Children have gone on strike from schools, Extinction Rebellion has occupied our headlines and our cities, and now the UK has declared a Climate Emergency, as have many individual towns, cities and communities - Universities, even!
But what has the Greta-effect actually had on the UK, and what does declaring a very official sounding (but not actually very officially-binding) Climate Emergency even mean?
Things we chatted about:
WWF Climate Emergency Demand Action Petition: https://www.wwf.org.uk/fight-climate-change
Friend's of the Earth's to-do list for the UK Government to address climate change: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate-change/climate-emergency-plan?gclid=Cj0KCQjwz6PnBRCPARIsANOtCw1k4RA1FFWRIuMw9O-PIw07hXL4QRiu90QFsUuWWXPsU-0l78IzG-YaAnbyEALw_wcB
The Guardian, 'We must mobilise for the climate emergency like we do in wartime. Where is the climate minister?': https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2019/jun/03/we-must-mobilise-for-the-climate-emergency-like-we-do-in-war-time-where-is-the-climate-minister
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Sound mixed by Mark Skinner
64: Bobbing for Truth: Halloween‘s Environmental Footprint
63: Light pollution! What’s up with bulbs, brightness and blinding nature?
62: Soil: Essential and… Sexy?
61: Eco(ish) Home Renovation & Redecoration
60: Slash Your Carbon Footprint with a Green Pension, with Make My Money Matter
59: Space tourism: bad news for terra firma?
58: Cryptocurrency! Is Bitcoin burning the planet?
57: Trees! With Joe Middleton from Woodland Trust
56: Carbon Storage
55: Renewables with Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy
54: Starting a Sustainable and Ethical Business, with James from Animall Tea
53: Chris Jones from Cornwall Beaver Project
52: How to grow your own food
51: PETS! Can they be sustainable? Feat. Ryan Dalton
50: Tea and Coffee
49: Anthropogenic Noise! (Human sound pollution)
48: BOGS! Nature‘s best carbon capture habitats.
47: Air Pollution: What are we breathing in?
46: Tom Carroll: Saving the rainforest with TikTok, 3D printng coral reefs, and offshore wind farms
45: Merry Christmas-is-a-bit-cancelled bonus Q&A!
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