Episodes
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
54: Starting a Sustainable and Ethical Business, with James from Animall Tea
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Have you had a neat eco-business idea recently? We're joined by James Thirwall from Animall Tea, a speciality tea company that source all their produce from organically and sustainable growers, and who spend their profits supporting conservation charities, about starting a business which is good for the planet, not just for investor's pockets.
James has also offered YOU, our lovely, wonderful listners, 15% off your first order of Animall Tea (which, by the way, is totally delicious) if you visit www.animalltea.com and use code EARTH at checkout. You'll also get a neat little illustration of the species that your purchase is helping to protect.
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Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
53: Chris Jones from Cornwall Beaver Project
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
A few years ago, one breeding pair of beavers were released into an enclosure in Cornwall. Now an entire family of beavers thrives in a biodiverse wetland that they have created, supporting insect and birdlife, mitigating flooding and drought events, and even storing carbon! Join Emma as she tours the wetland, site of the Cornwall Beaver Project, and sits down on a fallen tree trunk with the proprietor (and beaver legend), Chris Jones.
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Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
52: How to grow your own food
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Have you ever wanted to grow your own grub? Even with only a small space, growing food is a fantastic thing to do for you, and for the planet. This episode is all about getting the most out of the space you have in terms of yield, because growing your own food is a great potentially eco-friendly thing to do, AND is also about doing so in the best way for the environment that you can.
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Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
51: PETS! Can they be sustainable? Feat. Ryan Dalton
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Here’s your daily paws for thought... This week we’re discussing PETS. Our furry little sidekicks hold special places in our hearts, so it’s not easy to face up to their collective environmental pawprint. Don’t get your backs up though, because we’re here to offer some helpful tips to do right by the planet without making your dog eat tofu. Warning: we say the word ‘poo’ a lot.
PLUS we talk to Ryan Dalton from ‘Into the Wild Podcast’ about dog control within nature and wildlife reserves.
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Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/15/dog-poop-bags-plastic-alternatives
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-be-eco-friendly-pet-owner
https://www.rspca.org.uk/-/blog-nine-ways-to-be-a-sustainable-pet-owner
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
50: Tea and Coffee
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
HOT DRINKS, WE'RE COMING FOR YA! That's right, we're putting the nation's favourite beverages under our environmental impact microscope in this week's episode, 'Tea and Coffee'. Pop the kettle on, grab your eco-milk of choice and settle down with a brew to listen.
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Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
49: Anthropogenic Noise! (Human sound pollution)
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR US? This week we're looking at the problem of anthropogenic noise, or human sound pollution, and how it creates real predicaments for our wildlife both above and below the waves. A significant problem that can be solved as simply as it started, but is there enough drive from policy makers? Can animals adapt their mating calls and find food in a human-dominated soundscape? Can fish still find their way home? What does Emma do with all of her spare onions? Only one way to find out - tune into our frequency and give us a listen.
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Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
48: BOGS! Nature‘s best carbon capture habitats.
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
It's World Wetlands Day and we're chatting about BOGS; a habitat which the IUCN calls the largest natural terrestrial carbon store. So, why are these underrated habitats so gosh darn cool, and what makes them so good at storing carbon? Pop this episode in your ears to find out all about things bogs, peat, mires and permafrost.
Plus, we introduce a section called 'Listener Corner' where we discuss this paper https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2020.615419/full sent to us by one of our lovely listeners. Thanks, Jack!
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Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
47: Air Pollution: What are we breathing in?
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
What's going on with the air that we breathe? Well, quite a lot, it seems. We're chatting today about the causes of air pollution, the problems it can cause for our own health and things like farming and our food supply, and we explore some of the possible solutions.
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Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Science and Tech YouTuber & Content Creator Tom Carroll joins the podcast to chat about using TikTok to save the rainforest, why wind farms are moving further offshore and what’s so exciting about 3D printing coral reefs (and also to catch up with Lloyd and Emma, as they’re also old uni chums).
Find Tom on YouTube and Instagram.
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Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
45: Merry Christmas-is-a-bit-cancelled bonus Q&A!
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
This week, literally moments after the big covid-bans-holiday-fun announcement, we recorded a festive episode answering your questions! We can't promise you Pulitzer Prize-winning green journalism, but you can unwrap 40 bonus minutes of our voices, as we meander through some serious eco q's and some not-so-serious silly inquiries, which you sent in this week!
PLUS... The long-awaited return of Lloyd's Christmas singing.
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