…and just like that we have finished Series 2 of Who Cares Wins. This season sought to look at some of the social roots underneath the climate crisis - from women’s equality to paternal rights; from Mother Earth to capitalism. What a journey it has been: from LA to the Atacama Desert… from the Amazon Rainforest to Afghanistan. Lily welcomed some incredible voices onto the podcast from Indigenous Activist Nemonte Nenquimo to Comedian Podcaster Deborah Frances White; political commentator Douglas Murray to International Climate Diplomat, Christiana Figueres. Join Lily as she looks back at highlights from each episode, teases out common - and differing - messages, and identifies key solutions voiced, to protect the planet we love.
Sonia Ramos: Walking for Chile's Indigenous Rights (Part 2)
We’re rounding off our Extraordinary Women episodes..and almost the series… with one extremely special woman, Sonia Ramos.
Last week on the podcast Lily started her journey into the Atacama Desert where she spoke with Cristina Dorador, a Chilean microbiologist, who is now working on re-writing the Chilean constitution…
Cristina has worked closely with indigenous activists, including Sonia Ramos, to draw attention to the threats that lithium mining - booming because of the push for green tech - is having on those ecosystems.
As Sonia says: “Cristina’s work is the science of practise….and her’s is the science of observation.”
Sonia walked across Chile multiple times to protest what is happening to her land.
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Cristina Dorador: The effects of the Green Tech Boom
Who Cares Wins Presents another Extraordinary Woman, Cristina Dorador.
Join Lily as she starts her journey into the Atacama Desert in Chile. The Green Tech industry is now booming but what are the implications for the lands that they are mining for lithium?
Cristina Dorador is at the forefront of science. As a microbiologist, she is researching and advising on the impact of lithium mining on the indigenous lands of Chile and is dedicating her work to finding environmental solutions to this issue. Not only that but she's now helping to rewrite Chile’s constitution!
With thanks to:
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Zarifa Ghafari: Fighting for Women's Rights amongst Conflict & War
Zarifa - one of Afghanistan’s youngest female mayors to ever be elected, had to flee the country to Germany last year when the Taliban regained power. She's been tirelessly advocating for women’s rights in a country with one of the highest gender gaps between men and women globally.
She is someone who has defied the odds to reach her leadership position but it has not been without sacrifice - she survived 4 assassination attempts, 1 which ultimately killed her Father, General Abdul Wasi Ghafari.
The music you will hear throughout is from The Zohra Orchestra : Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra, named after the music goddess in Persian writings and who performed at Davos in 2017.
Links:
https://theecologist.org/2022/jun/27/womens-rights-can-mitigate-climate-impacts
https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/economy-development-environment/the-climate-change-crisis-in-afghanistan-the-catastrophe-worsens-what-hope-for-action/
https://cn.weforum.org/event_player/a0P68000001Kd0vEAC/sessions/afghanistan-the-day-after
Clips and music:
Intro: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/afghan-teenage-girls-cant-attend-school
Music from The Zohra Orchestra & thanks to Weforum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9-jqGuRDX8
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Nemonte Nenquimo: Saving the Amazonian Rainforest & Fighting for Indigenous Rights
Nemonte Nenquimo is a Waorani woman, mother and leader, who has dedicated her life to the defence of Indigenous ancestral territory and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. She is the co-founder of the Indigenous-led nonprofit organisation Ceibo Alliance and its sister organisation Amazon Frontlines, the first female president of the Waorani organisation of Pastaza province, winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize for Central and South America, the United Nations’ Champions of the Earth Award, BBC 100 Women of 2020 and TIME 100 most influential people in the world.
And the ultimate environmental award… Nemonte had a brand new Ecuadorian Lizard species named after her.
With thanks to: Ceibo Alliance & Amazon Frontlines.
