{"id":21026,"date":"2026-04-18T13:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/?p=21026"},"modified":"2026-04-18T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:13:44","slug":"remembering-ananth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/story\/21026\/remembering-ananth\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Ananth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/04\/ce6c75a1-gp0a2e_medium-res-1200px-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/04\/ce6c75a1-gp0a2e_medium-res-1200px-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/04\/ce6c75a1-gp0a2e_medium-res-1200px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/04\/ce6c75a1-gp0a2e_medium-res-1200px-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/04\/ce6c75a1-gp0a2e_medium-res-1200px-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/04\/ce6c75a1-gp0a2e_medium-res-1200px-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-india-stateless\/2026\/04\/ce6c75a1-gp0a2e_medium-res-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">G. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ananth)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Today we&nbsp;celebrate the life of a visionary leader, a mentor, and a friend. As the first Executive Director of Greenpeace India and a tireless advocate for human rights and the environment, Ananth\u2019s life was a testament to the power of principled activism. While he has moved on, the institutions he built and the movements he sparked remain.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&#8220;Greenpeace&nbsp; was quite an exciting journey for me, from being a very small organisation to being a fairly large one, to having almost at one time maybe half a million Indians donating regularly to Greenpeace, having 10-12 cities where we had teams that were actually standing on the street and soliciting support for Greenpeace. And I used to quite enjoy standing on the street and&nbsp; soliciting support for Greenpeace.&#8221; Ananth, <em>Grassroots Nation March 23, 2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div data-hydrate=\"planet4-blocks\/gallery\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;multiple_image&quot;:&quot;21034,21044&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_focus_points&quot;:&quot;{\\&quot;21034\\&quot;:\\&quot;46% 40%\\&quot;,\\&quot;21044\\&quot;:\\&quot;48% 46%\\&quot;}&quot;,&quot;image_data&quot;:[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;focalPoint&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0.5,&quot;y&quot;:0.5},&quot;id&quot;:21034},{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px.jpg&quot;,&quot;focalPoint&quot;:{&quot;x&quot;:0.5,&quot;y&quot;:0.5},&quot;id&quot;:21044}],&quot;gallery_block_style&quot;:0,&quot;gallery_block_title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;gallery_block_description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-scaled.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-2041x1366.jpg 2041w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/5ccdb050-gp01hvj-508x340.jpg 508w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Ananth raising awareness about global warming and climate change. He was at the Bangalore Midnight Marathon with other Greenpeace activists and they are dressed as penguins with &#039;Climate Change&#039; banners.&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;46% 40%&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Greenpeace \\\/ Leonard Aarons&quot;},{&quot;image_src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px.jpg&quot;,&quot;image_srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px.jpg 1667w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px-911x1366.jpg 911w, https:\\\/\\\/www.greenpeace.org\\\/static\\\/planet4-india-stateless\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/1db108f2-gp04a9j_pressmedia-2500px-227x340.jpg 227w&quot;,&quot;image_sizes&quot;:false,&quot;alt_text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Ananth at the world\\u2019s largest conference on biodiversity&quot;,&quot;focus_image&quot;:&quot;48% 46%&quot;,&quot;credits&quot;:&quot;&quot;}]}}\">\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Environmental Champion:Greenpeace International&#039; Guruswamy Ananthapadmanabhan\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8_YgIeOLzo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><em>Binu Jacob , the executive Director of Greenpeace India remembers an incident of Ananth standing on the street asking for a monthly Rs 500 contribution from a potential donor who looked at him puzzled and asked him who he was. 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