In this episode, we travel to Malawi to explore how young people are responding to some of the harshest climate impacts in the region. We speak with Simeon and Shupikai, two youth activists who are bringing climate justice into primary schools through storytelling, art, and hands-on environmental projects. By turning classrooms into spaces of leadership and imagination, they are helping children understand the crisis around them and empowering them to protect their communities. This episode reveals how climate education is shaping a new generation of Malawian climate leaders.
In this episode, we travel to Malawi, where droughts, cyclones and energy shortages are reshaping daily life. But despite these challenges, young people are leading powerful climate justice work from an unexpected place: the classroom.
We meet two youth activists who partner with primary schools to teach children about the environment through storytelling, art, games and hands-on projects. Their approach turns climate education into something relatable and empowering, helping learners see themselves as protectors of their communities.
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This episode shows that real climate action does not only happen on global stages. It grows in classrooms, where young people are discovering their agency, resilience and the possibility of a just future.
About Season 3
For Season 3 of the podcast, we interviewed young activists in our network across 5 African countries: Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya. The lesson? Climate stories aren't always stories about the climate. They are stories about how a rapidly changing world affects our daily lives and decisions.