Ready, Steady, Green!
In this podcast we are discussing challenges and opportunities of turning climate awareness to climate action. The episodes from Ready, Steady, Green! aim to inspire everyone to step up and step out in their lives and in their community, to make sustainability sustainable.
Episodes
12 episodes
Are European green policies competing with clean technologies from China? Benedek Jávor, European green politician
Benedek Jávor argues that European green policies need to be more effective. How does the social contract with farmers influence the landscape? Is it sustainable that green policies are developed in Europe while related technologies are all pio...
Why increased risk literacy is key to managing climate challenges - Rodrigo Souza, risk management academic
Rodrigo explains how we should manage climate risks, warns that with the current trajectory, a society level climate chaos could happen by 2035? and argues why better risk literacy could help us all plan our future.Rodrigo Souza is a sen...
Building Climate Resilience in UK Firms - invitation to join the workshop on the 29 April
Welcome to the latest episode of Ready, Steady, Green. This time we share a short snippet, to extend invitation to an event that is happening the last week of April in London, at the University of Roehampton. On the 29 April, 10.00-4.00pm Londo...
Why can renewable energy inherently lead to energy injustice? Chitzi Ogbumgbada, environmental law specialist
Chitzi Ogbumgbada argues why governments should ensure energy security, how the African communitarian approach addresses renewable energy injustices, and why the individual actions of countries will never bring us even close to the goals of the...
Why does your organisation's climate credibility matter? Simon King, senior partner at Edenseven
Simon King argues how one can make sustainability the competitive edge of their organisation, why climate credibility matters for young people, if sustainability is primarily a management or a technological issue and why local authorities canno...
Will women show the future of sustainable farming? Veronica White, environmental social scientist
Veronica White explains what makes one bike across the UK, and interview over fifty farming women across the UK. Is there a pattern for sustainable farming in England? How can farms contribute to sustaining food security? Are farmers to adapt m...
Why should we solve the climate problems, instead of just analysing them? Leo Rayman, founder of EdenLab
Leo Rayman argues why it is both a moral duty and a career advancement opportunity to come up with sustainability solutions, why the atmosphere of a climate tech conference is different to a sustainability conference; how the ability to control...
How should we step on students' toes to change their thinking about sustainability? Franzisca Weder, Professor of Sustainability Communication
Franzisca Weder believes in activist academics who don't just stand on the sidelines; sustainability communication needs to build on exciting and disruptive stories; to underline climate emergency one has to speak about the burning issues that ...
Why is Amazonia the heart, and not the lungs of the Planet? Filipe Machado Franca, tropical environment researcher
Filipe Machado Franca claims it is time that indigenous voices that had been silenced and suffered are finally brought to the table, why nature restoration efforts are more than just throwing seeds in the ground, why sister tree and brother jag...
Why does engaging with a local climate volunteering group matter? Anne Robertson, Professor of Ecology
Anne Robertson, a professor of ecology at the University of Roehampton in London, speaks about why fieldwork is essential to understand what is happening to our rivers; how cutting back on screen time could help youth volunteering, extended dro...
Ask your family and friends: what is their plan to manage the climate crisis? Ash Goddard, Director of Climate Clarity
Ash is an experienced sustainability workshop facilitator and climate educator. He is Director of Climate Clarity whose mission is to raise awareness and empowerment around the climate and ecological crisis using mainly Climate Fresk workshops....
Is leadership missing of the global climate movement? Attila Schillinger, Professor of Practice, sustainability communicator
Attila Schillinger, Professor of Practice at the University of Oregon talks about youth climate awareness, the role of young people at COP30, differences in interpretations of sustainability, the lack of global climate leadership, the 10th anni...
