One Love One Planet

Becca and Eva join us in the studio to update us all about the campaign to get Designated Bathing Water Status for Conham River Park & Eastwood Farm Nature Reserve. They've been to the council, created a sewage data dashboard, and held a swimming rave! We also speak to Janis Fry all about her new book on the historical (and sometimes spiritual) importance of yew trees!

We catch up on local and global climate news; hear from Nigel at Extinction Rebellion about what they feel they've accomplished so far, the lessons they're learning and what their focus is next; and discuss Dale Vince's book 'Manifesto: The Battle for Green Britain'.

Neil Simpson from Bank Green tells us how we can check if our banks are investing our money in fossil fuels; why it matters; and what easy steps we can take about it. We also check out a new book that's all about flora in one of the most unique biodiverse areas of the UK.

We speak with Rich Felgate, director of the award-winning documentary 'Finite: The Climate of Change' (in cinemas now) which follows local communities trying to fight back against fossil fuel companies. We also review the book 'The Case for the Green New Deal' by political economist Ann Pettifor.

We find out from Ed Morrison all about how Roots Allotments is making allotment growing more accessible to more people; as well as talking about the documentary The Seeds of Vandana Shiva and the role seeds have to play in combating the climate crisis.

We find out what's actually going on with Brislington Meadows. Why do they need saved anyway? We also hear about the film The Oil Machine, being shown at the Cube Microplex on 27th Feb.

We catch up with Bristol's brand new councillor Patrick McAllister from the Green Party, and review the book 'Hope in the Dark' by Rebecca Solnit.

We all know that that the same foods - in this case carrots - can taste very different from each other, and that taste is often a guide to its quality.  There is a device for measuring the quality of nutrients in foods, and it's called the Brix Refractometer.  It's something that each of us could be using at home if we wanted, in our gardens and allotments.  Matthew Adams, from the group Growing Real Food for Nutrition (Grffn) is on a mission to turn us all into citizen scientists and comparing notes on the vegetables we grow.  Ultimately this will improve not only the foods we grow, but also the health of our planet.

Featuring Matthew Adams, Grffn https://grffn.org/

The Bionutrient Institute: https://www.bionutrientinstitute.org/

Music: Awaken Me by Mountaintops (Licenced by Audiio)

Philippa Bayley is the Co-Creator (along with Neville Bayley) of the artistic project living-language-land.  The project which was showcased at COP26, uses words from endangered languages that reveal an important element of that people's relationship with the land and with nature.  

This podcast also features a short piece on Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass (at 24'30) and then a final word from living-language land, very different to all the others.

You can find more information here: living language land: https://living-language-land.org/

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Awaken me by Mountaintops

Part 2 of Bcfm's Earth Week Special! In November 2022 to coincide with COP27, BCfm devoted a week of its programmes to our planet.  Lots of programmes took part, and this podcast features some of the highlights.  This was first broadcast on One Love One Planet on Tuesday 17th January 2022 at 11am on BCfm Radio.

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Course Ground Main by Marscott

Spring 1 by Muns

Project File European by Flavio Morgade