Podcasts about Green Alliance

In this episode of EnvCast, we discuss the Environment Top 5 things to consider about waste resource management. We cover the circular economy, emissions trading, global plastics treaty, simpler recycling in England and our guests key takeaway for environmentalists.This special resource management episode of EnvCast features two Chartered Environmentalists, Dr Jane Gilbert and Dr Adam Read MBE.Speaker bios:  Dr Jane Gilbert, Founder, Carbon Clarity Jane holds a first-class Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology, a Doctorate in Biochemistry and a Master of Business Administration. She is a Fellow of the CIWM, is a Chartered Environmentalist, and an ISWA International Waste Manager. Jane was instrumental in establishing the European Compost Network, which she chaired for a number of years; she is currently vice-chair of the ISWA Scientific and Technical Committee. Jane has been involved in the waste and resources sector for over thirty years. She has experience in bio-waste recycling, standards and certification schemes having set up the UK certification scheme for reclaimed parts from end-of-life vehicles—recycling organics to soil, compostable/biodegradable packaging, waste management qualifications, and health and safety. Dr. Adam Read MBE, Chief External Affairs & Sustainability Officer, Suez UK Adam is a member of the Suez UK Management Board having joined the company in 2017 after a successful career in academia, local government and environmental consultancy spanning over 30 years. He was awarded an MBE in the Kings Birthday Honours List in June 2024 for his contribution to the evolution of the resources sector. He has co-led SUEZ's engagement with Government on policy reforms facing our sector, working extensively with the sector trade body the ESA and sitting on environmental think tanks including the Aldersgate Group, the EIC and the Green Alliance's Circular Economy Task Force on future policy, regulation and best practice guidance. He has also worked with numerous brands on preparing for the changes in packaging formats and collection systems in recent years, many of them with plastic or composite composition.Extra resources:www.carbon-clarity.com FAO Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability: A call for action: https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7856en ISWA report: https://www.iswa.org/biological-treatment-of-waste/?v=79cba1185463 UNEP Composting Solid Organic Waste: https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/46840 Standards and Regulations to Help Promote Circular Economy Practices in the Single-Use Plastics and Packaging Industry in Egypt: https://www.unido.org/plastic-circular-economy/our-publicationsCIWM: https://www.ciwm.co.uk, SUEZ blogs: https://www.suez.co.uk/en-gbDEFRA:  https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairsCheck out our other platforms: YouTube: Society for the Environment //Website: socenv.org.uk // LinkedIn: society-for-the-environment

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, fellow at the Hoover Institution, best-selling author, founder of the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Foundation, and host of the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast, joined The Guy Benson Show today to discuss her upbringing as a Muslim in Somalia and Kenya and how her experiences with Islamic extremism ultimately led her to deconvert. Hirsi Ali explained the crucial difference between Muslims and Islamists, and reflected on the October 7th massacre and the strengthening of what she calls the "red-green alliance" to destroy the West. Hirsi Ali also discussed the alarming rise of antisemitism in the UK, where Jewish citizens increasingly face threats from violent Islamists. Ali and Benson wrapped the interview by addressing New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, arguing that the weaponization of the term "Islamophobia" has allowed his brand of radicalism to thrive. Listen to the full interview below! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lydia Collas, Head of Natural Environment at Green Alliance tells us about their report published this month which explores the consequences of eating more plant-based food for food security, for economic growth and for our health. Click here for the full report, here to learn how climate change is affecting food prices and here to sign up to our newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Red-Green Alliance is a partnership between Islamist movements and the radical left. These groups may seem different, but they share a common goal of tearing down Western civilization. Islamists push their extremist ideology while the radical left drives Marxist and anti-American narratives. Together they exploit free speech, weaponize identity politics, and infiltrate schools, media, and government to destabilize America and replace our values of freedom, faith, and national pride with chaos and control.

