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Climate Curious

Are you Climate Curious? If you care about the world, but find the current conversation about climate change confusing, scary or boring – then this might be the podcast for you. Join TEDxLondon and co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst as we lift the lid on the climate emergency by speaking to the world’s leading and most relatable climate pioneers. Find out why cities are key to the climate fight, why we need to tackle systemic problems (and not just plastic straws), and why we’re all a bit crap at

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00:06:43

Climate Quickie: How to write a climate bill

Climate Curious ·

2022/09/15

The world’s youngest policy maker Scarlett Westbrook joins us for this week’s Climate Quickie to share the story behind how she built the Climate Education Bill. Tune in to hear the awe-inspiring student demanding for schools to teach climate ABCs. How it all started? A self-taught A-Level course in government politics. Grab your tickets for TEDxLondon, October 2nd.Check out Scarlett’s initiative: Teach the Future. Follow Climate Curious:NewsletterInstagramTwitterLinkedInFacebookSuggest a topic

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00:30:55

How to make big oil go bust

Climate Curious ·

2022/09/14

Defunding big oil is our best shot at forcing change, says Mark Campanale, the founder of non-profit think tank, Carbon Tracker Initiative. Tune in to Climate Curious live from The Conduit in London with co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Clover Hogan to connect the dots between finance and climate change, why investors and banks own climate change because they own the fossil fuel system, and how you can use your own money (bank account, pension, insurance policies) to drive change. Read the summary

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00:05:47

Climate Quickie: Why you're hardwired to dislike...

Climate Curious ·

2022/09/08

Care about the world, but find the climate conversation, well, a bit, meh? You’re not alone. Your brain isn’t optimised to process the climate crisis, but finding a personal connection with it can make it easier, says neuroscientist Dr Kris De Meyer. Tune in to this week’s Climate Quickie to understand the psychology of climate change and unleash your inner activist. Enjoyed this quickie? Listen to the full Climate Curious episode with Kris on ‘Why there’s much more to climate action than reducing

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00:32:12

How to solve the cost of living crisis

Climate Curious ·

2022/09/07

Reducing our dependence on fossil fuels can solve the cost of living crisis, says Tessa Khan, a lawyer, campaigner, strategist and founder and director of Uplift. Tune in to Climate Curious live from The Conduit in London with our special guest co-host Clover Hogan and our fave Maryam Pasha to join the dots between the climate crisis and the fuel poverty crisis, understand the context of what’s led us to this point, and moving forward, how we can escape fossil fuel dependency. And with wind and

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00:05:37

Climate Quickie: How to have your burger and eat it too

Climate Curious ·

2022/09/02

We’ve all heard of meatless meats, but what exactly are they and how are they made? To put the patty in the bun is this week’s Quickie expert, Sonalie Figueiras, founder and editor-in-chief of Green Queen Media. Tune in to understand the three ways alternative proteins are created, and how such innovative methods can ensure a healthier, safer and more sustainable approach to food. Without compromising on our favourite foods – yay! Enjoyed this quickie? Listen to our episode on how seaweed reduces

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00:01:18

Coming Soon: Season Four

Climate Curious ·

2022/08/31

On September 7th 2022, TEDxLondon launches its fourth season of Climate Curious. Seeking to unpick the complexity of climate change, week-by-week, co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst take a solutions focussed approach to explore the big systemic and intersectional ways that climate change affects the world. How? By chatting with world-leading experts dedicated to breaking down the inaccessible veneer of climate action. Warning – this is not just another climate podcast. It’s for people who want to

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00:33:27

How life in plastic can still be fantastic

Climate Curious ·

2022/08/26

A circular plastics system is helping people make low carbon choices on the daily, thanks to ‘the plastics man’ Peter Goult, a Programme Director at SYSTEMIQ. A story of climate innovation, pragmatism and optimism in action, this week’s freshly wrapped (biodegradable obvs) Climate Curious by TEDxLondon is a celebration of how life could be better in plastic, if we remake the system. Tune in with co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst live from New York Times’ Climate Forward event at The Conduit in

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00:32:59

How to act from a place of climate love, not climate...

Climate Curious ·

2022/08/22

Love, duty and care are climate’s secret weapon, says Daze Aghaji, a 22-year-old climate justice activist and artist on the Climate Curious podcast by TEDxLondon. We’ve all seen the ‘soft life’ trend on TikTok this summer, but to what extent can you apply that self-care thinking to your relationship with the planet? Daze suggests: all of it! Tune in with co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst from New York Times’ Climate Forward event as we ask, is it time to enter your climate activist soft era? As

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00:26:30

Why creativity is climate’s uncut gem

Climate Curious ·

2022/08/15

Creativity can help us demand clean air, says founder of creative industry alliance COPI Humphrey Milles on the latest episode of Climate Curious by TEDxLondon. Its most effective campaign to date? A postcode checker alerting people to levels of pollution at any UK address, hitting property owners where it hurts most – their wallets! Tune in with co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst live from The Conduit in London to learn how creative people can unite to drive climate action, why air pollution is a

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00:31:37

How inequality affects the air we breathe

Climate Curious ·

2022/08/10

An invisible killer; air pollution is a hard topic to drive action around. But 19-year old co-founder of Choked Up Destiny Boka Batesa found a way. Launching a hard-hitting air pollution campaign, they made national news, sparking a UK-wide conversation about how inequality affects the air we breathe. And they’re not stopping there – now, they're pushing for laws to enshrine our right to clean air. Tune in with co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst live from The Conduit in London to discover what

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00:36:57

What queerness can teach the climate movement

Climate Curious ·

2022/07/01

The category is: climate realness. As part of a Pride Climate Curious series featuring guest co-host, Jamie Windust, we hear from the co-founders of PermaQueer Guy Ritani and Toad about the systemic resilience that their queer, permaculture community has built, and what this approach can teach the mainstream climate movement. As Guy tells us, “queerness is the growing vital edge of regeneration, love and care.” Tune in with co-hosts Ben Hurst and Jamie Windust as they discuss the unexpected

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00:03:09

Pride Climate Quickie: Why climate’s got a diversity...

