Welcome to Environmentally Speaking. The environment is everything, literally, and on this podcast, no environmental topic is off-limits. We are living in unprecedented times. Times of threats to our environment, our health, and our freedom. Environmental degradation has resulted in the loss of livelihoods, lives, cultures, knowledges, and heritages. We are in the midst of a global-scale environmental crisis…climate change. What are our leaders doing to fight against this? What are you doing to fight against this? For our returning listeners, we have rebranded. So you would have been with us from what is now Season 1, CovidChat, where we discussed the multidimensional impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you for sticking with us. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @Ourfootprintja. Visit our website www.ourfootprintja.org.
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It's the final Episode! We speak to Gender Specialist, Kristina Neil and Dr. Dalea Bean, Head of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Mona Campus Unit on the connected topics of Gender & ...
Traffic & City Planning (00:47:58)
Everyone complains about the traffic. But it's not as simple of an issue as it may seem. It goes to the heart of how we plan our cities, what we prioritize and how we zone- residential vs. commercial,...
Health and Environment (01:09:51)
Climate Change is not just an environmental issue, it's a public health issue that affects us all. Whether it's airborne/waterborne diseases, industrial contamination, or even access to healthcare dur...
Solid Waste Management (01:02:03)
If there is one thing we all have in common it's waste. We use it, try to lose it, but we have to find a way to deal with it. With no sanitary landfills in the country, waste management in Jamaica be...
With the memory of Hurricane Beryl fresh in our minds and as we are heading into another hurricane season, we can't forget Disaster Readiness & Recovery on the campaign trail. We have to talk about t...
Climate on the Ballot: The Grocery Bill & Food Security (00:26:20)
One topic that can turn the tides in an election season: the grocery bill. The cost of food cuts to the very essence of our humanity: can people afford to eat? and to eat healthy? Right now, not so m...
Climate on the Ballot Live Show 2: Jobs (00:41:44)
We're Live! Last episode we talked with our expert guests about Jobs- specifically green jobs and the just transition. Our breakdown show where your voice can be heard. Climate on the Ballot is about ...
Climate on the Ballot: Jobs (00:48:33)
On Today's ballot: jobs. The climate is changing, and so is the work world. We are joined by Marissa Sheppard, Just Transition Officer at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Sean Yates, ...
Climate on the Ballot Live Show 1: Education (00:44:25)
We're Live! Last week we talked about education with our expert guests. This week is our breakdown show where your voice can be heard. Climate on the Ballot is about getting the citizen voice out and ...
Climate on the Ballot: Education (00:50:19)
We're back! Season 4 is ‘Climate on the Ballot’. This election season we want to see the issues that affect us most at the forefront of the discussion. That means more meaningful dialogue on climate c...
Justice in Climate: Equity at the intersections of ‘Being’ in the Caribbean (00:43:43)
It's just us in the studio! For this, our final episode of Season 3, we take the time to have a frank discussion with each other about climate justice and what it means to us and the marginalized grou...
Sustainability is a hot topic, but it's more than just a buzzword. It's an absolute necessity for human survival and continuity. We dive into the real crux of what it takes to secure our collective f...
Power Play: Fueling a Renewable Energy Revolution (00:45:58)
How do you see your relationship with energy? What costs are we willing to pay to ensure everyone has access to this life force? For years we have been talking about renewable energy and a just trans...
Thirst Trap: Water Everywhere & Nowhere, All at Once (00:59:06)
Water is life, so its scarcity is life-altering. What makes the Caribbean so susceptible to water scarcity? How does it impact our communities? How do water-filled countries in a region surrounded by ...
Boiling Seas & Cooked Corals (00:47:06)
Temperature check? Too hot for corals…Episode two of temperature check dives into the ocean where warming waters are killing our corals. After a mass extinction event, coral restoration efforts in Jam...
Temperature Check: Life in a New Climate (00:46:40)
We’re back! Season 3 of the Environment Speaking podcast, Temperature Check, focuses on our new climate reality. In this episode, we are joined by returning guest Dr. Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, and cli...
Transparency Matters: Ocean Turbidity and Poor Environmental Governance (00:58:02)
Transparency and turbidity are two sides of the same coin. They are important to understand if we are to see the true impact of our environmental decisions. Whether we are looking at government proces...
Pause! It's More Than Just Minerals. (00:54:37)
There’s a lot more to deep-sea mining than just the pure facts. It’s more than just minerals and the effects can be far beyond any financial or biophysical loss or gains. In this week’s episode, we ta...
The Void: Why is no one talking about Deep-sea Mining? (00:58:33)
In this week's episode, we dove deep into the barriers to environmental journalism. With our guest from the GlobalYaadie Podcast, Dainalyn Swaby, we explored obstacles to covering climate change and e...
"On this episode of Diving Deep, we spoke with EcoVybz Podcast creator and the Caribbean representative for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, Khadija Stewart about the risks we face as small island deve...
The Danger to Our Waters: Threats of Deep-Sea Mining (01:06:46)
The ocean is approximately 12,100 feet (3,688 meters) deep and we have only explored about 5% of it. That means the majority of our ocean HAS NOT BEEN EXPLORED. This season on Environmentally Speaking...
Over the past few months, we’ve looked at how COVID-19 has affected various sectors, so in our final session we’ll be reviewing some of the most salient points, suggestions, tying them together, and w...
S1.7 Human Dimensions of a Pandemic: How Covid-19 affects various demographics (01:24:47)
There is no society without people. According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, “The COVID-19 outbreak affects all segments of the population and is particularly detrimental to me...
S1.6 Bridging the digital divide: Education in age of COVID-19 (01:30:33)
Goal 1 of Jamaica's Vision 2030 development plan speaks to Jamaicans being empowered to achieve their fullest potential. Under this goal, one of the national outcomes is listed as “World-Class Educati...
S1.5 Can Society Recover? Economic Sustainability in the age of Covid-19 (01:21:48)
Governments need to focus on the general welfare of citizens and make investments in areas that unlock human potential, such as mental health services, reducing child poverty and homelessness, promoti...
