Season Two, Episode Eight: Alice Aedy @aliceaedy
This year has been many things but it has also given us time to consider the reprioritisation us Westeners need to have. We've seen the climate crisis up close with fires in Australia. We've seen how a slower pace has allowed Mother Nature to heal. And we've all been shown the intersectionality of environmentalism with human rights. This episode means so much to me as I imperfectly strive to show up as a more kind version of myself, and I know I'm not the only one tryin'! So with that being said I am genuinely honoured to have Alice Aedy on the show today.
I am a huge admirer of Alice's work as an activist and her creative work as a film maker and photographer. I am inspired by how Alice turns her emotional engagement into action. That being said Alice is so down to earth about the struggle to living a fully sustainable life, the temptations of holidays and cute clothes. She is not here to shame or blame but holds her hands up and says let's imperfectly move forward together.
References:
Alice references an image of young refugee Aylan Kurdi: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/shocking-image-of-drowned-syrian-boy-shows-tragic-plight-of-refugees
Watch Alice's recent short film Somalinimo: https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2020/sep/02/somalinimo-somali-culture-blackness-and-islam-at-cambridge-university
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