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Can local projects create massive change? Can unexpected partnerships help tackle the climate crisis? Can a more environmentally friendly community be a healthier, fairer and more resilient one? Get answers, first hand, from those taking action. The “doers” who prove what’s possible when you think big, locally. Join series hosts Ric Casale (Trustee, Carbon Copy) and Amanda Carpenter (Host, Planet Pod Podcast) with guests from some of the boldest and most impactful climate action projects across the UK.
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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, host Isabelle Sparrow travels to an event at the Sixfields Stadium, home of Northampton Town FC, for a special event involving young care leavers and school children from across Northamptonshire. We hear from members of the team at Northampton Children’s Trust, as well as some of the care leavers themselves; as well as finding out more about the work of the Northampton Town FC Community Trust.
Listen now to hear why climate issues are so important to these young people and those who support them.
“We work with 16- to 25-year-olds and I think (climate change) affects everybody, and it's going to affect them for longer than it will affect us so it's good to get people involved in climate change campaigns.”
- Rae Shaw, Northamptonshire Children’s Trust.
Show Notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Northampton for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/northampton
- Find out more about Northamptonshire Children’s Trust: https://nctrust.co.uk/
- Learn about Northampton Town FC Community Trust: https://www.ntfccommunity.co.uk/
- Learn about Pledgeball, that Northampton Town FC is part of: https://pledgeball.org/
- Learn about Planet League, another initiative the football club is involved with: https://www.planetleague.co.uk/
- Read about Northampton Road Runners: https://www.northamptonroadrunners.co.uk/
- Sign-up for a leg of the Running Out of Time relay: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, the baton has arrived in the West Midlands, visiting Streetly Academy in Sutton Coldfield, before heading into Coventry for a day of activities with children and young people. We meet Headteacher Bill Downie, Matt Clayton from Coventry City Council and hear more about the fantastic events of the day from relay crew members Rohan Date and Roisin McDonough.
Listen to learn how one school achieves the “best-behaved 30 minutes of the week” and to discover who local politicians think ask the toughest questions!
“If we don't protect these spaces, our sports are at risk. Our triathlons, our marathons, whatever it may be: that outdoor sport would be at risk as we go forward... Green space is becoming a premium and it shouldn't be. It should be something that every person has an entitlement to.”
- Bill Downie, Streetly Academy
“We're really hopeful that it will be a real memorable thing for (the children), and help them promote their views on climate, but also obviously then have an impact on their families as well”
- Matt Clayton, Child Friendly Cov
Show notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Coventry for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/coventry
- Learn about Streetly Academy, where the baton started its journey in this episode with the Streetly Mile: https://www.streetly.academy/
- Read more about Child Friendly Cov: https://www.childfriendlycov.co.uk/
- Read about the House Project in Coventry: https://warwickshire.thehouseproject.org/about-our-project
- Read about last year’s Pupil Parliament, which took place at Warwick University: https://www.coventry.gov.uk/news/article/4720/child-friendly-cov-celebrates-first-pupil-parliament-event-with-university-of-warwick-and-eon
- Sign-up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route
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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, we follow the climate relay across the midlands, starting in Nottingham and ending up in the Staffordshire town of Tamworth. We meet Dr Sarah Maloy, founder of Shop Zero, a refill store in Nottingham city centre; Chris Common, who works in Nottingham City Council’s climate change team and Winter Paralympian Anna Turney, who works with charity SnowBuddies to help people with disabilities get involved with winter sports.
Listen to this Nottingham & Tamworth-based episode to hear stories of ambition, inspiration and dedication.
“It's always been a response to the community and what they've needed and wanted in Nottingham. The big thing around this is any of us can jump online and try and get a lot of these products, but there's so much greenwashing that goes on...
“So the benefit here is that we have a lot of knowledge about the products. I can talk about the supply chain. I know where they've come from because also because I'm interested in sustainability. Sustainability isn't just about the environment, it's also about social issues. I don't want any of my products to have come from people that are underpaid or undervalued in their work. So that's an important part of it as well.”
