The Green Edge Podcast

A virtual beer together thinking over the subject of tacit skills. For anyone interested in further reading, here’s an oldie-but-goodie on the subject. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Shooting the breeze around an off-reach or two from our latest special podcast episode with Professor Aoife Foley , Chair in Net Zero Infrastructure at the University of Manchester. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, we talk to Professor Aoife Foley , Chair in Net Zero Infrastructure at the University of Manchester. We explore the urgent need to move beyond siloed thinking in energy transitions, the role of integrated systems and skills, and why good economics—and a dose of Good Housekeeping common sense—are essential for a stable, sustainable future. From interdisciplinary innovation to calli...

Chatting about our First Thursday post and our top read from South Devon College this week, plus the colours of the rainbow—including green, of course. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

May is here and our new Green Edge Digest update is out. How do we do it?—listen in and we’ll tell you! Plus a great Green Skills Map that has just caught our eye. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Back from our Easter breather, we’re chatting about our special podcast episode on Clarion Housing Group this week. Next week—Digest update! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Britain’s 1,500 or so housing associations own and manage over 2.5 million homes. When it comes to retrofitting, they face—in bulk—exactly the kind of technical, social and financial challenges the country as a whole must navigate. But when they act at scale, they also hold one of the keys to solving at least some of these challenges. In this special episode, we talk to Dave Bussey and Daniel Arch...

In an extended (slightly) episode of our weekly podcast, we focus on a recent keynote address by The Rt Hon Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, to The Institute for Government. The whole speech with Q&A can be found here and the IFG’s flagship podcast Inside Briefing is here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis...

In a week that included both a Fool’s Day and a Liberation Day, we’ll avoid the obvious snide remarks and talk about our First Thursday post and the Circular Economy Taskforce instead. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

We finally have the Project Willow report to talk about this week, huzzah! Plus a new funding package for construction skills , a new GCSE for Natural History , and a quick look at the Net Zero Council . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Following on from this week’s special podcast , a few further thoughts on just transition from ourselves and Prof Dave Reay . Plus new homes in Nottingham —solar, anyone? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

The transition to a greener, low-carbon economy is well underway—but how do we make sure it’s fair? That’s where the idea of a Just Transition comes in. It’s about ensuring that workers, communities, and industries affected by the shift away from fossil fuels aren’t left behind. It means new skills, new jobs, and a greener economy that works for everyone. But how do we get there? In this special e...

No post this week but still plenty to talk about, including our perspective on wasted wind and a new report from Scotland’s Just Transition Commission . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Our First Thursday post on our Top Read from Lightcast to talk about this week. Spring is sprung—for the moment, at least! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Our guest post on structuring aviation for net zero to talk about this week, as well as a new report from ECIU on the economic opportunities brought by the UK’s net zero economy. Plus a chat about mackems, tackems and fixems. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Our Third Thursday podcast on Talking Textiles to chat about this week, plus some interesting work on Fashioning Our Future from Salisbury Museum. Also news from the Net Zero Council , securing the future for Grangemouth , and the looming of the recycling tax. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.co...

Textiles are all around us—not just the clothes we wear, but lining our environment and supporting our lives. It’s a 1 trillion dollar global industry, but one which struggles with sustainability. In this special podcast, we pick a little at the seams of sustainability in one particular part of the textile industry—commercial interiors—with our friends at Yellow Interiors . Follow the conversation...

Stuff to chat about this week include the raft of written evidence just published by the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, Lightcast’s new UK Skills Revolution report, and Corporate Knights’ 2025 Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable corporations. Plus—if you have a subscription—our latest letter to the FT! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscrib...

Chat about our Top Read post this week, plus another post from Michael about the opportunities for Housing Associations and the Net Zero Accelerator . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Conversation this week on just transition and planetary solvency . Plus, how to get from Cumbria to Marienthal on the M6. Back next week with our Green Edge Digest posts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

A Third Thursday post and a fair bit to chat about this week on the subject of bikes. With guest Michael Maiden from Wheelie Bike Shop in Poole, Dorset. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

No post this week, but still plenty to talk about, with Kloodle , JCB hydrogen engines and sustainable textiles on the agenda. Back next week with our Third Thursday post! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

In with the New Year and chat about our new formats, including this week’s First Thursday and our Green Edge Digest posts: Message In A Bottle , Top Reads , The Take and Digest Update . Let us know how we’re doing! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Following on from this week’s post , our last podcast of the year. Posted with our compliments of the winter season and our wishes for the best of whichever way your belief, creed or faith observes it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe

Talking about the power of networks this week. Also, green summits , new skills hubs , transition towns and giving Radio 2050 a jolly good listening to. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack.com/subscribe