Manisha Anantharaman is an associate fellow in the environment and society program at Chatham House and an associate professor of justice, community, and leadership at Saint Mary’s College of California, USA. Her research connects sustainable development with environmental justice — applying participatory and ethnographic methodologies to examine power, justice, and equity in sustainability policy and practice.
Investing in the informal economy of waste pickers, recyclers, and repair and could play a pivotal role in tackling the global waste crisis — and help stem poverty.
