80. Not Just Human Need: Creation, Community, and Development, with Annah Amani, Plant with Purpose Africa

In this episode Forrest talks with Dr. Annah Amani, the Africa Programs Director for Plant with Purpose. From past episodes you might know that Plant with Purpose is a global environmental nonprofit organization working to address the interconnected challenges of global poverty and environmental damage. Their aim is to restore the regenerativerelationship between people and the natural environment so that all beings in the community of creation, human and nonhuman, might thrive together.

Guest: Dr. Annah Amani 

• Africa Programs Officer, Plant With Purpose 
• Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Clemson University 
• LinkedIn 

Mentions: 

• HOPE International 
• Agroforestry 
• Plant With Purpose—Dominican Republic 
• Ethiopian sacred forests—article from nature.com 
• COP27 “loss and damage” agreement 

Keywords: Plant with Purpose, Africa, ecology, environment, community, development, environmental restoration, economic development, spiritual renewal, creation, trees, farming, caretakers, indigenous, Uganda, gardens, food, refugee, poverty, nature, Ethiopia, empowerment, copowerment, climate crisis, environmental justice, agroforestry, sacred forest, reparations

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