Madhu Paudel is an environmental researcher with a master’s degree in Environmental Science from Tribhuvan University. She is passionate about solid waste management, natural resource conservation, wildlife ecology and indigenous knowledge and practices. Madhu is committed to nature-first living in her daily life, believing that small steps can make a huge change and that traditional ecological wisdom has much to offer modern conservation practice. She believes that protecting Mother Earth requires relearning the respect for nature that Indigenous cultures have long practiced.