Dr Sarah Maloy, Shop Zero
Show Notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Tamworth for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/tamworth
- Find out more about what’s happening across Nottingham for climate and nature, here: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/nottingham
- Read about Shop Zero on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/shop-zero-nottingham
- Read about ways to reduce single use plastics where you live: https://carboncopy.eco/community/use-less-plastic
- Learn about SnowBuddies: https://www.snowbuddiesuk.com/
- Read about Anna’s participation in a campaign to prevent polluting companies sponsoring sports events: https://news.sky.com/story/winter-sports-are-nailing-lid-on-own-coffin-by-accepting-sponsorship-from-polluters-12821290
- Find out more about Rushcliffe Spencer Academy’s Eco School of the year award: https://rushcliffespencer.org.uk/news/rushcliffe-spencer-academy-wins-eco-school-of-the-year-award/
- Sign up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time Special, Carbon Copy Podcast producer Brad chats to participants of the Trent Valley Way Relay – a one-day event taking place along the Trent Valley Way in the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. This mini relay within the wider climate relay was organised by the Trent Rivers Trust, and included a visit to the Stoke City FC stadium and to several historic sites related to Stoke’s famous pottery industry.
Listen to chats with Ruth Needham from Trent Rivers Trust, Lis Gibbs who worked on the Trent Valley Way project, Craig Chorlton from Stoke City Community Trust, and Running Out of Time co-founder Dan Thompson.
Show Notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Stoke-on-Trent for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/stoke-on-trent
- Read more about Trent Rivers Trust: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/trent-rivers-trust
- Read more about the Trent Valley Way: Trent Valley Way - Trent Rivers Trust
- Learn about Trent River Trust's work in Stoke-on-Trent: Stoke - Trent Rivers Trust
- Read about the Trent Valley Way Relay: https://www.trentriverstrust.org/relay-brings-free-fathers-day-fun-to-stoke-on-trent/
- Read more about Stoke City FC’s work in the local community: https://www.stokecityfc.com/community
- Sign up for a leg of the relay: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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In this episode, to mark the incredible day of schools action that took place in Manchester on Friday 14th June, we chat to three guests all focused in some way on connecting education settings and young people with climate action. We hear from Manchester City Council Project Manager Rob Potter about the work of the Educational Climate Change team in schools across the city; we learn about the incredible work that climate charity Ashden is doing through its Let’s Go Zero programme, which is now active in around 3,000 schools across the UK; and chat to Michelle Parkes about Earth Cubs – the award-winning sustainability education organisation teaching young children about climate, nature and the environment at school.
Listen now to hear these inspirational stories about climate action for the next generation.
Show Notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Manchester for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/manchester
- Read more about the work happening across the wider city-region of Greater Manchester around schools and climate: https://gmgreencity.com/projects-and-campaigns/schools/
- Read more about Let’s Go Zero’s Climate Action Advisors project: https://letsgozero.org/climate-action-advisors/
- Read more about Earth Cubs on the Carbon Copy website: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/earth-cubs
- Sign-up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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This episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time Special we’re in Castleford, in the borough of Wakefield. We meet Adam Savage, Climate Change Project Manager at Wakefield Council, and Lorna Malkin, CEO of Castleford Heritage Trust, which owns Queen’s Mill, a fantastic heritage building and community hub in the town.
Listen to hear more about the sustainability initiatives at the mill and across the borough of Wakefield.
“When the mill closed down in 2011, people were saying to us, ‘oh, you've got to save the mill. We don't want it to be demolished. We don't want it to be turned into apartments. You've got to save the mill.’ It's one of the few heritage buildings in the town.
“Castleford has got this huge history, but there's not much of it in the town left to see. So it was really important to save it as a building, but also then to make it work for the community, to have it as a resource for the community.
