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This is one of those episodes where we talk about EVERYTHING.  Populism, Climate Change, Crypto Currencies, Inflation, GREENflation, Bad Carbon Politics, Prosecco , the success or failure of the Euro, why growth isn't evenly spread around countries and Scottish independence!

We are bloody delighted to join us on the show this week Professor Mark Blyth. Mark is a Professor of International and Public Affairs at Brown University, and the director of the William R. Rhodes Centre for International Economics and Finance. Mark has written some fantastic books most notably, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, and Angrynomics.

Mark is one of the authors that radicalized Andrew into politics, so it's safe to say he's pretty excited about this episode. 


Links

Prosecco growers article
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/31/politics-prosecco-democrats-joe-manchin-key-bill

Fiona Hill "There's nothing for you here"
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/There-Is-Nothing-for-You-Here-by-Fiona-Hill/9780358574316

climate shocks to US timber supply- Greenflation
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/02/greenflation-prices-inflation-climate-change-coffee-lumber/621456/

Shout outs

James Ashley Morrison- for his new book Englands Cross of Gold
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501758430/englands-cross-of-gold/#bookTabs=1

published by @CornellPress

Adam Tooze
@adam_tooze

Adams Substack channel is a great resource. 

https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-93-russias-720m-per-day?r=1nkgw&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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We spend a lot of time trying to divine futures that leads humanity away from climate breakdown and extinction but relying on reality can only take you so far.  This week we dive into the futuristic world of Sci-Fi with one of its giants, Kim Stanley Robinson.

We discuss Stanley's latest book Ministry for the Future, an excellent vision of a path away from climate breakdown. We discuss his impetus for writing the novel,  where Cli-Fi sits in the Sci-Fi genre, the realities of his novel, and the path away from 2°C warming.

Links
Ministry for the future
https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-ministry-for-the-future-chp-3/

Help Angela Brown get elected for a Green New Deal in  West Heywood!
https://www.facebook.com/Angela-Brown-for-West-Heywood-101636022463812/

Joseph Vogl: the Ascendancy of Finance
https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Ascendancy+of+Finance-p-9781509509294

lecture by Vogl on the book at Brown University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuWUoD_ip5s

Governing by Debt by  Maurizio Lazzarato
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/governing-debt

Riot Strike Riot by Joshua Clover
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2999-riot-strike-riot

Shoutouts
Ken Macleod - excellent Sci-Fi writer 
@amendlocke

Francis Spufford
Another excellent writer

Arthur Turrell
@arthurturrell

Arthur's article in the Guardian on nuclear fusion:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/13/power-stars-energy-needs-fusion-energy-industry

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It's all kicking off in Greater Manchester! New council leaders, a scrap over clean air, and the Lib Dems pick up a seat in Ancoats & Beswick.

To fill us in on all the action, we are joined today by Chorlton councillor Eve Holt. We discuss Eve's journey into environmentalism, the combined climate consciousness of the council, what changes Bev Craig is bringing to Manchester City Council, and the controversy over the GM Clean Air Zone.

Shout outs
Danielle - Our Green Chorlton
Claire - from Our Streets Chorlton @OurChorlton
and Glynis – Eve's mum!

Jan Rosenow (@janrosenow)
on his heat pump myth busting. Check out his thread below
https://twitter.com/janrosenow/status/1492086853159301121?t=NLbSKSz7kg5OXSg4MrnMBg&s=08

Bury Trades Council
@BuryTUC

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This week on the show we are joined by actor, writer and environmental activist Sam Knights.  We learn about the early heady days of Extinction rebellion, the struggles of democracy in movements, how art and politics feed into each other, and the emotional richness that can be found.  We also look ahead at the fight to come in 2022 and the pitfalls of Adam Mckay's latest film, Don't Look Up.

 
Links

The Time to Act is Now, by Carola Rackete
https://www.rosalux.de/en/publication/id/45396/the-time-to-act-is-now

Archive of Chartist poetry
http://www.our-chartist-heritage.co.uk/category/chartists/poems/

Don't Look Up Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbIxYm3mKzI

Shout outs
Sam's flat mate for the support during his Covid-19 isolation

Carola Rackete
@CaroRackete

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It looks like we’re trapped in another Conservative Party psychodrama for the next three years, but local and regional elected office has become a strategic battleground for the Labour Party. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was hailed as 'King in the North' for his stance on Covid-19 restrictions in the autumn and winter of 2020, with some even suggesting he should take over as party leader off the back of his performance. Regional mayoralities may be a place where Labour can show that it is ready to lead the country once again. 

Fast forward to 2022 and a new regional mayoralty is on the cards, this time in South Yorkshire. As listeners will know, we think the time to act on climate change at all levels is now. So what can be done with the powers of the South Yorks mayoralty when in the hands of someone with the climate consciousness we think all leaders need?

Today, we are joined by Labour candidate hopeful Lewis Dagnall, who’s here to tell us about his Green New deal vision for South Yorkshire. We discuss taking buses back into public control, how a regional Green New Deal Bond would work and the importance of supporting rural communities. 

