Hello! Welcome to Carbon Copy's 'Copy This' - the podcast throwing the spotlight onto big thinking, local climate action.  When was the last time you tried to get your mobile phone or laptop repaired? Chances are that it was impossible but all too easy to buy a replacement instead. This year, the weight of electronic waste produced globally will equal that of the Great Wall of China because repair is so difficult and obsolescence is built into many electronic goods, by design.  But how is...

Hello! The longest non-stop relay ever attempted is starting in October 2022, over 7200km from Glasgow in Scotland to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, in the name of climate action. Community leaders, school children and neighbours will pass a relay baton hand-to-hand across 18 countries and show the world what we can achieve if we work together. An extraordinary challenge, requiring extraordinary effort, to achieve extraordinary change. Listen to Danny Bent, cofounder of The World Relay, about what...

Hello! Welcome to Carbon Copy's 'Copy This' - the podcast throwing the spotlight on big thinking local climate action. In this episode, the inspiration is provided by Energy Garden, a co-operative which has helped over 130 communities create gardens at overground railway stations across London. Not only has this re-connected residents with nature and food growing, increasing local pride in the process, it’s also improved the wellbeing of passengers plus delivered a whole range of community...

Hello! This week we’re off to Hull to discover how the Living With Water partnership is working with the community to build a “blue green city of the future.” We’re joined by two key members of the partnership’s team - Lee Pitcher and Andrew Barron - who share insights into the challenges and triumphs of flood mitigation and adaptation in one of the UK’s most at-risk areas. Listen in to hear how personal experiences of homelessness and the destruction that flooding can bring, led to our...

Hello! Welcome to the first episode of Copy This where we travel to Scotland to learn how a community raised £millions to buy 5,000 acres of local land for a new nature reserve. In this episode, hosts Ric Casale and Amanda Carpenter are reunited, having last met at COP26, moments after Ric had completed a gruelling 500-mile, 26-day walk from London. During that journey, Ric had the opportunity to meet our podcast guests, Jenny Barlow and Mairi Telford Jammeh, of the Tarras Valley Nature...

We’re pleased to announce Copy This, the new podcast from climate charity Carbon Copy. Launching March 10, in this series we’ll hear from the “doers” who prove what’s possible when you think big, locally. In this short trailer, host Ric Casale is joined by team mate Izzy Sparrow to delve into what to expect from the rest of the series. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.