Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
News:Politics
Hello! We got out of Geoff's loft and onto Parliament Square to join the many thousands of young people worldwide protesting about climate change and we also talk about what could be a big part of the answer: A Green New Deal (GND). We explain what it is and how it seeks to put economic and social justice at the heart of the fight against climate change with Ann Pettifor, one of the originators of the idea more than ten years ago and Zack Exley, US Co-Founder of Justice Democrats that supported Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who has put the GND on the map in the US,
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Comedian Olga Koch is rebranding cooperation tax, applying the impartiality of football referees to combat fake news and incentivising voting with prizes.
Plastic Not Fantastic: global, national and local approaches to tackle plastic pollution
Cabinet of Chaos
HOLDING OUT FOR A ZERO: assessing the UK’s climate progress
RTBC AT EPISODE 250: how museums shape our society
BREAKING THE MOULD: Ed and Geoff explore the hidden world of fungi
PRISON BREAK: Alternatives for women in the justice system
FROM PHILANTHROPY TO JUSTICE: what the wealthy can contribute to society
Andrea Elliott: Invisible Child
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROAM: Making nature accessible to everyone
MIND THE (HEALTH) GAP: The postcode lottery of life
BRAIN POWER: Disentangling the narratives around dyslexia
DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL: the case against C4 privatisation
THE CHILDCARE CRUNCH - The Hidden Cost of Living Crisis
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS: Learning from the US campaigns to organise at Amazon and Starbucks
WILD CITY: Uncovering urban wildlife with Florence Wilkinson and the Urban Birder David Lindo
WATCH ALL ABOUT IT! News for children as Newsround turns 50
I QUIT? - The real story behind the ‘Great Resignation’
CRY ME A RIVER: How to save the UK’s rivers
BACK IN THE FRONT ROW: Cinema bounces back and Fiona Shaw talks Killing Eve spinoffs
HERE COMES THE SUN: storing clean energy
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