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A backyard mango tree with only four fruits shouldn’t tell a global story—but it does. Ambassador Ruby Kritikos joins us to connect the dots between extreme heat, shifting winds, and the quiet collapse of everyday nutrition, then widens the lens to storms that level coastlines and budgets. We talk plainly about climate justice: who gets the funds, how fast they arrive, and whether reconstruction restores dignity as well as roads and schools. Ruby brings hard numbers and lived experience from Zambia to COP30 corridors, insisting that pledges must translate into food on the table and safer homes.

We dive into why women’s leadership changes outcomes, not just optics. Representation shapes priorities—health systems, housing, anti-corruption—and accelerates policies that protect children, coastal communities, and those living closest to risk. Ruby reframes feminism as collaboration rather than competition, drawing men and boys into the work of building resilient systems. Civil society takes centre stage as the bridge between plans and practice: local groups collect ground truth, elevate youth innovators, and make disaster preparedness tangible, as seen in the Philippines where planning saved lives.

Education threads through everything. Start climate learning early with observation and art; scale to data, humidity, and precipitation in later years; move science into gardens so knowledge travels home. Youth projects spark real change—from plastic bricks and bottle-top murals to river clean-ups that protect fishing livelihoods. We also explore indigenous knowledge and carbon balance, the costs of charcoal-driven deforestation, and unexpected innovations like turning sugarcane waste into compostable eco-fabrics. Packaging shifts to plant-based materials show how industry and policy can reduce microplastics without slowing growth.

Ruby closes with inclusion at the core: sunscreen as essential health for persons with albinism, feeding programmes for children with hearing impairments, and a reminder that climate risk is a health, education, and equality issue. If we want a future that works, funding must reach the front lines, and leadership must measure success by safety, access, and shared prosperity. If the conversation resonates, follow the show, share this episode with a friend who cares about practical solutions, and leave a review telling us one change you’ll start this week.

Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King

Teach me to live one day at a time
with courage love and a sense of pride.
Giving me the ability to love and accept myself
so I can go and give it to someone else.
Teach me to live one day at a time…..

The Business of Life
Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King
Original Song, ”Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time”
written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King

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