EcoVybz Podcast
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Ecovybz Podcast -is on a mission to educate, inspire and mobilise upcoming activists by having interactive conversations on environmental topics with youth from across the world. Drawing from a global network of inspiring youth leaders, climate activist Khadija Stewart brings the Caribbean, positive, upbeat and informal perspective to the environmental podcast scene.
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Episode 29: Artivism for Ocean and Climate Action
November 20, 2023 23:49 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBMeet Amy Harff, she is a Force of Nature consultant, climate researcher and artist. She was recently selected to be a Youth Ambassador for the UN Ocean Decade, where she led workshops and gave speeches to over 2,000 participants aboard the Peace Boat. In August 2023, she completed the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to conduct one year of independent research on how creativity can catalyze climate and environmental action. For her research, she spoke and worked with over 350 scientis...
Episode 28: Youth and the Energy Transition
October 10, 2023 20:11 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBContinue with the Youth for The SDG's Series in partnership with Peace Boat US for the UN Ocean Decade of Science meet our next youth scholar Rigoberto Amaya! Rigoberto is a third culture individual born in the countryside of Panama who moved to Southeast Asia at the age of thirteen to complete his middle and high school studies. Through his experience abroad, he developed a passion for cross-cultural exchange and recognized the disparities in access to quality air, water and natural resou...
Episode 27: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
September 14, 2023 19:54 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBWelcome to season 5 which is the Youth for the SDG’s special edition series in partnership with Peace Boat US dedicated towards the UN Ocean Decade of Science. The Youth for the SDGs program is a unique experiential learning and capacity-building program for young activists and scholars engaged in SDG-related initiatives from the US and worldwide. Youth Programs take place onboard voyages conducted by Peace Boat, travelling on a large passenger ship that sails regionally and globally runni...
Episode 26: Journey to a Global Plastics Treaty
May 22, 2023 02:49 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBMeet Saeed Hamid a Guyanese attorney-at-law with a keen interest in maritime law, environmental law, and human rights law. Driven by his experiences in the Caribbean region, he is constantly pursuing opportunities to contribute to the development of policies and legislation which target social and environmental issues. Saeed holds a Master of Laws from the University of Aberdeen, where he completed courses on international law, politics, environmental regulation, and human rights. Following ...
Episode 25: Protecting Coastal Ecosystems in Panama
April 21, 2023 01:57 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBMeet Javier Pardo Díaz is a thesis student at the Biology School with an orientation in Marine Biology and Limnology at the University of Panama. He is currently working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on long-term projects on water quality monitoring and mangrove restoration in the Bay of Panama. Since the beginning of his career, he has been part of different NGOs such as Sustainable Ocean Alliance Panama, Reef 2 Reef Foundation, and the Ghost Net Removal project with the P...
Episode 24: COP 27 Ocean and Climate Takeaways
December 19, 2022 03:34 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBMeet Bodhi Patil! Bodhi is a 19-year-old ocean climate solutionist passionate about the interconnection between Ocean Health and Human Health (OHHH). As the founder of Inner Light and co-creator of @oceanuprise, Bodhi believes in the power that young people have to create impact at scale. He is a second-year student in the Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Management program at the University of British Columbia studying oceans, environmental action, and business. He co-founded Sea Dragon Stu...
Episode 23: Sargassum Solutions with SOS Carbon
December 02, 2022 03:28 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBOriginally from the Dominican Republic, Andrés Bisonó León is a ClimateTech entrepreneur working at the intersection of social impact and Climate Action. Andres holds a dual major in Mechanical Engineering and Finance from Drexel University. Social and environmental impact has always been part of Andres' life endeavours. Since 2018, Andres has been leading SOS Carbon Inc. Sargassum Ocean Sequestration of Carbon (SOS Carbon) which is a spin-off company from the Mechanical Engineering departme...
Episode 22: Understanding Climate Negotiations
September 09, 2022 08:52 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBIn this episode I chat with Shreya K.C., a passionate climate justice activist from Nepal. Being an active member of YOUNGO and also the Contact Person for the NDCs working group, she has worked with a diverse group of young people across the world to champion the meaningful participation of young people in decision-making spaces. She is also the climate change champion of UNICEF South Asia and a Campaign Coordinator of Mock COP. Shreya has received numerous awards for her work including 'Yo...
Episode 21: Youth Advocacy and Climate Injustice
August 30, 2022 13:36 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this episode I chat with my colleague and friend Mark Haver! After graduating from Florida Southern College in May 2020, Mark became a policy and communications consultant for a start-up government and public affairs firm for ocean and environmental clients. Simultaneously, he launched Sustainable Ocean Alliance's inaugural Youth Policy Advisory Council. Mark has led youth engagement in national and international campaigns for ocean and climate issues, such as for the Global Blue New Deal...
