Who gets to create the future? 

In this inspiring episode of Black Earth, Marion Atieno Osieyo sits down with Tracee Worley, founder of Radical Futures, to discover how communities, especially Black women, are using radical imagination and care to reimagine climate futures and environmental justice.

✨ In this episode, we explore:

🌍 Why futures thinking matters for Black-led climate and environmental action

🌍 Lessons from Tracee’s work with the survivors of the 1921 Black Wall Street massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma

🌍 What “technologies of care” mean for climate justice movements

🌍 How Octavia Butler’s visionary work teaches us to sense the future

🌍 The unique role Black women play in shaping the futures of the world

In connection to this episode, Marion and Tracee are hosting a game on Instagram live, ‘The Best Thing from A Radical Future’ on 3rd September @ 9:00am LA time/ 17:00 UK time. We’d love for you to join us!! Follow us on IG: @blackearthpodcast for more info!

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📌 Timestamps

 00:00 Intro to Black Earth and why we are talking about the future today

 02:50 Tracee’s relationship with nature

 06:46 Why Tracee set up her design studio, Radical Futures

 17:55 Tracee’s moving work with Black communities recovering from the 1921 Tulsa Massacre

 26:00 The importance of moving at the speed of trust

 27:36 Why futures practice matters for Black-led environmental action

 33:50 What it means to have ‘technologies of care’

 35:46 Community creating their futures is at the heart of climate justice

 38:46 What we can learn from Octavia Butler about sensing the future

 43:20 What Black women bring to futures practice

 46:20 How dying connects to the future

 51:38 How to support Tracee and Black Earth!