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Black Earth Podcast

Black Earth Podcast

Black Earth is an interview podcast celebrating nature and black women leaders in the environmental movement. Join us for inspiring, informed and authentic conversations on how we can make a positive impact for people and nature worldwide. Episodes out every Wednesday. Connect with us online @blackearthpodcast on Instagram, LinkedIn and Tiktok. Hosted by Marion Atieno Osieyo. Healing our relationship with nature, one conversation at a time.

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39:40

Why Seed Sovereignty Matters: Restoring Culture, Care...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2025/09/24

For thousands of years, humans have had a deep relationship with seeds. Seeds are our ancestors. They carry life, culture and memory. But today, the situation is drastically changing. Across Africa and the world, the corporate capture of agriculture is threatening native seeds and the communities who have nurtured them for generations.In this inspiring and enlightening episode of Black Earth Podcast, Marion speaks with Mashudu Takalani of the EarthLore Foundation about seed sovereignty

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36:52

Redefining Climate Entrepreneurship with Mandy Nyarko...

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2025/09/10

What does it take to create access and opportunity for more diverse founders in the climate and sustainability space?In this episode of the Black Earth Podcast, Marion speaks with Mandy Nyarko MBE, a leading climate and sustainability investor, about the power of entrepreneurship to drive solutions for a changing world.Together they explore: 🌱 What climate entrepreneurship really means 👩🏾‍💼 Why there are so few Black women entrepreneurs in the UK climate and sustainability sector 💡 How

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54:10

Technologies of Care: How Black Women Are Creating...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2025/08/27

Who gets to create the future? In this inspiring episode of Black Earth, Marion Atieno Osieyo sits down with Tracee Worley, founder of Radical Futures, to discover how communities, especially Black women, are using radical imagination and care to reimagine climate futures and environmental justice.✨ In this episode, we explore:🌍 Why futures thinking matters for Black-led climate and environmental action🌍 Lessons from Tracee’s work with the survivors of the 1921 Black Wall Street massacre

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53:32

How Black Mothers Are Leading Change for Clean Air...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2025/08/12

Welcome back to Black Earth with me, Marion Atieno Osieyo. In each episode, I speak with pioneering Black women from around the world who are re-imagining our relationship with Earth and each other.This is the first episode of our new season, Season 4, and you can watch the video version on our new YouTube channel here!! Today, I meet Agnes Agyepong, founder of Global Child and Maternal Health, for a deep, urgent, and hopeful conversation about air pollution, pregnancy, and environmental

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43:54

Black Earth Podcast - Season 3 Finale

Black Earth Podcast ·

2024/07/17

Thank you so much for tuning into Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast. In this season, we have been meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In this season finale, Black Earth team, Marion and Anesu, reflect on their changing relationships with nature as well their key take-aways from Season 3. We also discuss what is to come for Black Earth Podcast.Although Season 3 has completed, we have some upcoming plans that you can get involved in that we will be

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Season 3: Uncolonising nature with Alexis Pauline Gumbs

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2024/06/26

‘How do we practice this revolution in a way that embodies the best of what we have as humans and the best of what we can observe in other species?’ - MarionIn Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature. Today we meet Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs from North Carolina, United States. Alexis is a queer black feminist, love evangelist and an aspirational favourite cousin to all living beings. They are also the author of

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61:07

Season 3: Understanding energy justice with Dr....

Black Earth Podcast ·

2024/06/19

In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In this episode, we meet Dr. Mfoniso Antia who is a scientist and Programme Manager at the Health of Mother Earth Foundation in Nigeria. Health of Mother Earth Foundation is a pioneering ecological think tank advocating for environmental justice and food sovereignty in Nigeria and Africa at large.Dr. Mfoniso is from the Niger Delta in Nigeria, which is a culturally and

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61:15

Season 3: How to build affordable, inclusive and...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2024/06/12

In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In this episode, we meet the amazing Etta Madete. Etta is an architect, advocate and real estate developer from Kenya. As the founder of Zima Homes, her passion and life’s work is building affordable, inclusive and sustainable housing for communities who need it the most. In our conversation, we unpack what affordable and sustainable housing means, why spatial justice is

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9:17

Season 3 Mini-sode: The Colour of Transformation...

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2024/06/05

Welcome to Black Earth Podcast! Today, we have a special treat for you!In Season 3, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In last week's episode, we met Bryony Ella. Bryony is an inspiring artist-researcher who creates immersive and engaging public artworks that help us reimagine our relationship with nature.This episode is taken from her project, The Colour of Transformation. The Colour of Transformation is a documentary and artist film that

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62:41

Season 3: How art can transform our relationship with...