“We have thousands of people visiting here. It has become very much a part of the life of the town and across generations from cradle to grave.”
- Lorna Malkin, CEO Castleford Heritage Trust
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Show Notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Wakefield for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/wakefield
- Discover more local climate action stories on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives
- Find out about Queen’s Mill and Castleford Heritage Trust: https://www.castlefordheritagetrust.org.uk/
- Read about Adam’s refill store: https://www.growrefillstore.com/
- Learn about Wakefield Council’s regeneration projects: https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/regeneration
- Sign up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, the relay baton has reached the city of Leeds, in the heart of Yorkshire. Featuring city councillor Mohammed Rafique, relay participants Caitlin and Stefan from C-Capture, Leeds Children’s Mayor, Mohammed and members of the relay crew. We also hear from Executive Director for relay partner The Climate Coalition, Helen Meech, about the campaigns they are focused on this year, including United for People, Climate and Nature – which calls for commitment from political leaders ahead of the UK general election.
Listen to hear more about how the climate relay is delivering this message as it moves through Great Britain.
“...The truth is that people across the UK are already taking action to tackle climate change and to protect nature and we believe it's time for politicians to follow suit and to commit to ambitious action ahead of the election and in this critical decade for our planet and so we're calling on all political parties to commit to cut emissions, restore nature and support the hardest hit at home and around the world.”
Helen Meech, The Climate Coalition
Show Notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Leeds for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/leeds
- Read about the two organisations that Helen mentions, Manchester Urban Diggers: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/stronger-roots and Ambition Lawrence Weston: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/ambition-lawrence-weston
- Learn more about C-Capture: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/c-capture
- Read more about Leeds PIPES: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/leeds-pipes
- Learn about the Children’s Mayor in Leeds: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/children-and-families/leeds-youth-voice/childrens-mayor
- Learn more about The Climate Coalition’s campaign, United for People, Climate and Nature: https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/united
- Learn more about Great Big Green Week: https://greatbiggreenweek.com/
- Sign up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, the climate relay reaches the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. We meet legendary ultrarunner Jasmin Paris, as well as fellow Green Runner and Running Out of Time superstar Kenny Alexander. We chat sustainable transport with Cllr. Scott Arthur from Edinburgh City Council, and hear some of the highlights from the first weekend of the event from relay support crew members, Harry and Roisin.
“In terms of speaking out, the climate relay was right up our street... getting involved and really spreading the message about the need for faster and more effective action in the face of the climate crisis, and calling on world leaders to take action. I think it's a fantastic way of involving people all the way across Britain, and when I've taken part, it's been really positive: with the involvement of schoolchildren and local people in all the places that you're passing through. It's really a positive way of speaking out about our concerns and regarding the climate crisis.”
Jasmin Paris, Ultrarunner and founding member of The Green Runners.
Show Notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Edinburgh for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/city-of-edinburgh
- Learn more about Edinburgh City Council’s sustainable transport plans: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/citymobilityplan
- Read about Jasmin’s incredible experience completing the Barkley Marathons: https://thegreenrunners.com/green-runners-co-founder-jasmin-paris-makes-history-at-barkley-marathon/
- Find out more about The Reeling event that the relay visited: https://thereeling.com/
- Read this helpful article from The Green Runners about how to make your vote count in this year’s election: https://thegreenrunners.com/how-runners-can-speak-out-in-a-year-of-elections/
- Sign up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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In this, the second episode of this Running Out of Time special series, the relay baton has reached Glasgow. Here, we meet members of the team from the Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve, and hear from Rory Crawford of the National Trust why this local community initiative is being supported by the Nature Neighbourhoods programme.
We also explore why one of the key messages of the relay, a call for political commitment to protect and restore nature, is so important – and how voters can ensure their candidates are doing all they can.
Finally, we have a chat with Founding Director of Music Broth, Jen O’Brien, who participated in a leg of the relay and whose social enterprise is helping more people to access musical instruments whilst reducing waste and the need for new instruments to be produced.
