In Kimleng Sang’s home country of Cambodia, plastic pollution chokes livelihoods. Farmers make up 75% of the population, and their paddy fields are flooded with plastic waste. To reverse the suffocating cycle, Sang started teaching kids to take care of the Earth. He’s the founder of Better World Academy School, also known as the ‘Rubbish School’ because pupils must collect recyclable plastics to take to landfills in exchange for these lessons. Sang usually works as a photographic tour guide in Cambodia, showing travellers little-known spots. But when COVID-19 travel restrictions slowed down his work, he had a lot more time on his hands to get involved with his community. By raising a new generation of environmentalists, this photographer is cleaning up the future of Cambodia. “I knew that I needed to focus on changing the world rather than observing it,” Sang says.
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