Black Earth Podcast
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About Us
Welcome to Black Earth!
Launched in February 2023, we are an award-winning interview podcast celebrating nature and inspiring black female Earth Keepers in the environmental movement.
Rooted in science and the black experience, we create informed, inspiring and authentic conversations on what it means to care for our planet.
We have recently launched our fourth season of the podcast, with over 25 episodes shared so far. Find us wherever you get your podcasts, including:
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Meet our host
Marion Atieno Osieyo is a storyteller and advisor working at the intersection of nature, culture and human flourishing.
Her work supports inner and social transformational approaches to Earth care with the aim of helping humanity reconcile our relationship with Mother Earth.
She has previously worked with organisations including WWF, UNHCR Innovation Service establishing and contributing to innovative programmes for Earth care.
Marion was a Storytelling for Social Change Fellow at the University of Arts of London and is currently a Board Member of Global Greengrants Fund UK. She is inspired by and dedicated to Mother Earth.
Meet the team
Content Is Queen
Podcast Producer
We are excited to be working with Content is Queen to edit and produce Season 4 of the Black Earth podcast. Content is Queen is an award-winning full-service podcasting agency and community.
Shanice da Costa
Artist
Shanice is an artist with a background in the environmental sciences. Her work has primarily focused on understanding planetary-human relationships and decolonizing design methodologies for social development.
Caz Watson
Impact Producer
Caz is an impact producer and creative storyteller with extensive experience working on groundbreaking projects and campaigns to create meaningful change for people and planet.
Black Earth Podcast is proud and grateful to be supported by the incredible team at Synchronicity Earth, our funding partner. Synchronicity Earth is a UK-based charitable foundation committed to increasing funding and promoting effective and inclusive action to protect and restore overlooked species and ecosystems in some of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. Since 2009, Synchronicity Earth has provided more than £21M through grants to over 180 organisations, communities, and networks in over 40 countries.
Special thanks to
Anesu Matanda Mambingo (she/her), our former Social Media Marketing Lead. Anesu is a Glasgow-based campaigner, researcher, poet, videographer, and outdoor enthusiast. Her practice is inspired by nature, and the way it moves, adapts, and grows. She works across words and visuals to tell stories rooted in care, resistance, and relationship. She is currently a JMS PhD scholar in Anti-colonial, affective, and alternative climate education.
Elliot Roche, for providing exceptional support in editing and producing Seasons 1-3 of Black Earth, and for helping us to bring the podcast to life for our audiences.
‘Curiosity and a passion for strong storytelling drive me to create projects that connect on a deeper level. I value clarity, quality, and authentic collaboration to bring ideas to life.’
Introducing Season 4
Just & Joyful Transitions
What is a just and joyful transition?
The concept of a just transition first emerged through the struggle of worker union movements in North America's energy sector during the 1970s and 80s. Since then, it has become a powerful and widely adopted framework for imagining and guiding the shift toward socially just, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable futures.
Yet in recent years, unsustainable ‘solutions’ for a just transition have negatively impacted vulnerable communities across the world, creating ‘eco-sacrifice zones’ – areas sacrificed for ‘greener living’ and ‘net zero’ plans elsewhere. This directly opposes the core values and principles of a truly just and equitable process of transformation.
“These so-called solutions speak of change but not transformation. We don’t need greener ways of the status quo, we need a whole new status quo.
At its heart, a just transition reminds us that climate action must centre justice and inclusion. It highlights the vital role of community well-being, participatory governance, and collective care in building resilient and thriving societies.”
– Marion Atieno Osieoyo
Founder & Host of Black Earth Podcast
Our new season, Just and Joyful Transitions offers a space for us to imagine and explore what a just transition might look like when we centre Mother Earth and life-giving solutions by black women Earth keepers.
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