Portraits

Phra Mahapranom Dhammalangaro: From Waste to Robes Text was written and first published by Siukei Cheung, Commissioning Editor of The Culture Trip   Videography by Nicolas Axelrod Photography by Luke Dugglebby As the acting abbot of Chak Daeng Temple just south of Bangkok, he’s made it his mission to turn the city’s plastic waste into […]

In the Luxembourg countryside, a small company is taking action to regenerate over one million square meters of old orchards surrounding the landscape. A vision for safeguarding nature and using business as a force for good.

Anuar Abdullah: Clearing Ghost Nets Text by Nicolas Axelrod Videography and photography by Nicolas Axelrod. Video editing by Lester Olayer How a Malaysian oceanographer is attempting to clear discarded fishing nets from the bottom of Asian seas. Anuar Abdullah and his team arrive as the sun is setting in a small costal Burmese town, the

Isatou Ceesay and the Women Turning Waste to Wealth Text by Lily Dyu Photography by Luke Duggleby, Videography by Max Riché Video editing by Lester Olayer Isatou stood at the edge of the village and looked at the ugly heap of rubbish piled high on the red earth. Amongst the discarded tins, food and bike

Illac Diaz: Light by the liter Text by Pierre-Yves Sanchis Photography by Max Riché and Luke Duggleby Videography by Max Riché  Illac Diaz and his NGO Liter of Light has already helped over 382,000 Filipinos, and 690,000 people throughout the world to get out of energy poverty. At 44 years old, Illac Diaz is no ordinary

Chewang Norphel, the Iceman of Ladakh Text by Lily Dyu Videography and photography by Peter Caton “Mr Norphel!” Chewang heard someone call his name. It was a smiling woman climbing up from the stream. On her back she was hauling a plastic barrel of water that she’d just filled. He recognised her from his previous

Bren Smith: Making kelp our new hope Text by Laurence Butet-Roch Videography and photography by Max Riché A former industrial fisherman on a quest for ecological redemption, Bren Smith has put together a new model of ocean farming that can both restore our oceans and feed the planet. “People aren’t only looking to eat food, they

Karm solar: Bringing sun to the Egyptian desert/ Text by Sunnie J. Groeneveld Videography and photography by David Degner An Egyptian startup is taking solar panels to the next level with locally sourced materials from the Egyptian desert. When her previous employer closed down the company’s renewable energy department, 33-year-old Yumna Madi decided to take

Duong Van-ni: Adapting to a saltier Mekong delta Story by Laure Siegel Videography and photography by Luke Duggleby Dr Duong Van Ni empowers farmers to adapt to local changes in water salinity in the Mekong Delta. As American bombs rained down on the flooded rice fields of the Mekong River Delta, an adolescent Duong Van Ni would submerge himself