Meaning Makers of HDS: Inspiring Hopeful Climate Action

Meaning Makers of HDS: Inspiring Hopeful Climate Action

From Harvard Divinity School by Harvard Divinity School

April 29, 2026 · 24 min

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Aliyah Collins, discussing her environmental activism and the Eco-Healing Project.

Meaning Makers of HDS is a podcast by the Harvard Divinity School Office of Communications that explores the many dimensions of human meaning making. In interviews with HDS alumni, faculty, and others, this podcast showcases how members of the HDS community create meaningful lives—through religion, spirituality, faith, and beyond. Each episode features conversations that highlight the deeply personal and diverse ways people wrestle with life’s biggest questions. In the second episode of Meaning Makers of HDS, airing in Earth Month, we spoke with Aliyah Collins, MDiv '23, an environmental activist and founder of the Eco-Healing Project. Throughout the conversation, Collins shared how her time at HDS inspired her to develop the Eco-Healing Project, how she finds meaning in her pursuit of climate justice, and how she helps HBCUs and their communities find hopeful paths forward after extreme weather events. Transcript: https://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/2026/04/29/meaning-makers-hds-inspiring-hopeful-climate-action. Intro and outro music: "Running On Home" by Joel Stewart, courtesy of Universal Production Music.

People in this episode

Host: Harvard Divinity School

Guest: Aliyah Collins

Topics covered

  • climate action
  • environmental activism
  • meaning making
  • spirituality
  • community resilience

Keywords

  • climate justice
  • HDS alumni
  • meaningful lives
  • extreme weather
  • hopeful paths

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Divinity School, Eco-Healing Project, HBCUs

Books & works: Running On Home

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