In Blue Carbon, her first documentary, Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Jayda G brings hope to the climate crisis. She speaks to Vogue about her rural upbringing, RZA, and how one person can make a change.
“Stories of hope are the things that get me out of bed, embolden me to actually say and do things, and get the ball rolling,” says the DJ and producer, who has created a new climate documentary, ‘Blue Carbon’.Growing up in a tiny community of around 4,000 people in rural Grand Forks in British Columbia, Canada, Jayda G got to see the regenerative power of nature up close. “When I was about six or seven, the cats brought home a snake, and a third of its body was mangled,” the now London-based DJ and producer remembers.Streaming on WaterBear in the UK, the documentary combines her love for environmental science and music, focusing on blue carbon, or the powerful role the ocean can play in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. When nurtured properly it can be a spectacular resistance tool against the climate crisis.One thing I also hope people do is to find out their local blue carbon initiatives. Blue carbon is everywhere – if there is the ocean and land, there’s probably some blue carbon environments around. If you get to know your local wetlands and get to love it, if anything is happening to it, you’re gonna know, and be able to fight any developments.