Episode 20: An Urgent Cry to Save Our Ocean
August 19, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBWelcome to Season 3! In this episode, I chat with Carlos Perez Murcia aka Profe Tiburon, a marine biologist and scuba instructor from Bogotá, Colombia. He is a passionate shark scientist who focuses on ocean literacy and policy. These are his favorite tools to scale-up collective actions that allow us to live a healthy future. Profe Tiburón is now the new President of Sustainable Ocean Alliance hub for Colombia (SOA Colombia), and environmental educator for Fundación Mundo Azul, Guatemala, a...
Episode 19: Innovative Marine Mapping in the Caribbean
February 11, 2022 12:40 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBIn this week's episode, I chat with Dr Kimberly Baldwin, a marine ecologist with specialized skills in geoinformatics, focusing on participatory research and the utility of information technologies to support stakeholder engagement and collaborative approaches to develop more holistic information for environmental planning and management. Presently her research includes the use of drone and information technology platforms to support mapping and modelling of the environment. Dr Kimberly also...
Episode 18: Aquaculture in Jamaica
January 28, 2022 08:26 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBIn this week's episode, I chat with Dr Juli-Anne Russo! An Aquaculture Scientist specialising in aquaculture biosecurity and nutrition for aquatic animals. She was an aquaculture Consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations (FAO) in the Aquaculture branch, and has also consulted for USAID, IDB and Compete the Caribbean. She volunteers with USAID, Farmer to Farmer and Winrock International to provide technical services to fish farmers in developing countries. Her i...
Episode 17: Representation in Marine Conservation
January 14, 2022 05:44 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBKatie Storr is a Bahamian Ocean Entrepreneur. Though she is a woman of many talents and passions, she is widely known for private Scuba Diving Instruction onboard luxury yachts cruising throughout The Bahamas. Also specializing in Media and Content Curation, she creates specialized content for a variety of tour operators and maritime-related businesses in The Bahamas. With 12 PADI Distinctive Specialities, 200+ PADI Certified Students, and 5000+ Scuba Dives under her belt, Katie is a Bahamia...
Episode 16: Sea Turtle Conservation in Trinidad and Tobago
November 12, 2021 06:12 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MB“We know that when we protect our oceans we’re protecting our future.”- President Bill Clinton It’s the final episode of 2021! For this conversation, we head to Trinidad and Tobago to chat with Dr Michelle Cazabon Mannette, a local expert on sea turtle biology and conservation in Trinidad and Tobago, with a PhD in Environmental Biology from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (2016). Her Ph.D. research on sea turtles offshore Tobago was the first study of its kind locally, wher...
Episode 15: Regional Shark Conservation
November 02, 2021 05:22 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBSharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks- Sylvia Earle Welcome to another great episode of the Caribbean Ocean Perspectives Series featuring Tadzio Bervoets, Director of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, a Network Organization that supports nature conservation on all six islands of the Dutch Caribbean and is involved in ensuring that some of th...
Episode 14: Biodiversidad Marina en República Dominicana
October 24, 2021 22:44 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBEn este episodio, la bióloga de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Andreina Valdez, nos cuenta a detalle todo lo que debemos saber sobre las amenazas que enfrentan los arrecifes de coral y los mamíferos marinos en República Dominicana y las múltiples acciones que podemos tomar para protegerlos. Ella es Coordinadora del Departamento de Biodiversidad Marina de la Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos (FUNDEMAR) y también es miembro de la Asociación Hispaniolana, que fue creada por est...
Episode 13: Protecting our Dolphins and Whales
October 15, 2021 09:25 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB“We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.” – Sylvia Earle Welcome to another great episode of the Caribbean Ocean Perspectives Series featuring Jeffrey Bernus, a marine scientist from Martinique. At the age of 10, he started diving, loving the ocean and observing anthropogenic pressures deteriorate Martinique’s marine environment. This led to him studying marine biology having travelled to Canada and France to obtain a Masters degr...
Episode 12: Restoring Bonaire's Coral Reefs
October 08, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBCoral reefs represent some of the world's most spectacular beauty spots, but they are also the foundation of marine life: without them, many of the sea's most exquisite species will not survive.- Sheherazade Goldsmith In this week’s episode, we chat with Sanne Tuijten, the assistant coordinator at Reef Renewal Bonaire. Sanne has been visiting the Netherlands Antilles since she was 12 years old and from a young age, she knew she wanted to become a marine biologist. She obtained her scuba ce...
Episode 11: Understanding Mangrove Ecosystems
October 01, 2021 06:25 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MB“It is our collective and individual responsibility … to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live.” —Dalai Lama In this episode, I have a lovely chat with Dr Rahanna Juman, acting Director at the Institute of Marine Affairs, a government-funded marine research institute in Trinidad and Tobago. She holds a PhD in Zoology (2004) from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and a Bachelor of Law (2015) from the University of London. Dr Juman has been conducting re...
