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A Sustainable Life with Jen Gale

Jen Gale

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[139] EUROPEAN RAIL ADVENTURES WITH GEORGINA...

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2022/04/29

As Covid restriction ease and borders open up again, many of us are desperate to escape the unpredictability of the British weather and experience some sunnier climes. However travel, or certainly international travel, feels pretty synonymous with flying and with the associated hefty carbon footprint that comes with that.Having resigned myself to damp summer holidays […]

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[138] HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE CAN INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY MAKE?

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2022/04/22

It's very very easy to feel despondent about the climate crisis and the state of the planet.And it's very very easy (and I think very natural) to feel overwhelmed and powerless to make a difference to such a big and complex issue.Those of you who have been following for a while and paying attention(!) will […]

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[137] WILDFLOWER MEADOWS AND HOW TO MAKE (A MINI) ONE...

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2022/04/01

DID YOU KNOW?We have lost over a million acres of wild landscapes in the UK since the end of WW2The total garden space in the UK is greater than all the nature reserves!Our gardens have huge potential to be havens for wildlife and pollinatorsI'm very much not a gardener, but I'm super aware that our […]

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[136] CLIMATE NEWS – HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT’S TRUE? –...

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2022/03/25

There's a LOT of information out there isn't there? On the internet, on the radio, in our newspapers, on the tel-box.And a helluva lots of opinions too.About everything, including climate stuff.So how do we know who to trust?How can we tell when we're reading what is essentially an opinion piece from a journalist or a publication […]

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[135] THE LOCAL ELECTRICITY BILL AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE...

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2022/03/18

In this episode I'm chatting to Steve Shaw who is the Director of Power for People, a not for profit organisation campaigning for the UK to rapidly transition to 100% clean energy and for this to benefit local communities. Steve has been on the podcast before, way back in Episode 44, talking about how to […]

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[134] HOW EATING SEASONALLY CAN HELP REDUCE YOUR...

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2022/03/11

Today we’re talking food. Specifically vegetables. But maybe not in the way that you might expect. We’re all increasingly familiar with the narrative that we need to eat more veggies, and less meat and dairy, both for our own health, and also for the health of the planet. But today we’re talking about specifically about […]

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[133] YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION WITH THE UK SCHOOLS...

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2022/03/07

We've had a few episodes on the podcast exploring 'climate education' where I've chatted to various people about the brilliant projects they're involved in to encourage and facilitate education around climate issues in schools. But we haven't heard from any of the young people currently in the education system! This episode hopefully helps to rectify […]

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[132] URGENCY, OPTIMISM AND ACTION WITH JONNIE HUGHES...

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2022/02/25

I was very excited towards the end of last year asking if I would like to chat to anyone about Earthshot - a book that addresses the challenges facing the planet and that explores some of the best solutions that exist to turn the tide on the environmental crisis. Many of you might have heard […]

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[131] BUILDING A REPAIR ECONOMY – WITH SOPHIE UNWIN

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2022/02/18

I was delighted to finally get the chance to chat to Sophie Unwin after literally years of following each other online! Sophie is the director and founder of the Remade Network - a Glasgow based social enterprise with a mission to build a repair economy from the ground up through the creation of a network of […]

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[130] MORE CLIMATE EDUCATION GOOD STUFF – WITH PAULA...

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2022/02/11

The more I hear about and read about 'climate education' the more I think that this is such a vital part of the jigsaw, and how we're really doing our children and young people a huge disservice by not a) educating them about the world around them and how it's changing, and b) empowering them […]

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[129] CLIMATE HUBS FOR COMMUNITY ACTION – WITH ZERO...

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2022/02/04

In this episode I’m chatting to Ben and Petra who are both trustees of Zero Carbon Guildford which is one of a growing number of Climate Emergency Centres that are starting up all over the UK. Zero has an amazing community space in the centre of Guildford where they have a zero waste shop and […]

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[128] TURN THE TIDE ON CLIMATE ANXIETY

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2022/01/28

Today is another cracker of an episode and is about something that we haven’t really dived into before on the podcast – eco anxiety.I’m chatting to Megan Kennedy Woodard, a coaching psychologist, and one half of Climate Psychologists, alongside her husband Patrick. Together they have co-authored Turn the Tide on Climate Anxiety, a brilliant book […]

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[127] GREATER MANCHESTER’S RENEW HUB

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2022/01/21

Today we're talking all things reuse and renew with Daniel Carolan and Samantha Carty from SUEZ. SUEZ are a waste management company here in the UK, and are responsible for the collection and sorting of household waste in many areas around the country, including Greater Manchester Combined Authority, where they're spearheading a super exciting project - […]

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[126] NOTHING NEW IN ’22

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2022/01/14

Those of you who have been following for a loooooong time might remember that my 'journey' into all things Sustainable(ish) started with My Make Do and Mend Year - a year of buying nothing new with my family.2022 marks the TEN YEAR anniversary of that life changing (I know it's a cliche, but it genuinely has changed […]

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[125] SUSTAINABLE(ISH) CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS…!

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2021/12/17

In today’s episode we’re discussing 'IRL' (in real life!) Sustainable(ish) Christmas’s in all their glorious imperfections and with all the compromises that come with trying to keep everyone happy whilst trying to simultaneously save the planet.With this episode I wanted to hear from real people, people like you and me, who are trying really hard […]

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[124] THE DAY THE WORLD STOPS SHOPPING – WITH J.B....

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2021/12/10

Now this is a cracker of an episode...I ummed and ahhed about whether to publish this one now (in the run up to Christmas), or to wait until the New Year, but decided to go with now. Because this episode is all about shopping, or rather stopping shopping, and it feels like now might be […]

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[123] HOW TO GREEN YOUR BUSINESS (EVEN IF IT’S NOT...

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2021/12/03

I talk a lot on this podcast about changes that we can make as individuals, and as households but possibly don’t talk enough about the other spheres of influence we have where we can create change. Businesses and government have big roles to play too, but whilst most of us are unlikely to have the ear […]

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[122] COP26 – WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT NOW?

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2021/11/26

So then.....COP26 is all done and dusted, and the circus has moved on out of town.There was a LOT of coverage (at least there was in my little social media bubble!) and it was amazing to see climate issues as headline news nearly every day through out the fortnight.And there were a helluva a lot […]

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[121] CLIMATE AND HEALTH – A WIN-WIN SITUATION

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2021/11/19

At first glance, healthcare and the NHS might not seem to be linked to the climate crisis. And doesn't the NHS have enough on it's plate at the moment without being expected to 'green' itself?Tune in to this great episode with GPs Dr Fran Cundill and Dr Matthew Sawyer discussing how sustainability and healthcare and […]

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[120] TOOTHPASTE AND SYSTEM CHANGE…

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2021/11/12

So then. How are you feeling?It’s coming up to the end of COP and two weeks of intense negotiation and shenanigans. Someone asked me this morning how I was feeling about it all, and my answer was confused. Or should that be COPfused – see what I did there…And I get a sense that I’m […]

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