Let me be upfront about something. Discussions on carbon footprints are, to many of us in the development sector, what quantum physics is to a fisherman in Teknaf; theoretically important, practically distant. We nod along in workshops, type "sustainable" in our concept notes, and quietly ask the office boy to photocopy 200 more sets just in case. So, when our supervisor, Mr. Aminul Arifeen, returned from Manila in 2023, from an official conference in one of Southeast Asia's most chaotically vibrant cities, he came back carrying not the usual conference...