S12E5: The Plastic Carbon Footprint

Sustainable Asia

As ocean temperatures rise with global warming, tropical cyclones are hitting Asian nations like Japan and the Philippines like never before. So to end this season..we wanted to talk about climate change. We start with a story about a zero waste village created from the devastation of Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. Then we weave together experts from earlier episodes to find out: What is the link between disposable plastic waste and climate change?

This new 5-episode season is based on The Asia Plastic Atlas from the Heinrich Boell Foundation with support from Break Free From Plastic Asia Pacific.

Guests:

Miko Alino, GAIA Asia Pacific, Philippines

Akira Sakano, Zero Waste Japan, Japan

Lakshmi Narayan, KKPKP, SWaCH and Break Free From Plastic, Pune, India

Angus Ho, Greeners’ Action, Hong Kong

Lili Fuhr, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin

Mr. PremaKumara, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan

Ashwin Subramaniam, GA Circular, Singapore

Von Hernandez, Break Free From Plastic, Philippines

Satyarupa Shekhar, Break Free From Plastic, India

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Production credits:

Hosts: Marcy Trent Long and Bonnie Au

Associate producer: Jiaxing Li

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

Music from Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue):

Lerennis, Elainne Chapter, Secret Pocketbook, Trois Gnossiennes 2, Vik Fence Sahder