Listen to discover these exciting stories from Scotland’s biggest city.
Show Notes * Find out more about what's happening across Glasgow for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/glasgow-city * Find out more about Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/the-claypits * Find out more about the Nature Neighbourhoods project: https://peoplesplanfornature.org/nature-neighbourhoods * See Rory presenting on CBeebies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sccf * Find out more about Parents for Future: https://parentsforfuture.org.uk/ * Listen to the Carbon Copy Podcast episode about the People’s Plan for Nature: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/bigger-than-all-of-us * Read more about Music Broth: https://www.musicbroth.org/ * Sign up for a leg of the relay: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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In this extended first episode of the Running Out of Time special series, we meet the leaders of three of the climate relay’s lead partner organisations, and learn more about why they are supporting this extraordinary event.
Hear from David Starley, co-founder of The Green Runners, Ivo Gormley, founder and CEO of GoodGym and Damian Luscombe of Vegan Runners UK; as well as people working locally in Fort William for climate and nature, and the relay crew that will be supporting the event from start to finish.
Show Notes
- Find out more about what's happening across Highland for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/highland
- Find out more about Lochaber Environmental Group’s Active Transport Library: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/active-transport-library
- Find out more about The Green Runners: https://thegreenrunners.com/
- Find out more about GoodGym: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/goodgym
- Find out more about Vegan Runners UK: https://www.veganrunners.org.uk/
- Sign up for a leg of the relay: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/
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Carbon Copy is hosting the official podcast for Running Out of Time 2024. In this special “warm up” episode, we meet Jamie Hay, co-founder of the climate relay, to learn more about this incredible event and what we can look forward to.
Now in its third year, Running Out of Time is Britain’s biggest sporting celebration of climate action and nature. The first baton-carrier will set off from the foot of Ben Nevis on June 6, and the baton will then be transported, without the use of fossil fuels, through places in Scotland, England and Wales over 29 days before reaching the finish line at Big Ben on July 4, coinciding with the recently announced UK general election.
Carbon Copy, with our focus on local, collective climate and nature action, is proud to be a partner of Running Out of Time. We are excited for this special relay podcast series, which will allow us to showcase and bring to life the stories of people in communities all along the route, who are working together to make a difference.
Listen to Running Out Of Time: The Warm Up, to get energised for the start line on 6 June!
Show Notes
Find out more about Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/
Check out the podcast tour schedule: https://carboncopy.eco/running-out-of-time-2024
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With more people experiencing poor mental health and the health service under severe pressure, community organisations across the UK are exploring new ways to help people heal – through green social prescribing.
In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, we meet Janis Werrett, founder of Cynon Valley Organic Adventures in southern Wales, to learn how her project is enabling people of all ages to improve their wellbeing through nature. We hear from a GP, a researcher and a former volunteer at the project, and explore how the initiative works collaboratively with partner organisations to offer green social prescribing treatments.
Listen to Returning To Our Trees now to learn about the incredible impact Janis’ work has had so far; and to discover how nature, community and getting our hands dirty could help us all to feel better.
Show Notes
- Find out more about Janis’ project here: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/cynon-valley-organic-adventures
- Learn about Green Health Wales here: https://greenhealthwales.co.uk/
- Read about the Accelerate programme that Andrew worked on at Cardiff University: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/research/clinical-innovation/accelerate
- Read more of Andrew’s research on green social prescribing: https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutputs/making-well-green-social-prescribing-for-mental-health-and-wellbeing(c6d0820d-1c5c-4ca7-8e4a-f5300a51f9a8).html
- Find out about the project that Mike now works for: https://www.down-to-zero.co.uk/
- Discover more projects on Carbon Copy that help to improve health and wellbeing: https://carboncopy.eco/impact/wellbeing
- Discover more project on Carbon Copy that are helping to protect nature: https://carboncopy.eco/action-area/nature
- Learn more about Mental Health Awareness Week: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week
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Whether your concern is the environment, health or road safety; the severe congestion that plagues the streets around UK primary schools is something we could all do without.
