Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Akshata Gaonkar. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Akshata, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?

I have often thought before, and I continually think of giving back to mother nature in some or the other way. At times when I find myself being anxious and confused, going out in nature or being with pets has always helped me. And I want everyone to find peace in nature. That encouraged me greatly in creating an instagram page specifically for nature. These days we spend most of our time on social media and end up making our life miserable by comparing, being stressed. I thought of making it a little relaxing, by uploading nature videos. Though I encourage that people should go out, instead of just watching on social media! :)

There are times when it becomes difficult to consistently put posts on my page. It takes some time to organize and put things together when days get busy, but I try best to put something out of available resources. My motive is to bring people close to nature and bring awareness about organic products. I will always try to bring up good things to people who are interested in bringing change. I hope my little contribution helps making the world a better place! :)

Akshata, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I am a software engineer by profession and also an instagram creator. I love creating videos of nature and animals, and I support organic products on my instagram account ‘@collab_nature’. I like to shoot videos in my free time and try to bring the nature in front of instagram users as the way I see it. It brings me great joy to see my efforts on creating the nature videos have been recognized by people, which makes me do more always!

Nowadays I see there’s too much adulteration happening in world. With each and every product that we use in daily life., there’s so much of unwanted chemicals involved. There is a great need for people to realize this fact, and take some action on it. I feel encouraging people to consume or buy only organic products can help not only humans but other life on the earth too! If people start using only organic produce, naturally the need for organic products will increase, which will encourage farmers to use organic fertilizer, which in turn will help earth flourish.

I have always seen my parents and grandparents taking care of nature and animals. And as a kid I always spent most of my time in pure nature, which makes me think more towards creating an environment like I have lived before. I like to live a simple life, and be happy with little things. I have always been taught to be happy with little things. And in challenging times I have always realized that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. My mission is as simple as that, create a happy green clean environment for all!

I belong to a coastal town called Karwar, in southern part of India. As a kid I explored the nature every day, every way!
Lush green wilderness, hike into the mountains, forest fruits, ploughing, farming, growing own food. What a fabulous experience that was! So close to the nature, carefree, fearless, no vitamin deficiencies :P And look where we are now, always indoors, chained to gadgets, social media. What a sad life we have made for ourselves.

I always wonder what people are going to do with all the construction that they are doing! Is anyone even thinking about how they are diminishing all the natural resources, not realizing that their children might not be able to enjoy what they did once! Making investments for children with concrete! People are just not happy! Such waste of natural resources. With all this going around I just think of being capable of having a farm and enjoying nature like in childhood days. What a beautiful, blissful experience that was!

I have always been mesmerized with nature and it’s beautiful creations. Whenever I have been in a rough patch, It’s always been nature that has shown me the right path. I love how being in nature makes everything calm and peaceful. And that’s why I have a page “@collab_nature” specifically for nature related posts. With this I want to bring people closer to nature and understand that everything we need is always in nature and around us. With my page I am doing my bit towards betterment of nature.

“I dream of a simple world as I have witnessed once!”

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

Yes of course! I want people to get some refreshing content apart from the daily fashion lifestyle content. Nature, obviously being the most readily available refresher, I chose to create videos for users to feel good and relaxed. I personally love to go out in nature to uplift my mood. So I thought of sharing the same goodness with others who are in need. And there’s also another part to it, I have been promoting organic lifestyle on my page, so people can buy organic, which will in turn encourage farmers to grow more organically, and improve soil quality.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Most rewarding thing a creator can get is appreciation! And I had never imagined that I would get such great recognition and appreciation for what I do. It makes me very happy that I’m being recognized from a pool of creators! It’s a huge thing for any creator, or for anyone who puts in prompt efforts. I would like to thank Canvas Rebel magazine for recognizing my work and giving me this opportunity! I very much appreciate Canvas rebel for recognizing budding creators and giving them a platform. I am very hopeful that this will definitely help us grow and flourish!

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collab_nature/

Image Credits
@collab_nature