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Global YaadieVoice of Youth Environmental DefendersWhat does it take to be a young advocate for the environment in Jamaica? Eleanor Terrelonge knows firsthand. In this episode, she shares her journey as a youth environmental defender, from navigating tokenism and limited access to information, to challenging the fear of speaking out. The conversation explores how the Escazú Agreement could offer stronger support and real decision-making power for young people passionate about protecting their future. Eleanor also reflects on the urgent need for more inclusive spaces, greater policy support, and broader visibility for youth-led advocacy. It’s a conversation abou...
2025-10-1626 min
Environmentally SpeakingGender & ClimateIt'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 & Climate.For successful climate adaptation and a just transition, we have to include gender from the planning stage. We can't have success without it- when success looks so different for everyone. We touch on intersectionality and the ever present need for Climate Justice.This may be the end of the podcast season, but not the end of the election season...
2025-08-0156 min
Environmentally SpeakingTraffic & City PlanningEveryone 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, concrete vs. agricultural. When we think about climate change, specific to these cities, it's clear we need to make changes as well.What do we want our cities to look like? How do we want to travel?We talk to Dorraine Duncan founder of Island City Lab and Monique Lewis, Urban and Regional Planner at t...
2025-07-1647 min
Environmentally SpeakingHealth and EnvironmentClimate 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 during natural disasters, we cannot separate our own well being from the health of our environment.This episode we discuss Health and Environment with Linnees Green-Baker, Public Health Inspector and Climate Change Fellow, as well as Edward Cunningham Environmental Health Engineer and member of the JCCYC. Join the conversation!You can still write in your questions & comments to Ourfootprintja@gmail.com with the subject line: 'Climate...
2025-06-181h 09
Environmentally SpeakingSolid Waste ManagementIf 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 becomes a huge issue for our homes and communities, even affecting livelihoods and worsening disasters. We talk to Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, CEO of Jamaica Environment Trust and Senator Sophia Frazer-Binns, Opposition Spokesperson on Environment and Ecological Heritage about the impacts of these systems and our hopes for the future of waste management in Jamaica, beyond th...
2025-06-051h 02
Environmentally SpeakingInfrastructure & Disaster Readiness & RecoveryWith 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 the support and infrastructure we need to create resilience towards these natural hazards that could prevent disaster.This episode we are joined by Kristinia Doughorty, Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation specialist and Dainalyn Swaby Development Communication Specialist & creator of the Global Yaadie Podcast. We talk about what community resilience looks like, in the face of these disasters.Want to participate? ...
2025-05-121h 11
Environmentally SpeakingClimate on the Ballot: The Grocery Bill & Food SecurityOne 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 much.With the Caribbean being one of the most food insecure regions in the world where it is the most expensive to access healthy foods. The grocery bill is a topic that we couldn't afford to miss for Climate on the Ballot.We are joined with Hugh Johnson, President of the Bernard L...
2025-04-2326 min
Environmentally SpeakingClimate on the Ballot Live Show 2: JobsWe'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 getting the citizen voice out and the votes in!It's time we see the issues we care about most represented on the ballot.Tun in by joining the live show (Zoom Link can be found in each episode description) you can also stream the live show every other Saturday over on our ...
2025-04-2341 min
Environmentally SpeakingClimate on the Ballot: JobsOn 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, Entrepreneur and Animal Science Instructor at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), to explore what's missing from the conversation around the job market this election season.It's not just the quantity but the quality of jobs that we want to see represented - ones that reflect the climate we are in now and give us active mechanisms to sustain ou...
2025-04-0848 min
Environmentally SpeakingClimate on the Ballot Live Show 1: EducationWe'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 the votes in!It's time we see the issues we care about most represented on the ballot.You can stream our live shows every other Saturday over on our Youtube channel: Ourfootprintja Support the show
2025-04-0844 min
Environmentally SpeakingClimate on the Ballot: EducationWe'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 change through the lens of our everyday struggles and concerns.Episode 1 focusses on education. How does climate change affect the classroom? and how do we create a better future for our students through climate education?We talk to Dr. Sharon Bramwell-Lalor, UWI Lecturer training generations of teachers, and repeat guest Jhada Haughten, science teacher and memb...
2025-03-2550 min
Environmentally SpeakingJustice in Climate: Equity at the intersections of ‘Being’ in the CaribbeanIt'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 groups of which we form part. We get more personal and local on ‘Justice in Climate: Equity at the intersections of ‘Being’ in the Caribbean’ tying the bow on Temperature Check, a season devoted to the lived experiences of the impacts of the climate as it is now. Tune in next season of Environmentally Speaking!Support the show
2024-12-2743 min
Environmentally SpeakingSizzling Sustainably: Climate (In)Action & Our Collective Economy(ies)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 futures. We speak to guest, Eleanor Terrelonge, our founder and director of the JCCYC on the intricacies of sustainability and the fabric of society. What are the drivers and setbacks of sustainability in Jamaica and the Caribbean? How do the decisions from COP29 affect small islands, and how do we respond in the current political climate? Find out this and more on this Episode: Siz...