Episode 10: Youth Ocean Activism
September 17, 2021 02:52 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB“I thought I was the only one worried about the planet and then, suddenly, there are other kids taking the chance to change things -- and I am sure it will empower other kids to do the same.” -Anna Taylor, organizer, "Youth for Climate" movement UK This week is all about youth and ocean protection! For this episode, I have a lovely chat with 18-year-old Summer Benjamin, an Antiguan-American student, ocean leader, pilot, and climate activist, based in the US Virgin Island of St Thomas. Summe...
Episode 9: Sargassum Invasion and Innovation
September 10, 2021 11:06 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB“Out of adversity comes opportunity.” ~ Ben Franklin This week is all about Sargassum in the Caribbean, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the opportunities! In this episode, I chat with Dr. Shelly-Ann Cox, an experienced ocean professional, fisheries management specialist, oceanpreneur, and mother of a 2-year old aqua-toddler. Shelly-Ann has ten years of experience in applied interdisciplinary climate-related research and fisheries management research. She holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in...
Episode 8: Swimming with Plastics!
September 02, 2021 14:36 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB“We know that when we protect our oceans we’re protecting our future.”- President Bill Clinton Welcome to season 2, The Caribbean Ocean Perspectives Series! In this episode, I have a great chat with Christopher Corbin, Senior Programme Officer with the Ecosystems Division of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He is based at the UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat & Caribbean Environment Programme in Kingston, Jamaica, which covers all the countries of the Wider Caribbean Reg...
Episode 7: Unsustainable Shark Traditions in T&T
August 13, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 81 MB“The reality is this - a shark snatch out of the waters of T&T affects fisheries in the US, and a shark snatched out of the waters in Indonesia affects fisheries in South Korea because sharks are migratory species and the entire ocean is their home.” In this conversation I chat with my friend and fellow activist La Tisha Parkinson from Trinidad and Tobago. She has a passion for people and this passion has driven all her efforts in life as she simply wants to ensure everyone can live their b...
Episode 6: Open Your Sails
July 24, 2021 03:40 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MB"The risks are big, the opportunities are huge. We are all in the same boat, and it’s time to make the change, it’s time to move in harmony with nature around"- Eyal Kapulnik In this weeks episode, I chat with Eyal Kapulnik from Israel. Growing up he was active in various youth movements and learned about the therapeutic side of the ocean through sailing with special needs groups. In the Pacific islands, he was part of an Oceans Watch ecology research & humanitarian aid expedition and exper...
Episode 5: Educating Fishing Communities in Timor-Leste
July 16, 2021 14:54 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB"We as activists need to help fishing communities to deeply understand the marine ecosystem while also remembering that this very ecosystem is their daily bread."-Jake Lasi In this week's episode, I chat with Jake Lasi from Timor Leste! He is a divemaster, swim and snorkelling teacher, and an activist for the oceans with a huge passion for environmental protection both in theory and practice. The ocean is Jake’s church, school and love and his main goal is to promote marine tourism as an al...
Episode 4: Speaking up for the Ocean
July 02, 2021 04:32 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MB“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”-Ryunosuke Satoro In this episode, I have a great chat with Eve Isambourg Peace Boat Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador. Eve was born on the French coast and grew up on Mauritius Island. In 2016 she moved to Paris to study International Relations at the University of Sciences of Paris, where she specialized in Global Environmental Governance, Ocean and Climate Change issues and Sustainable entrepreneurship. In 2018 Eve had the pleas...
Episode 3: Increasing Access to Marine Knowledge & Communities
June 25, 2021 02:37 - 48 minutes - 67 MB"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow." – Anthony J. D’Angelo Continuing with the Action for the Oceans Series in this episode I have a really great chat with Silvia Cantu Bautista from Monterrey Mexico. Silvia is an Advanced PADI certified scuba diver and professional underwater photographer with a strong passion for marine conservation, youth education and storytelling for climate justice. In this episode, we dive into Silvia's Action for the Oceans ca...
Episode 2: A world of opportunities with Peace Boat
June 18, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MB“It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path.” -Michael Dell Continuing with the Action for the Oceans Series, in episode two I have a lovely chat with the director of Peace Boat US Emilie McGlone. We take a deep dive into this year's Ocean Week celebrations, her Peace Boat journey, and all the amazing opportunities she has had thus far volunteering in Japan, Central America and South America. We also touch on her environmental work in J...
Episode 1:Storytelling for Ocean Action
June 10, 2021 16:58 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB“The facts are not enough to make people aware of climate change. People don’t believe in figures, data and graphics. You need more to get their full attention and make them understand you. You need to create a story.” Dan Fagin Welcome to the first episode of the Ecovybz Podcast where we chat with Rom Barnea and Noa Urbach founders of Pendulum- a creative changency focused on equipping people with the tools needed to develop impactful storytelling initiatives. Together we discuss the origi...
EcoVybz Podcast Promo
June 03, 2021 18:33 - 44 seconds - 761 KBComing June 11th is the Ecovybz Podcast where we have interactive conversations on environmental conversations with people from across the world. I am the host Khadija Stewart, from Trinidad and Tobago and this season is the Action for Oceans Series inspired by Pendulum and Peace Boat US.