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Earth Reflections is a new podcast series by the Network of African Women Environmentalists (NAWE), to promote inter-generational and cross-sectoral dialogue, between the young Landscape Guardians and the environmental experts who have agreed to act as Landscape Mentors, supporting on the ground activities for landscape restoration during this UN Decade on Ecosystems Restoration 2021-2030. NAWE is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), working in partnership with UNDP, Th ...
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In our final episode for season 1, we share insights with two "Women of the Desert" from West and Southern Africa. Happy Earth Day 2021! #RestoreOurEarth. Dr Birguy Lamizana-Diallo, is a Fulani woman from Burkina Faso (The Sahel), who is the incoming Coordinator of the UNCCD for the G20 Global Initiative on Reducing Land Degradation. She is joined …
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Green Entrepreneurs start business ventures with a strong internal motivation related to a heightened sensitivity of environmental needs. Sustainability of the land is at the core of their business activity. In this conversation our Landscape Guardian Siyabulela Siya Sokomani and Joshua Wanyama. Siya is a South African Restoration Leader, Green Ent…
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In this episode we celebrate International Women's Day 2021 by discussing the importance supporting women to increase their financial strength, alongside mentorship to give women and girls confidence to tell their own stories. Our guests are H.E Mrs Rachel Ruto, Founder and Patron of Joyful Women Organization, wife of the Deputy President of the Re…
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We welcome two dynamic ecofeminists Oladosu Adenike (Nigeria) and Ake Mamo (Ethiopia) to a conversation about the motivations and passions which drive their environmental work. Our Landscape Guardian - Oladosu Adenike Titilope is the founder of ILead Climate pioneering the green democracy initiative for peace building. She's an awardee from Amnesty…
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This episode features Elizabeth Wathuti - The URBAN WARRIOR - one of the five NAWE Landscape Guardians. Her work with The Green Generation Initiative, has concentrated on planting fruit trees in primary schools, especially those in lower income areas of Nairobi, to transform the landscape and also provide additional food and snacks for kids. Over 5…
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This second episode features Allen Ottaro - The Good Steward - NAWE Landscape Guardian Founder and Executive Director of the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA). The conversation also includes Dr Isaac Kalua - NAWE Landscape Mentor, President of The Green Foundation Africa, Founding Chairperson of the Kenya Wa…
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Reflections of Nairobi River - Professor Bettina Ng'weno
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Episode one features Professor Bettina Ng'weno, who is reflecting on the struggles of Nairobi River under the pressures of rapid urbanization, as the city grows to fulfill the ambitions of an expanding African Middle Class. Bettina applies the lens of a cultural anthropologist to the way the city is adapting to modernization, climate change and urb…
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