In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, released during National Walking Month, we meet James Lucas, a devoted father and keen cyclist from Wymondham in South Norfolk, who has worked with others at his children’s school to implement a School Street initiative – closing the road outside the school to most motorised vehicles twice a day during term time. We also hear from Cara Fahy, Headteacher at Robert Kett Primary School, Jeremy Wiggin of Norfolk County Council and David Burt from Sustrans to learn more about the successes and challenges of implementing a School Street.
Listen now to Taking To The Street, to hear how this collaborative initiative is benefitting the lives of children, parents and the wider school community.
Show Notes
- To find out more about Sustrans School Streets, check out the story page on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/sustrans-school-streets
- Learn more about what Sustrans do: https://www.sustrans.org.uk/
- Learn more about climate action in South Norfolk: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/south-norfolk
- Find more tips and information about active travel on Carbon Copy’s community page, here: https://carboncopy.eco/community/walk-and-cycle
- Read about what Norfolk County Council is doing to address climate change: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/climate
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The Carbon Copy Podcast shares stories to move, motivate and inspire more big-thinking local action across the UK. We’ve covered a lot of ground with the first three episodes of the season. From the front line of the climate crisis on the Norfolk coast, to citizens across the UK fighting to protect nature, to dedicated businesses, community organisations and individuals in Sleaford tackling plastic waste.
In this short trailer, we take a look at what is coming up over the next few weeks on the pod.
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Plastic is versatile, cheap and long-lasting. It’s also the cause of an environmental crisis the world over. Plastic waste is polluting our rivers and seas, leaching into soils and creating hazards for people and wildlife alike. It’s a problem that needs addressing globally, and right here in the UK.
In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, released ahead of this year’s “Planet Vs Plastics” themed Earth Day, we meet people working at a local level with their communities to tackle unnecessary single-use plastics. We hear from Roberta, who leads Plastic Free Sleaford, about the steps she and others in her town are taking to address this issue. We also learn about the bigger picture from Surfers Against Sewage’s Senior Communities Manager, who helps people in places around the UK take action where they live.
Listen to Bottle By Bottle now, to learn how small changes are creating big impact – in Sleaford and across the country.
Show Notes
- Discover more about Plastic Free Communities here: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/plastic-free-communities
- Learn about other things you can do to reduce reliance on single-use plastic: https://carboncopy.eco/community/use-less-plastic
- Find out more about Surfers Against Sewage: https://www.sas.org.uk/
- Find out more about Plastic Free Sleaford: https://www.plasticfreesleaford.co.uk/
- Learn about the history of plastic here (referenced in the episode): https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/chemistry/age-plastic-parkesine-pollution
- Find out more about The Hub in Sleaford: https://hub-sleaford.org.uk/
- Find out more about The Happy Crafters Craft Shop: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554963646711 and Kinder Soaps: https://www.facebook.com/kindersoapsgb
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Nature connects us all, so its decline and destruction should be a concern for us all. In 2023 WWF, RSPB and National Trust published the People’s Plan for Nature, a document written in collaboration with a citizen’s assembly of 103 members representative of the British public, and with input from thousands more people across the UK.
In this episode, released almost exactly a year after the People’s Plan for Nature was published, we speak to WWF’s Head of Community Engagement Campaigns, Kat Machin, about the thinking behind this unique collaboration, and meet five members of The People’s Assembly for Nature, as they are known, to hear how participating has impacted them and their lives.
Listen to Bigger Than All Of Us to discover how nature, and a desire to protect the natural environment here in the UK, has brought our guests together and created bonds that will last a lifetime.
