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A collection of 28 posts

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Podcastshelf - ‘Screw This… Let’s Try Something Else’

An arresting title for a podcast and it doesn’t disappoint. In this short podcast series the presenters visit places around the country where local people have literally taken matters into their own hands to change their communities for the better. One group raised funds to buy houses and refurbish

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Rethink: should we stop flying?; how can flying be less polluting?

Plans for a second runway at Gatwick airport have recently been given the green light. This follows approval of expansion plans for Luton airport, and positive signals from the government about the long-discussed third runway at Heathrow earlier this year. Gatwick expects annual flights to increase from 280,000 to

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The Energy Transition Show - Electric Farming in New Zealand

This podcast episode features an interview with Mike Casey, a Kiwi tech entrepreneur turned cherry farmer. He started by gradually converting his farm to run on electricity, much of which is generated on site. In terms of electric machinery he’s a true early adopter, importing New Zealand’s first

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Strong Message Here: The New Brexit

Net Zero is getting a lot of attention recently, possibly even becoming that most cliched thing, a political football. This podcast, presented by Helen Lewis and Armando Iannucci, explores the ‘use and abuse of language in politics’. It’s both entertaining and insightful, and this particular episode focuses on Net

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Rare Earth Podcast + The Rest Is Politics on Net Zero

Rare Earth - Is Net Zero a toxic brand? It's no secret that not everyone thinks Net Zero is a good idea - those on the climate-sceptic end of the spectrum see it as misguided at best, and even some who understand the harsh reality of climate change

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Happy Heat Pump Podcast

Our latest contributor to the Meet the Steering Group feature, Mick Lorkins, mentions in his piece that he has installed an Air Source Heat Pump in his home, along with other eco-friendly improvements. Coincidentally I recently became aware of this podcast specifically dedicated to demystifying heat pumps of all kinds.

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Climate risk and energy transition

We usually publish one book and one podcast recommendation each month on CA-WN Exchange. This month instead of a book, I’m going to suggest reading a short article published on LinkedIn*, and tie that in with two podcasts. The article, ‘Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism’ is by

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Feed: Ultra-processed foods, plastics, transport

Our Bookshelf recommendation this month is Ultra Processed People, about ultra processed food (UPF) and how it is affecting us as consumers, in all senses of the word. The equally important relationship of UPF to climate change might not be immediately apparent, though it does feature in the book. This

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In Conservation

It feels good to recommend a podcast with a local focus. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (BCN) recently launched their own podcast and a very good one it is too, with high production quality and informative conversations with expert insiders about the state of nature in our

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Generation One: The Climate Podcast

This podcast is hosted by leading climate experts from University College London and has covered a range of topics from electric batteries to trees and climate finance. It has an engaging mix of scientific expertise and enthusiasm. The two latest episodes cover biodiversity, with a report on the release of

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Greta Thunberg speech to COP25

This recommendation (a video rather than a podcast) comes from Teresa Cox, which has recently joined CA-WN's steering group. Teresa says: I've recently been studying a short course, Climate Change: Transforming your organisation for Sustainability. As part of this there is a link to Greta'

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The Great Simplification

Each episode of The Great Simplification consists of an interview by the host Nate Hagens with someone able to provide insight into an aspect of the climate and biodiversity crises (or 'polycrisis'). Most episodes come in at over an hour which allows time to explore the subject matter.

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The Countryside Kitchen meets...

One of the joys of podcasts is that they really are egalitarian – lots of podcasters are big names backed by well-established production companies, but just as many aren’t, and it is great to be able to recommend a podcast made locally. Milly Fyfe is a businesswoman and food blogger,

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Outrage and Optimism revisited and The Way Out Is In

The podcast series Outrage and Optimism has already been placed on the shelf in May last year but perhaps it needs the dust blowing off and re-engaging with it. That’s certainly what I have done. Well, to tell the truth, I have not visited it very often until now

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Bees - culture and survival

This edition of the long-running radio 4 programme Start The Week was recommended by Peter Nalder of South Court Environmental. Here's what he had to say: 'What Bees Need' Listen to this on the radio if you can, online or on-repeat if available: It’s the

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Café Hope interview with Paul Powlesland

In the week when the determined campaigners of the Wellingborough Walks Action Group (WWAG) take their case to a judicial review in the High Court, it seems appropriate to feature as our selected podcast an interview with Paul Powlesland. Paul's name may be familiar to you as the

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Now Here

This is a bit of a departure from our usual fare, in that this podcast doesn’t have a climate or environmental theme, although some episodes do – one about citizen scientists testing water quality on the River Wye, for example. It’s described as “Stories of people coming together to

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The Climate Question

The Climate Question is a weekly podcast from the BBC World Service which (spoiler alert) looks at a different climate-related question in each sub-30 minute episode. It generally provides a good overview of each topic, with expert input articulated for the person on the street. As it is a World

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Fed with Chris van Tulleken

This is a podcast series from BBC Sounds which explores the story of chicken, its progression from scrawny jungle fowl to the most widely consumed animal protein on the planet, and what that says about us. It is almost an urban myth that modern humans think food comes from supermarkets,

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Sustainable-ish with Jen Gale

**Updated November 2023** A new series of the Sustainable-ish podcast started just over a month ago, with an excellent selection of guests and topics including Dr Ella Gilbert on debunking climate myths. We are delighted to be welcoming Jen as the guest speaker at our monthly meeting on 16 November

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More or Less: Net Zero and HS2

I've been listening to More or Less on Radio 4 for a long time and have learned a great deal from it about how to understand and interrogate statistics and data in the media. Each episode always covers several topics and two of those featured in the 27

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Tricycle Talks: Life As It Is

'Life As It Is' is a podcast from the American Buddhist magazine, Tricycle. This episode is an interview with Rebecca Solnit, who has co-edited a book of essays entitled 'Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility'. Perhaps a useful reminder at the

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Your Brain on Climate

Collectively, we know that climate change is a serious threat to our future, and we know what we need to do to avoid the worst effects. But we don’t seem to be doing it, at least not fast enough. So why is our behaviour not in line with the

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The Big Green Money Show

If you’re looking for a podcast where you can listen to some of the world’s biggest businesses discussing their current initiatives and future plans to further their operations in a sustainable direction, then look no further than “The Big Green Money Show”. Hosted by Dragons’ Den’s Deborah

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Outrage! + Optimism

I’ve been listening to Outrage & Optimism for several years. Its credentials as a source of information and comment on global climate and environmental issues are impeccable; one of the three co-hosts is Christiana Figueres, who as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was