Water is life, so its scarcity is life-altering. What makes the Caribbean so susceptible to water scarcity? How does it impact our communities? How do water-filled countries in a region surrounded by water struggle to maintain the source of our being; our relationship with water. In this episode, we talk to Environmental Chemist Rashidah Khan, and Activist Jamila Falak about the various aspects of water security. From the technical to the social and community impacts to the creative, spiritual, and Indigenous relationships, we capture the fullness of the importance of understanding why having water everywhere and nowhere all at once is so scary.

Temperature check? Too hot for corals…Episode two of temperature check dives into the ocean where warming waters are killing our corals. After a mass extinction event, coral restoration efforts in Jamaica came to a screeching halt despite the work of environmental experts trying their best to find and preserve survivors. Felix Charnley joins us from Ocho Rios Jamaica where he works to preserve marine ecosystems and Danielle Nembhard joins us from Australia where she is conducting PhD research on Indigenous inclusion in conservation efforts within the Great Barrier Reef (which is the size of Italy). Dive in with us for this vital episode of temperature check where you will learn that ‘when corals die, we know why’.

We’re back! Season 3 of the Environment Speaking podcast, Temperature Check, focuses on our new climate reality. In this episode, we are joined by returning guest Dr. Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, and climate justice activist Luciano Doest from Suriname to discuss life in a new climate. We discuss a wider regional perspective on the climate impacts we are already facing, what is yet to come, and the changes we will have to make to cope and adapt this life in a new climate.