Sand is the most consumed natural resource; it’s running out and overlooked

from First Mile's Climate Heroes · host Zero50

We put the record straight on sand extraction in this episode with author and sand activist Kiran Pereira. Sand is in everything from computers to paint and we learn how our insatiable demand for sand has huge and unseen social, biodiversity and environmental impacts.

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