2024-12-2046 min
Environmentally SpeakingPower Play: Fueling a Renewable Energy RevolutionHow 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 transition to address the climate crisis. But what does it take to get there, what considerations haven’t we yet made? AS COP29 negotiations are going on we thought a conversation about possibilities for our energy sector would be important. On this episode, our guest, Geasean Johnson, former Research, Policy Development, and Advocacy Co-lead joins us for a talk that takes us...
2024-11-2745 min
Environmentally SpeakingThirst Trap: Water Everywhere & Nowhere, All at OnceWater 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 water struggle to maintain the source of our being; our relationship with water. In this episode, we talk to Environmental Chemist Rashidah Khan, and Activist Jamila Falak about the various aspects of water security. From the technical to the social and community impacts to the creative, spiritual, and Indigenous relationships, we capture the fullness of the importance of understanding why having water everywhere and nowhere all at...
2024-11-1259 min
Environmentally SpeakingBoiling Seas & Cooked CoralsTemperature 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 Jamaica came to a screeching halt despite the work of environmental experts trying their best to find and preserve survivors. Felix Charnley joins us from Ocho Rios Jamaica where he works to preserve marine ecosystems and Danielle Nembhard joins us from Australia where she is conducting PhD research on Indigenous inclusion in conservation efforts within the Great Barrier Reef (which is the size of Italy). Dive in with us...
2024-10-3047 min
Environmentally SpeakingTemperature Check: Life in a New ClimateWe’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 climate justice activist Luciano Doest from Suriname to discuss life in a new climate. We discuss a wider regional perspective on the climate impacts we are already facing, what is yet to come, and the changes we will have to make to cope and adapt this life in a new climate. Support the show
2024-10-1546 min
Environmentally SpeakingTransparency Matters: Ocean Turbidity and Poor Environmental GovernanceTransparency 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 processes or at the impact on deep-sea ecosystems, transparency matters. Today, the Clarion Clipperton Zone - some of the clearest waters in the world is now under threat from deep-sea mining.In this, our Season 2 finale of Environmentally Speaking, we explore the concept of government transparency and the importance of understanding ocean turbidity. Join us as we discuss these critical issues with the CEO o...
2022-09-2858 min
Environmentally SpeakingPause! It's More Than Just Minerals.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 talk with Danielle Nembhard and Esther Figueroa about the livelihood and the more-than-human impacts of deep-sea mining. By critically exploring different notions on how society is organized around consumerism and our relationships with the environment, we dissected issues on worldview, cultures, political economy, and knowledge systems. This is a mind-bending conversation you don’t want to miss!Support the show
2022-09-1454 min
Environmentally SpeakingThe Void: Why is no one talking about Deep-sea Mining?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 environmental issues in mainstream media, dissecting the industry that we rely on for our news and information, in the hopes of holding them to a higher standard of accountability. This is particularly critical within the context of Deep Sea Mining- an issue that many, still, are unaware of. One that has come into the spotlight after what feels like a long period of operation in the shadows. W...
2022-09-0158 min
Environmentally SpeakingDeep-sea Mining: Marine Ecosystems, Climate Change Mitigation & SIDS"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 developing states supporting big global north corporations to undertake deep-sea mining. In addition to the potential widespread environmental impacts including, biodiversity loss, carbon-sink disruption, and loss of fisheries, Khadija shared a report from The Metals Company which suggests that the economic benefits may not be that great. Many sources agree, saying that these contracts, like many before, are predatory on small and volatile economies like ours in the...
2022-08-1759 min
Environmentally SpeakingThe Danger to Our Waters: Threats of Deep-Sea MiningThe 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, we are diving deep into the ocean and discussing the topic of deep-sea mining, which is set to start as early as July 2023. But there are still a lot of unknowns related to the ocean's ecological systems. Join us, as we kick off season two of Environmentally Speaking, learning more about the deep sea and what we don't know about the ocean.Support the show
2022-08-031h 06
CheckmateCockpit Country & Climate ChangeOn this episode, The Yaad spoke to Eleanor Terrelonge, executive director and founder of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council (JCCYC) about the ongoing issue of mining in the Cockpit Country. Throughout the episode, she expound on the repercussions that mining in the vulnerable area will have on the entire Jamaica. The Yaad also spoke to her about the recent IPCC report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations mandated to provide objective scientific information relevant to understanding human-induced climate change, its natural, political, and economic impacts and risks, and possible...