In thie episode of The Thompson Show, Todd traces the Red–Green Alliance from London to Minneapolis — exposing how Marxists and Islamists fuse identity politics, anti-Western rhetoric, and insurgent tactics into a permanent political front. Broadcast August 25, 2025 (WBCQ 7490 kHz), this episode takes a deep dive into the Red–Green Alliance — the unofficial but very real cooperation between far-left revolutionaries and Islamist movements. Todd unpacks how this alliance has played out in Europe and America: In England: from Ken Livingstone welcoming Muslim Brotherhood clerics into City Hall, to the Respect Party's fusion of Trotskyists and Islamist activists, to Jeremy Corbyn calling Hamas and Hezbollah his “friends.” These examples show how segments of the British Left traded legitimacy to Islamists in exchange for turnout and street power. On campuses and in media: post-colonial narratives reframed Islamist extremists as victims, while far-left academics embraced “decolonizing knowledge” and dismissed facts as tools of Western domination. In France: activists openly strategize about building “Muslim communist cadres,” treating mosques as political cells — a clear blueprint for how the Red–Green project embeds itself. In the U.S.: Minneapolis emerges as a revolutionary laboratory — from BLM protests to Ilhan Omar's megaphone, from refugee demographics to DSA insurgents like Omar Fateh. Todd dissects how every loss becomes “proof of rigging,” every setback becomes martyrdom fuel, and how DSA uses Democratic Party infrastructure as a Trojan horse. The episode also examines the limits of fusion: how clerics always outlast Marxist activists, why experiments in “Christian socialism” risk repeating the Jim Jones disaster, and how the Democratic Socialists of America fuse Palestinian solidarity with domestic insurgency. Todd's warning is clear: this is not ordinary politics. It is an insurgency hidden inside institutions, weaponizing identity grievance and class agitation against Western civilization itself. Like it? Rate and review it!    Broadcast times: WBCQ 7490 kHz — Mondays, 10 PM Eastern / 0200 UTC Tuesday WWCR 4840 kHz — Fridays, 11 PM Central / Midnight Eastern / 0400 UTC Saturday More: https://toddzillax.substack.com/

On this week's WBCQ Broadcast, Todd again took aim at the Red–Green Alliance—the tactical partnership between Marxist radicals and Islamist movements—showing how it's infested American politics via the Democratic Socialists of America. From Zohran Mamdani's ideological engineering to AOC's social-media storefront, from Bernie Sanders' Trojan horse campaigns to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib's Islamist grievance politics, Todd shows this is no conspiracy. It's a strategy playing out in real time. In the closing stretch, Thompson draws on Orwell to warn that the real target is America's cohesive narrative: patriotism itself. National pride, he argues, is the last barrier against ideological colonization, and once it's stripped away, nothing stops the replacement of the individualist American story with a hollow collectivist counterfeit.  

Episode 2 – August 11, 2025 On this week's WBCQ broadcast, Todd dives deep into one of the most paradoxical coalitions — the Red-Green Alliance between far-left radicals and Islamist extremists. From its historical roots in the Soviet era to its modern presence in universities, activist networks, and even elected offices, Todd begins unpacking how two ideologies with irreconcilable differences unite against their shared enemy: Western civilization, particularly the United States. Along the way, he draws rhyming parallels to Mao's Cultural Revolution, exposes the rhetorical and tactical playbook, and warns what history says will happen if either side wins. Hint: nothing good for Marxists. Who says Todd's always negative?  Find more on Substack at toddzillax.substack.com, and don't miss the debut of Todd's brand-new show on WWCR — premiering this Friday night at 11 PM Central / Midnight Eastern / 0400 UTC Saturday on 4840 kHz.

