and publics around Kham Eco Park in Aurangabad
Pedagogical Style
Urban, place-based and rooted in “what remains” in damaged city ecosystems; foregrounds non-charismatic, under-noticed critters; explicitly shaped by queer ecology (challenging binaries like nature/city, native/invasive); critical, reflective and theory-informed; uses mixed-media, accessible “anti-art” doodles; co-created with children and communities; attentive to emotional labour and the mental-health side of conservation work.