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Glocal CitizensEpisode 253: Raising Circular Economies with Cordie AzizSeason’s Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week on the podcast, our first guest, Cordie Aziz is back with fresh insights from her work and life changes since our first conversation. Cordie, now a mother of three is Founder and Executive Director of Enviornment360 an NGO turned social enterprise that has successfully executed sustainable waste management projects in urban and coastal communities in Greater Accra and Kumasi. Cordie’s achievements include creating of the first successful community plastic collection program in Accra; developing the first waste picker-run sorting center in West Africa; and successfully partnering with local and nati...
2024-12-241h 02
Glocal CitizensEpisode 252: Gone to Ghana with Cordie AzizAnniversary Greetings Glocal Citizens!
We’ve been coming together nearly every week for five years!! On this day in 2019, this two-part interview with my first guest launched the podcast. In celebration and commemoration, stay tuned for episodes throughout the year revisiting past guests and catching up “Where are they now?” style. This week it’s a flashback to the very beginning with our first guest, environmentalist and social entrepreneur, Cordie Aziz. It’s delighting that this conversation stands the test of time and is as relevant then as now. Check out the show notes for Cordie’s other episod...
2024-12-1740 min
Green Living ChatsEnvironment360: the role of the private sector in waste management || Cordie Aziz-NashCordie founded Environment360 in December 2014 to support the creation of circular economies with an economic and environmental impact. During the past six years, she has become an expert in supporting informal sector plastic waste collectors, also known as waste pickers. Ms Aziz was pivotal in creating the Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprise (GRIPE). She is one of the founders of the Plastic Recyclers and Aggregators Association of Ghana (PRAAG); she served as President of the organisation until June 2021. She is passionate about working with all stakeholders along the value chain to create an inclusive waste management system that...
2022-08-2255 min
Plastics UnwrappedWorking with Africa’s Informal Waste SectorThis episode explores the challenges faced by Africa’s informal waste sector, with a focus on the partnerships helping to improve the continent’s plastics value chain to enable the scaling of advanced recycling solutions. Adwoa Coleman is joined by Vivien Luk, Executive Director of non-profit organization WORK, and Cordie Aziz-Nash, founder of Environment 360, for this thought-provoking discussion. The panel touch on the effects of COVID-19 on plastics processing chains in Africa and describe the changes needed to transform the continent’s informal waste sector. Key discussion points: Defining what climate justice means (07:47)The challenges faced by Afric...
2022-05-2534 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 106: Mindset Hacks to Start the New Year!New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens!
As we usher in 2022 aka double deuces, this week’s episode is all about mindset. We’re going back into the Global Citizens archive for a compilation of mindset hacks from early guests of the podcast. In case you’e new to the podcast and not unlike some of my guests you might be wondering what is a mindset hack? Well, a description that I quite like is that mindset hacking is exploring the limits of what is possible, seeking excellence, or even balance which entails doing something exciting and meaningful, deliberately finding opport...
2022-01-0419 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 3: Florence Adu Talks with Cordie Aziz of Environment360 Part 2In Part 2, we delve into the business of waste in Ghana and how Environment360 is making an impact with their programs in schools and in increasing number of communities across Ghana.
Links of Interest
Cordie Aziz on LinkedIn
Environment360
Jaku and the Earth Defenders – Malaria MadnessSpecial Guest: Cordie Aziz.
2019-12-1722 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 2: Florence Adu Talks with Cordie Aziz of Environment360I’m excited to launch the Glocal Citizens Podcast with one of my favorite people here in Accra, Ghana. In this episode, I meet with Cordie Aziz, Founder and Executive Director of Environment360 at her office in the Adenta, Accra, Ghana. Environment360 harnesses the value of waste by creating inclusive waste systems that have economic and environmental impact in the communities that they serve.
In Part 1 of our discussion, Cordie, a Sierra Leonian-American, tells us about how she came to be local in Accra, her impressions of the city, and a primer on waste management.
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2019-12-1019 min