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
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
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
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.