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This episode was first broadcast on March 15th 2021 Peaceful protest could be seen as the hallmark of political movements in the late 20th and early 21st century, causing disruption to everyday life with mass gathering and turning the political headwind through chants, crowds and banners. From the Iraq War protests in 2003 to the Extinction Rebellion direct actions of 2019 turning the other cheek...

It's been said on this podcast many times that the working class will be the ones who make sure we have a just transition. For the last few years deciding who the working class are has been up for debate. Are graduates in minimum wage jobs the working class? Are plumbers on £80k a year the working class? How will climate change affect these categories? This week on the show we are joined by w...

We've always said that environmentalism needs to understand class if it wants to protect the world from climate catastrophe. Degrowth has been accused by some on the Left as green austerity or just a terrible political message. To debunk degrowth myths and to discuss why class is at the heart of any just transition and a degrowth economy we are join by Jason Hickel . Jason is the author of &q...

It is, we promise, worse than you think.  Or maybe it was?  For all the fear and genuine suffering covering the globe from actual happening climate change, maybe, just maybe,  we are on a path that isn't all out destruction of the Earth?  This week on the show we are joined by climate writer and columnist  David Wallace-Wells. David writes for New York Magazine, The New York Times and is auth...

In 1950, world shipping was roughly half a million tonnes of cargo. As of 2019 it's now 11 billion tonnes. A mind blogging increase in 70 years.  Shipping  is one of the most resistant and slow sectors to clean up its climate act, with only a commitment to reduce emissions by 50% from the International Maritime Organisation at 2050.  So what can we do to green maritime trade? And has the answ...

If you're living in a house that was built in the last 20 years, chances are the bricks it's made from travelled 18,000 miles to build your front door. The question is, why? As ever, the pursuit of profit has the economy doing mad things and bad things for the climate. Turns out carbon emissions don't cross borders when you write them down.  This week we are joined by Laurie Parsons...

It's time for our regular update from the climate movement in the USA. This week we are joined by fossil fuel and climate journalist Dharna Noor . Dharna has just started a new role as a climate reporter for the Guardian US, with previous work at the Boston Globe and Gizmo.  We discuss how the "biggest climate legislation" in the US  is still supporting the fossil fuel barons, how J...

  The IPCC report always comes as a splash for those in the climate movement, ringing the alarm bells ever more about our planet's awful condition. But who writes it? And who gets to write it? how do these influential documents and frameworks come about and how do those who write it, affect the narrative around climate breakdown? This week we are delighted to be joined by one of the leader au...

What's that old line? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different outcomes is a sign of madness. There is plenty of consensus around what we should be doing to mitigate the worst affects of climate breakdown, but if all the methods we are using the ones that got us in this predicament in the first place, chances are they're not going to work. Is the dominant climate...

If you're someone who is engaged with climate breakdown, you may be stunned by the lack of action you're seeing on it from our politicians, institutions and media. You may even find yourself frustrated at how climate change is framed as a problem that is looming on the horizon, or just a technical equation waiting to be solved. So why is this the case? Why do so many of those in power co...

This week we are taking stock with Dr James Dyke . James is a an Associate Professor in Earth System Science, and Assistant Director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter. James has written extensively for The i newspaper, The Guardian and The Ecologist on the climate crisis.  Ads, Andrew and James discuss where the the climate movement is right now, how deep time plays into...

You might be forgiven thinking that something as huge and undeniable as climate change would manage to stay out of the way of the madness that is right wing culture wars. And you'd be wrong. As strategies to mitigate climate change start to be implemented around the world, the long shadow of conspiracy, moral panic and hysteria are circling the internet and their coming for your air source he...

This week on the show we are joined by Dr Sarah Watts, an expert in all things montane  botany. We discuss what over grazing has done to Scotland's mountainous regions, the complex systems of inter species co-operation that make up highland forests, what plants and trees should we reintroduce into Britain and how Scotland used to be and could like Scandinavia again. Links Read Sarah's pa...

This weeks show covers about 71% of the globe and some how we haven't talked about it before.  The Green New Deal is a plan for economic and ecological transformation across the earth. But where do the sea and ocean play into this? Do we need a plan for making sure this vast space full of resources and natural beauty is saved from the logic of the market? This week on the show we are joined b...

We've been sounding the alarm about biodiversity from the very beginning of this podcast. If the ecology of the planet goes, we all go with it. So what are nation states doing to reverse the damage done?  This week on the show we are joined by climate journalist Daisy Dunne . Daisy is a special correspondent for Carbon Brief and was part of their team covering COP 15 in Montreal. We discuss w...

Happy New Pod! It's a new year, so its the perfect time to reassess where we are and what we are fighting for. Let's get back to basics: Carbon emissions, average temperatures and 1.5°C. Can we still keep a habitable planet? This week on the show we are delighted to have back on the podcast Professor Kevin Anderson . Kevin is a energy and climate scientist formerly of the Tyndall Centre...

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah and a happy festive time to all! We've got the whole team around the Christmas dinner table to discuss the ups and downs of 2022. Expect copious amounts of gravy, a lump of coal in Cumbria's stocking  and some half earth socialism too.  Thanks for everyone who's supported us on Patreon this year, with your help we've been able to commission fanta...

Public ownership is back on the agenda. With energy companies reporting record profits while people choose between eating and heating this winter, calls for renationalising our energy system are gaining traction. However, our demands cannot be shackled to past solutions. To create a truly democratic and sustainable energy sector fit for the 21st century, we must envisage new models of public owner...

This episode originally aired on November 8th 2021 If you've seen the news in the UK in the last month, you'll be well aware that our old energy system is having a bad time. With gas prices spiking, all the noise from COP26, and the public's temperament towards climate activism cooling, it's probably worth figuring out what the hell is going on with our energy supply, and how w...

This summer immense flooding struck Pakistan and devastated the landscape and its people.  31 million people have been displaced and the country is a long way from recovery. Today COP 27 starts in Egypt. Loss and Damages are right at the top of the agenda and the fight continues for reparation  for those already affected by climate breakdown.  This week we welcome back on the show Asad Rehman from...

If you've taken a walk in England chances are you've seen a sign that says "private property" or "trespassers will be persecuted". Turns out over 90% of the land in England is in private hands and our access to the green and pleasant lands are minimal.  So how do we get it back? This week on the show we are joined by Right to Roam campaigners Nadia Shaikh and Harry Je...

It's safe to say last week was political hell in the UK. So let's take a break and check out what happening on the other side of the pond. Texas, the second largest state in the USA, has one of the most deregulated energy sectors in the country and after biting cold snaps, intense heat and rocketing energy prices something has to change. To discuss with us the forces at work in Texas and...

For the last three years we've been discussing how climate breakdown needs to be drawn into all areas of life if we are to stand a chance of surviving it. This weeks guests have picked up the gauntlet and are intertwining there workplace fights and the climate. We are delighted to be joined by two organisers from UCU , Marianne Quick Bargaining and Negotiations Official (Prisons and Sustainab...

This episode was recorded on the 28th of July 2022 It could be argued that the climate movement is split into two camps.  Those studying and discussing the affects of climate change and those that are drawing the new worlds we could live in when the catastrophe is finally  over.  So the question we should really be asking is  "How do we get from here, to there?" This week on the show we...

This year on the show we have taken a closer look at class as a dimension of environmentalism and climate change. With our series Working Class Voices ,  we heard real stories and attitudes when it comes to the working class and climate.  Today's show is moving the conversation to look at the dynamics between classes and how that plays out in the struggle for a just, green world. This week we...