Ryan Anderson

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Ryan Anderson is a German-American filmmaker & storyteller. He extensive experience creating professional multimedia directly for brands such as Vanity Fair, Elite Daily, spiegel.de, Abenteuer & Reisen and others. He had the honor to be Artist-in-Residence with the Songkhla Heritage Society (Thailand) in 2016 as well as Artist-in-Residence with Think City in George Town (Malaysia) in 2015. His short films have screened at and won multiple film festivals including New York Film Week, Juteback Poetry Film Festival and the Smithsonian In-Motion.

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From trash to cash: How a Thai entrepreneur turned used flip-flops into a sustainable business model

Ryan Anderson 2 Jan 2020

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Why are the British flooding parts of their coast? Once farmland protected by flood defenses, Steart Marshes in southwest England now thrives as a restored salt marsh. As the defences weakened, the land became increasingly vulnerable to flooding. Instead of rebuilding defenses, conservationists, the government and local communities made a bold choice to let the sea reclaim the landscape. Just over 10 years ago the sea wall was breached, allowing the sea to take over the land, transforming the area into a vital wetland habitat. Salt marshes, which have declined by 85% in the U.K. since the 19th century, play a crucial role in coastal ecosystems. They provide shelter for wetland wildlife, act as natural flood defenses by absorbing storm surges, stabilize coastlines against erosion, and store carbon to help combat climate change. Managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Steart Marshes now provides a model for future restoration projects, proving that working with nature can protect communities while rebuilding lost habitats.

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Dutch forest advocates Maarten Visschers and Fenna Swart (right) protest the burning of forest biomass for energy outside Vattenfall's headquarters in Amsterdam in 2021.

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A wombat in Queensland, Australia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

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