Climate with Amelia Womack
Somewhere To Believe In
English - August 21, 2020 00:01 - 59 minutes - 92.7 MBPerforming Arts Arts Music Music Interviews greenbelt music festival spirituality festival faith debate music interview discussion Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week Katherine and Paul are joined by Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader of the Green Party. We talk about how, growing up, Amelia was inspired by David Attenborough to get into climate action, as well as her not-so-pleasant experiences as a young female politician in a male-dominated workplace. We also get Amelia’s take on the - literally - burning environmental and political issues of the day.
Elsewhere Paul and Katherine talk about the quirks of their respective campervans, the protests currently happening in Belarus *and* we get an essential update on what Mums of the Greenbelt Staff Team (MotGST) think of the podcast.
Links, resources and episode timestamps (for all you skippers out there) below.
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ABOUT AMELIA WOMACK
As the Green Party has moved from being a fringe party to a major political force, Green issues have moved their way up the mainstream news agenda. From living a month without plastics, to taunting Piers Morgan about vegan sausage rolls and advocating rewilding as a solution to flooding, Amelia's five years as Deputy Leader of the Green Party have put her at the heart of the Green surge.
Facebook: @GreenAmeliaWomack
Insta: @greenameliawomack
Twitter: @Amelia_Womack
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LINKS AND RESOURCES
Lukashenka vs. democracy: Where is Belarus heading? https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/lukashenko-vs-democracy-where-is-belarus-heading/
Piers and Deputy Green Party Leader Clash in Meat Tax Debate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrynJiZDkc8
Green Party https://greenparty.org.uk/
Young Greens https://www.younggreens.org.uk/
The Anti Fracking Nana’s https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/artists/the-nanas/
Talk: ‘There Is No Planet B’ by Mike Berners-Lee https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/talks/there-is-no-planet-b-a-handbook-for-the-make-or-break-years/
Book: ‘There Is No Planet B’ by Mike Berners-Lee https://theresnoplanetb.net/
Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 https://www.futuregenerations.wales/about-us/future-generations-act/
Doughnut Economics https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/
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00:00 - Welcome to Somewhere To Believe In
00:30 - Katherine and Paul catch up
05:00 - Katherine and Paul on the upcoming festival weekend
06:40 - Katherine and Paul on the protests in Belarus
09:50 - Katherine and Paul on Palestine
12:05 - Introducing Amelia Womack and her work
12:25 - Amelia joins the conversation
12:57 - Amelia on her interview with Piers Morgan
14:40 - Amelia on her journey into Politics
17:40 - Amelia on making change
19:30 - Amelia on leadership
21:13 - Amelia on power and politics
23:00 - Talk Snippet from GB19 ‘There Is No Planet B’ by Mike Berners-Lee
31:05 - Amelia on what is stopping us from making change
33:25 - Amelia on “building back better”
35:16 - Amelia on the power of local communities
37:35 - Amelia on Brexit trade deals
39:45 - Amelia on connecting with nature
40:55 - Amelia on representation in politics
44:00 - Amelia on hope
45:33 - Katherine and Paul reflect on the conversation with Amelia
55:00 - How to get in touch with us
57:00 - Coming up next week
58:40 - Thank you’s
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A huge thanks to the Greenbelt Volunteer Talks Team for all their hard work on editing this episode. Our podcast music is ‘I Can Change’ by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.
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