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Support systems are what keep us grounded. Here are 3 ways to rethink how you are approaching support. Read Now: Subscribe to the Awe Cast to see the rich images described in this episode and for more insights on climate, creativity, and the power of culture .Follow Yarminiah: LinkedIn To hear more, visit www.theawecast.co Get full access to The Awe Cast at yarminiah.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with guest Jonathan Chan-Choong on identity and creating your own opportunities as a BIPOC creative. Plus, my upcoming masterclass on how to Build Your Climate Portfolio with Purpose . In this episode of The Awe Cast , host Yarminiah, a first-generation Afro-Latina creative director and photographer for climate, sits down with Jonathan Chan Choong—a purpose-driven copywriter, poet,...

In this episode, Yarminiah dives into the behind the scenes of attending her first New York Climate Week, sharing her experiences at The Bloom, TFTY project launch, CultureCon festival for BIPOC creatives, and a gathering with Creatives for Climate. Each event reinforced the importance of community in climate work and the power of bringing our whole selves - including our cultural backgrounds - in...

This week’s episode is dedicated to the theme of taking time to build something great. Yarminiah walks us through her recent dive storytelling trip to Honduras where she joined DWP CARES and GIC as a diver and photographer to monitor the effects of climate change on corals in the Bay Islands. Links to visit: 🎞️ Every Dirt Road Tastes of Salt - the most poetic, slow paced films i’ve ever seen 🤿 Di...

Weaving in and out of driving lanes, whizzing past stray cows, and trucks full of barrels, Noel checks his driver’s mirror and switches to the left, passing a car that’s driving obnoxiously slow. It’s eleven in the morning, and he is driving us to Durban’s airport. As the co-founder and executive director of NEWF (Nature, Environment, and Wildlife Filmmakers), his time could be well spent doing an...

As a kid, I adored Harriet The Spy’s curiosity and wanted to be her friend so badly. Because of her I kept a top secret journal and sleuthed for clues between the nooks of our house and the curbs and sidewalks of our small neighborhood. I was desperate for adventure, eager to believe there were incredible mysteries at my fingertips that needed to be unearthed by me. And so, like most of us, a good...

I’m headed to Honduras next week with Youth Diving With A Purpose CARES (YDWPCARES) as their photographer and storyteller. We’ll be diving for ocean conservation and I’ll be photograph youth from the USA and from Honduras taking the steps fight coral reef degradation. This is a special trip as I’ll be returning to my mother and grandmother’s homeland to visually research the connection between our...

HOMEWARD BOUND: pt.1 of earning my diving certification to quench my saudade Get full access to The Awe Cast at yarminiah.substack.com/subscribe

Slowing down to savor the now is a must because now will never happen again . Welcome to the first episode of The Awe Cast, a newsletter and podcast that centers creativity, culture and awe in the midst of our climate crisis, not as a form of denial, but as acceptance of what is and what can be. Get full access to The Awe Cast at yarminiah.substack.com/subscribe