Brown Girl Green
by Brown Girl Green
Brown Girl Green is a Filipina American climate activist who interviews diverse, boundary-pushing leaders and advocates redefining what it means to be an “environmentalist” in the 21st century. It's time to put Brown back in the Green Movement.
Episodes
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S3E7 - The Mind-Body-Planet Connection
In this episode, we meet with Sanjana Sekhar - Sanjana is an author, filmmaker, and climate activist on a mission to make climate action the hottest place to be. Her work amplifies “thrutopian” stories with a lens on climate justice, radical imagination, and Adrienne Maree Brown’s “pleasure...
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S3E6 - How To Date During The Climate Crisis
In this episode, we meet with Madeleine MacGillivray - Madeleine is a lifelong climate justice advocate and microplastics-focused science communicator. She is the Climate Communications and Policy Coordinator at Seeding Sovereignty, where she hosts the climate justice podcast Supersede. Madeleine...
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S3E5 - Exploring All Things Food, Data, and Climate Tech
In this episode, we meet with Alexa White - Alexa White's dedication to sustainable agriculture and environmental justice is clearly demonstrated through her Ph.D. candidacy in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. Her work, grounded in agroecology and biology…
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S3E4 - How To Be A Climate Storyteller with Project Drawdown
In this episode, we meet with Matt Scott - the director of storytelling and engagement at the global nonprofit climate solutions resource Project Drawdown. Matt is also the founding director of the Drawdown Stories program where he helps everyday people find their role in climate solutions. Matt…
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S3E3 - An Energizing Convo about Energy
In this episode, we meet with Kiana Michaan. Kiana is a renewable energy professional, clean energy advocate, and climate justice organizer. Kiana previously worked at Sologistics where she provided permitting, utility interconnection, and project management for hundreds of solar projects across...
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S3E2 - Let’s Talk About Small Island Developing States
In this episode, we meet with Jeremy Raguain. Jeremy is a Seychellois conservationist who holds a Bachelor of Social Science in International Relations and Environmental Geographical Sciences and Bachelor of Social Science in International Relations (Honors) from the University of Cape Town, a...
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S3E1 - The Need for Energy, Equity, & Justice
In this episode, we meet with Daphany Rose Sanchez. Daphany is an experienced community organizer and an expert in climate and housing. Born and raised in New York City public housing, Daphany witnessed and lived through the intersections of housing discrimination, climate divestment, and…
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S2E15 - Climate Activists Need Resources - Here’s A Step
In this episode, we meet Bodhi Patil. Bodhi Patil is a UN-recognized, award-winning GenZ ocean-climate “Solutionist” dedicated to improving the interconnectedness between ocean health and human health. He is the Founder & CEO of Inner Light, empowering a generation to build resilience from the...
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S2E14 - What is "Circular Fashion?"
In this episode we meet with Jaegi Lissade. Jaegi is the Partnership Coordinator of Reclypt. Jaegi is passionate about circular fashion and reducing fashion waste. She first began attending Recylpt events during Climate Week in 2022 and over the past year has evolved from participant to…
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S2E13 - The Art and Challenges of Environmental Journalism
In this episode, we meet with Angely - a climate and environmental journalist from NYC. Her work is featured in national and city publications including The New York Times, The Nation, Rolling Stone, Vogue, The Guardian, and more. She focuses on primarily environmental science, environmental...
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S2E12 - Diversifying Ocean Conservation: UOcean
In this episode, we meet with Chris Desai - a world renown entrepreneur and philanthropist from humble beginnings who has made considerable contributions to the benefit and protection of this planet with the organic luxury fashion brand Vayyu, the registered charity The Vayyu Foundation and its…
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S2E11 - Project Drawdown x Brown Girl Green: Holding Businesses Accountable for Climate Action
In this episode, we meet with Aiyana Bodi - a senior associate at Project Drawdown. Aiyana works with corporate partners and their employees to scale climate solutions in more meaningful and impactful ways in the workplace. We learn about influencing companies towards a sustainable shift We learn...
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S2E10 - Being A Black Woman in the Climate Tech Space
In this episode, we meet with Kayalin Akens-Irby - the head of growth at Planet FWD, the leading carbon management platform for consumer brands to tackle climate change. Kayalin is an impact-oriented woman who cares about trying to build a better future for everyone. We learn about using climate...
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S2E9 - Environmental Art as a Form of Activism
In this episode, we meet with Xavier Cortada - one of Miami’s pioneer eco-artists. He works across various mediums of art to generate awareness and action around climate change, sea level rise, and biodiversity loss. Xavier is also a Professor of Practice at the University of Miami Department of...
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S2E8 - Why Youth Organizing Matters
In this episode, we meet with Alexia Leclercq - a grassroots organizer, scholar, and artist. Alexia is the co-founder of the Colorado River Conservancy under PODER and a political education non-profit named Start: Empowerment. They have led various environmental justice campaigns from passing...
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S2E7 - Energy and Equity: How Are They Connected?
In this episode, we meet with McKenna Dunbar - who is currently a Building Electrification Lead at Sierra Club. McKenna is renowned for their unwavering commitment to environmental justice and equitable clean energy transitions. We learn about their research project turned into a passion We learn...
