My Top-5 Sustainable Stories of 2022 to Inspire

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-traffickingLink to Greta Thunberg viral tweet: https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1608735970131849217?s=20&t=fU2rnTM9SAuoQs_H---uSgGreta Thunberg's Glastonbury Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yK_N11pGEs&feature=youtu.beUK's Channel 4 News Interview with Greta Thunberg about her upcoming The Climate Book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXezjC_s2Vw&feature=youtu.beSupport the Greta Thunberg foundation: https://thegretathunbergfoundation.org/#where-the-money-goesSupport 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-momentFootprintus.com 2022 consumer survey shows how annoyed customers are about lack of sustainability at businesses (too much plastic) https://news.footprintus.com/en/consumer-studySupport 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_YReuters (2021) Climate Impacts of Sand Mining https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/SAND/ygdpzekyavw/MyMizu organization https://www.mymizu.co/en/businessSupport MyMizu