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, The Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN), The Netherlands Red Cross/Partners for Resilience Programme, UN Women, FAO and The Wangari Maathai Foundation.
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 by Ms Kulthoum Omari-Motsumi, from Botswana, who is the Special Advisor to the African Adaptation Initiative (AAI), the premier Climate Change Pol...
17 Mar 2021
The Green Entrepreneurs
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 Entrepreneur and Co-owner of Nguni Nurseries in Cape Town, South Africa. They specialize In contract growing and supply...
8 Mar 2021
The Dreamweavers
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 Republic of Kenya, and Allen Asiimwe, founder of Girls4 Girls organisation which seeks to Empower young women to lead through mentorship....
1 Mar 2021
The Ecofeminists
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 International as an ambassador of conscience recipient. Adenike is one of the four youths that developed the first young engagement strategy for ...
20 Feb 2021
Urban Warriors
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 50,000 fruit trees have been planted in just four years. Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti is a recipient of the Wangari Maathai scholarship aw...
12 Feb 2021
Faith & Environment
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 Water Towers Agency (KWTA) and Dr Musonda Mumba, Director of The Rome Centre for Sustainable Development (RCSD) and founding member of N...
5 Feb 2021
Reflections of Nairobi River - Professor Bettina Ng'weno
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 urban governance. She shares exciting insights from her forthcoming book "Growing Old in a New City." This is the first episode of the podcast ...
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