SEI Asia Podcast
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.
Episodes
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
Thursday Nov 24, 2022
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.
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
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.
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
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
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
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.
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
Thursday Nov 03, 2022
In this first episode of the SEI Asia miniseries on optimizing urban food systems resilience, we talk with Louis Alban, co-founder of Yindii, on how the food and hospitality industries can help towards minimizing food loss and waste. Yindii is a food surplus delivery app that connects restaurants, cafés and hotels in Bangkok with consumers at a highly discounted price of up to 80% off the normal price.
Episode host: Kuntum Melati
Episode guests: Louis Alban
Episode producers: Variya Plungwatana, Dimas Fauzi, Kohei Yamada, Pimolporn Jintarith
Series producers: Rajesh Daniel and Variya Plungwatana
Artwork: Variya Plungwatana
Cover photo: Wichai Juntavaro
Read the SEI website feature for this episode here.