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Tokyo Alumni Podcast Episode 45: Robin Lewis - ASIJ, Social Innovator, MyMizu, Tohoku Earthquake, Volunteer, Consultant
Robin Lewis (ASIJ 2006)
Co-founder/CEO of MyMizu
Robin is the Co-founder of mymizu - an award-winning initiative to reduce consumption of single-use plastics. He is also the Co-founder & Director of Social Innovation Japan - a platform for social good focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals - and is a Consultant at the World Bank (Climate Change Group). He has 10 years’ experience working with inter-governmental organisations, social enterprises and NGOs, and has managed humanitarian operations in countries such as Haiti, Nepal, Vanuatu and Mozambique. In 2017, he took on a sponsored expedition, walking 600+km along Japan’s disaster-affected coastline to document the recovery from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Robin is a Board Member of the Shibuya QWS Innovation Council and graduated with an M.A. in International Business from the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Timestamps
Websites MyMizu - https://www.mymizu.co/home-en
Sandals made out of tires, sandals recommended by Robin - https://indosole.com/
- Timestamps 0:29
- Introduction 1:53
- MyMizu 4:50
- Japan, consumption, and plastic use 6:14
- Reduction of plastic elevator pitch 8:59
- Business, economics and the reduction of plastic use, a fundamental shift in perspective towards social responsibilities 10:33
- Robins relationship with Japan and the effects the Tohoku earthquake had on him 15:58 Tohoku Coastal (Michinoku Trail walk 2016) 18:33
- of the various crisis responses, which one was the most challenging? (experience in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2015) 20:09
- How do you make a living as an environmentalist/conservationist? 24:40
- Experience at ASIJ and how that affected who he has become today 29:40
- Robin asks Nick what his takeaway was from ASIJ 32:31
- What is coming up in Robins life
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Robin Lewis (ASIJ 2006)
Co-founder/CEO of MyMizu
Robin is the Co-founder of mymizu - an award-winning initiative to reduce consumption of single-use plastics. He is also the Co-founder & Director of Social Innovation Japan - a platform for social good focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals - and is a Consultant at the World Bank (Climate Change Group). He has 10 years’ experience working with inter-governmental organisations, social enterprises and NGOs, and has managed humanitarian operations in countries such as Haiti, Nepal, Vanuatu and Mozambique. In 2017, he took on a sponsored expedition, walking 600+km along Japan’s disaster-affected coastline to document the recovery from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Robin is a Board Member of the Shibuya QWS Innovation Council and graduated with an M.A. in International Business from the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Timestamps
Websites MyMizu - https://www.mymizu.co/home-en
Sandals made out of tires, sandals recommended by Robin - https://indosole.com/
- Timestamps 0:29
- Introduction 1:53
- MyMizu 4:50
- Japan, consumption, and plastic use 6:14
- Reduction of plastic elevator pitch 8:59
- Business, economics and the reduction of plastic use, a fundamental shift in perspective towards social responsibilities 10:33
- Robins relationship with Japan and the effects the Tohoku earthquake had on him 15:58 Tohoku Coastal (Michinoku Trail walk 2016) 18:33
- of the various crisis responses, which one was the most challenging? (experience in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2015) 20:09
- How do you make a living as an environmentalist/conservationist? 24:40
- Experience at ASIJ and how that affected who he has become today 29:40
- Robin asks Nick what his takeaway was from ASIJ 32:31
- What is coming up in Robins life