Show Notes
- Find out more about actions you can take locally to support nature and wildlife, check out ideas via Carbon Copy here: https://carboncopy.eco/community
- Explore initiatives shared with Carbon Copy that relate to protecting and restoring nature: https://carboncopy.eco/action-area/nature
- Learn more about what the People’s Assembly members did, and how this led to the published plan: https://peoplesplanfornature.org/peoples-assembly-nature
- Find out more about the coverage of the plan, and events that have taken place since the it was published: https://peoplesplanfornature.org/news
- Read about the Innovation Festival that Peter participated in: https://www.water.org.uk/news-views-publications/views/innovation-festival-2023-huge-success
- Learn about The Big One, the event that Rebecca spoke at: https://extinctionrebellion.uk/the-big-one/
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In late 2023, Kevin Jordan’s dream retirement home by the sea was demolished by the local council. Bought only 14-years prior, it was deemed unsafe and at risk from coastal erosion.
In this, the first episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast series 3, we explore the link between Kevin’s story and the dangerous human-made heating of our planet.
Join Host Isabelle Sparrow, Save Hemsby Coastline campaigners Kevin and Simon, and Professor Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading’s Centre for Atmospheric Science to see why things need to change, quickly, and what could happen if we continue to cross the lines in the sand.
Show Notes
Download your local warming stripes, search for your area via the map or use the dropdown on this page: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action
Find out more about national and international warming stripes: https://showyourstripes.info/
Find out more about Simon and Kevin’s campaign: https://savehemsbycoastline.org.uk/
Read Save Hemsby Coastline’s letter to 10 Downing Street: https://savehemsbycoastline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Petition-covering-letter.pdf
Find out more about coastal protection campaigns in East Anglia: https://www.coasteast.org.uk/
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Launching March 20, series 3 of the Carbon Copy Podcast brings powerful, inspiring and relatable stories about people around the UK fighting to protect their communities from the impacts of climate breakdown. Listen to a new episode every fortnight.
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In this final audiobook episode, we adopt a new perspective and go on to explore the common ground that connects people. We discover the power and appeal of working together locally to protect us from climate breakdown and defend nature. Communities are seen in another light, as both beneficiaries and guardians of common natural resources – from clean rivers to clean air.
We open the door to over a thousand inspiring, real-world examples of collective local action from all four corners of the UK and invite you to step in by visiting carboncopy.eco
Adapted from the original book, Civic Revolution, and narrated by its author, Ric Casale.
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In episode two of Civic Revolution, we sift for clues in our past that shape the future. Throughout our history, we have been converting energy from one form to another and changing the world around us in remarkable new ways. We have lived by the stories we are told, and reshape the world by the new stories we tell.
Taken together, we see how these clues point towards a civic revolution where we have the opportunity to create something better and mend the links between people and place that have been broken.
Adapted from the original book, Civic Revolution, and narrated by its author, Ric Casale.
Discover a national collection of inspiring stories from across the UK, told by people of all ages and backgrounds. Find out more by visiting carboncopy.eco If you enjoy listening to the Carbon Copy Podcast, please send a link to someone you think would like it and, if you haven’t already, please click ‘Follow this podcast’ wherever you listen.
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In this audiobook episode, we look at the predicament of humankind: the quest for endless economic expansion in a world of finite resources and planetary boundaries. We don’t need to look far to see the broken links between people and places, past and present, imagination and reality.
We dispel some of the myths that are putting us in jeopardy, rediscovering the power we have to tell different stories that can reinvent the places where we live and lead to a better future.
Adapted from the original book, Civic Revolution, and narrated by its author, Ric Casale.
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A short three-part audiobook about the clash between our culture and wellbeing; and the power of community to resolve this conflict. Based on the book Civic Revolution, and narrated by its author and Carbon Copy co-founder, Ric Casale.
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Hello! Welcome to Carbon Copy's 'Copy This' - the podcast throwing the spotlight onto big thinking, local climate action.