London's disgusting Wet Wipe Island is finally set to be removed from the Thames, with work under way to excavate the estimated 180 tonnes of congealed waste near Hammersmith Bridge. We hear from John Sullivan, Thames Water's Head of Tideway Integration Group, and Emily Carr, policy adviser at the independent think tank and charity Green Alliance, about how to prevent more waste from accumulating in the capital's waterways.And in part two, The Standard's Head of Culture Martin Robinson joins us to discuss FX's's Alien:Earth series, which is released tomorrow, and the accompanying alien egg on display at London's Natural History Museum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, the warnings didn't work. 33-year-old Marxist Muslim immigrant Zohran Kwame Mamdani is the Democrat nominee for NY mayor. Charlie reacts and explains why this is such a watershed moment, and he talks to Senator Eric Schmitt about the Big Beautiful Bill, Trump's Middle East masterclass, and the flailing of the D.C. warmonger class. Watch every episode ad-free on members.charliekirk.com! Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com! Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Well, the warnings didn't work. 33-year-old Marxist Muslim immigrant Zohran Kwame Mamdani is the Democrat nominee for NY mayor. Charlie reacts and explains why this is such a watershed moment, and he talks to Senator Eric Schmitt about the Big Beautiful Bill, Trump's Middle East masterclass, and the flailing of the D.C. warmonger class. Watch every episode ad-free on members.charliekirk.com! Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com! Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remember. It's darkest before…things go totally pitch black.Get all the show notes at wickedproblems.earth.Whether originating with the late Senator John McCain, Paul Newman, Mao, or John McCain quoting Mao, we love that line. Embrace the dark. When you stop being afraid of the dark, your eyes get pretty good. You might even spot some undead types who are back from the grave and up to no good. And I think there might be some types up to no good, here in Britain. It's one thing for Nigel Farage to suddenly look odds-on to form the next government here leading Reform UK's right-populist anti-climate party, should this week's UK local election results be predictive to the next general election.The real question is whether the incumbent UK government will stay the course or join the “vibe shift” of deciding there's short-term political profit in sacrificing long-term climate survival. Thankfully, for this third episode of the early May holiday weekend, necessary for the insane news cycle, for these conversations we were joined by Holly Brazier-Tope, deputy director of politics at UK think tank Green Alliance; UK-based climate journalist and 6th-dan-blackbelt Bluesky shitposter Dave Vetter; and Adam Bell, director of policy at Stonehaven, a UK consultancy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice English, Project Officer in the Business and Policy team at the Food Foundation tells us about a new policy pathway we have published this week in collaboration with Green Alliance and the Good Food Institute. Low Hanging Fruit is a set of pragmatic and easily implementable policy recommendations to boost plant-rich diets in the UK.Click here for more information on Low Hanging Fruit, the Food Foundation Manifesto and here to sign up for the newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you want the good news or bad news first? Good news: here in the UK it's a sunny Friday on the cusp of a bank holiday weekend. Bad news: Shiz cray. Could go either way: this is one of 3 holiday weekend episodes. Definitely good news: Lydia Collas of UK think tank Green Alliance and Rupert Read of Climate Majority Project have incisive analysis of what we're seeing over here. And we discuss Green Alliance's analysis of how climate effects are already hitting British household finances, in the wake of the UK Climate Change Committee's scathing report on climate adaptation. ThanksIn case you hadn't noticed, people not shaving the truth as they see it in order to maintain or get funding is a problem. We're 18 months+ into this mission, and we've never needed your help more. If you think what we're doing isn't complete crap, and if you can, we'd very much appreciate your support at any level you can afford. To help us keep this going.wickedproblems.earthAll the Exit MusicUntil The Man comes for us we will continue to pair our outstanding theme music licensed from outstanding UK band Suncharmer with an outro that is a form of commentary for each episode. Enjoy. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AWvHdqqNAUCJcByQEokut?si=60189214bf5b485fWe will be back soon with some UK election recap and the ‘vibe shift' that seems to have gone transatlantic, featuring friends Adam Bell, Dave Vetter, and Holly Brazier-Tope from Green Alliance, to talk through the Tony Blair Institute vibe shift, the election of climate deniers into government for the most climate-at-risk areas in the UK, and more. Just to add to the merriment of the nation this bank holiday weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the government's major objectives is to deliver greener energy across the UK; but to do that, thousands of acres of farmland and wider countryside are being affected, as electricity generated from offshore windfarms and solar developments is routed to the national grid. In a new report, the Institution of Engineering and Technology has outlined the specific costs of pylons and cables buried underground and on the seabed. The report estimates in the next decade there will need to be five times more onshore transmission infrastructure than has been built in the last 30 years, and four times the amount that currently exists offshore.All week we're looking into pulses. Many of us eat peas, beans or lentils as part of our diet. Pulses also make up a major part of animal feed in the form of soya. That comes mostly from South America where rainforest is often cleared to grow it. The Nitrogen Climate Smart Programme is a project looking to replace imported soya with home grown pulses. We visit a farm taking part in trials to grow pulses.The UK economy could get a boost if everyone ate more UK-grown fruit and veg according to a new report by the Green Alliance, a think tank which works with environmental groups. It says we currently import five sixths of our fruit and half of our veg but expanding horticultural production could add £2.3 billion to the national economy and create more than 20 thousand jobs.Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney

