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Black Earth Podcast

38 episodesLatest Feb 18, 2026
About the African DiasporaEnglishSociety & CultureScienceNature
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.

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  1. Celebrating the end of Season 2: Radical Imagination, Community and Active Hope

    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 natur…

    E1701:02:21
  2. How African mythology is changing the environmental movement with Atwooki

    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 Af…

    E1601:03:20
  3. Disability justice and Earth care with Valerie Novack

    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, w…

    E1501:10:31
  4. Becoming Black Girl Environmentalists with Wanjiku Gatheru

    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 t…

    E1458:22
  5. Understanding abolitionist Earth care with Evie Muir

    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…

    E1301:11:26
  6. Planting a homegrown Caribbean movement for climate justice with Derval Barzey

    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 expe…

    E1201:02:23
  7. Celebrating Indigenous women’s leadership with Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

    Indigenous Peoples make up around five percent of humanity’s population and yet they are some of the world’s best stewards of nature. Their  scientific knowledge and ways of living…

    E1141:27
  8. Gardening as a practice in liberation with Poppy Okotcha

    Poppy is a Nigerian-British ecological home grower. Her fundamental belief that we are nature informs her work inspiring and educating millions of people on how to grow food, plant…

    E1058:56
  9. Black Earth Podcast: Season 2 Trailer

    Welcome back to Black Earth Podcast!In Season 2, we are re-imagining the environmental movement. Join me in conversation with the leading voices of our time, as we learn about the…

    E901:55
  10. Celebrating the end of Season 1 with Black Earth team and our listeners!

    Season 1 of Black Earth podcast is complete! In this episode, the Black Earth team (Marion and Anesu) reflect on their highlights from Season 1, and what it means to re-member our…

    E839:59
  11. The values to transform our world with Ife Kilimanjaro

    Nature loss and climate change are driven by values that people hold about themselves, other people and nature. So what can we do? In this episode, I speak with Ife Kilimanjaro abo…

    E747:49
  12. Hurricanes and climate justice in the Caribbean with Marjahn Finlayson

    Marjahn is a climate change scientist, educator, and activist. Through her work, she addresses the impacts of severe weather in our changing climate, especially for island nations…

    E651:46
  13. How gorillas and communities can live in harmony with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

    Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is an award-winning wildlife vet and the founder of Conservation through Public Health. For more than 20 years, Dr. Gladys has helped local communities a…

    E543:36
  14. Reparations for people and nature with Esther Stanford-Xosei

    Climate reparations has become an important and often misunderstood issue in climate justice. Whilst much of the discussions focus on paying money to countries that are unjustly im…

    E440:38
  15. Love, farming and food justice with Leah Penniman

    Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, mother, soil nerd, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2010 with th…

    E343:18
  16. All the feels: understanding eco-anxiety with Jennifer Uchendu

    Jennifer Uchendu is an ecofeminist and sustainable development advocate from Lagos, Nigeria. She is the founder of SustyVibes, a youth-led organisation making sustainability action…

    E238:20
  17. Breathing air, breathing justice with Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

    In this episode, we meet Rosamund, a clean air advocate from South London. She has been named by Vogue as one of the most influential women in the UK. In 2013, Rosamund’s nine-year…

    E126:44
  18. Black Earth Podcast TrailerTrailer

    Welcome to Black Earth Podcast. Listen to our trailer to find out what's in store for you!

    E102:40
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