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
44: Beavers! With Sophie Pavelle and Eva Bishop from Beaver Trust
43: British Nature with Lucy Hodson
42: Sea Ice: Why does it matter?
41: HS2: Low-carbon travel or environmental disaster?
40: Lizzie Daly! On animal-human interactions and wildlife presenting
39: Rivers (re-visited!) with Dr. Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley
38: Badgers! (and the ‘C‘ word: culling)
36: Rivers: Pollution, pesticides and
35: Insect Decline with Yussef Rafik, aka The Zoology Guy
34: Lockdown and the environment: changes that can last?
33: Alcohol: Getting sloshed, sustainably (and responsibly)
32: Save the Butterflies, PLUS getting your nature fix during lockdown
31: Water Scarcity: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink
30: Overpopulation: Climate Change‘s Uncomfortable Truth? With Dave Gardner
29: Flooding: Can we blame climate change? Can we do anything about it?
28: Tori Tsui on Modern-day Activism and Fixing The System
26: Renewable Energy: How it Works, Sources and Switching
27: Roxy Furman on Vegan Diets, Activism and Low-Impact Living
25: Strange Sustainability Solutions: Celebrating the Interesting, Innovative and Unusual
24: Wildfires: Causes, Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change
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