In this episode of Wicked Problems, host Richard Delevan delves into the latest developments in the UK's carbon budget and examines the prospects for clean industrial transitions in Europe. With highlights from the UK's Climate Change Committee's seventh carbon budget and insights from Emma Pinchbeck on future household energy savings, the discussion emphasizes the urgent need to reduce electricity prices while expanding clean power technologies. Interviews with climate tech experts, including Liam Hardy from Green Alliance and Charlie Mercer from the Startup Coalition, explore the pressing need for government support in electrifying industries and the potential impacts of decentralized approaches to renewable energy. The episode concludes with reflections on BP's strategic pivot back to oil and gas and the broader geopolitical implications of the energy transition.00:00 Introduction to Clean Electricity and Carbon Capture00:21 Weekly Climate News Recap01:33 UK's Carbon Budget and Future Projections03:34 Challenges and Opportunities in Clean Energy Transition05:45 BP's Shift in Energy Strategy07:06 Interview with Charlie Mercer on Climate Tech09:08 Government Spending and Climate Tech Investments15:41 Liam Hardy Green Alliance17:16 Interview with Liam Hardy on Electrification of Industry29:46 Encouraging Innovation in Smaller Startups30:20 The Cost Disparity Between Electricity and Natural Gas31:11 Understanding the Spark Gap33:19 Challenges in Reducing Electricity Costs37:17 Government Policies and Industrial Support39:32 Creative Solutions for Energy Transition41:24 Debating Hydrogen and Carbon Capture45:43 Final Thoughts and Future Directions48:39 BP Investor Call48:39 BP's Strategic Reset and Future Plans56:19 The Gulf of America Controversy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This edition is supported by our friends at the Climate Majority Project. If you're in the UK, and have decided it's time to do something more than doomscrolling and more useful than throwing paint…on 15-16 March at Limehouse in London.Get more info and tickets here.Fires in Los Angeles at last count had $35 billion plus of insured losses and probably $300 billion plus of economic losses. Who should pay?Here to help decode that we spoke with Dave Jones - former Insurance Commissioner for California from 2011 through 2018. He's now the director of the Climate Risk Initiative at University of California, Berkeley. He recently wrote an oped in the New York Times arguing that the oil companies should have to pay for the damages of the LA wildfires, to arrest the insurance crisis.Steve Coulter of the Green Alliance here in the UK expands on, slight tension, conundrum, paradox. Steve talks about his recent briefing on this point, particularly focusing on Lloyd's of London.And, um, finally, our good friend, returning champion, Dana Drugmand, journalist, publisher of Climate in the Courts and One Earth Now, who's been helping us understand these issues in the US nearly a year now. She helps us explore the counteroffensive launched against the Empire State's 2024 Climate Superfund law by 22 Republican state attorneys general who filed suit against state of New York to challenge the law signed by Governor Kathy Hochul at the end of last year. Dana compares that to some of the other pushback to the first-of-its-kind bill that was passed and signed into law earlier last year in Vermont.06:35 Interview with Dave Jones: Background and Climate Risk08:22 Insurance Industry's Role in Climate Change10:11 Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable15:03 Subrogation and Legal Actions18:12 Impact on Insurance Markets and Homeowners20:15 Financial Risks and Regulatory Responses38:39 Mitigation Measures and Legislative Actions48:06 Industry Split on Sustainable Practices49:09 Lloyd's of London: A Case Study in Poor Performance50:33 The Growing Uninsurability Crisis53:53 Government Intervention and Systemic Risks56:33 Call to Action for Policymakers59:50 New York's Climate Superfund Law and Legal Challenges01:07:34 The Broader Implications of Climate Litigation01:22:40 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The RSPB says more than 1,300 protected birds of prey have been killed across the UK over the past 15 years. The Birdcrime report blames rogue gamekeepers who, it claims, are more concerned about protecting the gamebirds on their shooting estates. But the British Association for Shooting and Conservation says its members have "absolutely zero tolerance" of the illegal shooting of birds of prey.The Green Alliance says the number of ruminant livestock in the UK needs to be reduced to reach Net Zero targets, and that farmers should be supported to change their businesses.And the British Alpaca Society estimates there are around 45 thousand alpacas in the UK, kept for breeding and for their high quality fleece. Alpaca breeders use something called a spit-off or a spit-test to see if their females are pregnant with a cria, or baby alpaca. We go along to see the test in action!Presented by Anna Hill Produced by Heather Simons