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2024/05/29

In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In today’s episode, we meet Bryony Ella. Bryony is an inspiring artist-researcher who creates immersive and engaging public artworks that help us reimagine our relationship with nature. In this episode, Bryony talks to us about her incredible artistic practice and how an emerging idea called embodied ecology can help us reconnect with nature and rediscover ourselves as

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5:06

It’s World Biodiversity Day! Join us to celebrate...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2024/05/22

Today is World Biodiversity Day!!It's a day for us to celebrate the incredible diversity of life on our beautiful planet. Biodiversity is all about the variety and interconnectedness of life on Earth, from the soil beneath our feet to the birds above and everything in between.Instead of a regular Black Earth episode, we want you to spend one hour this week listening to nature.Have a listen to the episode to find out why biodiversity is so important and also really, really good for your

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69:16

Season 3: Learning from nature how to design a...

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2024/05/15

In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women who are creating innovations inspired by nature.In this episode, we meet Dr Melissa Sikosana. She is a biomaterials scientist who is passionate about connecting art, science and design to solve society’s problems.Dr Melissa speaks with us about an exciting discipline called biomimicry. Biomimicry is the art and science of learning how nature creates life in order to redesign a more regenerative and resilient world. Dr

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77:28

Season 3: Designing economies in service of life with...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2024/05/08

In Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast, we are meeting visionary black women creating innovations inspired by nature.In this episode we meet Tinuke Chineme. Tinuke is an inspiring scientist and innovator based in Calgary, Canada. She is working with black soldier flies and African Indigenous Female Entrepreneurs to develop a new economic model that transforms organic waste into wealth.Join us for this enriching conversation as we learn how to create economies that promote dignity, wellbeing and

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1:50

Season 3 Trailer - Innovation Inspired By Nature

Black Earth Podcast ·

2024/05/01

Hello Black Earth fam!We are so excited to be back for Season 3 of Black Earth Podcast!!The theme for this season is 'Innovation Inspired by Nature'. Join us for this juicy and world changing season as we meet incredible black women inventors, scientists and artists who are building new worlds with the genius of mama nature. Check out the trailer to find out more.Make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to your favourite podcast and connect with us on Instagram, Tiktok and LinkedIn

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62:21

Celebrating the end of Season 2: Radical Imagination,...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2023/11/22

Season 2 is complete! In this episode, the Black Earth team, Marion and Anesu, reflect on their highlights and lessons from Season 2. We reflect on how our relationships with nature are evolving, the importance of radical imagination and re-defining community. We also discuss what active hope means in a world undergoing immense change and crises.Thank you for being part of our amazing listener community from more than 110 countries! See you in Season 3, which will bloom early 2024. In the

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63:20

How African mythology is changing the environmental...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2023/11/08

In our final conversation of Season 2, Environmentalism Reimagined, we meet with Atwooki, creator of Yuniya.Named after her grandmother, Yuniya is a storytelling platform using African mythology to educate children, parents and caregivers about climate change and Earth care.Join us in this inspirational conversation as we explore how African mythology and storytelling is making climate action and ‘joyful activism’ more relatable, empowering and culturally relevant.Through reclaiming African

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70:31

Disability justice and Earth care with Valerie Novack

Black Earth Podcast ·

2023/10/25

Valerie Novack is an incredible policy researcher working at the intersections of disability justice, emergency management response and inclusive city design.In today’s episode, we dive deep into disability justice and the connections with Earth care. We explore some core elements of disability justice including rest, sustainability, the ability to learn and interdependence and why they are key to helping us reimagine the environmental movement. Valerie also explains why our definition of

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58:22

Becoming Black Girl Environmentalists with Wanjiku...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2023/10/18

Wanjiku 'Wawa' Gatheru is the pioneering Executive Director and Founder of Black Girl Environmentalist. Black Girl Environmentalist is a U.S. organisation dedicated to addressing the leadership pathway and retention issue in the climate movement for Black girls, women and gender-expansive people in the United States.In this inspiring episode, we explore the mission and vision of Black Girl Environmentalist and its impact in the world. Wawa and I discuss important elements to help you create

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71:26

Understanding abolitionist Earth care with Evie Muir

Black Earth Podcast ·

2023/10/11

Evie is a writer, a domestic abuse survivor and specialist, and the founder of Peaks of Colour. Peaks of Colour is a nature-for-healing community group by and for people of colour in England.In this powerful episode, Evie and I reflect on their experiences as a domestic abuse survivor and specialist and their journey of healing through reconnecting with nature.We explore abolitionist visions for earth care through Peaks of Colour group. We discuss important elements for abolitionist Earth

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62:23

Planting a homegrown Caribbean movement for climate...

Black Earth Podcast ·

2023/10/04

Derval Barzey is the creator of the Climate Conscious podcast, which amplifies the Caribbean perspective on climate change and sustainable development. She's also a leader and expert on the just energy transition in the Caribbean.In today's episode, we explore what it means to build a homegrown movement in the Caribbean that fosters sustainable development, empowers all people, and ensures meaningful progress on climate justice.We discuss what a just energy transition looks like in the

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