Although still in her twenties, Louise Bleach has already lived an amazingly full life, busying herself in sustainability projects designed to make the world a better place. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she moved to Edinburgh to do a Masters in Social Anthropology, which included a fascinating, on-the-ground thesis on spiritual exorcisms in nomadic Moroccan desert tribes. Disillusioned with the rat race in London, she decided to totally change her life by plopping her finger on an atlas with the intent of moving to whichever country it landed on! That country turned out to be Malawi, and her brave adventures continued there with a three-year stint studying permaculture and cultivating fair trade mangoes. Initially a huge success, this social project was utterly destroyed by the greed of gas/mining investors who took over the plant and squeezed all the joy out of the operation to maximize profits. This situation is a perfect micro-study of how Capitalism itself is not enough to see the world straight and how its immorality and inherent lack of compassion drives inequality, foments fear and crushes communities trying desperately to find their feet. We also discuss the nature of existence, free will, other world dimensions, AI ethics and whether or not there are ghosts, spirits, and/or Gods. And she also shares her views on climate change and how we now urgently need to reduce our addiction to plastic before it’s too late. Louise currently works for clean-tech company Desolenator, which desalinates water cost effectively using solar power and is beta testing the technology in Dubai, Cyprus and Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya.
Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-bleach-17894195/
www.desolenator.com
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Release date: March 30th 2018
Runtime: 66m
Recorded: London
