We teamed up with partner organizations Vietnam Sach va Xanh and RMIT University to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with an interview series that includes zero waste movement founder Paul Connett and VZWA members Chu…

Interview with Dr. Xuan Quach by Sonia G. Astudillo The Zero Waste movement around the globe is rapidly growing. Just on the first month of 2020, stories of towns, cities, and countries wanting to ban single-use plastics…

When recently a pod of 100 dolphins swam through Cu Lao Cham Marine Protected Area (MPA) off the coast of Central Vietnam, it got residents and park officials talking. It had been a long time since people…

Need some ideas for how to #BreakFreeFromPlastic? Our friends from around the Pacific Rim are here to give you some inspiration.  

Seeds planted over the past decade by communities in Vietnam have now borne fruit: the nation’s leadership has announced the intent to do something about the country’s plastic trash problem. On June 9, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyễn…

Zhao Zhong can determine any type of plastic simply by touching it. This extraordinary skill earned him the nickname “plastic whisperer” when he was sorting through plastic and other household trash in Ha Long City, Vietnam, last month to help…