Wasteless is an organization founded by Ribhu who was born and raised in Auroville. It is committed to education around waste and how to promote a circular system. They hope to inspire change by using creative techniques to change how people view waste. Instead of focusing on recycling, they try to encourage lowering waste production. They use a metaphor of a running tap soaking the floor while you constantly try to mop it up. The idea is not to just mop, but to shut off the water! Most global waste management strategies focus on what to do with the waste rather than creating less of it, so this is a new way to address a new problem. I think many people do not try to stop creating waste because it seems unachievable, and it probably is. However, we can reconsider how we do produce waste and what we do with it after. One of their big projects is Sea Change. Ribhu in his presentation to us explained how the Wasteless team came up with a program to be used in schools that teaches children about oceanic environmental topics. This makes it easier for teachers to incorporate these topics in their classrooms when the lesson plans have been made by people with specific education around oceanic waste. These programs are now being used in schools in India. It is very important that Indian students are aware of this issue as it disproportionately affects them and is not discussed enough in classrooms or at home.  He helped us understand both why we should consider our own waste production as well as what the organization was doing to make differences in this.