This episode is about the grind, the toil, the sweat, the slog, the graft, the duty - and things like skills and craft, commitment and creativity. Yes, it’s about work! The green kind. It’s about working in the energy transition. What exactly is a green job? How do I get myself one of those? What motivates folks who have one? And is it the same as a good job? Join us as we talk to people that hold green jobs and those that create the conditions for more of us to have one. 

There are two parts to this episode - this is Part 2.

Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources.

Episode credits Power in the City is produced by Carbon Coop. This episode was written and produced by Britt Jurgensen. Host: Alex King; Local research & interviews: Melissa Kelly Shore; Sound design & postproduction: Barry Han

Interviews with: Adam Buckley-Mayes, Trailar, Andrew Hunt, Oldham Council, Antonia Jennings, CLES

Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

This episode is about the grind, the toil, the sweat, the slog, the graft, the duty - and things like skills and craft, commitment and creativity. Yes, it’s about work! The green kind. It’s about working in the energy transition. What exactly is a green job? How do I get myself one of those? What motivates folks who have one? And is it the same as a good job? Join us as we talk to people that hold green jobs and those that create the conditions for more of us to have one.

Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources.

Episode credits

Interviews with: Mumin Rahman, Carbon Co-op, Helen Seagrave and Mike Taylor, Electricity North West, Aileen McDonnell, Orianne Landers, Mark Cox, B4Box, Tom Jarman, Low Carbon Journey, Tom Leahy, Oldham College, Lucy Burke, Manchester Metropolitan University

Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

This episode is all about staying warm. By putting a jumper on your home! Yes, it’s about the good old insulation trick - about retrofit, its benefits for householders and the difficulties (and nifty ideas) that arise when trying to scale that up across different building types and tenures. Join us as we hit home in Oldham and learn from local householders, crafts people and other brilliant experts.

Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources.

Episode credits

Interviews with: Ibrahim Hoque, OBA Millennium Centre Oldham, Aileen McDonnell, Mark Cox and Orianne Landers B4Box, Clare Rainsford, Onward Homes, Jonathan Atkinson, Carbon Coop

Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

Feeling the sting of high energy bills? Wish we were less dependent on profit hungry energy companies? This episode is about powering our local futures by harnessing the power of the sun together. Join us to meet people in Oldham and beyond, talking about how solar can be a way of powering our homes and making the electricity that we need in a much more fair, affordable and sustainable way. Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources.

This episode was written and produced by Britt Jurgensen. Host: Hannah Knox. Local research & interviews: Melissa Kelly Shore. Sound design & postproduction: Barry Han

Interviews with: Mohammed Ashraf, Philippa Whittaker, Simon Davies, Kate Gilmartin, Bill Edwards, David Weidenbaum, Andrew Hunt

Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

So climate change is something that we obviously all know about, but it also is such a big and wicked problem, it can be hard to grasp and quite difficult to talk about. Join us for episode 2 as we try to understand climate change with our ears, guts and hearts. Featuring spoken word poetry, the concept of climate justice, chilli plants, a cycling imam and strangely a lot of hope.

Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources.

Interviews with: Chris Rapley (Professor of Climate Science, UCL), Kooj Chuhan (Crossing Footprints), Rabia Begum, My Coldhurst community group (Sadrul Alam, Kamal Rob, Saleh Uddin, Mahbubur Rahman, Mohammed Ali), The cycling Imam - aka Maulana Atiqur Rahman, Councillor Abdul Jabbar

With special thanks to: Chris Chase for letting us share the climate change sonification.

Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

Join us for episode 1, as we meander the paths of Oldham, past, present and future. Find out what makes Oldham folk walk and wheel and how we could make it even easier for people to leave their cars behind. This episode features a walking hairdresser, Oldham's transport history in under 10 min and many pairs of walking boots.

Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources. 

Want to get involved? Tell us about a great idea or initiative that gets people walking or wheeling in your place. Just drop an email to [email protected] or contact us on social media. We’ll do a shout out for you in one of our next episodes.

This episode was written and produced by Britt Jurgensen. Host: Hannah Knox. Local research & interviews: Melissa Kelly Shore. Sound design & postproduction: Barry Han

Interviews with: Kate Crew, Bryn Chapman, Roger Ivens, Ruji Surjan, Morag Rose, Richard Lambert, Chris Maylor, Pharmacy Short Walks participants, Mike Dodd, Forces 4 Nature, Philippa Whittaker

Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

Join us as we roam the streets of Oldham to find out about all the creative and bold ways that people are responding to the climate emergency. We have a lot in store for you - good stories, interesting conversations and even a couple of celebrities!

This is a little preview of what’s to come in Power in the City.

Credits

Power in the City is produced by Carbon Coop and funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

Concept: Britt Jurgensen and Hannah Knox

Episode production and research: Britt Jurgensen, Hannah Knox, Melissa Kelly Shore and Alex King

Sound design and postproduction: Barry Han