Planet Pod

Join Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change member and Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III Professor Jim Skea & Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute for first in our shared series on getting to Net Zero. They take an in-depth look at the target of net zero emissions and help to answer questions like What is Net Zero? How do we achieve it? What will it look...

Join Amanda for this special Planet Pod episode recorded live at Tonbridge School as part of the Tonbridge Talks Festival of the Environment.  Panelists debating the Politics of Climate Change include experts from business, politics and conservation: Anjuli Pandit - UK Head of Corporate Sustainability forBNP Paribas, David Hone - Chief Climate Change Advisor with Shell International, Gareth Redmon...

Love them or hate them, XR has electrified the frame of climate change debate. With mass occupations disrupting cities across the globe, over a thousand XR protesters were arrested in London alone in a week. Planet Pod spoke to Marijn van de Geer, Director of Resolution:Possible and active member of XR from the very start and Steve Shaw, campaigner and founder of Power for People, who is leading t...

In the wake of the global climate strike Amanda talks to the UK Student Climate Network about The Green New Deal and hears from the only law firm in the UK to declare a Climate Emergency, exploring how we should build on the momentum of the biggest climate mobilisation in history. This is the second in our series on Youth Activism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Friday 20 Sept 2019 millions of children and young people around the globe will strike to demand action against the global warming which threatens the planet. What is motivating them to take to the streets? Are they right? Should we support them? Hear from a striking student, a striking lawyer and a strike sceptic in the first of our Youth Activism Series on the Global School Climate Strike Hos...

What music would you associate with Japanese Elm, Purple Plum, Field Maple or Oak?  Find out how music is being used to enhance our enjoyment of trees by joining Amanda in Regent's Park to explore the Royal Parks’ brand new immersive “Music for Trees” experience.  Amanda talks with Royal Parks arboriculturalist Matt Steinmann, editor of Resurgence magazine Marianne Brown and students Isaac and Mar...

Planet Pod asks whether fashion has to cost the earth or is there a more sustainable way to look and feel good in the clothes and accessories we buy? We explore the real cost of what we wear with Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader of The Green Party and Sustainable Fashion Blogger, Sophie Slater, Co-Founder of Birdsong and Bronwyn Lowenthal, Founder and Design Director of Lowie. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Emissions gaps, carbon budgets, net zero, global heating, 1.5 or 2 degC - we pick big brains at The Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College to get the latest update on the climate emergency and unravel the language, science and policy of climate change. Planet Pod talked to Dr Joeri Rogelj, Leading Climate Scientist and Lecturer in Climate Change and the Environment and Dr Alyssa...

Is it ever sustainable to eat beef? When is food "slow food" and what's the environmental cost and benefit to taking it slow?  Join the Planet Pod team down on the farm as Amanda chats with Bridget and Bill Biddell, owners of Hampton Estate and Shane Holland, Executive Chairman of Slow Food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Planet Pod World Environment Day Special, Amanda took time out during Climate Action North's Rewilding -  A Solution for Climate Change conference to talk to "Human Swan" Sacha Dench and David Hetherington, Cairngorms National Park Authority ecology advisor and author of "The Lynx and Us", about how they are encouraging us all to look differently at the way rewilding can provide solutions...

Planet Pod gets out of the studio and goes walkabout with our guests Tompion Platt, Director of Advocacy and Engagement with The Ramblers and Rory Forsyth, CEO of the Western Front Way.  Amanda finds out first hand about the work of The Ramblers in making it easier to access walks in our cities as well as the countryside, and also learns about the Western Front Way - the new, continuous, permanent...

From recycling to upskirting and deciding who wins an election by flipping coin - Amanda talks politics, environment and women's issues with Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader of the Green Party in this special Planet Pod episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The air we share is not as clean as is could and should be - but what is air pollution and what is it doing to us? Where are the clean areas and who is most at risk from pollution? Is it better to be a cyclist or an HGV driver? In this episode a marathon runner and a University researcher share their experiences of the recent Hubbub air pollution study in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

In this Planet Pod Short public law lawyer Estelle Dehon from Cornerstone Barristers gives us a 5 minute guide to fracking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While the news on climate change and species loss is gloomy there is some light on the energy front:  last month we hit 76 hours without coal! What does this mean for consumers and policy makers? How much of our energy comes from wind, solar or nuclear?  What does the future of sustainable energy look like?  Find out the truth behind the stats - and hear our Planet Pod myth busts on green and not...

In this Planet Pod Short, UK Clean Air Lawyer Katie Nield from Client Earth discusses Air Quality and Air Pollution and the impact this has on our daily lives and health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Planet Pod visits three very different world-leading projects, protecting wildlife and acing sustainability in the North East.  Amanda is the guest of Climate Action North who act as her guide visiting the RSPB's Saltholme Nature Reserve , a Pollinator Park in the middle of the North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) in Sunderland and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's Washington Wetland Ce...

Earth Day 2019 at Somerset House - Planet Pod celebrates Earth Day by chatting with some of the artists who have created special installations and art pieces to highlight the loss of species. Hear how Justin Brice Guariglia, visual artist, Carmen Aguilar y Wedge from Hyphen-Labs and Karishma Rafferty who has curated the season have responded. Dive into the Anxious Ocean or catch your breath at #Re...

In this short Planet Pod Special Amanda talks to public law lawyer Estelle Dehon from Cornerstone Barristers to get her view on climate justice and why people are motivated by this to take to the streets.  We ask Estelle how climate action sits with the rule of law - two things which might be seen to be in conflict. Estelle is recognised as a leading junior in environment and planning law (with pa...

In this special Planet Pod episode Amanda catches up with renowned arctic explorer, advocate and visionary Pen Hadow who talks about what inspired him to push the boundaries of exploration in the arctic region. Pen describes the disturbing truth of what he has seen with his own eyes - the gradual destruction of what he calls the "floating ice reef ecosystem" of the arctic.  He highlights the vulne...

Are we making the link between poor health and the climate, and is it provoking more acts of protest and civil disobedience? Are the protests effective and what should and could the law do about it?  Join Amanda as she discusses health, the law and ethics with Estelle Dehon, a leading barrister at Cornerstone Barristers whose work includes environment and planning law (with particular expertise in...

Listen to David Finlay, Supply Chain Manager at Fairtrade Foundation, as he explains what Fairtrade is all about and what makes this such an important programme Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are thrilled that Planet Pod has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Be The Change Awards 2019 !  This short video is our entry for the awards - we hope you find this interesting.  We are always looking for interesting subjects and stimulating guests - please get in touch if you would like to know more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Something is stirring in the tunnels of South London and it isn't the Northern Line! Join Amanda and guest co-host Alex Gilbert as they chat deep below London with Richard Ballard, co-founder of Growing Underground and Faye Tomson, MD of Central Eating.  Hear how how disused WWII air raid shelter tunnels are being put to good use to grow salad crops organically, efficiently and unbelievably fast. ...

Question: What has a banana, your mobile phone and your fridge got in common? Answer: They can all be Fairtrade products. Listen to our latest pod to find out how the gold in your phone (or even in your fridge) is as important to the Fairtrade movement as the banana in your fruitbowl. Join Amanda in conversation with David Finlay from Fairtrade Foundation and award winning eco chef Tom Hunt as the...