AAAP Regional A-Talk #13 | Creating local initiatives to tackle Global issues! - Akira Sakano
Event description
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
From 2015 to 2020, Akira served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Zero Waste Academy in Japan. She worked to spread the zero waste community building concepts all over the world and showcased how a small town could be a model of change to the world. Since 2020, Akira went on and founded Zero Waste Japan, and delivers planning and implementation of zero waste policy and projects to local governments, communities and businesses in Japan and elsewhere.
Akira is also part of the Global Shapers Community, a network of young people driving dialogue, action and change. She has also been an active contributor in the World Economic Forum since 2012, and was even the Co-Chair for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2019.
ABOUT THE TALK
Akira will be sharing her story of how she and her team helped turn a small town in Japan into a model for change, as well as discuss the action steps we can all take to create the change we want around us.
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