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WARD THOMAS & BUSKING FOR THE PLANET
Planet & The People - May 15, 2021 14:46 - 57 minutesMy sisters, Catherine & Lizzy form the popular country duo, Ward Thomas and they are about to busk in a different city each week in the run up to Cop 26, raising money for environmental charities and awareness for the climate crisis. I decided to get them onPlanet & The Peopleto find out mor...
FASHION FOR THE PLANET
Planet & The People - May 05, 2021 08:18 - 1 hourFashion is something we all enjoy, whether purely as a function or as a passion, but it's impacts on the environment have only relatively recently started to be talked about. I wanted to dive deep into this topic to find out why and in what ways the fashion industry is bad for the planet,...
RIDDING THE OCEANS OF PLASTIC
Planet & The People - April 27, 2021 22:05 - 32 minutesPlastics are swamping our oceans. This is one of the most talked about issues but what are we doing about it? The Ocean Cleanup, led by inventor and entrepreneur Boyan Slat are pioneers in technology that is clearing our oceans of plastic and also stopping plastics entering our oceans thro...
THE FUTURE OF AIR TRAVEL
Planet & The People - April 14, 2021 09:01 - 28 minutesSome time ago I was speaking to a friend of mine Chip Yardly all about the impacts of air travel on the planet. Chip is a pilot who flies for Tui, and had quite a lot to say about the topic, having had to swat up on it for his job interviews. So I decided to have him on Planet & The People for...
CAN BIOCHAR PROTECT THE PLANET
Planet & The People - April 14, 2021 09:01 - 38 minutesI spoke to Henrietta Moon, co-founder of Carbo Culture all about Biochar. Biochar is one of the lesser known climate solutions. It's not as talked about as renewable energy or trees or direct air capture technology, which was why I was so pleased that Carbo Culture contacted me and asked me to c...
THE THEATRE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Planet & The People - April 07, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutesHaving made a career in theatre and film as a writer and actor, I like to think the arts can be pretty powerful in lots of ways, but how can it be used to inspire us about climate change? I spoke to playwright April De Angelis whose 20 year career has seen her plays produced at the National Th...
LETS REALLY TALK ABOUT CARBON OFFSETTING?
Planet & The People - March 30, 2021 18:59 - 48 minutesThe concept of Carbon Offsetting, or carbon credits is often met with mixed views. Is it simply an excuse to carry on as normal but look like you're doing good? Or is it maybe a valuable tool? In fact, what is it? Where does the money go? What does it actually do? And what else are the big bus...
THE ORIGINS OF PANDEMICS
Planet & The People - March 23, 2021 20:03 - 44 minutesThe emergence of a new pandemic is something that has impacted us all in varying degrees of hell. But where do pandemics come from? Where do they start and how are we responsible? Can we call this year an ecological event? From Measles, to Ebola to Sars to covid 19, Tom talks to Zoonotic dis...
IS IT REALLY GREEN & WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Planet & The People - March 17, 2021 03:25 - 54 minutesGeorgina Wilson Powell is founder and editor of the online eco lifestyle magazine, Pebble and author of the new book 'IS IT REALLY GREEN' Pebble was founded to bridge the gap between sustainability and style and the every day. Since then Georgina has recently published 'Is it Really Green', a...
CLIMATE CHANGE & THE GLOBAL STAGE
Planet & The People - March 09, 2021 21:06 - 1 hourWorld leaders that deny Climate Change. Nations chopping down forests and expanding their coal industry It can be overwhelming and terrifying In this first episode of series 2, Tom talks to Professor Chris Rapley and returning guest Professor Mark Maslin and finds out how the international...
SPECIAL. Mock Cop 26
Planet & The People - November 16, 2020 15:41 - 26 minutesIn the absence of this years COP 26 (the annual Conference of Parties, where world leaders meet to discuss climate goals), a collection of young people from all over the world have decided to set up their own online conference this November 2020 to explore the range of issues and potential polic...
THE PLANET AND THE ECONOMY
Planet & The People - June 02, 2020 08:04 - 43 minutesIs Economic growth the enemy of our planet or is it just how we grow? Can we build an economy that helps us prosper while also protecting our environment? What kind of world will we build in the aftermath of the Covid19 Pandemic? In the final episode of series 1, Tom talks to Climate Change E...
HEMP AND THE PLANET
Planet & The People - May 25, 2020 21:49 - 42 minutesTom visits a Hemp farm in Co Monaghan in Ireland and talks to Farmer Marcus McCabe & Hill sheep farmer and Land Tenure Specialist Bridget Murphy all about the wonderful potentials of Hemp. From a Carbon negative building material, to a fossil fuel substitute, to a health food that can suck in mo...
GREENPEACE AND THE PLANET
Planet & The People - May 18, 2020 23:02 - 49 minutesWho are Greenpeace, what do they stand for, and what role can we play in preventing deforestation? Tom talks to Greenpeace's Forest Campaigner Chiara Vitali about the planet, about the Amazon, about Greenpeace and about chickens, with the occasional reference to a supermarket elf. Chiara te...
REFORESTING THE PLANET WITH ECOSIA
Planet & The People - May 11, 2020 22:16 - 35 minutesHow to restore forests and plant trees with a simple online search. Tom chats to Hannah Wickes, the CMO at Ecosia, the tree planting search engine. He finds out all about how they are shrinking deserts, restoring water cycles and rebuilding wildlife habitats with their extensive reforestation pr...
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PLANET
Planet & The People - May 05, 2020 15:14 - 49 minutesIn two interviews, Tom finds out about CO2 air capture technology and also explores how we can protect the Polar Regions. Climeworks is a Direct Air Capture Company based in Switzerland, extracting carbon dioxide from the air and converting it into commercial commodities. Tom finds out fro...
Technology For The Planet
Planet & The People - May 05, 2020 07:40 - 48 minutesIn two interviews, Tom finds out about CO2 air capture technology and also explores how we can protect the Polar Regions. Climeworks is a Direct Air Capture Company based in Switzerland, extracting carbon dioxide from the air and converting it into commercial commodities. Tom finds out fro...
FOOD & THE PLANET
Planet & The People - April 27, 2020 20:45 - 40 minutesHow can food be both a climate problem and a climate solution? Tom talks to Honor Eldridge, Head of Policy at the Sustainable Food Trust (until May 2020, then Head of Policy at Plant Life) all about food systems and how the world can turn farming around from being a climate offender to a clim...
PLANET & THE PEOPLE: FOOD
Planet & The People - April 27, 2020 20:45 - 40 minutesHow can food be both a climate problem and a climate solution? Tom talks to Honor Eldridge, Head of Policy at the Sustainable Food Trust (until May 2020, then Head of Policy at Plant Life) all about food systems and how the world can turn farming around from being a climate offender to a clim...
PLANET & THE PEOPLE
Planet & The People - April 19, 2020 13:29 - 42 minutesThrough his expertise and Laidback approach, Mark Maslin approaches the subject of climate change in an engaging and informative way that makes it easy for even the climate change novice to understand. He explains how past, present and future climate change is read, discusses the impact o...
PLANET AND THE PEOPLE
Planet & The People - April 19, 2020 13:29 - 42 minutesA new podcast with Tom Ward-Thomas exploring the many different facets of climate change and looking at the human impact on the planet, what we have done, what we can do and what we are currently doing to fix the climate crisis. Through his expertise and Laidback approach, Mark Maslin approach...
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