Shweta Narayan is an environmental justice activist and coordinator of the Community Environmental Monitoring (CEM) program in India. She has actively volunteered in the fight for justice with ex-workers of the Hindustan Unilever thermometer plant in Kodaikanal. At CEM, she has been aiding local communities in the industrial estate of Cuddalore area by educating them about the importance of environment and by providing technical and legal advice. She has also helped the communities in deploying simple tools to self-monitor their environment. Her work at CEM has benefited many other parts of India. In this talk, she will share  her experiences of community-based environmental monitoring in India.