Welcome to Hot Topics! Gabrielle Crichlow talks to guest Raju Rajan about the impact of native plants on our ecosystem, the effects of climate change on animal life, and the small changes we can implement prevent further harm to our environment.

Who is Raju Rajan?
Raju Rajan is a technologist with a strong communitarian ethic. He came to the United States from India to obtain his PhD in Communication Networks at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has enjoyed a long career as researcher, consultant and technologist. His strong entrepreneurial ethic has led him to found two IT start-ups, as well as a number of community groups aimed at organizing people for systemic change. He is currently active with Long Island Together, a progressive collective that organizes around education, immigration and social change, as well as ReWild Long Island, which brings native plants to public spaces and private yards. Raju resides in Port Washington, NY, with wife Sonia Arora who is an educator/community organizer, son Kabeera Singh, a Schreiber High School student, and cat, Lucky, who does nothing. Raju serves as the President of the Board of ReWild Long Island.

You can find Raju Rajan:
On the web: https://www.rewildlongisland.org
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rewildlongisland/
On Instagram: https://instagram.com/rewildlongisland
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/rewildli
By email: raju@rewildlongisland.org

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MKVPf85V1V0
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Original date of episode: January 3, 2022