2021-08-2933 min
Global YaadieEpisode 8 – Injecting Vaccine TruthIt’s our second pod to pod who knew it would be this fun when 2 Nerds Start a Podcast? Science podcasters and Molecular Biology PhD students, Eleanor Terrelonge and Derrick Horsham inject us with the truth about vaccines. Science class is in full session as we understand the process behind the COVID- 19 vaccines and how they reduce risk of transmission.
We explore vaccine skepticism, the categories of vaccines, novel vs. normal issues with vaccine manufacture eg. cases of bloodclots and more. Surf above deep fakes on the internet. We debunk the ridiculous myths associated with the vaccination pr...
2021-05-141h 08
Environmentally SpeakingS1.8 COVID-19 & Jamaica’s Future: Impacts, Solutions & Future ProspectsOver 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 wrapping them up. We want to figure out how we can craft our advocacy to address some of the issues highlighted and implement some of these solutions. We don’t want this initiative to end with us just having discussions and that’s the end of it. Our goal is to create a strategic plan about how we as young people can lobby our policyma...
2020-08-161h 24
Environmentally SpeakingS1.7 Human Dimensions of a Pandemic: How Covid-19 affects various demographicsThere 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 members of those social groups in the most vulnerable situations, [it] continues to affect populations, including people living in poverty situations, older persons, persons with disabilities, youth, and indigenous peoples. Early evidence indicates that the health and economic impacts of the virus are being borne disproportionately by poor people. For example, homeless people, because they may be unable to safely shelter in place, are highly expo...
2020-08-051h 24
Environmentally SpeakingS1.6 Bridging the digital divide: Education in age of COVID-19Goal 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 Education and Training” and that “Vision 2030 Jamaica recognizes the need for every Jamaican child to have access to education to the level that enables him/her to access further education, training and/or decent work.” These can be logically assumed to fit in with strategic objective #2 of the current education framework which says “Secure teaching and learning opportunities that will optimize access, equity and relevance throughout the education system.”Even with th...
2020-07-251h 30
Environmentally SpeakingS1.5 Can Society Recover? Economic Sustainability in the age of Covid-19Governments 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, promoting Indigenous rights, fighting climate change, and expanding opportunities. "Economic growth accompanied by worsening social outcomes is not success," Ardern (New Zealand Prime Minister said. "It is a failure."This episode of #CovidChat looks at the economic realities of Caribbean nations in the wake of Covid-19. It Assess the potential for significant growth as we look to reopen economies and how we can incorporate stronger frameworks...
2020-07-211h 21
Environmentally SpeakingS1.4 When Hunger Strikes Part 2: Food Security and SustainabilityWe know that Covid-19 has restricted movement globally and even with some countries opening borders, travel, and movement are not what they used to be. Agriculture, globally, has taken a massive hit due to these actions that served to protect public health.We mentioned the last episode that there is an excess of produce at source due to the closure of massive hotels, restaurants, and other places of entertainment, in addition to the reduced opening hours of marketplaces and the lockdown of major populated areas. This, again, is highlighting a major deficiency in global food security frameworks.
2020-07-121h 26
Environmentally SpeakingS1.3 When Hunger Strikes? Food Security and Sustainability (Part 1)A look at how climate change and the environment impacts food security. In this episode, we assessed the frameworks existing in Jamaica to address these impacts considering our lived experience through COVID-19. The different perspectives and on the different dimensions of food security of the FAO food security definition were explored. Support the show
2020-06-271h 26
Environmentally SpeakingS1.2 Is the Earth Better Off Without Us?” - COVID-19, Climate Change & The EnvironmentLaunched on World Environment Day (June 5, 2020), under the theme 'TIME FOR NATURE', this episode explored the very close link between climate change, environmental health, and the spread of diseases.The COVID-19 Stay-At-Home orders drastically reduced transportation, both air travel and on the ground, and also reduced economic activities such as manufacturing, fishing. A study published in May 2020 found that the daily global carbon emissions during the lockdown measures in early April fell by 17% and could lead to an annual carbon emissions decline of up to 7%, which would be the biggest drop since World War II according to...
2020-06-131h 32
Environmentally SpeakingS1.1 A Post-Covid World” - How has the world changed with the COVID-19 pandemic?The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in major and for some countries, unprecedented changes. Our collective will as a society as well as various infrastructures has been put to the test. We have had many businesses having to close their doors because of significant decreases in revenue. This has also resulted in job losses with varying levels of impact on those affected. These are just a few of the impacts we are experiencing due to the positive feedback loop created by our response to the pandemic.Listen to climate change advocates Eleanor Terrelonge and Emme Kristi chat...
2020-06-061h 44
A Lawyer and a Policy Analyst Walk into a BarS3 Ep. 1- 1.5 To Stay Alive: Climate Change & the CaribbeanWe are joined on the Season 3 kick-off by Eleanor Terrelonge to discuss climate change and what it means for the Caribbean.
2020-02-1941 min