Welcome to Ping and Echo, a daily newsletter that shares one amazing podcast episode guaranteed to be a great listen for kids and their families. Each newsletter includes links to articles, videos, and activities related to the podcast so you can turn every episode into an adventure.
Today’s episode is from Fierce Girls, a podcast from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which shines a spotlight on stories of amazing, curious, and powerful girls and the women they become. This episode tells the story of Veena Sahajwalla who turned a fascination for turning trash into treasures into an engineering degree. She went on to become a “waste warrior” working to develop new ways to deal with mountains of plastic and rubber products when they reach the end of their lives. Find out what her next challenge is, and how she continues to work to “revive” raw materials and transform waste into new resources people need.
Podcast: Fierce Girls
Episode: Veena Sahajwalla — the girl who turned trash into treasure
Length: 15 minutes
🧐 You Should Know
I’ll always give you a heads up if there is anything in the podcast that might surprise or worry kids. Nothing to worry about here.
💡 Try This
After you listen to the episode you can try “reviving” some of the things around your house with the links and activities below:
Read Cardboard Kingdom and make costumes out of cardboard with the plans here
Check out 27 “Insanely Clever” Crafts You Can Make With Cardboard
🔎 Explore More
Read up on Veena Sahajwalla and her work with these links:
'Nothing should be classified as waste': crisis is opportunity for Veena Sahajwalla - Guardian
Reviving Waste: a TED talk by Veena Sahajwalla - TEDxSydney
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Ruby, Josh, and Toby