It's the last day of 2022 and I'm almost recovered from my 4th booster (apologies for the scratchy voice) as I look back on the year of the tiger at 5 interesting stories of sustainable success, innovation and resilience which give us hope and food for thought as we head into 2023 the year of the rabbit.

This is a spoken version (with added extras) of my article on MEDIUM Read the article on MEDIUM here.

LINKS I refer to in this podcast:

• Reuters report on the Andrew Tate arrest https://www.reuters.com/world/romania-detains-ex-kickboxer-andrew-tate-human-trafficking-case-2022-12-30/
• US State Department report on Trafficking: https://www.state.gov/humantrafficking-about-human-trafficking
• Link to Greta Thunberg viral tweet: https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1608735970131849217?s=20&t=fU2rnTM9SAuoQs_H---uSg
• Greta Thunberg's Glastonbury Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yK_N11pGEs&feature=youtu.be
• UK's Channel 4 News Interview with Greta Thunberg about her upcoming The Climate Book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXezjC_s2Vw&feature=youtu.be
• Support the Greta Thunberg foundation: https://thegretathunbergfoundation.org/#where-the-money-goes
• Support the Reaching Out Romania foundation https://www.reachingout.ro/about-reaching-out-romania/
• Booking.com 2021 survey reveals travelers frustrated when stopped from sustainable actions https://www.sustainability.booking.com/post/booking-com-s-2021-sustainable-travel-report-affirms-potential-watershed-moment
• Footprintus.com 2022 consumer survey shows how annoyed customers are about lack of sustainability at businesses (too much plastic) https://news.footprintus.com/en/consumer-study
• Support Glass Half Full NOLA https://glasshalffullnola.org/
• Glass Half Full NOLA CEO and Co-founder Franziska Trautmann Twitter: @ecofran PBS feature: https://youtu.be/L3TU_hoaa_Y
• Reuters (2021) Climate Impacts of Sand Mining https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/SAND/ygdpzekyavw/
• MyMizu organization https://www.mymizu.co/en/business
• Support MyMizu https://www.mymizu.co/en/donate
• See MyMizu's 2022 Social and Environmental Impact Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL1mTcQ827U
• MyMizu Co-Founder interview 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcCAsPdgP8o
• MyMizu Co-Founder interview 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy6pm3AY-gk
• Robin Lewis MEDIUM articles https://medium.com/@robintlewis
• The Ocean CleanUp - Where does plastic in the great pacific garbage patch come from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQnMjYlmNyQ
• Support the Ocean CleanUp org https://theoceancleanup.com/donate/
• Alex Kerr - Japanologist and MINKA renovation advocate talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMobzO4IPc
• Dr.Shelly Clarke - Abandoned House to Restored Regal Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_TFIyOvYV8
• Jon Stollenmeyer's tour of his 100-year-old House Remodel in Okayama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abmvhZyRB9g
• Kominka Japan - Minka Summit 2022 & upcoming in 2023 information https://kominkajapan.org/
• Re-Use Hawaii Shop & Reclamation Center Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh03ypM1jgA
• Support JJWalsh & The Seek Sustainable Japan talkshow & podcast projects on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbjRdeieOLGes008y_I9y5Q/join
• Support JJWalsh & the Seek Sustainable Japan talkshow & podcast projects on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jjwalsh

Thank you to the 2022 Musician of the Year for the Seek Sustainable Talkshow & Podcast - Hana Victoria for her song "Can't you see?!" See more of her great music & new podcast too on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@HanaVictoria

Happy New Year Everyone!! Looking forward to connecting with you again in 2023!