The Common Table: Recent Episodes
Netanya Escote
The Common Table is the podcast by the digital platform, For The Common Green. Give the microphone to the defenders of the planet -- Academics, Activists, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Educators, Youth, Storytellers, Artists and Representatives. Bringing everyone a seat at the table. On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet. Join the conversation! 🌏
**Welcome to Episode #11! Meet Dr. Jonathan Cybulksi.
He is a historical ecologist and science communicator, a National Geographic Explorer and Smithsonian Fellow.
On his TedX talk, you will discover more on Dr. Jonathan's current research focuses on the story of Hong Kong and Panama's pacific coral reefs - what they were like in the past, how they have grown and changed into their present state, and what this might mean for their persistence into the future.
With a hope to humanize science, Dr. Jonathan and I reflect on how the sciences have been perceived and how else to view it. Moreover, we marvel at the epic, yet very unspoken-of, marine biodiversity found in the Greater Bay Area.**
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet. Find us on Instagram and Facebook! 💚
**Welcome to Episode #10! Meet Bobby Edge-Partington.
Having just finished a year in Oxford, with a Master of Science in Environmental Change and Management, Bobby has spent the recent years focused on environmental studies. As he has done his thesis on food systems, paid close attention to the gaps of opportunity for funding and resources in the Global South, and used videography to further convey needed stories, Bobby shares his realisations and observations about this not-so-green field.**
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet. Find us on Instagram and Facebook! 💚
**Welcome to Episode #9! Meet a youth in Ireland that has been actively spearheading the community in her area in climate justice and equality.
In light of women's month, it is hard to ignore the amazing work and efforts done by the youth across the planet. Saoirse Exton does not allow her age of sixteen years to get in the way of voice being unheard and her ability to participate -- from in policy making within her educational system or COP26 in the latter part of 2021.**
In this episode, we reflect the nuances and multilayered aspects of our activism and demands for change, such as representation and news consumption. Saoirse shares her frustration about not being able to appropriately and rightfully utilise our privilege, where we can be expanding our knowledge and awareness, for the betterment of the planet and people.
Hop on this conversation about how the grey lines and difficult reflection questions we need to navigate through when trying to advocate and lead.
Thank you, Saoirse, for sitting down for this open up and reflect on record. I know you will take great strides one day with your thoughtful heart. All the best! Xx
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet. Find us on Instagram and Facebook! 💚
**Welcome to Episode #8! Meet my wonderful professor, Lorena Jauregui.
A trained architect and experienced urban planner in Mexico, she has lived all across the planet and has now settled in Luxembourg doing her post-graduate studies. I have studied Green Product Lifecycle, Sustainable Cities and Transportation, and now Sustainable Food Systems with Ms. Lorena. Get a glimpse of the in-depth reflection we undergo in such classes -- with this episode!**
In this episode, we reflect on how consuming, organising and producing information has been. With today's bombardment of news sources and the blinding nuances of difficult political, environmental and social topics, we ask, "How much information do you truly need until you can say you have understood the topic?"
Have you been curating a social media feed that only feeds you what you want to hear? Do we allow ourselves to learn about our opposing views and biases? Are we caught up in the red alerts and shocking slogans, and get caught up in caring until it's not loud on digital platforms? And finally, are you willing to invest your time into reading about topics that aren't easily agreeable and sell-able? Or worse -- write and share it yourself?
Hop on this conversation about how the nuances and grey lines are important in our objective learning, yet get overlooked. In this day and age of immense resources and access to data, we must also be mindful of our consumption.
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet. Find us on Instagram and Facebook! 💚
**Episode 6 of The Common Table: Leading with Activism and the Arts with Tara Santos
Tara Santos has just finished studying at the New School in New York City. She is keen and eager to continue her personal activism on eradicating plastic pollution through looking at systems of colonialism, capitalism and classism. Tara is the National Coordinator for Extinction Rebellion PH. Extinction Rebellion is a "decentralised, international and politically non-partisan movement using non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to persuade governments to act justly on the Climate and Ecological Emergency."**In this episode, Tara and I share our personal reflections with our relationship to climate fear and frustration as we deep deeper in the climate crises. We tackle questions about what it means to be a good activist and if that even exists!
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet.
Find us on Instagram and Facebook! 💚
**Welcome to Episode #6. Meet Gab Mejia, a mountaineer, adventurer, conservationist and award-winning photographer.
Mejia has been included in 2021's Forbes 30 under 30 and awarded World Wide Fund for Nature International President's Youth award. You might've even seen his images on National Geographic, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), CNN, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).**
In this episode we tackle...
