Hey! Sure I'd love to chat about that! Want to send me an email at tsprickerhoff @ farmradio.org?

So yeah, take a listen to Nature Answers, be inspired by all these communities this #EarthDay, and check out what you can learn from them in how to adapt to climate change! farmradio.org/earth-day-cl...

Many rely on the climate for their food and their livelihoods, and instead of giving up and calling it quits, they are looking climate change in the face and saying "What can I do?"

And better yet, what they are trying is legitimately working. And we just get to tell these stories.

These episodes are genuinely a joy to edit. I get to hear from the voices from all these rural communities that @farmradio.org is working with, who are actively taking their future into their own hands.

In this week's episode, you'll meet a community in Ghana that is literally using the land to save the land.

And they are using ancestral knowledge to do it.

It’s interesting to see how people in PG and Kamloops feel equally annoyed by this - as a former WL resident I always felt like this situation resulted in PG or Kamloops voters getting 2-3 representatives and rural communities getting none because of population concentrations.

In any case, find a way to celebrate this darling, intimate, imaginative, life-changing medium — no matter how you listen!

OR! You can listen to a radio program about a radio program that helped a group of women adapt to a drought — and made their community take them seriously along the way (I recommend this option).

lnk.to/natureanswer...

If you’re in #Ottawa, you can register for our World Radio Day event, to be held at Carleton University with @ckculitnews.bsky.social and the NCRA. www.eventbrite.ca/e/world-radi...

But back to how to celebrate:

@unesco.org has some amazing resources for broadcasters on their website: www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...

When I was evacuated due wildfires in 2017, one of my clearest memories, despite working for a newspaper at the time, was how important the radio was for us through the evacuation.

I wrote about that, here: farmradio.org/from-wildfir...

This year’s theme is Radio and Climate Change. Seems appropriate given how present climate change is in our lives… and how necessary good information is whether you’re in a climate emergency or just trying to figure out how to deal…

So listen up for an inspiring season with people who are harnessing the power of nature to adapt, thrive and heal the planet. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!

And did I mention that the latest episode features the COOLEST LOOKING BIRD EVER. Seriously. Check it out. lnk.to/natureanswer...

It's been truly a pleasure to work with journalism students at @carletonu.bsky.social as they partnered with broadcasters in Ghana, Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire and Zambia to tell these stories.

We have so much to learn about how people like Joseph (featured here) are convincing their friends, families and elders - even the church - to make a change for the better and adapt to climate change in a way that benefits everyone - including the planet!

I work at the nexus of communication, climate change and international cooperation, and what is absolutely clear is that while North Americans are just beginning to feel the real impact of climate change on their lives, rural communities across the world have been facing this issue head on for years