Anna Taylor, executive director of the Food Foundation, discusses the first 100 days of the new government with Samson Low from Unison, Sophie Metcalf from the Institute of Government, Lydia Collas, head of natural environment at the Green Alliance, and Baroness Rosie Boycott, member of the House of Lords. Click here for the Food Foundation Manifesto, and here for the Newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Small livestock farms are most at threat from cuts to the agriculture budget yet are in areas of the country that we most need to invest in, for nature, climate and public access; that's according to environmental thinktank the Green Alliance.Caz Graham visits the Westmorland County Show, just outside Kendal in Cumbria, to discuss sheep, cheese and politics.Produced by Beatrice Fenton.

This week: Miliband's empty energy promises. Ed Miliband has written a public letter confirming that Labour plans to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030. The problem with this, though, is that he doesn't have the first idea about how to do it. The grid doesn't have the capacity to transmit the required energy, Ross Clark writes, and Miliband's claim that wind is ‘nine times cheaper' than fossil fuels is based upon false assumptions. What is more, disclosed plans about ‘GB Energy' reveal that Miliband's pet project isn't really a company at all – but an investment scheme. This empty vessel will funnel taxpayer money into the hands of private companies rather than produce any energy itself. To discuss, Lara and Will were joined by Shaun Spiers, executive director of the Green Alliance and Stanley Johnson, former MEP, environmental campaigner and author of the new book In the footsteps of Marco Polo deals extensively on China's energy problems and opportunities. (02:26) Then: Lara and Will take us through some of their favourite pieces from the magazine, including the lead book review and Catriona Olding's Still Life column. Next: meet Nigel Farage's millionaire Reform chairman. The Reform party has a new poster boy, the 37-year-old party Chairman Zia Yusuf. Self-dubbed a ‘British Muslim patriot', Yusuf is a former Goldman Sachs partner and tech owner with an expensive taste for cars. He is tasked with transforming Farage's outfit from a limited company into a proper party. You can read James Heale's full interview with Yusuf in this week's magazine, but they have kindly allowed us to hear a section of their discussion on the podcast. They talk about the Nigel Farage effect and Lee Anderson's comments about Sadiq Khan. (18:34) And finally: should we feel sorry for restaurant critics? Angus Colwell, The Spectator's assistant online editor, writes about the plight of the restaurant critic and the stresses of doing what many would consider the best job in the world. To discuss further, Angus joined us alongside the Observer's restaurant critic Jay Rayner, whose new book Nights Out, At Home celebrates his 25 years as a food critic and is available to buy now. (29:41)  Hosted by Lara Prendergast and William Moore. Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons. 

