EPISODE 3: TAKING OVER
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EPISODE 3: TAKING OVER
This week Mary and Maeve turn up the volume on the women who are helping us consciously-uncouple from our toxic relationship with single-use plastic, a material created to be used for mere minutes but designed to last for thousands of years.
Episode notes: This week’s Mothers of Invention are:
Judi Wakhungu and Alice Kaudia
Kenyan politicians who created global headlines when they unleashed up to $38,000 USD fines for anyone found using, making or distributing plastic bags.
Chelsea Briganti
American self-taught materials engineer and entrepreneur about to unleash 55bn edible straws onto the world.
Rachelle Strauss
British founder of #ZeroWasteWeek - a global online campaign against household waste born from one family kitchen.
Siân Sutherland
British co-founder of A Plastic Planet and creator of the world’s first fully-functioning plastic-free supermarket aisle in Amsterdam.
Katharine Wilkinson
Lead writer of ‘the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming’, Project Drawdown.
Follow the series on all social media using @mothersinvent to find out more, support the women in the series and get your hands on bonus material throughout the season.
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