- Posted on May 24th, 2019
Podcast: The Colour Green
We are all stewards of our planet, but the effects of climate change are not shared equally. While it is people in the Global South and marginalised communities in the Global North who are the first to feel the impacts of environmental degradation, extreme weather events, food crop failure, and air pollution, their voices are rarely heard within environmental movements in the UK. Without representing communities at the sharpest end of climate impacts the stories we tell are incomplete; drawing focus to their lived experiences and creative responses are crucial to developing a holistic understanding of the causes of and solutions to this unfolding crisis.
In The Colour Green podcasts, Baroness Lola Young is in conversation with artists and activists of colour who are at the forefront of social innovation – connecting climate justice, race, power and inequality. Guests include speculative fiction writer and pleasure activist, Ama Josephine Budge; artist and former director of the Black Environment Network, Judy Ling Wong; musician and founder of the Rural-Urban Synthesis Society, Kareem Dayes; and poet and creative facilitator Zena Edwards.
The Colour Green podcast officially launched on July 1st 2019, with a full day event, Common Ground: Culture, Climate and Social Justice.
Listen to the episode with Ama Josephine Budge
Listen to the episode with Zena Edwards
Listen to the episode with Kareem Dayes
Listen to the episode with Farah Ahmed
Listen to the episode with Judy Ling Wong
Listen to a bonus episode with Baroness Lola Young
Listen to series 1:
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This podcast has been developed as part of the Arts Council England Environmental Sustainability Programme.