This week: Miliband's empty energy promises. Ed Miliband has written a public letter confirming that Labour plans to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030. The problem with this, though, is that he doesn't have the first idea about how to do it. The grid doesn't have the capacity to transmit the required energy, Ross Clark writes, and Miliband's claim that wind is ‘nine times cheaper' than fossil fuels is based upon false assumptions. What is more, disclosed plans about ‘GB Energy' reveal that Miliband's pet project isn't really a company at all – but an investment scheme. This empty vessel will funnel taxpayer money into the hands of private companies rather than produce any energy itself. To discuss, Lara and Will were joined by Shaun Spiers, executive director of the Green Alliance and Stanley Johnson, former MEP, environmental campaigner and author of the new book In the footsteps of Marco Polo deals extensively on China's energy problems and opportunities. (02:26) Then: Lara and Will take us through some of their favourite pieces from the magazine, including the lead book review and Catriona Olding's Still Life column.  Next: meet Nigel Farage's millionaire Reform chairman. The Reform party has a new poster boy, the 37-year-old party Chairman Zia Yusuf. Self-dubbed a ‘British Muslim patriot', Yusuf is a former Goldman Sachs partner and tech owner with an expensive taste for cars. He is tasked with transforming Farage's outfit from a limited company into a proper party. You can read James Heale's full interview with Yusuf in this week's magazine, but they have kindly allowed us to hear a section of their discussion on the podcast. They talk about the Nigel Farage effect and Lee Anderson's comments about Sadiq Khan. (18:34)  And finally: should we feel sorry for restaurant critics? Angus Colwell, The Spectator's assistant online editor, writes about the plight of the restaurant critic and the stresses of doing what many would consider the best job in the world. To discuss further, Angus joined us alongside the Observer's restaurant critic Jay Rayner, whose new book Nights Out, At Home celebrates his 25 years as a food critic and is available to buy now. (29:41)  Hosted by Lara Prendergast and William Moore. Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons. 

Send us a Text Message.Shaun Spiers is the Executive Director of the environmental think-tank, Green Alliance. In this episode we discuss how a stronger planning system in the UK can address the housing crisis and deliver more sustainable outcomes. Read their report, Build Up: https://green-alliance.org.uk/publication/build-up/Thanks for listening!Join the Green Urbanist Weekly newsletter: SubstackSupport the Podcast by Donation Contact Ross Website Linkedin Twitter Instagram

An event hosted by nature restoration charity Hometree next week will hear a warning that food technologies are likely to cause significant disruption to the meat and dairy industries. Changing Landscapes will take place next Thursday, 30th May at The Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, Co. Clare. Dustin Benton of Green Alliance will tell attendees that advancements in precision fermentation and cell culture mean that commodities like milk powder will soon be cheaper to produce synthetically than using liquid milk. The knock-on effect of this is a potential collapse in commodities markets, which could disproportionately affect the dairy-dependent Irish farming sector. Changing Landscapes will outline how those affected can get ahead of any such change and explore the opportunities that now exist for corporates and investors to help reposition Ireland as a truly green economy and an example of what's possible. The conference will also hear that marginal farm incomes could as much as double if landowners were paid the carbon value of the peat and trees on their land. It will examine the opportunities available to farmers and other landowners through global and national nature and climate funds, which are currently valued at €13 billion euro but are forecast to reach €1 trillion euro by 2050. In Ireland alone, €3bn euro has been earmarked for nature restoration and climate mitigation projects. Tom Popple, speaker and Hometree board member, said: "Interestingly, Ireland has a wonderful opportunity because it's already significantly diminished from the point of view of nature. Our forests are gone, and the ones we have recreated since are made up of non-native trees. When we think about nature depletion, we think of it being exotic and distant but that's because we've already destroyed our forests. This is what Brazil will look like in 100 years. We are the baseline, the worst-case scenario, so everything we can do is just hugely positive. And if you can do it here, you can do it anywhere in the world. It's such a wonderful opportunity to build a green economy, to export sustainability, to export climate impact." Dustin Benton, Policy Director at Green Alliance, who will also be speaking at the conference, said: "We need unprecedented levels of change. We've done a lot of analytical work in the UK, the lessons of which are broadly applicable to Ireland, and we probably need to see roughly 2% to 2.5% of land change from its current type of farming into either very low-input agriecological, organic-style farming or new natural habitats, like wetlands, mixed forestry and rare habitats like heath. We think this change can happen in ways that improve rural incomes, particularly in uplands that have less economically attractive farmland. With diet change, we can also see the UK cutting its net food imports by a third, and doing that at the same time as meeting its climate neutrality objectives and restoring the natural world." The conference will also hear from thought leader on climate finance, Cain Blythe, who has developed a pioneering mechanism to finance change through the world's first nature fintech platform, CreditNature. He said "There is now a new breed of investor who recognises that an investment in the recovery of nature is not only profitable, it can also have multiple benefits for society such as sustainable food production, clean water and sequestering of carbon. Impact funds are now forming in the UK and internationally that aim to help bridge the funding gap for nature and this offers significant opportunities and resources for land owners, communities and indigenous people to continue to be custodians of land." Changing Landscapes takes place next Thursday, May 30th in The Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, West Clare, with discounts available for land workers, students and NGOs. The full programme is available at hometree.ie/changinglandscapes.

