Microplastics Watch Initiative
The Microplastics Watch Initiative is a targeted, time-bound effort to mobilise the global wellness industry around one of the most urgent human health challenges of our time. Microplastics now permeate every aspect of daily life — from the food we consume to the air we breathe — yet their impact on human wellbeing remains largely ignored. This Initiative aims to change that. By raising awareness, sharing the latest wellness-relevant research, and providing a practical framework for action built around four key pillars — prevention, reduction, detoxification strategies and integration into wellness programming — the Initiative aims to empower individuals, businesses and other GWI Initiatives to recognise and respond to this emerging crisis. Ultimately, Microplastics Watch is about transforming concern into collective action, ensuring the wellness industry fulfils its role in protecting and promoting human health in a world increasingly contaminated by microplastics.
Initiative Leadership
Initiative Co-Chair
Trent Munday, Senior Vice President, Mandara Spa, Thailand
Trent Munday is a seasoned executive in the global wellness industry and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Mandara Spa, a division of OneSpaWorld (Nasdaq: OSW) a worldwide provider and innovator in the fields of wellness, beauty, rejuvenation and transformation across the globe. With over 30 years of experience across more than 30 countries, Trent’s background spans both wellness and hotel operations, including leadership roles with renowned hospitality brands such as Six Senses and COMO Hotels & Resorts, where he was the opening General Manager of Uma Ubud in Bali. Trent has written extensively for numerous hospitality, spa and wellness publications and is also the host of over 1,500 podcast episodes. https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentmunday/
Initiative Co-Chair
Professor Gerry Bodeker, Member at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Malaysia
A Harvard-trained public health academic, Prof. Gerry Bodeker researches and advises on integrative medicine and wellness. Gerry has researched and taught in medical sciences at Oxford University for two decades and is a member of Oxford’s Green Templeton College. He is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and at the University of Western Sydney and has worked with several UN organizations, including the World Health Organization. He is a Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Gerry has served as an advisor to National Geographic Magazine and as Senior Consultant to CNN’s series ‘Chasing Life’. He is Founding Chair of the Mental Wellness Initiative of the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) and the recipient of the GWI’s Deborah Simon Award for Advancing Mental Wellness.
Initiative Members
Meet the renowned thought leaders in this field who are collaborating to educate and evolve wellness in this area of global importance.
Resources
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