Resilience... Naturally!
Resilience... Naturally! is a digital learning podcast that explores the intersection of gender, climate action, and nature-based solutions in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Through conversations with local and diaspora experts, policymakers, and women-led and youth-led organizations, the show translates research, policy, and lived experience into practical insights. The series aims to build awareness and readiness among stakeholders while creating a publicly accessible knowledge resource for gender-responsive, sustainable climate solutions.
Episodes
From Forest to Faucets: Connecting the dots with Constitution Hill Local Forest Management Committee (LFMC)
Send us Fan MailWhat role do forests play in securing our water? In this bonus episode of Resilience...Naturally!, we speak with the Constitution Hill Local Forest Management Committee (LFMC) about how community-led forest conservation helps protect watersheds, improve water quality, and strengthen resilience to climate change. Discover how local action is connecting forests to faucets and why hea
Youth Voices, Real Solutions: Shaping Jamaica's Green Urban Future
Send us Fan MailThis episode highlights youths' perspectives on climate-related challenges in urban spaces and how adaptive approaches, particularly nature-based solutions, can support more resilient and inclusive communities. Too often, youths' voices are underrepresented in these discussions, despite their critical role in shaping the country’s future. This episode aims to center those
Safegaurding Jamaica's Biodiversity for a Climate-Resilient Future
Send us Fan MailThis episode reflects on Jamaica’s natural heritage, ecosystems, and biodiversity by examining how development has transformed the landscapes over time. It explores the implications of biodiversity loss for livelihoods and culture while highlighting the urgent need to protect and restore the remaining natural ecosystems for current and future generations.Produced by the Environment
From Floods to Droughts Climate Change and Jamaica's Water Problems
Send us Fan MailThis episode explores Jamaica’s dual water challenge: scarcity and excess, examining drought, supply restrictions, uneven access, and increasing urban flooding. Through a nature-based solutions lens, the discussion highlights sustainable water management approaches such as watershed protection and green infrastructure, to store, slow, and manage water more effectively. It also cons
Nature-Based Climate Solutions and Jamaica's Climate Crisis
Send us Fan MailThis episode examines how NbS deliver tangible benefits, including cooling, flood control, and contributions to food and water security. The discussion also incorporates engineering and construction perspectives, highlighting how NbS can complement traditional infrastructure, as well as addressing implementation challenges, scalability, and the limitations of nature-based approache
Nature-Based Solutions Made Simple
Send us Fan MailThis episode introduces the concept of Nature-based solutions (NbS). It explores practical, everyday examples in Jamaica and globally, such as trees reducing urban heat, mangroves protecting coastlines, and green spaces supporting water management. The conversation aims to make NbS relatable and accessible to a broad audience. Produced by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica wit
Mek we feed wi self
Send us Fan MailThis episode explores how household and community urban farming can strengthen Jamaica’s food security, reduce dependence on imports, and enhance resilience to climate shocks. Framed through nature-based solutions, we discuss practical strategies, current local initiatives, and the roles of public agencies, private-sector partners, and communities in supporting safe and sustainable
Readi or not hurricane a come!
Send us Fan MailThis episode explores risk and resilience at the national, community, and household levels. Using disaster risk frameworks, we'll examine how vulnerabilities develop over time, who bears the greatest risk, and how nature-based solutions can reduce exposure and strengthen preparedness before disasters strike. Produced by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica with funding sup
