First Mile's Climate Heroes

In this episode we learn from explorer and activist Robin Hansbury-Tenison how we must harness the power of microbes, free electricity, weather management and climate geoengineering to tame the four horsemen of pandemics, conflict, famine and death. 

This episode finds out if we can stamp our climate change with a stamp – or a Planet Mark - to be more precise. Andew Griffiths, from Planet Mark talks about the importance of story-telling, measurement and goal setting to achieve net-zero.

In this episode we meet former ‘sneakerhead’, Rory Hugill, who is working to transform the fashion industry from its linear model to a circular Good Fashion approach that is regenerative and restorative for nature.

Plastic could be a $4trillion social opportunity for the planet, and redistribute worth to the poor who can escape extreme poverty by recycling plastic. In this episode we meet the founder of Plastic Bank who is connecting circular economies with social justice to build regenerative opportunities for our planet.

There can be no life without soil and no soil without life and this episode meets Soil Heroes to explore how regenerative farming works with nature to harness the chemical and biological power of soil – preserving biodiversity and increasing its ability to store carbon.

Environmentalists often turn diet into a behavioural battlefield – getting polarised around being a veggie, vegan, beef-free, or a pescatarian. Today’s guest is the founder of Honest Burgers, who are on a mission to feed people from locally sourced food from regenerative farms. Tune in to learn about cooking, food miles, sustainable produce and British farming.

This episode meets The Commitment who are using the power of our democracy to deliver on climate change and biodiversity loss. We need politicians on side to change policy for the climate and UK Government directly controls 40% of UK GDP which could be spent wisely.

I love having guests on Zero 50 who want to kill my business by eliminating waste and SafiaQureshi, founder of CLUBZERO is planning on doing just this by replacing billions of items of single-use packaging with better quality and more resilient reusable alternatives.

There’s no shortage of money to solve the climate crisis. Property is a case in point because the sector is worth £280 trillion globally. In this episode we hear how Savills Property Investment are using their property portfolio to green cities and make them better places to live and work.

EIGHT billion people live on this planet BUT we grow enough food to feed 11 billon, and yet we waste millions of tonnes of edible food a year. In a generation, we have changed how we grow, cook and consume food. We’ve become disconnected from what we eat and where it comes from. To understand this and how we can change we meet Cookery School and learn how to cook sustainably.