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Planting Awareness

Planting Awareness

By Clara Rodier

Hello everyone you are listening to Planting Awareness your new Balkan Hotspot podcast with Clara Rodier. We will meet here every two weeks to talk about topics such as: climates crisis, circular-economy and to hear experts talking about the planet.
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Oikopolis with Verena Fink

Planting AwarenessNov 15, 2021

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Oikopolis with Verena Fink

Oikopolis with Verena Fink


Climate refugees are not the people who are running from an oppressive government neither a war but they flew because of climate change.

In a report released on Monday 13 of September, World Bank experts note the "urgency to act" as "livelihoods and human well-being are increasingly strained." 

  • "It estimates that 216 million people are at risk of becoming climate refugees by 2050. "

"The estimated number could be higher since the World Bank does not count migrants from North America, rich countries in Europe, or even the Middle East, where climate disasters are raging."

Science is clear there is a strong link between climate change and climate refugees. 


What can we do to help? 

You can contact Oikopolis and ask how can you volunteer with them, according to your possibility and their needs.

Second, you can give also some clothes, books, menstruation products, baby products, etc...

There is also the possibility to support Oikopolis financially.


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Nov 15, 202127:46
The Plastic Flamingo - Let's tackle marine plastic pollution!

The Plastic Flamingo - Let's tackle marine plastic pollution!

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This episode had to be recorded on zoom, affecting the sound quality.


In today’s episode, we are here to talk about The Plastic Flamingo with Allison Tan communication & marketing associate. 

The Plastic Flamingo is a French social enterprise based in the Philippines. The purpose of The Plaf is to tackle marine plastic pollution. They collect the plastic and transform it into eco-lumbers and planks. 

Every minute of every day, the equivalent of one truckload of plastic enters the sea.

The plastic industry has been producing massively products that are intended to be used once and thrown away almost immediately.

The problem with that fact is that plastics and microplastics are filling up our oceans and choking marine life. 

Birds, fish, and whales have been found dead, having their insides filled with straws, plastic bags, and wrappers.

80% of plastic waste comes from Asia.

The most plastic-polluting countries are China first, Indonesia second. Philippines, is the third-largest contributor of ocean plastic waste in the world, generating 2.7 millions tons of plastic waste annually. In general, over 17 billion plastics are thrown away in the ocean every year.



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