The Green Edge Podcast

A slightly longer episode this week to talk about our review of 2023 . 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, not just a post to talk about but also a video from our interview with 2023 Ashden Award winner Power for All . Plus a chat with the Principal of Chelmsford College about a better approach to funding Skills Bootcamps. 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 this week about our post on green skills bootcamps . Plus a preview of fascinating chat we had with an integrated energy project in Uganda - and, of course, we can’t forget the Autumn Statement. 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

Alongside discussion on this week’s post on embedding sustainability in education , we have a conversation with Jamie Agombar of SOS-UK, which shows how it might be done . Also, we talk to Paul Amann of Liverpool City Council (LCR) telling us about LCR’s Green Jobs & Skills Plan and award-winning Be More green growth jobs & skills portal. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wit...

A few links here alongside this week’s post : one from the North East Local Enterprise Partnership , one from Surrey County Council’s Green Careers webpage , and a Green Careers survey from IEMA . Plus a green changemaker card linked to the Young Green Briton Challenge . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge....

In a busy Green Edge week, we’ve posted for an Ashden roundtable , attended another hosted by Deloitte and IEMA ; read the responses from Government to both the Environmental Audit Committee and the Climate Change Committee , and seen Siya Kolisi lift the Rugby World Cup. Well done Springboks! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...

We’re talking about the effect of the Net Zero transition on the UK labour market this week, together with the effect 46 big blokes (including subs) might have on each other in this weekend’s Rugby Union World Cup Final. 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 celebration of International Repair Day on 21st October our post and chat this week is with Clare Seek of Share (Portsmouth) , talking about all things repairable and a new Repair and Reuse Declaration for Britain. 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, we’re talking and writing about the encore careers of batteries and looking at an interesting new report from the IPPR . Plus a spot of chat on the Rugby World Cup - well done there, Portugal! 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 joined on this episode by Tim Rogers , talking about his guest post this week on the Energy Trilemma and other things (electric) griddy. 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 didn’t rush into a response to Rishi Sunak’s announcement on Net Zero last week, preferring to follow the immediate fallout instead. Our post and chat this week reflect our thoughts one week on. 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 rugby talk this week, although we do have some big games coming up at the weekend, including what could well turn out to be the dress rehearsal for the final . Oh, and we’re talking about our post on occupations versus skills . 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 sustainability competences and rugby this week. What could be more important? 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

Chatting about our post on apprenticeships this week, with some interesting points of comparison between the English system and those of Australia and some of the European nations . 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

More circular economy chat, what with this week’s post being about repurposing and all. We also recall an interesting interview telling us what those clever Finnish folks at Block Solutions are doing in South Africa. Postscript: this episode was recorded before news broke of the horrific fire in Johannesburg. The Green Edge expresses its sympathy to the families of those who died, together with a...

Coffee and chat about heat pumps this week. Plus, congratulations to BAR Technologies on its contribution to the maiden voyage of WindWings . 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 all about Circular Design; we hear what The Design Council has to say on the matter; and we consider part of government policy that might need a bit of re-design. 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 about Yellow Interiors and things circular in our post this week . Plus, why Dorset is the place to take your EV on holiday. 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

Lots to talk about again this week, what with our post on hearts and minds , and fun and games from HM Gov on a nuclear taskforce and North Sea licenses . 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 about topics as far apart as Green Skills FE Academies and Renault / Geely’s new ICE joint venture in this, our fifty-second weekly update. Yep, we’ve been doing this stuff for a year already! 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

Apples and oranges are on the menu this week, as are human capabilities frameworks for sustainability. Nothing too fruity, we assure you. 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 post this week is on the UK Catapults and their contribution to the green skills agenda. We talk about that, plus the upcoming Green Careers Week in November. 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 discuss some of the finer points of our post this week on hidden green skills, and also reflect on the similarities and differences between ‘green skills’ and ‘competences for sustainability’. 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, we’re talking about transitions and our new project with City & Guilds . 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 delighted to announce that The Green Edge has been appointed by City & Guilds to collaborate on a major new initiative to define C&G’s green skills and qualifications roadmap. And there’s an invitation to our subscribers too! Learn more about it here and in this week’s post . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...