The Green Edge Podcast

It’s been a tempestuous year and in this week’s slightly longer-than-usual podcast we discuss some of the big things we’ve written about during 2022 on The Green Edge. 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 celebrate The Green Edge’s first anniversary and in our regular post we introduce The Green Edge Data Portal . We also talk to Tony Sanders of The GreenSkills Partnership . 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 charging up the batteries and we chat with Portsmouth International Port’s new Sustainability Coordinator . 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 green careers . We also hear from Nick Newman of National Careers Week about its recent Green Careers Week. 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 the English freeports this week, as well as taking another look at COP27. We also consider some early views on Jeremy Hunt’s 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

This week, we take a quick look at COP27 as well as a few points related to this week’s post . Also a brand new report for Scotland and a new book from Georgina Sturge, a Statistician at the House of Commons Library . 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 details about this week’s post and talk to Rebecca Turner of IEMA about the Institute’s new Green Careers Hub . 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’ve been looking at the cryptoworld and get perspectives from two blockchain-enabled sustainability projects, SITE and Centree . We’re also proud to be part of IEMA’s Green Careers Hub . More on this to follow in the coming weeks. 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

Know someone who’s thinking about a degree in ES3 (Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Environmental Studies)? In this week’s podcast and accompanying post we’re talking about some of the things to consider. We also find out a little more about the London Interdisciplinary School (LIS) . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...

We’re riffing on retrofitting this week. As we say in our post , skilling up for the retrofit revolution is like Grommit chasing Feathers the Penguin across the living room floor… 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 Chris Skidmore’s independent net review. Even if you don’t listen to our podcast (although we hope you do) we encourage you to respond to his online call for evidence , which closes on 27th October. We also look at an interesting new venture called SITE (Sustainable Impact Trading Ecosystem) , which is looking to bring together the worlds of impact investing and block...

This week, everyone’s talking about the fallout from the mini-budget. We look for the Growth Plan’s green heart. We also feature conversations with the Ashden charity about its latest briefing ‘ Retrofit: Solving the Skills Crisis ’ and with Auditel on PAS 2060. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenedge.substack....

In addition to this week’s post on the LSIP trailblazer in Sussex , we recall a conversation we had with Professor Martin Siegert, who has recently taken up a new post as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Exeter University . 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 weeks’s podcast we feature an interview with Centree , which uses blockchain technology to support the protection of old-growth forests by turning them into investable, living assets. 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 talk about Leading The Charge , a major new digital series from the ECA. Also, the announcement from DfE of its designated employer representative bodies for the development of Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) in England. 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 talk to Arjan Geveke of the Energy Intensive Users Group and Tony Wilson of the Institute for Employment Studies . 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

Everyone (in England and Wales at least) is off for a break this weekend, so we thought we’d drop you the podcast a day early in lieu of our regular Thursday post. It’s slightly longer than usual (15m:30s) but we’ve had some good conversations this week which we need a few minutes more to tell you about. Here are some useful links for things we talk about in the podcast: * Leading The Charge (Elec...

This week we spotlight Wheelie Bike Shop, a young business making headway in today’s tricky business world. Read our  full post here . In the podcast, Michael Cross also tells us about an ONS consultation on defining and measuring green jobs. We’ve just released a special post on this, which you can also find by clicking this link . Thank you for reading The Green Edge. This post is public so feel...

The Green Edge Podcast, a series of weekly updates and occasional special audio posts from our work here at The Green Edge. This week we're focusing on UK100's recently-published Local Net Zero Delivery Progress Reports. Read our full post here . Would you like to write a guest post for The Green Edge? Email us at the address below. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...

The Green Edge Podcast, a series of weekly updates and occasional special audio posts from our work here at The Green Edge. Would you like to write a guest post for The Green Edge? Let us know at the address below. 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

For many years, university leaders have made bold statements about how they’re responding to the future. But, oftentimes they go on to talk about the same old traditions, structures and august alumni. We still see the old university models: the Humboldtian, the Newman, and the Robbins-Oxbridge still in evidence and being roundly defended. But changes are happening. Previous Green Edge posts have d...

Introducing The Green Edge Podcast, a series of weekly updates and occasional special audio posts from our work here at The Green Edge. We start with our weekly update for w/e 29th July 2022, in which we discuss (among other things) the new progress report from the Climate Change Committee, green innovation at the Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and green skills planning in Liverpool. Would you like...