The Thinker’s Burden: Reflections from Geneva’s (Failed?) Treaty Talks
Tangaroa Blue’s Global Plastics Treaty Ambassador Dr Randika Jayasinghe It’s been five days since I returned from Geneva, and only now can I find the words. Every morning, my walk to the UN Palais in Geneva took me past Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s sculpture “The Thinker’s Burden”. A reimagining of Rodin’s classic, but this thinker cradled a child while seated on Mother Earth, wrapped in DNA strands. Each day, I watched as more plastic waste was piled around it,
21 August 2025