Environmentally Speaking

Welcome to Environmentally Speaking. The environment is everything, literally, and on this podcast, no environmental topic is off-limits. We are living in unprecedented times. Times of threats to our environment, our health, and our freedom. Environmental degradation has resulted in the loss of livelihoods, lives, cultures, knowledges, and heritages. We are in the midst of a global-scale environmental crisis…climate change. What are our leaders doing to fight against this? What are you doing to fight against this? For our returning listeners, we have rebranded. So you would have been with us from what is now Season 1, CovidChat, where we discussed the multidimensional impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you for sticking with us. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @Ourfootprintja. Visit our website www.ourfootprintja.org.

Co-host

Dahvia Hylton

Dahvia Hylton is an educator and an activist having studied Linguistics and Language Education at the University of the West Indies while advocating for the rights of women and girls through her work with the I’m Glad I’m a Girl Foundation where she served as President among other roles over a 4 year period, providing mentorship and care to girls from vulnerable communities.

She currently serves as the President of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council, where she advocates for Climate Justice, applying an intersectional approach in fighting for an equitable future for all. She has served as part of the 1st cohort of civil society representatives in the Open Government Partnership in Jamaica, representing the issues of youth, women, and climate at national, and regional levels.