Protecting Our Planet
September 9, 2025

LISTEN: From the Pacific Crest to Rural Japan

Or Marantz is a doctorate candidate at the Nagoya University, specializing in sustainable communities development in rural Japan. She also serves as ‘open innovation analyst’ at NGLI, which is an Israeli company that provides services of open innovation to Japanese clients.

In this episode, she talks about the different things she learned from working with Italian and Japanese colleagues, the link between digital nomads and de-population, as well as what she saw on the Pacific Crest Trail… that made her seek out a career in renewable energy.

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