The Green Edge Podcast

Plenty to chat about again this week, from The Big Short and our post on sweating assets to The World Design Congress next September; and from Onshore Power Supply maps to the new Growth and Skills Levy . Phew! 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

Heat pumps , COP29 and The Green Edge’s plans for global domination—you heard it here first. 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’re talking and posting about green design skills this week, while other people are talking about changes to the appreticeship levy . So, we’re talking about them too. 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

Digging the school garden here this week, plus a question from the floor to our fearless leader at COP29 and what interests the national counting house . 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 last week’s post and this week’s post today. Plus a chat with engineer and author Yasmin Ali about Hereford’s New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) . 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

Want to know more about Wednesday’s Budget? Take a day or two off and read about it here ; or perhaps have a listen to this podcast together with Martin Lewis’ excellent summary for the nitty-gritty. Oh, and you can find our usual weekly post (not on the Budget) here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.su...

Dear Skills England, please read our post and listen to our podcast this week. Plus, we hear from EngineeringUK on its new STEM Education report , as well as City of Ithaca’s digital twin . Dioscuri for the modern age. 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

This week’s special podcast on The Education Landscape is on our agenda this week; plus news of National Electrotechnical Training’s NET Celebration of Skills in London on 23rd October. 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

This week’s post takes the form of a special edition of The Green Edge podcast, in which we talk to Ruth Joseph of Strategic Development Network (SDN), Scott Young of RenewableUK and Alan Benvie of Oldham College about The Education Landscape programme. Follow the conversation by clicking the Transcript button. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get a...

Fun with AI this week and a chat with the person who’s got us thinking hard about this stuff: Martyn Poessinouw of Peterborough City 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

Waves of greening on the agenda in our post and podcast this week, plus a visit to the Felix Project and thoughts about whether the AI that powers great endeavours actually use more energy than they save . A few minor crackles on Michael’s line - do not adjust your set! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.s...

A full agenda this week, with reports from GetZero & The 5% Club and Skills England , a great video from Mr EV featuring a member of HEVRA and an inadvertent cameo appearance by Stanley Baldwin (now corrected). Plus this week’s post , 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

Talking electrical skills in our post and podcast this week, an important topic and one brought into sharp focus in ECA’s Electrical Skills Index . Plus, how did we fare in this year’s WorldSkills competition ? 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 little more from our chat with Lisa Bennett , as featured in this week’s special podcast episode . Plus a look at the 2040 agri Net Zero targets and the WorldSkills 2024 competition going on over there in Lyon, France. 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

This week’s post is a special podcast episode featuring a conversation with Lisa Bennett , author, award-winning journalist, and speaker focused on how to overcome common mindset challenges that sabotage success in a complex, fast-changing world. Lisa’s books include Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence, co-authored with Danial Goleman and Zenob...

The Green Edge is back, with this week’s post , our Reports Roundup Parts One and Two . Plus, of course, this weekly update which you can also find on Apple , Spotify or whever you get your usual podcasts. 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 chat about this week’s post , together with brief ruminations on MINIMAL , the 2024 edition of the clothing brands report and more rewilding in Scotland . The Green Edge is now taking a short pause for the rest of August. Normal service will be resumed in early September. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greened...

A follow up to this week’s special podcast with a few words from Michael Hardisty, Head of Environmental Sustainability at EngineeringUK . Plus, some interesting news about a Park called Harold . 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

This week’s post takes the form of a special edition of The Green Edge podcast, in which we talk to Dr Hilary Leevers, Chief Executive of EngineeringUK , on a range of topics including the organisation’s policy recommendations for the new government , its Science Education Tracker research which among other things is highlighting concerns for the future workforce as girls turn off from engineering...

In our hundredth weekly update, musings on this week’s post and rewilding enterprises at Trees for Life , Highlands Rewilding and Ambios . Plus we learn a new word or two. 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 follow-up chat to this week’s post . A recording of the ESG seminar hosted by City & Guilds and Kineo, by the way, is available here . 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 fab piece of analysis from Focaldata on voter behaviour to talk about this week, plus of course a chat about this week’s post and a comment or two on who’s (becoming) who in the new government. 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

To accompany our Election Special post yesterday, here are our thoughts on how this whole green thing could be put together. Congratulations to Sir Kier Starmer on his resounding win. We’re watching! 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 little monkey business around our post this week , although it’s all meant in good grace. Huzzah for Hartlepool! 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

Follow-up chat to this week’s post on the different ways green skills might be delivered. Plus - it’s not rugby (unfortunately) but we can’t let the Euros go by without a prediction or two. 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