EcoFrenzy: Recent Episodes
EcoFrenzy
University Radio Nottingham's official environmentalist podcast brought to you by Erin, Gabby and Georgia. Listen in to hear all things sustainability and broken down into fun, informative, relatable content that doesn't judge the listener!
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This week the Ecofrenzy girls discuss climate change targets - what are they, what do we think of them, and what should we be aiming for? Erin shares recent revelations about the declining future of the planet due to climate change, Gabby shares her despair at said revelations, and Georgia shares the latest updates on the Willow Project - a $6 billion proposal sent to the US government from an oil company to drill for fossil fuels in Alaska. ~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on 4th March 2023.
The podcast this week is a deep dive into how sustainable IKEA is! Erin, Gabby and Georgia investigate what IKEA's sustainability goals and targets are, how they are implementing them and how they stand up against competitors. ~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on 25th February 2023.
Erin, Gabby and Georgia are talking all things cheese and wine, even LIVE taste testing vegan cheese! They also discuss electric cars and play a game of real or not with recent environmental headlines. ~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 18th February 2023.
Erin, Gabby and Georgia are back from their winter break and sharing how they felt environmentally over the holidays. Topic two is all about the air pollution headlines reaching the news in the week, and the episode is rounded up with a special look into influential environmental LGBTQ+ figures from the past to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month. ~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 4th February 2023.
EcoFrenzy has had an amazing 2022 so the girls, Erin, Gabby and Georgia take a look at the positive environmental news stories from this year.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 10th December 2022
This week Gabby and Erin take a look at fast fashion and how dead-stock clothing can be extremely wasteful, but highlight the many easy ways to shop more sustainably. Topic two is the Earthshot prize 2022 which gave light to many exciting new solutions, including pizza boxes made of seaweed.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 3rd November 2022
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The podcast this week starts off with a fun quiz about what can and can't be recycled. King Charles has been making headlines recently with a new ban on foie gras at royal residences and the hosts take a deeper dive into his environmentally friendly past. Last but certainly not least, as COP27 draws to a close they examine how the conference has gone.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 19th November 2022
Georgia and Gabby take this episode to talk all things environmental activism. Starting with The Netherlands and their history of how as a country they became a cycling nation, and ending with the recent Just Stop Oil protests that have been taking up recent news front pages.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 12th November 2022
This Halloween themed episode give you top tips on how to have a sustainable Halloween, the challenges the environment faces with cosmetics and their waste and finally how UK universities rank against their US counterparts on sustainability.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 29th October 2022
This episode takes on three topics; Tories, Taylor and Treaties. First Gabby describes her experience with a Conservative party MP who came and spoke in one of her lectures and is pro fracking. Another Taylor Swift album release means she again gets a special mention, but we use this as an opportunity to check in on the progress of COP26. Lastly the girls look ahead to COP27 and what is being promised for early November.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 22nd October 2022
Erin and Gabby are briefly joined by Joe to discuss important questions like "would you rather have a hairless cat or a giant African land snail?" before moving onto to the celebrities that have disappointed us with their environmental contributions and those that they would like to praise. Finally Erin and Gabby take a stab at a recent news story involving a Van Gogh painting, some soup and an anti-oil message.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 15th October 2022
A crossover episode between They Think It's All Doha and EcoFrenzy where Dom and the Eco girls discuss the upcoming world cup and how Qatar is affecting the environment!
We are back for Season 3 of EcoFrenzy!!
Erin, Gabby and Georgia discuss their origin stories of how they got into radio, have a catch up about their summers and get into their hopes for the academic year ahead. Don't worry there is plenty of environment content as they take time to discuss the environmental issues everyone noticed over the holidays.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 8th October 2022
Gabby takes a quick detour from the environment to talk about "male" contraception and the issues that it highlights for "female" contraception. Erin and Gabby then discuss the widespread problem of greenwashing and how it is still a problem that does not have a proper solution no matter how simple that solution might seem.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 26th March 2022
This week's episode starts off light with a catch-up between the co-hosts before Gabby and Erin delve into the impact that war has on our environment and how it can be really harmful to the planet
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 3rd March 2022
Erin and Gabby discuss the environmental impact of different aspects of our lives. They talk about which sports are worst for the environment, how eco-friendly the process of wine making is and the problems with fast fashion
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 26th February 2022
This episode Gabby and Erin speak to students involved in sustainability at UoN. Hamza, the environmental and social justice officer for the student union, tells us about his experiences and thoughts on sustainability, and committee members from Sustainability society and Vegsoc talk about their societies and how people can get involved!
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 12th February 2022
It's Arctic Week!! Gabby and Erin resume EcoFrenzy for the first show of 2022, starting with an arctic themed episode, only playing music by the Arctic Monkeys and talking about the environmental issues the arctic is facing.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 5th February 2022
Focusing on the UK, but with a sprinkle of EU and USA, Erin and Gabby take a deep look into politics and where sustainability fits in. First up though, a quick talk about body boards and the problems they cause in seaside towns.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 5th December 2021
Special guest Josh joins us to fill in for Erin who isn't here this week. Gabby and Josh chat about how EcoFriendly the COP26 sponsors were and try to answer the question "Is being eco friendly a privilege?"
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 27th November 2021
This episode is Taylor Swift week!! We played only Taylor's version songs all show (which you can find on our Spotify playlist). On the environmental front, we discuss COP26; what happened? and how is this going to affect our future?
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 20th November 2021
Erin's housemate Logan and special guest Josh join Erin to discuss sustainability and the environment. We touch on topics like climate change denial and deniers, and who is responsible for fixing the mess that stopping climate change has become.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 13th November 2021
Erin and Gabby try to answer the question, can plastic be eco-friendly? They start by looking at the story so far and then what the future hold for plastic. A couple Halloween tips and tricks are sprinkled into the Halloween episode.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 30th October 2021
Our first show of the 2021/2022 academic year! Meet Erin and Gabby as they discuss first impressions of each other, the stereotypes that come along with caring about the environment and how you don't have to be perfect to do your bit.
~ Originally broadcast live on University Radio Nottingham on Saturday 23rd October 2021