Rant and Rave take you inside the unholy Red (Neo Marxist) / Green (Sharia Supremacist) Alliance, coming together using classic Mao tactics (which all started in the universities in the 1960's to take out the Judeo Christian family structure and impose Communism in China). They are using asymmetrical warfare (tech, TIK TOK, etc..) to corrupt young people's minds and make America the enemy. All funded by foreign money (Qatar) through elite universities and NGO's, 501c3's, and mass foreign student influx. Arrest, detain, deport. 

In this episode of the Art + Climate series on the Tech in the Arts podcast, join AMT Lab's Lead Researcher Hannah Brainard and Social Media and Marketing Manager Ashley Offman in conversation with Molly Braverman, Director of the Broadway Green Alliance. Molly has worked as a Stage Manager on Broadway, national tours, and regionally, having spent three years on the road with the National Tour of Wicked and continuing to serve as a substitute Stage Manager on Wicked and Hamilton. Molly shares how her work at the Broadway Green Alliance has allowed each cast and creative team to be an agent of change in a way that fits their show's needs, how sustainability branches out beyond the environment, and the first step that every organization should take in their sustainability journey.

We spoke to Libby Peake from Green Alliance about how we can get the UK government to act urgently to tackle resource and waste reduction.  The post Restart Podcast Ep. 95: There's hope yet for UK waste and repair policy, with Green Alliance appeared first on The Restart Project.

What are individuals doing to fight climate change and how important is the role of local activism? This episode will be focusing on individual climate action, with our guests chatting to our hosts about the role of activism in initiating change. Featuring Louise Harris (songwriter and Just Stop Oil activist), Versha Jones, (Climate Reality Project - Volunteer National Coordinator, UK) Annabel Rice (Political Advisor at the Green Alliance) and Kris de Meyer (Senior Research Fellow in Climate Communications University College London, Dept of Earth Sciences). ‘We Tried' song by Louise Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2XV20G85Tg The Climate Reality Project https://www.climaterealityproject.org/ For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast Sign up to our climate newsletter here: https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6T06-7DL/subscribe-to-ucl-climate-hubs-newsletters Date of episode recording: 14th February and 8th March Duration: 39.20 minutes Language of episode: English Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee Guests: Louise Harris, Just Stop Oil Versha Jones, The Climate Reality Project Annabel Rice, Green Alliance Kris de Meyer, Department of Earth Sciences, UCL Producer: Adam Batstone

Introducing episode 3 of season four! Our hosts Mark and Simon continue this series with a discussion on the fallout from COP28 for the UK, and what needs to be done on a national, governmental and local level. Joining them are our guests Ian Townsend (ONS Divisional Director of Environment), Robbie Macpherson, (APPG lead at Uplift), Annabel Rice (Political Advisor at Green Alliance) and Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy at Greater London Authority, Shirley Rodrigues, to talk national feeling and climate policy. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast Sign up to our climate newsletter here: https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6T06-7DL/subscribe-to-ucl-climate-hubs-newsletters References ONS release calendar: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releasecalendar/ Key ONS environmental releases: Important issues facing the UK (5.1-5.13), http://bit.ly/ONSimpactCOL https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain Statistical bulletins: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/publicopinionsandsocialtrendsgreatbritain/previousReleases Business insights and impact on the economy bulletins: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/previousReleases Date of episode recording: 14th and 23rd February 2024 Duration: 27 mins, 14 secs Language of episode: English Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee Guests: Ian Townsend, ONS, Divisional Director of Environment Annabel Rice, Political Adviser at Green Alliance and UCL alum (Environment, Politics and Society 2021) Robbie MacPherson, Political and Climate Change APPG Lead, Uplift Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor, Environment and Energy at Greater London Authority Producer: Adam Batstone

