15. Climate change hope and where to find it

In the news of rising sea levels, coral bleaching, and the burning of forests, there is a tendency to fall into an everlasting state of learned helplessness. But through stories of culture, tradition, and community we are able to relearn the ancient practices that brought the sustainability we once knew.

For this week, the very knowledgeable, passionate and influential Aisha Rashid joins the podcast to dive deep into these stories of tradition and culture. 

Aisha is a former President of the Model United Nations Chapter, technical editor for the Khancept Collective, Sustainability Curriculum Development & Educator in training, and is pursuing Marine Biology and American Indigenous Studies at the University of Washington. In her free time, you might catch her going for a hike or looking for whales while running her Instagram account @aishabytheocean. If you couldn’t guess already, Aisha loves the ocean (especially hermit crabs), learning and sharing cultural traditions that are of service to the earth, and speaking up where there is climate injustice.

In this episode, we specifically address where society falls short in explaining climate change to the general public, how cultural traditions and indigenous tribes are essential to sustainability, how we all can positively impact and contribute at a small scale, the emotional tolls of eco-anxiety and where to go looking for hope. 

Personally, this conversation gave me a newfound sense of hope and faith in our world being able to recover from the perils of climate change that are dwelled on today. Hopefully in your experience with the episode, you are able to reestablish your own sense of autonomy as a human with the influence to make real change. 

I know you are going to enjoy this one.