{"id":2338,"date":"2026-03-25T19:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:16:29","slug":"ted-talks-series-aline-souza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/ted-talks-series-aline-souza\/","title":{"rendered":"TED Talks Series: Aline Souza"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-block-embed-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Aline Sousa: The unsung heroes putting climate solutions into practice\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/en\/aline_sousa_the_unsung_heroes_putting_climate_solutions_into_practice\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The improper handling of waste is the third largest source of methane emissions in the world, says Aline Sousa, but waste pickers like her help reduce this environmental impact. She dives into the monumental effort of the often-overlooked people making sure recyclables, compostables and trash end up in the right places \u2014 and calls for better recognition of these key players on the frontline of fighting climate change. (Filmed in Brazil by director Tom Laffay and producer Alex Mirkhan in collaboration with POLIS. In Portuguese with subtitles.)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The improper handling of waste is the third largest source of methane emissions in the world, says Aline Sousa, but waste pickers like her help reduce this environmental impact. She dives into the monumental effort of the often-overlooked people making sure recyclables, compostables and trash end up in the right places \u2014 and calls for [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,23,18,19,38,39,36,37],"tags":[33,27,20,28],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brasilia","category-ecologia","category-jornalismo","category-politica","category-recycling","category-ted-talks","category-trash","category-waste","tag-brasil","tag-brasilia","tag-energias-renovables","tag-politica"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Alex Mirkhan","author_link":"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/author\/alex-mirkhan\/"},"rttpg_comment":6,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/category\/brasilia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Brasilia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/category\/ecologia\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ecolog\u00eda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/category\/jornalismo\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Jornalismo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/category\/politica\/\" rel=\"category tag\">pol\u00edtica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/category\/recycling\/\" rel=\"category tag\">recycling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/category\/ted-talks\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TED Talks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/category\/trash\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Trash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alexmirkhan.com\/es\/category\/waste\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Waste<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The improper handling of waste is the third largest source of methane emissions in the world, says Aline Sousa, but waste pickers like her help reduce this environmental impact. 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