India, April 22 -- Actor Kalki Koechlin has a full house when she talks to me for Earth Day. She just adopted two puppies who are 'pooping and peeing all over the house' but she doesn't seem to mind because of the joy they bring to her daughter Sappho. The laid-back life she leads now with her partner Guy Hershberg in Goa is near perfect. But being a mother means she worries about the future. (Also Read: Kalki Koechlin craves to play more than just the 'broken' woman on screen: 'There's pressure to do the same thing')

Talking to Hindustan Times, Kalki discusses everything from how she came to lead a sustainable lifestyle to what she can do as an actor to champion the cause. And even more importantly, dreaming of a world where her daughte...