Episodes
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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.
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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/climateHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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.
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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/kindersoapsgbHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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.
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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/Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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.
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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 the last episode of Copy This (the first season of the Carbon Copy Podcast) where we throw the spotlight on 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! 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?
Spoiler alert: We did it and made a world record at the same time!!! The United Nations' convention, UNFCCC, recognised our effort as one of the most significant events in the build up to climate summit. Over 4,500 people participated across 18 countries. We drew huge media attention, with a UK reach of over 17 million and millions more across the entire route. And we delivered an important climate message, endorsed by 825,760 people, to the leaders at the global climate summit in Egypt (COP27), urging more support to help people tackle the climate crisis locally where they live.
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Hello! Welcome to Copy This - the first series of the Carbon Copy Podcast - where we throw 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.
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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.
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Hello! Welcome to the very first episode of our first series, 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.
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We’re pleased to announce Copy This, the first series in our 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 during season one of the Carbon Copy Podcast.
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