A global sustainability expert, Wayne Visser, Ph.D., is a fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership and holds the chair in Sustainable Transformation Antwerp Management School in Belgium. He is the co-presenter of the documentary, “Closing the Loop,” which explores five key strategies for achieving circularity—reduce, reuse, recycle, renew and reinvent—by showcasing examples from Europe, Latin America and Africa. The documentary features insights from experts from the World Economic Forum and the Universities of Cambridge and Harvard. One Earth Film Festival publicist Cassandra West interviewed Visser via a Zoom chat recently.
Filmmaker Q&A with Anthony Baxter of 'Flint: Who Can You Trust?'
Q: What picture did you get of U.S. environmental justice?
A: Well, there really wasn't any justice for the people of Flint. There was no satisfactory outcome and still isn't. Obviously, there are now charges being faced by officials involved, from [former Michigan] Gov. [Rick] Snyder, which in a sense is some kind of turning against the state of affairs today.