Links:
PETITION: https://amazonfrontlines.org/campaigns/who-should-decide/
https://amazonfrontlines.org/partners/waorani/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10KLpj0MWUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw0tSGkYUBo&t=54s
This episode was recorded in June 2020. To Follow updates on the ever evolving situation in Ecuador, please go to: https://amazonfrontlines.org/partners/waorani/
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Douglas Murray: War on the West and Challenging Identity Politics
Today Lily wants to take a more radical turn on this season’s topic, and share her conversation with renowned political commentator and Author, Douglas Murray. He has written several best selling books - such as The Madness of Crowds, and his most recent book, The War on the West and has been critical of our culture’s increasing focus on gender and race as a way to understand our history and ourselves - which he believes to be dividing our society.
Is it possible to recognise the issues of race, gender, class and how they connect with inequities today - whilst not fuelling further division in society - but rather focusing on solutions towards the fairer world so many of us want to see?
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Will McDonald: Fatherhood Part 2 & Why equality for Fathers will help us all
Continuing our conversations on Fatherhood this week, Lily chats to Will McDonald from the Father's Institute. They describe themselves as the 'Father's think and do tank'. Will is so insightful into the reasons why having a male influence/ figure in a child's life will not only benefit the Father- child relationship but exponentially help the Mother as well; from helping with breastfeeding, giving equal paternity rights and for their own mental health and wellbeing. A fascinating listen!
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Chris Sweeney: Fatherhood Part 1 & Being Queer/ Male Allyship
A delightful conversation to share with you today with Podcast royalty, Chris Sweeney. So far in this series of Who Cares Wins, we've heard many different female perspectives and in these next few epsiodes I want to dig into the male experience - of being queer, of Fatherhood, acknowleding privilige and why equality will benefit us all…
Chris has taken the podcasting world by storm. Having founded the smash hit Homospaiens Podcast with Will Young, Chris Sweeney now hosts solo, inviting all conversations from the LGBTQ+ community, looking at the world from a queer perspective.
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Chelsea Clinton & Vanessa Nakate - Impact on Women on the Ground
Lily speaks to two globally influential women today. First, Chelsea Clinton, born into a political dynasty, daughter of Bill and Hillary, and now global health advocate. They discuss the impact of climate change disaster on existing gender inequalities in the USA, before we hear from the wonderful Ugandan youth activist Vanessa Nakate- who's country is hugely impacted by the effects of climate change. In 2021 she was named on the Time100 list and appeared on the cover…
Links:
With thanks to the WeForum https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2022/sessions/setting-the-agenda-for-climate-action
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211103-the-countries-calling-for-climate-justice
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2015/study-fracking-industry-wells-associated-with-premature-birth
https://www.riseupmovementafrica.org/
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Christiana Figueres: On Female Leadership
What would be the environmental impact of having more women in positions of political leadership? Joining Lily today to explore this question amongst others, is a woman who has created monumental changes across the globe. Christiana Figueres has been at the forefront of international environmental policy, including as the lead negotiator of the Historic 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Christiana is a Costa Rican diplomat; the co-founder of Global Optimism; and co-host of the Outrage and Optimism podcast.
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Amika George: On Period Poverty & Activism
This week we look at some of the barriers to girl’s equal access to education and family planning. Joining Lily is an inspirational young activist from the UK. Outraged by the idea that one in ten girls were missing out on their education due to 'Period Poverty’, at the age of 17, Amika George started the #freePeriods Campaign. An activist, a change maker and author of 'Make it Happen', it's no surprise that she won Spotlight of the Year at Vogue Women of The Year 2021.
We also hear from Douce Namwezi N'ibmba in Central Africa who is helping educate women on family planning and making menstrual products accessible for women in East Africa through her work with Uwezo Africa.
