Back to the Mountains: A candid chat with the first British woman to summit the Everest!
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1w ago
In this new podcast, I'm chatting with Rebecca Stephens, MBE, the first British woman to summit Everest and the first British woman to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. We talk through her childhood and upbringing in the UK, her experiences summiting Everest and what being on top of the world for five minutes felt like, her time leading mountaineering tours across the World, and how those contribute to local tourism and conservation efforts. We also dive into climate change and its impacts on glaciers and high-altitude mountaineering, as well as her ..read more
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Why Elephants? A story of Passion, Inspiration, and Hope with Dr. Lydia Tiller
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1w ago
I’m super thrilled to introduce to you our next guest on the Pod @lydiatiller, the head of the human-elephant coexistence program @amboseli_trust Lydia joined @amboseli_trust in January 2023 to focus on human-elephant coexistence and connectivity in the Amboseli ecosystem. over a decade@savetheelephants in Tsavo, Kenya as their Research and Science Manager, where she coordinated field research and managed an elephant tracking program. In this episode, we chat about the following: Lydia’s upbringing, her career life, and how her childhood shaped the person she is today How she got started worki ..read more
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Galvanizing Women Representation in Conservation Leadership and Management
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2w ago
Gender Bias, discrimination, harassment, inequity in pay, cultural constraints are just but some of the overarching and adverse impacts of gender-related challenges that women go through in the conservation realm. Less than 1% of landowners in the Maasai Mara Conservancies are women. Aside from harmful gender norms such as early childhood marriages, female genital mutilation, and teenage pregnancies, these are over-normalized in the community. As Angela points out, this makes it hard for real, meaningful change across the landscape. Meet our next guest Angela Sanau Paswa Senior Programmes Offi ..read more
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Building on Africa's Perspective and Shaping Conservation Narratives with Nashipae Orumoy
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1M ago
In this new episode, I'm chatting with Nashipae 'Nash' Orumoy, the Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF). We talk through her upbringing in Ngong and Kajiado, her career path moving from banking & insurance into the conservation world, and what her typical workday looks like in her current role. We also dive into how AWF is building on Africa's perspectives in conservation through storytelling, the need to have locally driven and produced stories and communications as a strategic role, that is rooted in what people believe in. Listen in to th ..read more
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From an Accountant to Founding a Women-Led Community Based Organization in Kenya's Maasai Mara
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1M ago
In this new Podcast, the first one of the year in 2025, I'm super delighted to be chatting with Jane Nashipae a former accountant who was married in the Maasai Mara and found her big passion for serving and leading her community in tree planting initiatives. Her Community-Based Organization, an extended arm of House in the Wild called Women in the Wild, is a 35-member CBO working to restore degraded ecosystems along the Mara River while creating sustainable livelihoods for the community. From organizing beading initiatives to partnering with Kenyan Originals (KO) to bead the Mara Gin Lead, to ..read more
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Kasigau Corridor: Saving Forests, Fighting Climate Change, and Changing Lives
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2M ago
In this Podcast, I'm talking with John Mwakima, a Community Leader whose passion for the carbon market was sparked by witnessing its transformative impact on his rural village, making him a fervent advocate for climate action and sustainable socio-economic empowerment. We talk more about John's Journey as a community leader, the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, its positive impact on the local community, and how it's tackling climate change. We also dive into how corporations can join in to support and fund efforts on the ground for climate action ..read more
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Scaling Impact in Menstrual Equity and Community Empowerment with Grace Wanene
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2M ago
In this episode, I'm talking with Grace Wanene, the Founder of Drawing Dreams Initiative, a Youth-led grassroots conservation organization focusing on menstrual health & hygiene education, teenage Mamas empowerment, and youth development. We talk through her upbringing and how her love for children and people grew from a young age, her Miss. Tourism pageant days, and how that shaped her path in modelling and breaking the ceiling to form the Drawing Dreams Initiative. We also dive into some of the programs she helps to run, their impact, sustainability, and scalability across Kenya plus so ..read more
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Celebrating Womanhood: Embracing the first Period.
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2M ago
Here is a short snippet of the episode dropping tomorrow featuring Grace Wanene, Founder of Drawing Dreams Initiative, a youth-led grassroots organization focussing on Menstrual Health & Hygiene Education, Teenage Mamas Empowerment, and Youth Development.  Stay tuned ..read more
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The Allure of Soil with Marete Selvin
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2M ago
It's #WorldSoilDay today, and we're chatting with the phenomenal Marete Selvin, a documentary producer and co-founder of Meraki Africa, a multimedia communication and production company dedicated to empowering action toward a more inclusive and sustainable world. We talk through her upbringing and storytelling career to the creation of The Allure of Soil, a campaign that celebrates the beauty and critical importance of soil. Listen in to hear Marete's incredible journey and all about soil, an often overlooked resource and the foundation of life. EnjoyEnjoy ..read more
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Episode Teaser
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by Boots on the ground pod
2M ago
This incredible Podcast will be published next week on Thursday on World Soil Day. Stay tuned to learn the amazing Journey of Marete Selvin, her passion and journey in filmmaking and storytelling and her new found passion, soil, which she will be telling us more about. Stay tuned ..read more
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