Episodes
Sisters Catherine & Lizzy Ward-Thomas are about to busk for the planet so the three of us met up and talked about that and exchanged some encouraging climate change news stories while looking back at the podcast so far.
Published 05/15/21
Published 05/15/21
What are the Environmental impacts of fashion and how can we change that
Published 05/05/21
How to rid the worlds oceans of plastic with Rachel Richardson from The Ocean Cleanup
Published 04/27/21
How is the aviation industry responding to climate change
Published 04/14/21
What is Biochar and how can it be used as a climate solution with Carbo Culture
Published 04/14/21
How can the Arts & Activism save us from climate change, with playwright & activist April De Angelis
Published 04/07/21
Carbon Offsetting & Conservation with Ecosphere Plus
Published 03/30/21
How does our relationship with nature play a part in new pandemics?
Published 03/23/21
The impacts of our choices with Georgina Wilson-Powell
Published 03/17/21
How can the world fight climate change together
Published 03/09/21
In the absence of COP 26 this year, (annual climate change summit) there's always Mock Cop 26. Tom met with some of the organisers of Mock Cop 26: Lavinia Lovino (Italy), Domenica Jaramillo (Ecuador) and Josh Tregale (UK) to find out what the conference will involve. MOCK COP 26 WILL RUN FROM 19th NOVEMBER - 1st DECEMBER.
Published 11/16/20
Is Economic growth the enemy of our planet or is it just how we grow? Can we build an economy that helps us prosper while also protecting our environment? What kind of world will we build in the aftermath of the Covid19 Pandemic? In the final episode of series 1, Tom puts these questions to Climate Change Economist, Dimitri Zenghelis and asks him how we might build back to a Green Economy in the wake of Covid 19.
Published 06/02/20
Tom visits a Hemp farm in Co Monaghan in Ireland and talks to Farmer Marcus McCabe & Hill sheep farmer and Land Tenure Specialist Bridget Murphy all about the wonderful potentials of Hemp. From a Carbon negative building material, to fossil fuel substitute, to a health food that can suck in more carbon dioxide than trees, Hemp provides an incredible climate solution. But why is the market? https://kamahemp.com https://www.farmingfornature.ie
Published 05/25/20
Who are Greenpeace, what do they stand for, and what role can we play in preventing deforestation? Tom talks to Greenpeace's Forest Campaigner Chiara Vitali about the planet, about the Amazon, about Greenpeace and quite a bit about chickens.  www.greenpeace.org @greenpeace
Published 05/18/20
How to restore forests and plant trees with a simple online search. Tom chats to Hannah Wickes, the CMO at Ecosia, the tree planting search engine. He finds out all how they are shrinking deserts, restoring water cycles and rebuilding wildlife habitats with their extensive reforestation projects, all funded by the revenue from their search engine.  www.ecosia.com @ecosia
Published 05/11/20
In two interviews, Tom finds out about CO2 air capture technology with Climeworks and also explores how we can protect the Polar Regions with Ice911 Research www.climeworks.com @climeworks www.ice911.org @Ice911Research Podcast socials @tomwardthomas
Published 05/05/20
How food can be both a climate problem and a climate solution. How do we our food a Climate Solution? I talk about food with Honor Eldridge, Head of Policy at the Sustainable Food Trust (until May 2020, then Head of Policy at Plant Life). Follow The Sustainable Food Trust at https://sustainablefoodtrust.org and on socials @SusFoodTrust  Podcast social Media @Tomwardthomas
Published 04/27/20
A podcast with Tom Ward-Thomas exploring the different facets of climate change, what humans have done, what we can do and what we are doing to fix the planet This first episode is with Mark Maslin, Professor of Climatology at UCL, Science Advisor to the Global Cool Foundation among others. Books include: The Human Planet, Cradle of Humanity, Climate Change: A Short Introduction (three editions). Mark can be found on twitter @ProfMarkMaslin Tom can be found on twitter & instagram...
Published 04/19/20