Having identified the need for a space to strengthen the Audio Storyteller community, the idea of gathering in a hybrid lab was born.
What is Audio CSL?
The Audio Climate Story Lab Latin America aims to connect artists and creators of sound narratives from the Latin American region to drive meaningful actions in the fight against climate change. Through a collaborative approach, we seek to strengthen the network of Latin American podcasts and radio projects, promoting the creation of a supportive community that amplifies voices, collective actions and imaginations of an abundant and just climate future for all.
Main objective
Bringing together storytellers with climate sound projects from Latin America to imagine, develop, and implement impact strategies that engage new audiences.
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Orinoco Sin Fin
Colombia
Team
Natalia Roa López
Camila Morales
In Orinoco Sin Fin, we tell both fictional and non-fictional stories that connect us with the struggles and protagonists involved in the conservation of the Orinoco River Basin. We aim to transform the conservation of the Orinoco from a conversation for a few into a meaningful, deep, and thought-provoking dialogue for many.
The research is by Andrea Barrera and Beatriz Ramírez, the sound editing and mixing by Camila Morales, and the script, presentation, and production by Natalia Roa. The official song is by the band Cimarrón. The original idea comes from Camila and Natalia.
Listen to Orinoco Sin Fin here
Web: www.abccolombia.org
IG: abc_colombia
Crossing the River
Brasil - Colombia
Team
Goldy Levy
Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz
Natalia Arenas Chaves
Cruzando el río (Crossing the river) es un podcast en el que escuchamos a las y los líderes indígenas que defienden cada día la vida en la tierra: con sus propias palabras, porque ellos son los protagonistas de sus historias.
Listen to Crossing the River here
Web: mothrights.org, chrgj.org, cerosetenta.uniandes.edu.co
IG: moth_rights, humanrightsnyu, cerosetenta
Guardianas de los Rios
Colombia
Team
Estefania Villa Diaz
Lucely Rivas Espinoza
Guardianas de los Ríos (Guardians of the Rivers) is a transmedia digital campaign that amplifies the voices of Afro-descendant women from Chocó, leaders in the defense of water and land. Composed of a five-episode podcast and four video profiles, this project, winner of the Narremos la Utopía call from Inspiratorio, highlights the work of these women in protecting the Atrato River, declared a subject of rights in 2016 by Colombia's Constitutional Court. Guardianas de los Ríos explores the relationship between community, nature, and resistance with a gendered perspective, inviting reflection on human rights and the rights of the land through the powerful stories of these women.
Listen to Guardianas de los Ríos here
IG: redvivx
Archipiélago
Mexico
Team
Suhayla Bazbaz Kuri
Katya Puga
Archipiélago is a narrative podcast about the different ways to defend rights and territories in Mexico. It seeks to recognize, make visible, and imagine action through the voices of defenders who inhabit and traverse the regions where megaprojects are multiplying, diversifying, and expanding. The protagonists—both men and women—tell their stories with a focus on caring for lived experiences and building individual and collective powers to make visible the "islands" that form the Archipelago, inviting listeners to explore, identify with, and become involved in it. Archipiélago is a podcast from the #QueSepanQueSabemos initiative in the Yucatán Peninsula, created by the Mexican organization Cohesión Comunitaria e Innovación Social A.C..
Web: www.cohesioncomunitaria.org - www.quesepanquesabemos.com
IG: ccismx
Volvámonos Verdes
Chile
Team
Katherina Tesar
Sebastián Rodríguez
We are a podcast that explores the stories of different types of people connected to nature, whether through academic research or lived local experiences. We aim to weave together a tapestry of stories that intersect across diverse Latin American personal realities. Our goal is to raise awareness about the interconnectedness of humans and nature, reminding listeners that we are nature, in order to seek the best solutions to confront the climate and ecological crisis.
