Our 150th weekly update! We mark it with a retrospective of what we’ve learned over the last three years and what we’d like to see in the next three. If you’d like to read our additional scribblings on the subject, see our subscriber bonus post here.

Plenty to talk about from our Third Thursday podcast this week, before a well-earned (we would claim, others may not) break for The Green Edge next week. Back again at the end of August!

RenewableUK is the UK’s trade association for renewable energy, representing over 500 companies across wind, solar, wave and tidal energy, green hydrogen, and energy storage. It plays a key role in shaping energy policy, supporting innovation, and driving investment in the technologies powering the UK’s transition to Net Zero. From offshore wind to emerging clean power solutions, RenewableUK champions the industries building a sustainable, secure, and affordable energy future.

In this (early, because of the Bank Holiday) Third Thursday episode of The Green Edge Podcast, we talk to Scott Young FIEP, about his work as Head of Skills at RenewableUK and his role as Workstream Lead for People and Skills at the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC).

Download the RenewableUK/OWIC Wind Industry Skills Intelligence Report 2025.

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Talking about our Top Read post this week on EVs and the art of hiring. Plus, a chat with Luke Moss of Exeter College on the progress of the Green Skills Advisory Panel (GSAP).

Getting ready this week for the August rush (not!) and chatting about upcoming additions to our growing list of special Green Edge podcasts. Plus news of Germany at the tipping point (for heat pumps, that is).

This week we talk with Tom Cheek, Education Relationship Manager at the Society for the Environment (SocEnv), about SocEnv’s apprenticeship mapping work and its upcoming Entry Level Environmentalist (ELEnv) register, and more besides. Plus, a rather frustrated piece we read recently from our friend David Warnes of Chelmsford College.

A follow up to our Third Thursday special podcast on the rebranding of IEMA to the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP). Plus a dive into the weeds of the Modern Industrial Strategy.

From 17th July 2025, https://www.isepglobal.org/—the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals. The Green Edge wishes it all the best with its new name.

In this special episode of The Green Edge Podcast, we talk to Martin Baxter, Deputy Chief Executive of ISEP about what’s behind the rebrand, as well as some of ISEP’s major initiatives going forward.

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A dip into the pot of luck brings out news of a pair of recent regenerative agriculture events from Carbon Calling and Groundswell. Plus a letter to the FT and the Bloxham Sustainability Challenge.

And for anyone who may be interested in the Anglo-Saxon translation…

Eorþwis eorlas, | feldes freondas,Ne hergiað hæþen, | ac healdað þa soðe.Swā clæne cræft, | swā cynnwīs sibb,Sēam under sunnan, | syllic and fæst.

Earth-wise the folk, friends of the field,They raid not like heathens, but hold to the truth.Such clean craft, such kin-wise peace,A seam beneath the sun, wondrous and firm.

Solswylce sæd, | in swarte moldan,Bearnan mid blisse, | blōstmum geglenged.Yþ under eorþe, | ēacen and þrūtan,Lif þurh lisse, | lēodum forgifen.

Sun-like the seed in the dark soil,Burns with joy, adorned in blossoms.A wave beneath earth, swelling and thriving,Life through grace, given to the people.

Ne wyrceð he wæl, | ne wītan þurh synne,Ac fæst is his folme, | fæger his þēaw.Heorotspeall hergde, | hilde ne bēoþ,Ac giefu and gemynd, | grund weorþað hālig.

He makes no slaughter, nor sins through greed,But steady is his hand, fair is his habit.Not horn-blare of war nor battle shall be,But gift and remembrance — the ground made holy.

Se æcer þe lufað, | lēof bið forðsiðes,Gearum gerymed, | ġeardagum wliteg.Mon and mearc, | mid mod and hyge,Holdað þa hælo — | healdan eorþcyning.

The field that is loved is dear through the years,Opened by seasons, lovely as of old.Man and land, with mind and heart,Hold to the healing — honour Earth’s lord.

Music: Hilly Billy Land, from the album Northern Man.

Chat about our Top Read post this week on the Design Council’s new Skills for Planet Blueprint. Plus, a new green jobs matrix Michael’s been working on.