Useful Links:
Amika George: Make it Happen - https://www.waterstones.com/book/make-it-happen/amika-george/9780008377601
Douce Namwezi N'ibmba- Organisation Uwezo Africa - https://uwezoafrika.org
What If We Get It Right? hosts social impact entrepreneurs from around the globe. We’re starting conversations about how people can lead our world in a new direction and looking at where we may be getting it right. https://www.whatifwegetitright.com/
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Dr Katharine Wilkinson: Could Gender Equality Save Our Planet?
Joining Lily today is climate change veteran, Dr Katharine Wilkinson and we ask, why is the fight for gender equality essential if we want to mitigate climate change?
Katharine is an author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world” according to Time magazine. She is co-founder and executive director of the All We Can Save Project, co-host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees and was the lead author on the world renowned Project Drawdown and Drawdown Review.
Useful Links:
The All We Can Save Project: https://www.allwecansave.earth
All We Can Save anthology: https://www.allwecansave.earth/anthology
All We Can Save Circles: https://www.allwecansave.earth/circles
Signup for our monthly newsletter: https://www.allwecansave.earth/newsletter
We also have a new Climate Wayfinding course: https://www.terra.do/climate-wayfinding-awcs/
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Deborah Frances-White : On Feminism, Climate Change & Mother Earth
Joining Lily for the start of this brand new series of Who Cares Wins is the comedian, author, icon of Feminism and host of the global hit podcast, The Guilty Feminist. It’s Deborah Frances White. They talk Feminism, Climate Change and Mother Earth.
Links:
The Spontaneity Shop : https://www.the-spontaneity-shop.com/
Thank you to ongoing guidance and advice from She Changes Climate in this series. https://www.shechangesclimate.org/
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COP 26 BONUS: Indigenous Leaders on new year ancient wisdom
BONUS EPISODE l 21 JAN 2022
WITH ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER, TOM B.K. GOLDTOOTH, CRISTIANE JULIÃO, SONIA GUAJAJARA, ELIZABETH WAHTUTI, GREGORIA DIAZ MIRABAL, VICTORIA TAULI-CORPUZ, AGNES LEINA,
Lily speaks to 11 indigenous leaders and youth activists from across the globe.
IS ANYTHING POSSIBLE?
EPISODE 9 l 26 NOV 2020
WITH CARLO ROVELLI
What is reality and how much do we understand it?
COP 26 BONUS: What The Shell Is Going On?
EPISODE 8 l 26 NOV 2020
WITH PROFESSOR GAIL WHITEMAN, VANESSA NAKATE, ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER AND TOM B.K. GOLDTOOTH
For this bonus episode of Who Cares Wins, Lily explores the issue at the centre of the climate crisis: fossil fuels.
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE CARE?
EPISODE 8 l 26 NOV 2020
WITH PATTI SMITH, JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER, FARHANA YAMIN, JULIA SAMUELS AND WADE DAVIS
In this final season episode of Who Cares Wins, Lily explores the overwhelm and grief that can come with climate action.
IS THIS THE END OF AN EMPIRE?
EPISODE 7 l 12 NOV 2020
WITH WADE DAVIS, VANESSA NAKATE, SAM LEE, PUTANY LUIZA AND CHIEF NIXIWAKA
In this episode of Who Cares Wins, Lily speaks to a selection of thinkers and leaders to talk about the cultural, political and social forces that are at play in shaping how we respond to the ecological crisis.
IS MORE BETTER?
EPISODE 6 l 22 OCT 2020
WITH GEORGE MONBIOT, ANDREW MCAFEE, AJA BARBER, JOHN SAUVEN, LISA JACKSON AND MERLIN SHELDRAKE
In this week’s episode of Who Cares Wins, Lily explores how global economic development has both contributed to the climate crisis and, others argue, is helping solve it.
WHAT CAN WE BELIEVE?
EPISODE 5 l 8 OCT 2020
WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, CAROLE CADWALLADR, ALAN RUSBRIDGER, VANESSA NAKATE, AND RUTGER BREGMAN
Building on the conversation from the previous episode, Lily investigates how our public awareness is shaped by the media we consume.