Planet Pod

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Planet Pod episodes

  • Planet Pod goes on safari at Knepp Estate and talks with Isabella Tree
    Planet Pod visits the 3,500 acres Knepp Estate in Sussex - one of the largest rewilding projects in lowland Europe - and encounters herds of longhorn cattle, Tamworth pigs, cranes and other fauna and flora as the driving forces of habitat regeneration. We walk and talk with safari guide Tom Forward and then sit down to chat with Isabella Tree who, along with husband Charlie Burrell, is the co-owner and inspiration behind this amazing wilding project.

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    42 min
  • Planet Pod Special - Deeds and Words: A Festival of Women's Voices
    Join Planet Pod host Amanda Carpenter as she interviews Helen Pankhurst, Kate Fox and Jennifer Nadel among others at the recent Deeds and Words Festival of women’s voices. The weekend event held to celebrate 100 years of women’s suffrage brought together poets, writers, politicians, campaigners and activists celebrating women making themselves heard across the decades politically, publicly and personally.

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    30 min
  • How wild is our law? Planet Pod in conversation with the UKELA special interest group on Wild Law.
    Join Planet Pod host Amanda for a wide ranging discussion with guests Shehana Gomez, Emma Bean, Natasha Bradshaw, Colin Robertson and Rónán Kennedy in which we explore the tricky and sometimes controversial topic of earth’s jurisprudence – do mountains and rivers have rights? We discuss the Universal Declaration of Mother Earth and how it applies here in the UK and we ask: Is the law doing enough to protect and safeguard our rivers, our foreshore and our wild places? If not, what can and should we do?

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    30 min
  • Planet Pod talks sustainability with James Stephens, Aston Martin's Director of Global Government & External Affairs
    During a a break at a recent sustainability seminar hosted by Aston Martin Lagonda at their Gaydon factory (at which Planet Pod hosts Amanda, Jim and Steve ran breakout sessions) Planet Pod took a pit stop to talk with James Stephens, Director of Global Government and External Affairs, about Aston Martin's approach to sustainability.  James discusses the drivers for sustainability for this luxury marque and the importance of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (aka Global Goals) and explains to Amanda staff engagement with the car manufacturer's operational sustainability programme.  We also get a glimpse of the future of high-end personal mobility in the form of the Aston Martin Volante Vision Concept and discuss the company's plans for prestige EVs.  

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    30 min
  • Planet Pod visits the Cairngorm Reindeer herd in Scotland and talks to Emily and Alex Smith

    During Planet Pod's summer break we visited Britain’s only free-ranging herd of reindeer in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland.  As well as getting up close and personal to these magnificent creatures and experiencing some of their natural habitat, we talked to Emily and Alex Smith from Cairngorm Reindeer about the origin of the herd and the benefits and challenges of introducing a species such as reindeer to the Highlands.

     


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    30 min
  • Planet Pod goes outside to talk Rewilding with Tony Whitbread (SWT) and Simon Boyle (Argyll Environmental)
    Planet Pod talks bats, bison and beavers in Sussex - a rewilding discussion with Sussex Wildlife Trust recorded on location at Ebernoe Common. Join the team as they dodge the late summer rain and walk and talk about re-wilding. What it is - bottom up or top down, the case for wolves and beavers in the UK and tips on what you can do in your plot. Dr Tony Whitbread (SWT) and Simon Boyle (Argyll Environmental) took shelter with Amanda and Jim in the porch of a country churchyard to chat about how re-wilding really works, what it means and its many benefits.  Then, when the rain stopped, they took a leisurely stroll round the 80 hectares of Ebernoe Common.

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Planet Pod talks Green Buildings
    Our host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) talks about green buildings with guests Helen Heathfield, environmentalist and lead with the Islington Sustainable Energy Partnership, and Julie Hirigoyen, Chief Executive of the UK Green Building Council. We talk about green homes, green buildings and the associated challenges in between.

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    46 min
  • Planet Pod talks Sustainable Food
    Our host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) talks about sustainable food and food proiduction with our expert guests: Paul Newnham, head of the SDG 2 Advocacy Hub which coordinates global campaigning and advocacy of the Global Goal 2 - to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture; Helen Munday, Chief Scientific Officer at the Food And Drink Federation where she is accountable for sustainability and the diverse food safety and science policy briefs; Julia Porter, National Supply Chain Manager at Bio Bean - the world's first company to recycle coffee waste into advanced biofuels and - soon - biochemicals.

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    45 min
  • Planet Pod talks Pro Bono
    Our host Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) talks about pro bono support with guests Olga Hancock, who leads the pro bono practice at international law firm Simmons & Simmons, Pascale Bird, coordinator of Legal Response International's legal advisory service and Charlotte Davis from Christian Aid.  We talk about what pro bono is, who does it and why and what it means to those in receipt of it.

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    45 min
  • Planet Pod talks about when art meets life!

    Does art imitate life or life imitate art? Join Amanda Carpenter (Achill Management) and her guest co-presenter Julie Flower from The Specialist Generalist as they explore just how much art, design, architecture and the built environment influence how we feel about the world around us and, specifically, the planet and the climate.

    Special pod guests Michael Pinsky, artist, and Lynne Elvins, independent design strategist, discuss life, art, design and pollution!


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    45 min

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