- Journey with Photography
- Storytelling and Conservation
- Protecting and Capturing The Agusan Marsh
- The Indigenious Community of Agusan Manobos
- Wetlands as the "Kidneys of Earth"
- A Country as a Frontline Against Climate Change
- National Disparity
- Purpose
- The Rising, Hopeful and Active Youth Movement
What do you think... Is the summit a scam?
Let us know.
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet. Find us on Instagram and Facebook! 💚
**Episode 5 of The Common Table: Protect Palawan and Its Indigenous Identity with Robert Arangorin.
Robert Arangorin is Centre of Sustainability PH's Lead of Operations. From indigenous Tagbanua community of Palawan, Robert explains what life has been like in the islands when industrialisation increases. He is a key player in the Almaciga Seed reforestation & indigenous ranger development and deployment in Palawan.
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet.* Find us on Instagram and Facebook**! 💚*
Correction @ 26:11
- According to FMB, NMRI and Vitug's "The Politics of Logging", The Philippines was made up of 27.5 million hectares (92% of the full land area) in the 16th century, when Spanish colonisers arrived. Taking into consideration the American occupation, declaration of Martial Law, the 1986 People Power Revolution and current administration, the country’s forest cover hovered at just under 7 million hectares on average. Unfortunately, other regions of forests used for timer and oil palm plantations did not count as forests in some of the satellite studies (Rappler, 2021).
Episode 4 of The Common Table: Macau, Money, Mangroves and a New Movement with Annie Lao
We covered some issues Macau is facing, such as food waste and lack of diversification in economic development. Should the responsibility lie more on consumers and citizens or the government or the private sector? Join the conversation to get a glimpse at our lack of action and improvement as a whole. And did you know we have mangroves in the city?
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a
microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet.
Find us on Instagram and Facebook! 💚
For our 3rd episode, meet Dr Christina Dean, the founder and chief of Redress Hong Kong. They are an environmental NGO working to reduce waste in the fashion industry.
From educating emerging fashion designers around the world about sustainable design theories and techniques in order to drive growth towards a circular economic framework, to hold running a take-back clothing collection system, Redress has been working hard for a decade and a half. They continue to influence and lead the fashion industry towards a brighter, greener future.
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet. 🌏
Find us on Instagram and Facebook! 💚
Episode 2 of The Common Table: Uprooting The System, Through The Lens of Talia Woodin. Talia is a photographer, climate activist and aspiring filmmaker. She has recently came out with her debut short film, documenting the rise of youth leadership in the midst of COP26.
00:25 Meet Talia!
03:45 The Impact of Growing Up with Activism and The Arts
11:15 Talia’s Debut Short Film
18:50 Community
19:45 The Important Work Is Happening In The Streets
22:45 Where are the leaders of China and The Philippines?
23:45 The Bitter Truth About COP’s Structure: Can We Expect The Medicine From Within The Disease Itself?
25:08 Hypocrisy In Broad Daylight
27:11 What Do We Want To See After 26 Annual Meetings?
29:50 Uproot The System
31:30 Paralysing Limitations
33:33 Are We Talking Too Much?
38:00 Finding Comfort in Creativity
40:30 As a Community of Activists and Youths, Where Are We Heading?
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Episode 1 of The Common Table: Reflecting on What It May Take To Defend The Philippines with Antoinette Taus.
00:00 Introduction
04:35 Spotlighting Filipino Indigenous Communities
12:40 Gab Mejia’s Photography of Indigenous Communities
16:00 Ann and Billie Dumaliang Protecting the Masungi Georeserve
18:05 Addressing Climate Denial and Frustration
19:50 Differing Reactions Towards Casual and Serious Topics
21:00 The Secret Power of Movies
28:45 Is There a Generational Factor in How We View Climate Change?
37:00 Climate over Convenience
39:00 There Is Enough for Everyone, Right?
41:37 Demanding More Responsibility from Corporations
45:30 Can We Truly Interlock Planet and Profit?
50:00 Addressing Climate Denial
The Common Table is a podcast by For The Common Green. We aim to give a microphone to the defenders of the planet, from academics, activists to community representatives! On a mission to protect stories, seek the truth and welcome all to share their position, perspective and plead. With a vision of an inclusive, curious, truth-seeking people and planet.
Find us on Instagram!