This week we talk about all things plastic with 'Plastic Free Boy' Arlian Ecker and his mum Karin. Already at 13 years old, Arline was 2019's Youth Ambassador for 'Clean Up Australia Day, has been nominated for the 'Green Globe Awards', was interviewed by A Current Affair, AND was the youngest person to speak at last year's Asia-Pacific Sustainability of Cities Summit!
This is a timely topic with the NSW discussion paper 'Cleaning Up Our Act' currently under review. Have your say before May 8th!

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Sustainability News This week:

• Earth Day: How far have we come in 50 years since the first Earth Day
• Micro-plastic contamination in East Antarctic sea ice
• The environmental price of fast fashion

We talked to Kara Robinson from the company the South Pole to discuss environmental policy and break down some of the common terms we hear and describe what it means for emissions. 

For example, some of the questions we asked were:

• Companies such as New Forests have committed to becoming carbon-neutral businesses under a new climate action plan. Rio Tinto has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 and BHP last year confirmed its own net-zero target. What does this mean? 
• Is carbon offsetting the answer? What role does offsetting play in reducing carbon emissions?
• What is your opinion of the Scope 3 Bill? What does this Bill say about the NSW government's motives towards combating climate change?

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Welcome to Ep 1 of Life on Planet A. We'll introduce our two hosts, Heidi and Bella, to talk about why we're here, where we're from, what we've got planned, and how we define sustainability.

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