Episode Notes In this episode, we meet with Selassie Atadika – a Ghanaian chef, educator and food systems advocate. After over a decade working at the United Nations working in the humanitarian sector, Selassie completed a crash course at the Culinary Institute of America. It was then when her company, Midunu, a nomadic and private…
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Episode Notes In this episode, we meet with Emira Woods – the newest head of Green Leadership Trust – an organization working to tackle the lack of inclusion of BIPOC on climate/ environmental organizational boards. They are the first cross-organizational effort focused on building power and diversity in any advocacy sector. Â They are guided first…
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Episode Notes Deep Sea Bed Mining Interview with the folks at Sustainable Ocean Alliance and featuring Marine Expert, Diva Amon. This episode dives into the political, social, and moral implications behind “deep sea bed mining,” an emerging industrial field that involves extracting submerged minerals and deposits from the sea floor. To date, mining for sand,…
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Episode Notes This episode draws connections between the prison industrial complex and environmental justice- Brown Girl Green sits down with Amanda Diaz from Freedom for Immigrants @migrantfreedom on instagram. Here’s a petition from the Shut Down Glades Coalition to take action today:https://action.aclu.org/send-message/fl-tell-dhs-shut-down-glades-now The list of books Amanda mentioned plus more if folks are interested: “Are…
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Episode Notes Learn more at greenjobsboard on instagram and the website browngirlgreen.com/greenjobs! Find out more at https://brown-girl-green.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
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Episode Notes In this episode you will learn about: -The connections between colonization and conservation -How conservation movements can displace Indigneous communities -How Indigenous people in Tanzania are resisting and reclaiming the narrative of conservation over their lands Learn more and support the Maasai here: bit.ly/maasaihelp bit.ly/maasaihelp2 Find out more at https://brown-girl-green.pinecast.co This podcast is…
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Episode Notes This episode of Brown Girl Green covers the issue of food waste – which currently contributes to 6% of global green house gas emissions (our world in data). Learn from Maen Mahfoud, an expert who is taking food surplus and using it to redistribute out to the communities who need it the most….
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On Earth Day, I had the pleasure to interview Black Millennials 4 Flint’s Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President LaTricea D. Adams and Sierra Club’s community organizer Justin Onwenu. Together, we defined environmental racism and sacrifice zones; discussed their successful coalition practices and how to they take action for their communities; the realities of receiving…
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