Earth Day 2021: Let’s Restore our Earth
On Earth Day 2021, let’s rise to the challenge and “Restore our Earth” – the theme of this year’s celebration. We present six ways for us to heed the call:
How Impact Investing can Advance Equity for Women
Investors and funders must abandon the idea that capital alone is sufficient to transform inequitable systems. They must interrogate the power dynamics underlying their decisions and operations to meet the complex challenges of racial, gender, and economic inequality, moving from a “power over” to a “power with” approach. Failure to integrate this analysis will likely …
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Life Below Water – Part III
Life Below Water (Part III): Why Ocean Science is Critical to a Sustainable Future In the last edition of a three-part series, Arowana Impact Capital joins the United Nations in mapping out a sustainable future by saving the world’s oceans. 2021 kicks off a decade of ocean science for sustainable development. The opportunity to reverse …
Reverse Vending Machine- an answer to the current plastic crisis
It is estimated that more than 8 million tons of plastic bottles end up in the ocean each year. Klean, a Malaysian startup is seeking to address this problem through their reverse vending machines. These can now be found in shopping malls and petrol stations around Kuala Lumpur, where customers are encouraged to recycle their …
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Life Below Water – Part II
Life Below Water (Part II): How Small Fishing Villages are Helping to Save the World’s Oceans In the second edition of a three-part series, Arowana Impact Capital dives deep into the effects of overfishing on the life and livelihood of coastal communities. Teach one how to fish and you’ll feed them for a lifetime – …
Rehabilitation of Maya Bay, Thailand
Maya bay was closed to tourists as part of the country’s efforts to rehabilitate its marine environment. Blacktip reef sharks returned and became its new group of visitors.
Life Below Water – Part I
In the first of a three-part series, Arowana Impact Capital presents an overview of the effects of plastic pollution on the world’s marine and coastal resources.
SDG 14: Life Below Water
Conserving and sustainably using our oceans is part of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water. This infographic shows the different roles the oceans play in sustaining the world we live in, threats to the oceans’ productivity and health, and solutions that may counteract these threats.
Plastic Pollution Affecting Marine Life in the Philippines
The Philippines is the third largest contributor of marine plastic pollution. These plastics usually end up in oceans and are being consumed by aquatic life. It has been discovered in a study that a high number of microplastics were found inside rabbitfish samples from major protected fishing grounds. This is one of the most-consumed …
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Mangroves in Asia Pacific are at risk from River Pollution
To effectively fight the growing problem of marine plastic pollution, we need to know how plastic waste is distributed and which ecosystems are most affected. Now that we know mangroves have a higher likelihood of being severely affected by plastic waste, leaders can take steps to protect these critical habitats. – Peter Harris, Grid-Arendal Mangroves in …
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