Climate Curious ·

2022/06/17

“I created Queer Brown Vegan because my queerness has been something that I really have often hidden away in environmental research”, says Isaias Hernandez, an environmental educator, explaining how male, pale and stale climate spaces gatekeep the climate movement – but now – thanks to Isaias and others like them – that’s changing. Tune in to hear their experiences of reshaping the professional and digital creative climate space to be something entirely more inclusive, and engaging. Enjoyed

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00:04:29

Pride Climate Quickie: What is queer ecology?

Climate Curious ·

2022/06/10

This Pride, we're revisiting a Quickie with iconic environmental and intersectional drag queen, Pattie Gonia. They give us a quick introduction to queer ecology – we're talking gender shifting fish, intersex birds, and even how trees can impregnate themselves. Yep – queerness is natural! Tune in to discover why queer ecology is so much more than "gay dolphins in the ocean". Instead, "queerness is just the oddity in this world to problem solve, no matter what, to almost be different, and to bring

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00:06:22

Climate Quickie: What is artivism?

Climate Curious ·

2022/05/25

“You need to understand you are much, much more powerful than the head of any big organisation that does not know how to sing and dance properly,” says Kumi Naidoo, a South African human rights and environmental activist, explaining how we can use our creative talents to drive climate action. Artivism in a nutshell? Don’t project your consciousness on the people that you’re trying to organise, Kumi explains. You need to come from a common place of understanding, and inspire them! Enjoyed this

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Climate Quickie: Why Guyana is a climate hero

Climate Curious ·

2022/05/18

“It's not a story that gets told very often… about former colonial peoples standing up against the oil industry,” says Melinda Janki, the environmental lawyer taking on Exxon Mobil in one of South America’s most beautiful nature spots, Guyana. In this Climate Quickie, we learn about what’s going on in Guyana, and why deep sea oil drilling a carbon sink (i.e. a country which removes more carbon than it produces) is straight up “crazy”. Enjoyed this quickie? Why not listen to Melinda’s full episode

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00:04:34

Climate Quickie: What it feels like to sue the...

Climate Curious ·

2022/04/29

Hear about how you take on a government and win in this week’s Climate Quickie with legal powerhouse and founding CEO of ClientEarth, James Thornton. We revisit the clip where he shares his story about shutting down coal fired power stations in Poland, one lawsuit at a time. Pretty inspiring stuff! Enjoyed this quickie? Listen to our full-length chat with James on why the law can save the planet: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/climate-curious-why-the-law-can-save-the-planet/Follow Climate

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00:07:17

Earth Day Climate Quickie: How to handle your...

Climate Curious ·

2022/04/22

This Earth Day, take a step back from the noise and check-in with yourself. As climate change becomes more of a living reality, more and more of us are experiencing eco-anxiety, says 22-year-old activist Clover Hogan. In this week’s Climate Quickie we revisit a clip where she shares advice of how she catalysed her own eco-anxiety to step-up, not shut down in the face of climate change. If you enjoyed this Quickie why not listen to the full episode with Clover: why you feel anxious about climate

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00:06:57

Climate Quickie: Why the climate emergency is a race...

Climate Curious ·

2022/04/15

Climate justice cannot happen without racial justice, says Member of Parliament for Tottenham and Foreign Shadow Secretary David Lammy on this week’s Climate Quickie. We’re revisiting Lammy’s episode where he explains why it’s vital for us to connect the dots between climate and racial justice, referring back to industrialisation’s exploitative past, and policies today which see black and brown people bearing the brunt of rising sea-levels, hotter temperatures and polluted air in cities. Enjoyed

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00:06:25

Climate Quickie: How your gas stove is hurting you

Climate Curious ·

2022/04/08

It turns out there are big health issues sitting in your kitchen: in your gas stove. Nobody would burn coal in their kitchen without a chimney, so why are we burning gas in our homes without one? In this Climate Quickie we catch up with Executive Directive at Climate Imperative, Bruce Nilles, about the everyday household gas appliances that are damaging our health. Enjoyed this quickie? Listen to our full-length chat with Bruce on why your gas stove has to go:

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00:05:18

Climate Quickie: Why climate change is a wicked problem

Climate Curious ·

2022/03/24

Ever feel totally overwhelmed by the climate crisis, and like it’s too complicated an issue to solve? That’s because it’s a wicked problem. An interdependent problem that can feel impossible to solve. We catch up with neuroscientist specialising in polarisation, Dr. Kris De Mejer, about what a wicked problem is, and how it can make you feel like you can’t drive change. Enjoyed this quickie? Listen to our full-length chat with Kris on why there’s much more to climate action besides reducing your

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