Awakenings Podcast

Cindy Forde

Welcome to Awakenings, a podcast that delves into the interconnectedness of colonization, climate change, and our path forward. In this episode, we explore the troubled roots of colonization and its impact on Earth's natural systems and indigenous cultures. We discuss the link between colonization and climate change, recognizing that the pursuit of resource extraction for the benefit of one group has led to the disruption of ecosystems and the exploitation of people. read less

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Episode 04 – Neo-colonisation: How do we move from extinction to inclusion?

Episode 04 – Neo-colonisation: How do we move from extinction to inclusion?

In this enlightening episode with Caroline, Cindy gives the context of post-colonial geopolitics based on continuing control of resources and ideology, and the devastating environmental consequences of the corruption and under-development that ensued from the puppet governments set up to replace direct colonial rule. Cindy outlines how the extraction continues today and how economic colonisation is accelerating in Africa with, alongside the West, countries such as Korea, Saudi Arabia and China buying land and assets well below their worth from some of the most impoverished countries with devastating climatic and social effects for all. This conversation looks at green colonisation, where land is bought and people displaced for, for example carbon offsets, and corporate colonisation where the new global empires in the form of transnational corporates, continue the practice of dispossessing indigenous and marginalised populations of their land for minerals, oil, gas and other resourc

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Episode 04 – Neo-colonisation: How do we move from extinction to inclusion?

Episode 04 – Neo-colonisation: How do we move from extinction to inclusion?

In this enlightening episode with Caroline, Cindy gives the context of post-colonial geopolitics based on continuing control of resources and ideology, and the devastating environmental consequences of the corruption and under-development that ensued from the puppet governments set up to replace direct colonial rule. Cindy outlines how the extraction continues today and how economic colonisation is accelerating in Africa with, alongside the West, countries such as Korea, Saudi Arabia and China buying land and assets well below their worth from some of the most impoverished countries with devastating climatic and social effects for all. This conversation looks at green colonisation, where land is bought and people displaced for, for example carbon offsets, and corporate colonisation where the new global empires in the form of transnational corporates, continue the practice of dispossessing indigenous and marginalised populations of their land for minerals, oil, gas and other resourc

Episode 03 – From Ego-centric to Eco-centric – restoring balance with a feminine world view

Episode 03 – From Ego-centric to Eco-centric – restoring balance with a feminine world view

Here, in conversation with Mamta, Cindy highlights how the exclusion of women was entrenched in the patriarchal world view that authorised the pillage of Mother Earth. The continued absence of a balanced place for a female world view/ divine feminine has led to the accelerated breakdown of our climate and biodiversity. The lack of representation of women in decision making on climate impedes us in finding the solutions we so desperately need. This episode highlights how women in the global south and marginalised communities bear the brunt of climate change and yet are the most excluded in national and international climate decision making. Even though they often are the most resourceful and have already innovated effective solutions in their local context. In this powerful podcast, Mamta shares from her work, where she is dedicated to ensuring women, in all their diversity, are included as active participants in climate leadership and policy making processes. She explores how this

Episode 02 – Money Jungle – How do we move beyond a finance system that serves only apex predators?

Episode 02 – Money Jungle – How do we move beyond a finance system that serves only apex predators?

Here Cindy talks with Paula Kensington to explore the roots of a global financial system that was shaped to serve the colonial project and carries that in the DNA ofits design.From the Bank of England’s role in enabling the UK to become the most powerful slave trading nation to the IMF and the World Bank that now perpetrate a system of debt bondage and economic dependency. Strictures that make it almost financially impossible for many global south countries to adapt to or to mitigate climate breakdown. Yet the iron grip these institutions&

Episode 01 – Troubled Roots, Hopeful Road

Episode 01 – Troubled Roots, Hopeful Road

Welcome to Awakenings, a podcast that delves into the interconnectedness of colonization, climate change, and our path forward. In this episode, we explore the troubled roots of colonization and its impact on Earth's natural systems and indigenous cultures. We discuss the link between colonization and climate change, recognizing that the pursuit of resource extraction for the benefit of one group has led to the disruption of ecosystems and the exploitation of people. Our guest, Christine McDougall, the founder of Syntropic World, shares her work in creating businesses for a world with a future. She emphasizes the need to shift our mindset from domination to stewardship and to value all forms of life. Christine discusses the principles of syntropic practice and how it can help organizations navigate the necessary systemic shift towards valuing all stakeholders, including the natural world. She highlights the urgency of this work in light of our current model's misalignment with p