Worldview sales & marketing manager René Post describes the work being done in Myanmar (Burma) to restore mangrove forests, and the unique alignment that allows for constant reinvestment in the growth of the project and local communities. More about this project can be see in this Your Blue Continent video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhIFC_l5-7Y

You can visit the Worldview website here: https://www.worldview.foundation/

In this special edition of the Blue Continent Podcast, Brennan speaks with Laura Dodson, a former US Peace Corps response volunteer (Philippines). Dodson was near Lafayette Square on Monday, June 1, 2020, when federal riot police charged peaceful protestors and clergy, spraying them with tear gas to clear the path for President Trump to pose for a photo op with a bible outside of St. John's Church. Dodson recounts her experience in detail.

Brennan Speaks with Fron Nahzi, an innovative executive with more than 25 years of demonstrated successes in expanding not-for-profit and higher education's global reach and impact by establishing partnerships with US and international universities, NGOs, governments and businesses, and developing successful fundraising strategies. Fron apologizes that the development community didn't know to focus on climate issues over the past 30 years of development, and the two discuss some localized issues affecting governing in The Balkans.

How can you know the chocolate you're buying wasn't harvested by a child? Oliver Nieburg from the Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast talks Chocolate supply chains, ethical/fair trade chocolate, developing world labor, child labor and industrial ecology with The Blue Continent Podcast.

You can find ACT cooperative here: https://www.aacctt.org/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sustainable-food-drink-podcast/id1462038772

The Blue Continent Podcast speaks with Dr. Bob Huish, professor of international development studies professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They discuss global health, and evaluate different countries' success or lack thereof in the context of each country's underlying health condition. They discuss US-Cuba relations, and Dr. Bob provides a deep historical assessment of the development of the WHO and multilateral health institutions.

Musical selections from: Machito (Cuba) , Ravi Shankar, The North Korean propagandists, Vinogradov, Tanzania's Vijana Jazz Band, Frank Zappa, Ghana's Guy Warren, Cuba's Irakere, and Venezuela's Marco Grandos.

The Blue Continent Podcast speaks with Hans-Martin Førsund, who has more than 30 years of experience from public and private sectors, all over the world, including decades of work in maritime policy development.  He's been a project manager, consultant and an entrepreneur, always focused on sustainability and waste reduction.  Hans-Martin discusses the acute need for sustainable electric systems in the developing world, and how his organization is providing much-needed support.

Distinguished Australian international trade advisor and University of Adelaide lecturer Simon Lacey speaks with host Brennan Purtzer about concerns and realities of global trade pacts, the weak points of agreements, and the difficulty in trying to predict anything American President Trump may try to do. Prof Lacey discusses how American leadership under Trump has hurt America's global status at 18:11 - 18:57.

Global Development.