Amanda Slevin, chair of the Climate Coalition NI was my guest on today’s show. In the light of the UK declaring a climate emergency in recent years and Boris Johnson promising a post-Brexit Green Industrial Revolution I thought it was the perfect time to get someone on the show to discuss what is…
Tag: Climate Change
Chatter #112 – Richard Collett-White on Air Pollution, Clean Air Zones, and Government Lobbying
Richard Collett-White from DeSmog UK was my guest on today’s show. I wanted to get Richard on to chat about his article entitled, Lobby Groups Backed by Big Brands Resisting Clean Air Measures Across the UK. In the article he explores the different lobby groups who have been resisting low emissions zones in…
Chatter #106 – Katy McCoy and Kate Rowley on Microplastics
Microplastics are everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. Tiny little particles of plastic that break off from plastics in our clothes, rubbish, packaging, and basically anything plastic. But how much danger to they pose to humans, wildlife, or ecosystems? To discuss this I was lucky enough to get to chat to scientists Kate Rowley and Katy…
Chatter #105 – Ed Straw on How Systems Thinking Could Change The World
Ed Straw, a systems thinker who has worked for government and private industry, was my guest on today’s show. Ed is also the host of the Hidden Power podcast, where he discusses ways in which systems thinking can change the world. Our system of government, economy, and election are fundamentally broken and it…
Chatter #90 – Professor John Barry on the Northern Ireland Paradox and the Global Climate Movement
Professor John Barry of Queen’s University Belfast was my guest on today’s show. John was my favourite professor whilst I was at University, I took his class on the politics of sustainable development and was almost immediately captivated by his passion for green politics. It was a real pleasure for me to get…
Chatter #83 – Brian O’Boyle on Planet Before Profit and Transitioning To a Post-Carbon Economy
Brian O’Boyle, the author of People Before Profit’s Eco-Socialist Manifesto, was my guest on this version of the show. As part of research for a future book I have been doing a lot of thinking about how we might reimagine our world post-covid. People Before Profit have obviously sat down and thoughtfully constructed…
