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  • Planet Pod goes walkabout with The Ramblers and the Western Front Way
    Planet Pod gets out of the studio and goes walkabout with our guests Tompion Platt, Director of Advocacy and Engagement with The Ramblers and Rory Forsyth, CEO of the Western Front Way.  Amanda finds out first hand about the work of The Ramblers in making it easier to access walks in our cities as well as the countryside, and also learns about the Western Front Way - the new, continuous, permanent way marked path from the Swiss border in the South through France and Belgium to the channel coast in the North.

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    35 min
  • Planet Pod discusses Air Quality with Elle McCall from Hubbub, Kings College London researcher Andrew Grieve and private banker Emily Bernstein from Investec
    The air we share is not as clean as is could and should be - but what is air pollution and what is it doing to us? Where are the clean areas and who is most at risk from pollution? Is it better to be a cyclist or an HGV driver? In this episode a marathon runner and a University researcher share their experiences of the recent Hubbub air pollution study in London.

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    42 min
  • Planet Pod discusses the Future of Energy with DNV GL's Al Karim Govindji and Joe Wadsworth from Good Energy
    While the news on climate change and species loss is gloomy there is some light on the energy front:  last month we hit 76 hours without coal! What does this mean for consumers and policy makers? How much of our energy comes from wind, solar or nuclear?  What does the future of sustainable energy look like?  Find out the truth behind the stats - and hear our Planet Pod myth busts on green and not so green energy.....

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    39 min
  • Planet Pod goes North (well - North East, actually....)
    Planet Pod visits three very different world-leading projects, protecting wildlife and acing sustainability in the North East.  Amanda is the guest of Climate Action North who act as her guide visiting the RSPB's Saltholme Nature Reserve, a Pollinator Park in the middle of the North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) in Sunderland and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's Washington Wetland Centre. Amanda is in the company of Sharon Lashley, MD of Climate Action North, who is responsible for Europe's only solar powered flamingo house.  Intrigued?  Then listen in for more......

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    34 min
  • Planet Pod celebrates Earth Day at Somerset House with visual artist Justin Brice Guariglia, Carmen Aguilar y Wedge from Hyphen-Labs and curator Karishma Rafferty

    Earth Day 2019 at Somerset House - Planet Pod celebrates Earth Day by chatting with some of the artists who have created special installations and art pieces to highlight the loss of species. Hear how Justin Brice Guariglia, visual artist, Carmen Aguilar y Wedge from Hyphen-Labs and Karishma Rafferty who has curated the season have responded. Dive into the Anxious Ocean or catch your breath at #ReduceSpeedNow

    Links:

    Earth Day Season at Somerset HouseAnxious Ocean - Hyphen LabsJustin Brice Guariglia

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    46 min
  • Climate Justice - Activism and the Rule of Law

    In this short Planet Pod Special Amanda talks to public law lawyer Estelle Dehon from Cornerstone Barristers to get her view on climate justice and why people are motivated by this to take to the streets.  We ask Estelle how climate action sits with the rule of law - two things which might be seen to be in conflict.

    Estelle is recognised as a leading junior in environment and planning law (with particular expertise in climate change matters).  Estelle is also a guest along with consultant physician Veneta Cooney in our longer Planet Pod episode discussing the ethics of sustainability which you can also listen to here.


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    13 min
  • Planet Pod talks to arctic explorer Pen Hadow about the urgent need to protect the floating ice reef ecosystem of the arctic

    In this special Planet Pod episode Amanda catches up with renowned arctic explorer, advocate and visionary Pen Hadow who talks about what inspired him to push the boundaries of exploration in the arctic region.

    Pen describes the disturbing truth of what he has seen with his own eyes - the gradual destruction of what he calls the "floating ice reef ecosystem" of the arctic.  He highlights the vulnerability of an entire habitat from unchecked commercial fishing, international shipping and mineral extraction in the region.

    Pen then gives a call to action for all of us to tackle climate change and highlights the important international advocacy work of the 90o North Unit.

    The 90ºNorth Unit, founded by Pen, is the only organisation exclusively dedicated to protecting the wildlife and floating ice-reef ecosystem in the Arctic Ocean’s international waters. The Unit is catalysing the conservation process within the United Nations to create the world’s largest protected marine area by 2032.

    Many thanks to Charles Russell Speechlys for hosting this podcast

     

    Links:

    90º North Unit

    Pen Haddow

    Twitter: @penhadow    @ArcticMission

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    29 min

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