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S2E6 - The Making of an Eco-Friendly Product
In this episode, we meet with Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, the President and CEO of ECOS. ECOS produces plant-powered detergents and cleaners that are safer for the people, pets, and our planet! We learn about the history and creation of ECOS We learn about the toxins in our cleaning products and the...
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S1E5 - Deep Sea Mining is Bad Business
In this episode, we meet with Johanna Schmidt - a sustainability researcher in the Impact & Economics department at Triodos, a mission-driven bank and impact investment manager in the Netherlands. We learn why banks don’t support Deep-Sea Mining We learn why Deep-Sea Mining is a business risk We...
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S2E4 - Tonga’s Fight Against Deep Sea Mining
In this episode, we meet with Pelenatita Kara who is the Program Manager of the Civil Society Forum of Tonga and has been working as an advocate against deep sea mining since 2012. We learn about what deep sea mining really is and how it is performed. We learn that it can take decades for experts...
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S2E3 - Law as a Tool to Center Communities
In this episode, we meet with Jeremy Orr - a skilled senior-level attorney and manager with a demonstrated history in law, policy advocacy, and nonprofit leadership. He is highly experienced in the areas of social justice, civil rights, and environmental justice. We learn how Jeremy started his...
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S2E2 - Uplifting Indigenous Women in the Climate Fight
In this episode, we meet with Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel. They are a passionate advocate for their indigenous relatives and communities, fighting for justice and visibility. In this podcast we learn about the birth of Rising Hearts and how Jordan began mobilizing in their...
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S2E1 - The Power of Being Plant-Forward
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...
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Let's Talk Boards: Funding Gaps in Environmental Philanthropy
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...
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In Deep Doo Doo: What's Deep Sea Mining & Why Is It Bad?
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...
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Toxic Prisons & Climate Change
Episode Notes More info on fight toxic prisons here www.instagram.com/fighttoxicprisons www.instagram.com/villainus_music https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/Our-Work/Projects/Campaign-To-Fight-Toxic-Prisons/ https://nationinside.org/campaign/prison-ecology-project/ Find out more at...
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US Detention Centers & Environmental Justice
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...
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How can I get a green job?
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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Conservation as a form of Colonization: A look at the Maasai in Tanzania
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...
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Stopping Food Waste: From Plate to Planet
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...
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The Brown Girl Wears Green
Episode Notes This episode of Brown Girl Green is focused on sustainable fashion. We discuss if/ why sustainable fashion is the path forward away from throw-away culture and mass over-consumption of clothing in modern society. Despite the benefits of more "sustainable" or environmentally friendly...
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False Choices & Poisoned Futures: Examining Environmental Racism
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...
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S1E6 - The Violence of Silence: Racial Equity & the Outdoors
Episode Notes In this week's episode of Brown Girl Green, we are talking about racial equity within the outdoors given the current state of the world. A few weeks ago, Christian Cooper, a black birder encountered a white woman, Amy Cooper who felt threatened & called 911 after Christian Cooper...
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Talking Circular Economy: Making Synthetic Hair More Sustainable
Episode Notes Join Kristy and Ciara Imani May, founder of Rebundle, a company closing the loop on synthetic hair waste one bundle at a time. We will be talking about what it means to generate a circular economy, how to make an environmentally friendly and culturally conscious product, and how to...
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Put Your Money Where Your Values Are: Personal Finance & The Planet
Given this fiscally-uncertain world for the 99%, how can we put our money where our values are? For the best answers, I made a 2 part episode on the topic. I teamed up with Joelle Sostheim of the Joelle Show. She gives us a step-by-step lesson on personal finance and shows us how we can use this...
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Climate Change & Disabilities: How'd we get here?
We’re not in shape to leap in a boat if there’s a flood, or run from a fire… there’s an attitude I think that’s completely unconscious that we have to be ready to do these kind of things. Marsha Saxton (21:48) Kristy Drutman interviews Marsha Saxton and Alex Ghenis from the World Institute on...
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Self-care in the Time of Climate Crisis
In this episode of Brown Girl Green, we are joined with Brittney Enin, Founder and Executive Self-Care Consultant & Radiator of Black Sunshine as we talk about the importance of “self-care.” It is expected that the climate crisis has and will continue to have a detrimental impact on public…
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Save the Planet, Save Your Money
In our current climate crisis, how can we reach the masses through storytelling, connection, and education? In this episode of Brown Girl Green, I meet with Environmental “Eco-Influencer” Go Green Save Green, Ariel Maldonado. Ariel uses Instagram to engage her audience about how to live…
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Brown Girl Green Ep.000
In the pilot episode of Brown Girl Green, Kristy, a Filipina American environmental activist discusses the origins of Brown Girl Green. From activist burnout to trying to find diplomacy (or love?) on tinder, this episode lays the groundwork of what you can expect to watch in Season 1.
About this show
Brown Girl Green is a Filipina American climate activist who interviews diverse, boundary-pushing leaders and advocates redefining what it means to be an “environmentalist” in the 21st century. It's time to put Brown back in the Green Movement.
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