When was the last time you tried to get your mobile phone or laptop repaired? Chances are that it was impossible but all too easy to buy a replacement instead. This year, the weight of electronic waste produced globally will equal that of the Great Wall of China because repair is so difficult and obsolescence is built into many electronic goods, by design.
But how is repairing and reuse even possible when the throwaway culture is so deeply rooted in our economy? The Fixing Factory is a new project with a fresh approach that not only makes repair and reuse a reality, it’s also applying lateral thinking so electronic ‘waste’ can benefit local communities in as many ways as possible.
In this episode, Fiona Dear of The Restart Project and Emma Beal of West London Waste Authority describe The Fixing Factory’s drive to not only give broken laptops a new lease of life, but to use them to tackle digital inequality, train the fixers of the future, provide training and employment opportunities, as well as create a project blueprint that could be replicated around the UK.
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Hello! The longest non-stop relay ever attempted is starting in October 2022, over 7200km from Glasgow in Scotland to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, in the name of climate action. Community leaders, school children and neighbours will pass a relay baton hand-to-hand across 18 countries and show the world what we can achieve if we work together. An extraordinary challenge, requiring extraordinary effort, to achieve extraordinary change.
Listen to Danny Bent, cofounder of The World Relay, about what we hope to accomplish and how you can join in – either by running or by putting your local climate action initiative on the map! What better way to represent the unity and strength we wish to see from today's leaders than an inclusive relay linking together thousands of inspiring climate action projects?
Hello! Welcome to Carbon Copy's 'Copy This' - the podcast throwing the spotlight on big thinking local climate action. In this episode, the inspiration is provided by Energy Garden, a co-operative which has helped over 130 communities create gardens at overground railway stations across London. Not only has this re-connected residents with nature and food growing, increasing local pride in the process, it’s also improved the wellbeing of passengers plus delivered a whole range of community benefits valued at an estimated £11.35 of social return for every £1 spent.
Join Agamemnon Otero, CEO of Energy Garden, and Charlotte Whitfield, Customer Service Director for Arriva Rail London, to discover how they’ve grown community energy and their keys to success, including how they’ve utilised solar power as an income generator to fund this innovative work.
Hello! This week we’re off to Hull to discover how the Living With Water partnership is working with the community to build a “blue green city of the future.”
We’re joined by two key members of the partnership’s team - Lee Pitcher and Andrew Barron - who share insights into the challenges and triumphs of flood mitigation and adaptation in one of the UK’s most at-risk areas.
Listen in to hear how personal experiences of homelessness and the destruction that flooding can bring, led to our speakers' shared passion for this project. Learn how the people of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire are collaborating and co-creating to turn the threat of too much water into an opportunity to improve and develop green spaces within the area. Be inspired by a project which spans generations and focuses on working with nature, rather than fighting it.
Hello! Welcome to the first episode of Copy This where we travel to Scotland to learn how a community raised £millions to buy 5,000 acres of local land for a new nature reserve.
In this episode, hosts Ric Casale and Amanda Carpenter are reunited, having last met at COP26, moments after Ric had completed a gruelling 500-mile, 26-day walk from London.
During that journey, Ric had the opportunity to meet our podcast guests, Jenny Barlow and Mairi Telford Jammeh, of the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve in Langholm.
We hear about the incredible passion this small community has for protecting wildlife and restoring the area to its natural state. About how an unexpected opportunity to purchase a large swathe of land for the nature reserve sparked a fundraising mission that ignited people not only across Scotland, but globally as well. We learn about some of the characters and relationships that made it possible to raise the £millions needed – and about the plans to raise more and continue to grow the protected area.
Listen now, to discover the power that people can have when they come together to achieve an impossible dream.
We’re pleased to announce Copy This, the new podcast from climate charity Carbon Copy. Launching March 10, in this series we’ll hear from the “doers” who prove what’s possible when you think big, locally. In this short trailer host Ric Casale is joined by team mate Izzy Sparrow to delve into what to expect from the rest of the series.
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