Welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. This time we’re talking about how fossil fuels just aren’t that hot any more. It’s all about them renewables, y’know. We discuss The Brooke charity’s use of 360 video, and we’re talking about a new, and fabulous, research study, courtesy of Manchester Metropolitan University.

Bex is on hosting duties and is joined by TFGL team members Jonny Rae-Evans and Greg Ashton

This week’s special guest is Dr Brendan Keegan, Digital Marketing Lecturer at MMU.  

He’s on the pod to talk to us about the amazing funded PhD scholarship opportunity GOGREEN ROUTES 

This show was recorded on 10th November 2020.

Stat of the week: 

Renewables employed three times as many people as fossil fuel during the trump years

And yet they're going to pump more money into the industry following covid. Unless Biden can change that. Meanwhile the UK is one of the nation's to focus more on in renewables:

Charity news of the week: 

Brooke charity for horses, donkeys and mules tells the story using 360 videos. Why don't we see more of these?

Tech news of the week: 

Trump team sets up phone line for reporting voter fraud. Immediately gets inundated with fake calls

We previously complained about Tim Berners-Lee and his white male team of internet heroes. Now they are ready to launch with some pretty big names signed up:

And finally…

Ethical alternative to Amazon sites amazingly well on its first day

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