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SEI Asia’s podcast series is a platform for dialogue on critical environmental challenges in Asia and how to address them. Our guests range from environmental experts, think tanks, researchers and policymakers to journalists and civil society who explore collaborative pathways towards improving policy and practice on sustainability challenges in the region.

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SEI Asia’s podcast series is a platform for dialogue on critical environmental challenges in Asia and how to address them. Our guests range from environmental experts, think tanks, researchers and policymakers to journalists and civil society who explore collaborative pathways towards improving policy and practice on sustainability challenges in the region.

    Ep12: Monitoring air quality is crucial in the fight against pollution

    Ep12: Monitoring air quality is crucial in the fight against pollution

    In this episode of SEI Asia's podcast series on “Environment and Policy in Asia”, we talked with AirGradient, a Thailand-based company using technological innovations to enhance air quality monitoring globally.
     
    Episode host: Charmaine Caparas
    Sound editing: Variya Plungwatana
    Artwork: Variya Plungwatana
    Series producers: Charmaine Caparas, Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana
    Podcast music: WinkingFox, WinkingFoxMusic
     
    Read the feature of the episode here.

    • 35 min
    Ep11: Critiquing knowledge co-production in disaster risk reduction. Featuring Dayoon Kim, Minh Tran and Rajesh Daniel

    Ep11: Critiquing knowledge co-production in disaster risk reduction. Featuring Dayoon Kim, Minh Tran and Rajesh Daniel

    In this episode of SEI Asia's podcast series on “Environment and Policy in Asia”, we talked to Minh Tran and Dayoon Kim of SEI Asia, who reflect on their work in climate and disaster research to critique knowledge co-production and find ways for research, policy and action to be more equitable.
     
    Episode host: Rajesh Daniel
    Sound editing: Variya Plungwatana
    Artwork: Variya Plungwatana
    Series producers: Charmaine Caparas, Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana
    Podcast music: WinkingFox, WinkingFoxMusic
     
    Read the feature of the episode here.

    • 36 min
    Asia podcast miniseries: Optimizing Urban Food Systems Resilience│Ep03: Reinforcing sustainable food consumption through outdoor environmental education

    Asia podcast miniseries: Optimizing Urban Food Systems Resilience│Ep03: Reinforcing sustainable food consumption through outdoor environmental education

    In the last episode of the SEI Asia miniseries on optimizing urban food systems resilience, we talk with Alex Rendell from the Environmental Education Centre (EEC) Thailand on the topic of outdoor education for children and its contribution to changing behavior towards more sustainable consumption.
     
    Episode host: Pimolporn Jintarith
    Episode guests:  Alex Rendell
    Episode producers: Variya Plungwatana, Dimas Fauzi, Kohei Yamada, Pimolporn Jintarith
    Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana 
    Artwork: Variya Plungwatana  
     
    Read the feature of the episode here.
     
    Learn more and follow Alex on his social media:
    - Facebook
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    - Instagram
    - Youtube

    • 15 min
    Asia podcast miniseries: Air pollution in the world of work │ Ep03: Air pollution and just transitions to green economy

    Asia podcast miniseries: Air pollution in the world of work │ Ep03: Air pollution and just transitions to green economy

    In the last episode of the podcast miniseries on air pollution and the world of work, we talk with Eric Roder of International Labour Organization (ILO) about just transitions to green economy, how we can ensure green transitions in the labour sector, and how it can help address issues relating to occupational air pollution.
    Episode host: Diane Archer, SEI Senior Research Fellow in the urban clusterEpisode guest: Eric Roder, an specialist on green jobs, climate action and resilience through just transitions from ILOSeries producers: Rajesh Daniel and Kade ThossaphonpaisanArtwork: Kade Thossaphonpaisan
    Read the feature for this episode here.
    Other episodes in this miniseries:
    Ep01: Intersectionality and  air pollution in the world of work
    Ep02: Impacts of air pollution on health of workers

    • 17 min
    Asia podcast miniseries: Optimizing Urban Food Systems Resilience│Ep02: Building resilience in food systems by preserving local knowledge

    Asia podcast miniseries: Optimizing Urban Food Systems Resilience│Ep02: Building resilience in food systems by preserving local knowledge

    In this second episode of the SEI Asia miniseries on optimizing urban food systems resilience, we talk with Khairunnisa from Bakudapan Food Study Group, about food sovereignty and the need to support communities who are preserving and archiving their knowledge of edible plants.
     
    Episode host: Sofia Cavalleri
    Episode guest:  Khairunnisa from Bakudapan Food Study Group
    Episode producers: Variya Plungwatana, Sofia Cavalleri, Dimas Fauzi, Kohei Yamada, Pimolporn Jintarith
    Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana 
    Artwork: Variya Plungwatana
    Cover photo: Wichai Juntavaro
      
    Read the feature of the episode here.

    • 12 min
    Asia podcast miniseries: Women Environmental Defenders│Ep02: Working on the ground for social and environmental justice

    Asia podcast miniseries: Women Environmental Defenders│Ep02: Working on the ground for social and environmental justice

    In this second episode of the SEI Asia miniseries on women environmental defenders, we talk with Indira Shreesh from Indigenous Women Legal Awareness Group (INWOLAG) in Nepal and Kakay Tolentino from Bai Indigenous Women’s Network in the Philippines.
     
    Episode host: Dayoon Kim
    Episode guests:  Indira Shreesh and Kakay Tolentino
    Episode producers: Variya Plungwatana and Dayoon Kim
    Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana
    Artwork: Variya Plungwatana 
    Photo: SAMDHANA / Anggit Saranta
     
    Read the feature of the episode here.

    • 12 min

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