Atizando el Avispero
Mexico
Team
Pablo Osorio
Aldo Santiago
Atizando el avispero (Stirring the Hornet’s Nest) is Avispa Mídia’s audio project aimed at delving into the causes and effects of the climate crisis. It analyzes the actors, their discourses, and actions—ranging from corporations, NGOs, and supranational entities that promote false solutions, often technological or market-based, to the proposals and alternatives from communities and territories defending life.
In 2025, during its second season, the podcast will expand on the topic of energy transition and the reorganization of territories considered geostrategic for hosting common goods such as minerals, water, and biodiversity. We will also reflect on the topics to be discussed at COP30, to be held in Belém, Brazil, with the aim of probing the so-called "green agenda" and the inclusion of Indigenous and Black communities in the debate.
Listen to Atizando el Avispero here
Web: www.avispa.org
IG: AvispaMidia
Relatos del Futuro
Colombia
Team
Natalia Roa López
Camila Morales
Relatos del Futuro (Stories of the Future) is a series of radio dramas (each with three episodes), inspired by both real and imaginary events that narrate how some communities face the challenges of conservation and climate change in their territories. More than just a podcast, it is an initiative to spark territorial conversations around conservation and governance. The productions are created remotely and through cell phones, in collaboration with communities that lead local research, performances, production, and distribution.
The first radio drama (Historias cuando el clima enloquece or Stories when the Climate Goes Crazy) focuses on the wetlands of the Atlantic and their relationship with climate change. The second (Historias de acuerdos para sabanas sostenibles or Stories of Agreements for Sustainable Savannahs) covers the challenges and opportunities in conserving the floodable savannas of Casanare and Arauca. The third (El planeta cambia y las familias también or The Planet Changes and Families Do Too) examines the food crisis and how families can adapt to and learn from it.
Listen to Relatos del Futuro here
Web: www.abccolombia.org
IG: abc_colombia
Radio Savia
Mexico - Colombia
Team
Daniela Fontaine López
Maytik Avirama
Radio Savia is a podcast (radio series) that takes us on a journey to explore stories of defense, care, and healing of the Latin American body-territory. We celebrate the ancestral knowledge preserved by the women interviewed and honor the reciprocal relationship between our bodies and the earth. In this sonic experience, we weave together narratives and voices, environmental justice, and healing practices rooted in different contexts of our region.
Web: /www.radiosavia.com
IG: radio_savia
Team
Vanessa Cuervo Forero
Director of Latin American Programmes - Doc Society
Valentina Romero López
Local Producer
Daniela Fontaine López
Co-creator and Facilitator | Co-director of Radio Savia
Nathali Cedeño
Sistematización - Pedagogías Retumbantes
Maytik Avirama
Co-creator and Facilitator | Co-director of Radio Savia
Natalia Elisa Londoño
Sistematización - Pedagogías Retumbantes
Sandra Tabares Duque
Impact Strategist
Guest Speakers
Jorge Caraballo
Paula Martín Camargo
Kankuana Canelos
Eloisa Diez
Sebastián Payán Rodríguez
Pablo Montaño Beckmann
Dhashen Moodley
Fabiola Quintero Hernández
Lilia Heber Pérez Diaz
Challenges
- Being heard and embraced
- Engaging new generations
- Technical challenges
- Including rich information and complexity in short formats
- Funding and sustainability
- Presenting stories without exoticizing the narratives
- Being active participants in the transformation of the territories, alongside the people who share their stories with us
- Returning to the territories and sharing the outcomes
Learnings
- Exploring diverse creative languages, narratives, media, and formats
- Connecting audiences without borders
- Producing participatively through collaborative communities
- Creating intersectional content
- The power of radios and community processes
- How to communicate leaders’ stories without taking their place
- Recognizing limits and our position as narrators
- Respecting the rhythms and timing of leaders
- Ensuring voices and messages transcend language
- Every episode we create is like a universe in itself
- Decentralizing voices and stories
- Understanding the ethical implications and caring for people’s safety
- Linking podcast themes to current events and territorial realities
- Telling stories from dignity, involving territorial actors
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