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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.

    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.
     
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    • 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
    Asia podcast miniseries: Air pollution in the world of work │ Ep02: Impacts of air pollution on health of workers

    Asia podcast miniseries: Air pollution in the world of work │ Ep02: Impacts of air pollution on health of workers

    In this episode of SEI Asia's podcast miniseries on "Air Pollution in the World of Work", we speak to Chandath Him from Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment on the efforts to address the impact of air pollution on workers’ health in the textile industry. Chandath is also one of our research partners in the project “The impact of air pollution on the world of work for women and youth in East and Southeast Asia”.  
    Episode host: Jessica Slater, SEI York Researcher on air pollution and human healthEpisode guest: Chandath Him, a Deputy Director on Air Quality, Noise and Vibration Management Department of the Ministry of Environment in Cambodia.Series 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

    • 15 min
    Asia podcast miniseries: Women Environmental Defenders│Ep01: Solidarity and alliances by women environmental defenders

    Asia podcast miniseries: Women Environmental Defenders│Ep01: Solidarity and alliances by women environmental defenders

    In this first episode of the SEI Asia miniseries on women environmental defenders, we talk with Tami Alvarez from Sabokahan Unity of Lumad Women and Lia Mai Torres from Center for Environmental Concerns – Philippines about building solidarity and empowerment.
     
    Episode host: Dayoon Kim
    Episode guests:  Tami Alvarez and Lia Mai Torres
    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.

    • 15 min

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