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Season 3: Innovation inspired by nature

A colorful, mystical illustration titled 'Black Earth' with elements of nature, dancers, and celestial symbols, featuring Earth, moons, and cosmic patterns.

The theme for this season is 'Innovation Inspired by Nature'. Join us for this juicy and world changing season as we meet incredible black women inventors, scientists and artists who are building new worlds with the genius of mama nature. Check out the trailer to find out more.

Cover image for Black Earth Podcast, episode 22, celebrating the end of season 3, featuring two women against a yellow-orange background with leaf patterns. The woman on the left is smiling, with crossed legs and a sleeveless top. The woman on the right is smiling, dressed in a dark top with large earrings. The text indicates the episode is produced by the Black Earth Team.
A black and white photo of Alexa Pauline Gumbs, a Black woman with curly hair, smiling in a gallery. Around the photo, there is text indicating this is episode 22 of the Black Earth Podcast.
Podcast graphic featuring Etta Madete, an architect, with a black and white portrait of her smiling. The background is orange with yellow leaf patterns. The top right has a black and light blue "Black Earth Podcast" logo, and a blue circle with "#20" in white. Her name, Etta Madete, is in white text on a dark blue curved banner, with her profession, architect, below in a blue oval.

How to build affordable, inclusive and sustainable homes with Etta Madete

Black and white portrait of Bryony Ella with colorful abstract background, representing a podcast episode from Black Earth Podcast, episode #19, titled Artist & Researcher.

Mini-sode: The Colour of Transformation musical score by Bryony Ella

Graphic promoting the Black Earth Podcast episode featuring Bryony Ella, artist and researcher. The graphic includes a black and white photo of Bryony Ella in a circular frame, set against a yellow and orange patterned background, with the episode number 19 in a blue circle and her name displayed prominently.

How art can transform our relationship with nature with Bryony Ella

Podcast cover featuring Dr. Mfoniso Antia, a scientist, with a black and white portrait of her in a circular frame. The background has an orange and yellow abstract pattern. The podcast is titled 'Black Earth' and this is episode 21.

Understanding energy justice with Dr. Mfoniso Antia

Promotional graphic for Black Earth Podcast episode featuring Dr. Melissa Sikosana, a biomimicry practitioner and engineer, with bright yellow and orange background and a black-and-white portrait of Dr. Sikosana in the center.

Learning from nature how to design a regenerative world with Dr. Melissa Sikosana

Black Earth Podcast episode featuring Tinuke Chineme, a scientist and environmental design researcher, with a vibrant orange abstract background and portrait of Tinuke smiling, wearing glasses and patterned shirt.

Designing economies in service of life with Tinuke Chineme

Season 2

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In Season 2, we are re-imagining the environmental movement. Join me in conversation with the leading voices of our time, as we learn about the ideas, solutions, and collectives led by Black women, that are transforming the way we live, we love, and we act for nature. 

Podcast cover for Black Earth Podcast celebrating the end of season 2, featuring two smiling Black women against a purple background with abstract orange shapes.

Celebrating the end of Season 2: Radical Imagination, Community and Active Hope

Woman smiling in a black and white photo, set within a colorful graphic design promoting the Black Earth Podcast, episode 15, featuring the creator of Yuniya.

How African mythology is changing the environmental movement with Atwooki

Graphic design featuring a black and white photo of Valerie Novack, a disability rights advocate and policy researcher, with colorful abstract background and text including her name and title, as well as the Black Earth Podcast logo and episode number.

Disability justice and Earth care with Valerie Novack

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Becoming Black Girl Environmentalists with Wanjiku Gatheru

Black and white portrait of Evie Muir, founder of Peaks of Colour and domestic abuse specialist, on the cover of the Black Earth Podcast, featuring a purple and pink abstract background and the episode number 12.

Understanding abolitionist Earth care with Evie Muir

Black and white portrait of Derval Barzey on a colorful podcast cover featuring purple and orange leaf patterns, with text indicating she is the host of the Climate Conscious Podcast and an expert in sustainability.

Planting a homegrown Caribbean movement for climate justice with Derval Barzey

Woman smiling, with text indicating she is a keynote speaker, Indigenous Leader, on the Black Earth Podcast.

Celebrating Indigenous women’s leadership with Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

A black and white photo of a young girl sitting in a garden, surrounded by plants and flowers, with trees and clouds in the background. The image is part of a podcast cover titled 'Black Earth' with the episode featuring Poppy Okotcha, labeled as a gardener.

Gardening as a practice in liberation with Poppy Okotcha

Season 1

Welcome to Black Earth Podcast. Listen to our trailer to find out what's in store for you!

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Celebrating the end of Season 1 with Black Earth team and our listeners!

Black and white portrait of IFE Kilimanjaro, a land steward, activist, and Okomfo spiritual healer, on a colorful podcast promotional background.

The values to transform our world with Ife Kilimanjaro

Black Earth Podcast graphic featuring Marjahn Finlayson, a climate scientist and educator, with a black-and-white photo of her smiling, surrounded by colorful artwork and text.

Hurricanes and climate justice in the Caribbean with Marjahn Finlayson

Black and white portrait of Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, wildlife veterinarian and conservation advocate, inside a circular frame against a blurred outdoor background, with colorful abstract design and text about her work and podcast.

How gorillas and communities can live in harmony with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Black and white portrait of Esther Stanford-Xosei, a Reparations Scholar and Legal Specialist, on a podcast promotional graphic with colorful background and earth-themed design elements.

Reparations for people and nature with Esther Stanford-Xosei

Black and white photo of Leah Peniman smiling and holding an axe over her shoulder. Background features a colorful graphic with leaves and a purple butterfly, with text indicating she is a farmer and food justice activist for the Black Earth Podcast.

Love, farming and food justice with Leah Penniman

Black and white photo of Jennifer Uchenudu, founder of SustiVibes, on a colorful podcast promotion graphic with text highlighting her name and role.

All the feels: understanding eco-anxiety with Jennifer Uchendu

Black and white portrait of a smiling woman wearing glasses, a headwrap, and jewelry, holding her face with one hand. The background features colorful abstract designs with text indicating her name as Rosantund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and describing her as a clean air advocate, associated with Black Earth Podcast.

Breathing air, breathing justice with Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah