Spread over three days, the 2025 edition of the Godrej Conscious Collective sets its sights on the hottest topic across the world, staying cool
Visitors observe CoolAnt, a biophilic air cooling solution installation at the 2024 edition. Pics Courtesy/Godrej Conscious Collective
Despite Mumbai’s December temperatures soaring into the 30s, the green acres of the Godrej Compound in Vikhroli feels cooler. The third edition of the annual Godrej Conscious Collective will feature a diverse range of experts, designers, architects, and artists collaborating on the central theme — Reclaiming Cool–Beating the Heat, Together.
Henry Skupniewicz, head, Godrej Design Lab, shares, “Conscious Collective has evolved significantly over the past editions, shifting from a primarily design-focused showcase to a dynamic platform that integrates climate science, culture, community action, and creativity.
This year’s theme was chosen deliberately to address the critical issue of heat resilience, emphasising how thoughtful design can foster cooler, healthier, and more inclusive urban futures.” Ahead of its opening, we pick out the best discussions, workshops and events to catch this year.
FROM December 12 to 14; 9 am onwards
AT Plant 13, Gate 8, Godrej and Boyce, Pirojshanagar, Vikhroli East.
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Workshops
Ayaz Basrai
Speculative fiction: Designer Ayaz Basrai teams up with textile designer Juhi Pandey and living roots architect and environmentalist Morningstar Khongthaw to explore future realities through fictional design.
On December 12; 4 pm
Biodiversity trail for children: WWF India experts lead a walk down the Gazebo Colony to the Godrej Nursery.
ON December 13 and 14; 4 pm to 5 pm
Experiences
Participants at a biodiversity trail
The Living Shore: This 360-degree interactive seascape by Lake Heckaman captures the effect of the changing thermal seascape on the city coastline of the city.
ON December 11 to 14;
11 am to 7.30 pm
A moment from a session. Pic Courtesy/TheStrangersChoir
Sing with Us by The Stranger’s Choir: Led by Medha Sahi, this three-hour pop-up chorus will remind visitors why music does not need training, just sheer enthusiasm
ON December 13; 6.30 pm to 9 pm
Film Screenings
A still from Cat City. Pic Courtesy/Deafcrocodile on YouTube
Cat City: This Hungarian spy-comedy centres on a neo-noir underworld gang of felines and rats planning to eliminate mice from the planet. This one is a must for cat fans all around.
ON December 13; 8.40 pm
Showcases
Parag Tandel’s installation. Pic Courtesy/PARAG TANDEL, Tarq
The Koli way: Artist Parag Tandel brings to the floor his inquiry into the Koli community and their fading traditional ecology through his works, How to Cook The Bombay Duck in Various Ways (right) and Vitamin Sea.
ON December 11 to 14
Ladakh memories: Eight sā artists from Ladakh bring their collective series of textile works, Memories From the Land (above), rooted in indigenous art.
ON December 11 to 14
A view of the artwork Memories From The Land
Art in tradition: Designed by Sustaina fellows Debasmita Ghosh and Poludas Nagendra Satish, the works, Living with the land/Reweaving the Ecosystem, tap into architecture, cultural continuity and climate change.
ON December 11 to 14
Conversations
Building with bamboo: Drawing from their learnings at the Green School in Bali (right), IBUKU and Bamboo Village Trust table ideas that can offer India solutions to climate adaptation.
ON December 12; 2 pm to 3.15 pm
A session at the sustainable Green School in Bali. Pic Courtesy/@GreenschoolBali
Designing desirable futures through circular innovation: French architect and designer Arthur Momou-Mani explores ideas for the future using technology and the creativity of parametric design.
ON December 13; 11 am onwards
THK Tower in Bali by (above, inset) Arthur Mamou Mani. Pic Courtesy/parametric architecture
Cooling for all: Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman and MD, Godrej Enterprises Group, talks with Dr Harish Hande of the Selco Foundation to debate solutions for the rising heat.
ON December 13; 12.15 pm onwards
Diana Kellogg
Reclaiming Shade: Heat resilient design and the built environment: What does it mean to build structures that offer shade as a fundamental task? Architect Diana Kellogg opens up on the contextual lessons from past projects to answer.
ON December 13; 2 pm to 3 pm
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