Shout Outs

Labour for a Green New Deal 
@LabGND
Yeb Saño
@YebSano

Joe Glenton and his book Veteranhood
@joejglenton

Read Conrad Bower's investigation for The Meteor on temporary accommodation.

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Happy New year and welcome to third season of the Manchester Green New Deal Podcast. We have a stellar line up of environmental and ecological champions to get through this year so lets get started.

Trees have always been touted as a common sense answer to climate change. Plant more trees , the big carbon arrow goes down and we can all carry on driving around in our SUVs to the corner shop to pick up 20 malboro lites.   As ever  ( and its a reoccurring theme on this show) it's never that simple.  So when is tree planting a good idea?

This week on the show we are joined by the aptly named Forrest Fleischman (@ForrestFleisch1) . Forrest is the Associate professor of environmental & natural resource policy at the University of Minnesota.  Forrest explains to us the pitfalls of ubiquitous tree planting, where large scale programs have failed,  The difficulty with trees just being the answer when it comes to land use and how the Global North whats to use the tropics as it's carbon store.

Links

Forrest's paper that inspired the conversation
Pitfalls of Tree Planting Show Why We Need People-Centered Natural Climate Solutions
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/11/947/5903754?login=true

World agroforestry center
https://www.worldagroforestry.org/

recent blog post from Dr Lalisa Duguma  on live stock land cycles
https://apps.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/TB21036.pdf


Daisugi tree growing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcl4I5EF-do

Shout outs

Dan Brockington
@danbrockington


Rose Pritchard
@_rosepritchard

Johan Oldekop
@madasascientist

@bubblycakehopey
english pastoral by James Rebanks
https://www.waterstones.com/book/english-pastoral/james-rebanks/9780141982571

The African Pot Project
@Tapeventsmcr

you can support the project here
https://tapproject.co.uk/support-us/

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Merry Christmas you flithy animals!

As 2021 comes to a close the whole team gathers around the virtual fire place (no peat based fuels) to discuss our highs our lows and our hopes for 2022.

Thankyou so much to everyone who's been on the show this year, our supporters on pateron and all the listeners around the world. Shout out to our ten listeners in Chile El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido!


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This week on the show we are joined by Kwesia, aka City Girl in Nature (@citygirlnature). 

We discuss rediscovering human connection to nature, how the pandemic has impacted that connection, and what can we do to bring more communities and nature together. 

Links

• Kwesia's website
• Black girl Hike
• Black Geographers (@blackgeogorg)

Shout outs:

• Mysterex (@OverlordXbeats)
• Mark Burton (@MarkHBurton) – Steady State Manchester's The Carbon and Planning Workbook
• Paid to Pollute  @PaidToPollute
  
  

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This week we welcome Financial Times journalist and editor of Moral Money, Simon Mundy. We discuss Simon's latest book, Race for Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis, a series of stories of his journeys through 26 countries affected by climate change.

Simon walks us through several examples, ranging from Siberia's 'Tusk Rush' to islands in the South Pacific, to illuminate how the climate crisis is shattering communities, shaking up global business, and propelling a groundbreaking wave of cutting-edge innovation.

We also touch on the carbon politics of Australia, climate journalism, the life and work of Conrad Stephen, and the legitimacy of carbon offsetting.

Links
Race for Tomorrow:
https://www.simonmundy.com/book

Climeworks - carbon capture
https://act.climeworks.com/fight-climate-change-video/?utm_source=googleBrand&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=GS-AO-World-en-Brand&gclid=Cj0KCQiA47GNBhDrARIsAKfZ2rCiri8iRcngYw3D557I-PTKCgaaLK8ZixDKwP-IzFN5okCCEfXuXLIaAkPyEALw_wcB

Shout outs

Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez- Panama delegate for COP26
@juanmonterreyg
Stop Cambo campaign
@StopCambo

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COP26 was seen as one of the final chances for the world to get it's act together and collectively fight to defend the human race from itself.  Are COPs even designed to be emancipatory? This week on the show we get a breakdown of everything that went on in Glasgow with our special guest Asad Rehman (@chilledasad100) from War on Want(@Waronwant).

We discuss how the climate movement has changed over the last 20 years, the history of solidarity in justice movements across the UK and the world How COP26 played out, the fight for justice with the Indian farmers why progressives need Milton Friedman and how we build climate into working class movements.

Links
Asad speech at COP26
https://twitter.com/chilledasad100/status/1459663828728393730?s=20

War on Want
https://waronwant.org/

Global Green New Deal
https://waronwant.org/our-work/global-green-new-deal


Shout outs

War on Want
@WarOnWant
www.waronwant.org

George Monbiot
@GeorgeMonbiot

Freddie Daley
@Fred_Daley
How the Tories profit from the climate crisis
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/11/fossil-fuels-decarbonisation-british-parliament-mps-second-jobs

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