Sustainable Asia

Put on your headphones and get ready for two new seasons from the Sustainable Asia Podcast about the Global Plastic Treaty and Asia’s Air Pollution woes.

Guests:

Jennifer L. Turner, China Environment Forum of Wilson Center, Washington DC

And from Sustainable Asia:

WuYuFei, Fujian, China

Khoa Tran, Hong Kong, China

Chermaine Lee, Hong Kong, China

Marcy Trent Long, Hong Kong, China

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Check out the China Environment Forum and the Wilson Center  for great research and webinars on plastic pollution.

Production credits:

Sound Engineer:  Avery Choi

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin is protected at the highest level in China, but its numbers are dwindling fast. In Hong Kong, where the species is affectionately known as the Chinese white dolphin, only 37 individuals remain. Their struggle for survival pits them against massive development projects and fishing vessels because dolphins use sonar - not sight - for survival. How can we mitigate the cacophony in Asia’s oceans to help keep vulnerable species like the Chinese white dolphin safe from harm?

Guests:

Sarah Yip, Eco Cheung Chau

Doris Woo, WWF Hong Kong

Dr. Zheng Ruiqiang, ChinaBlue Sustainability Institute (formerly Shantou University)

Visit China Dialogue Ocean to learn more about our oceans in crisis.

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Production credits:

Hosts: Marcy Trent Long and Stella Chen 

Producer: Bonnie Au

Associate producers: Stella Chen, WuYufei

Audio Editor: Avery Choi

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

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

True Blue Sky, Town Market and Taoudella

Soundscape credits:

Layered reef sound - credit Tim Gordon, University of Exeter 

Dolphin soundscape: Mr. Paul Hodgson from Oceanway Corporation Ltd. and WWF HK 

In this episode, we visit the Great Barrier Reef to discover the clamorous underwater world of marine life sounds. What can we learn from listening closely to the underwater soundscape? And are there ways we can use sounds to help, rather than harm, the animals in our ocean ecosystems?  

Guests:

Timothy Gordon, University of Exeter

Visit China Dialogue Ocean to learn more about our oceans in crisis.

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Production credits:

Hosts: Marcy Trent Long and Stella Chen 

Producer: Bonnie Au

Associate producers: Stella Chen, WuYufei

Audio Editor: Avery Choi

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

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

True Blue Sky, Palms Down and Basketliner

Soundscape and Video credits:

Degraded reef snapping shrimp sound- credit Tim Gordon, University of Exeter

Layered reef sound - credit Tim Gordon, University of Exeter

Fish sound - unknown from Great Barrier Reef - credit Tim Gordon, University of Exeter

Fish sound - unknown from Indonesia - credit Tim Gordon, University of Exeter

Fish sound - ambon damselfish whooping - credit Eric Parmentier

Fish sound - sergeant major - credit Steve Simpson, University of Exeter

Healthy reef snapping shrimp sound - credit Steve Simpson, University of Exeter

Fish sound - reef croaker - credit Discovery of Sound in the Sea (dosits.org)

Fish sound - clownfish - credit Discovery of Sound in the Sea (dosits.org)

Tim Gordon 'Helping Nemo Find Home' - 3 Minute Thesis 2017 Winner

It turns out, sound is the dominant sense for animals underwater. For anything further than 10 meters away, marine life uses sound rather than sight to gather information. So human produced noise pollution - whether it's construction or shipping vessels - alters ocean animal's ability to communicate, mate and even survive. In this season, we first describe the beauty of undersea animal acoustics and then dive into the impact of noise pollution on marine life in China’s southern ocean.

Guests:

Timothy Gordon, University of Exeter

Sarah Yip, Eco Cheung Chau

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Production credits:

Hosts: Marcy Trent Long and Stella Chen 

Producer: Bonnie Au

Associate producers: Stella Chen, WuYufei

Audio Editor: Avery Choi

Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin

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

Palms Down, Basketliner and Taoudella 

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

In this episode… we’ll traverse from Hong Kong to South Korea and onto Pune, India. We start with Hong Kong, where Sustainable Asia is based, because no new legislation on plastic waste has been introduced for over a decade. Then we peak through the curtain of the COVID pandemic to see how South Korea is reacting to their recent surge in plastic waste. Finally we turn to Pune, India where under appreciated workers form the backbone of their unregulated recycling systems.

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:

Angus Ho, Greeners’ Action, Hong Kong

Park Da-hyo, Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, South Korea

Doun Moon, GAIA - Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Berkeley California

Lakshmi Narayan, KKPKP, SWaCH and Break Free From Plastic, Pune, 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):

Caveman, Chrome and Wax, Grumpalo, Checkered blue

Sparked by the zero waste movement, Asian countries are focusing on reducing..rather than recycling... plastic waste. We start our story on the wealthy island nation of Japan…where the rural village of Kamikatsu…can no longer afford the cost of incinerating disposable plastic and other types of waste. But the question remains, can poorer southeast asia neighbours also apply these zero waste principles to solve their plastic waste dilemma?

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:

Akira Sakano, Zero Waste Japan, Japan

Linda Ding, INOW Kamikatsu, Japan

Terumi Azuma, INOW Kamikatsu, Japan

Miko Alino, GAIA Asia Pacific, Philippines

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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):

Color Country, We Collect Shiny Things, Noodle Opus

Video credit:

Linda Ding

We first travel to a waste bank on the island of Lembeh, Indonesia to see how recycling works (or doesn’t work) in small villages. Then we take a look at PET plastic recycling in Asian urban centres...it’s feasible…but if local governments here shoulder the burden of collecting and sorting the plastic waste...is that really making the polluters pay? 

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:

Helen Panangung, Lembeh Scuba Resort, Indonesia

Von Hernandez, Break Free From Plastic, Philippines

Miko Alino, GAIA Asia Pacific, Philippines

Ashwin Subramaniam, GA Circular, Singapore

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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):

Quarry Clouds, Gathering Stasis, Frank and Poet

Video credit:

#BrandAudit2020 BFFP Reveals this Year's Top Plastic Polluters

https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/globalbrandauditreport2020/

Break Free From Plastic Philippines Project

We start with Melati Wijsen’s story….a young Indonesian civic advocate who went on a hunger strike in an effort to ban plastic bags on Bali.  With waste collection rates hovering around 44%, are Asian countries really to blame for the pollution crisis brought by disposable plastic packaging?  

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:

Melati Wijsen, Bye Bye Plastic Bags, Indonesia

Mr. PremaKumara, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan

Von Hernandez, Break Free From Plastic, Philippines

Satyarupa Shekhar, Break Free From Plastic, India

Download The Asia Plastic Atlas from the Heinrich Boell Foundation

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Join the movement at Break Free From Plastic 

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):

At Our Best Alone, Suzy Textile, Morning Glare, Aloscape 2, Pxl Cray

Video credits:

Bye Bye Plastic Bags, United Nations, Break Free From Plastic Philippines Project

The plastic waste crisis in Asia is real...and it doesn’t seem to be getting better.... It’s clear that we need a new approach to reducing disposable plastic waste and its impact on the communities of Asia. 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:

Lili Fuhr, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin

Kevin Li, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Hong Kong

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Join the movement at Break Free From Plastic 

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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):

Low Call, Rambling

Video credits:

https://www.aljazeera.com/videos/2019/6/24/the-philippiness-problem-with-plastic-that-wont-go-away

https://www.trtworld.com/video/featured/pollution-crisis-india-tackling-plastic-waste-problem/5da2dc826e2a1a00111d0290

https://www.france24.com/en/20190628-focus-japan-plastic-waste-bags-supermarkets-packaging-recycling-pollution-environment