Solar panel installers, architects, environmental scientists, recycling coordinators, wind turbine engineers, geologists, project managers, electric vehicle manufacturers – these are just a small subset of the countless jobs connected to the green revolution. For renewable energy to be a sustainable part of our lives, we need to ensure it offers both economic growth and climate security. How do we ensure the social and economic benefits of clean energy are available to all, and not just those at the top of the food chain? How can the public and private sector work together to encourage people to work in the green energy sector? What are the best ways to increase investment in green jobs? And is it possible for us to create an economy in which the health of the planet and the wellbeing of its inhabitants is a priority and profit isn't the only goal? To answer all these questions and more, Intelligence Squared brought together a panel of expert speakers to discuss their plans for creating economic growth and job opportunities within the green economy. ScottishPower Strategic Resourcing Manager Madeline McCreanor is joined by Sam Alvis, Director of Energy at policy and insights firm Public First, and Shaun Spiers, Executive Director at the environmental think tank Green Alliance in a live panel discussion, hosted by journalist and broadcaster Kamal Ahmed. This podcast was produced in partnership with Iberdrola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Solar panel installers, architects, environmental scientists, recycling coordinators, wind turbine engineers, geologists, project managers, electric vehicle manufacturers – these are just a small subset of the countless jobs connected to the green revolution. For renewable energy to be a sustainable part of our lives, we need to ensure it offers both economic growth and climate security. How do we ensure the social and economic benefits of clean energy are available to all, and not just those at the top of the food chain? How can the public and private sector work together to encourage people to work in the green energy sector? What are the best ways to increase investment in green jobs? And is it possible for us to create an economy in which the health of the planet and the wellbeing of its inhabitants is a priority and profit isn't the only goal? To answer all these questions and more, Intelligence Squared brought together a panel of expert speakers to discuss their plans for creating economic growth and job opportunities within the green economy. ScottishPower Strategic Resourcing Manager Madeline McCreanor will be joined by Sam Alvis, Director of Energy at policy and insights firm Public First, and Shaun Spiers, Executive Director at the environmental think tank Green Alliance in a live panel discussion, hosted by journalist and broadcaster Kamal Ahmed. This podcast was produced in partnership with Iberdrola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

jQuery(document).ready(function(){ cab.clickify(); }); Original Podcast with clickable words http://tinyurl.com/ysmyz273 Contact: irishlingos@gmail.com A fire in a building that housed homeless families. Dóiteán i bhfoirgneamh a raibh teaghlaigh gan dídean le lonnú ann. Gardaí are investigating a major fire that broke out in a derelict building in Dublin overnight. Tá dóiteán mór a bhí i bhfoirgneamh díomhaoin i mBaile Átha Cliath i gcaitheamh na hoíche á fhiosrú ag na Gardaí. No one was injured as a result of the fire in the rear of the Shipwright's Inn (Sally's Bar) on Long Clare Street in the Cape in the south of the city. Níor gortaíodh aon duine de bharr an dóiteáin a bhí in iartheach ósta an Shipwright (Sally's Bar) ar Shráid Chláir Fhada sa Rinn i ndeisceart na cathrach. The Fire Brigade was called at around 2 o'clock in the morning and six engines were sent to the scene. Cuireadh fios ar an mBriogáid Dóiteáin ag thart ar 2 a chlog ar maidin agus cuireadh sé inneall chuig an láthair. A turntable forard ladder was used to spray water over the fire and the last flames were extinguished by 5 o'clock. Baineadh leas as dréimire forard caschláir le uisce a scairdeadh anuas ar an dóiteán agus bhí na lasracha deiridh múchta faoina 5 a chlog. Anti-immigration protesters demonstrated outside the building two weeks ago amid rumors that foreign refugees were to be housed there. Léirsigh lucht frith-inimirce taobh amuigh den fhoirgneamh coicís ó shin i bhfianaise ráflaí go rabhthas le dídeanaithe ón iasacht a lonnú ann. The Department of Integration has indicated, however, that there was no truth in those rumours. Tá sé tugtha le fios ag an Roinn Lánpháirtíochta, ámh, nach raibh aon fhírinne sna ráflaí sin. However, city councilor Claire Byrne from the Green Alliance said that she was told that it was planned to use the building as emergency accommodation for families. Ar a shon sin, dúirt an comhairleoir cathrach Claire Byrne ón gComhaontas Glas go ndúradh léise go raibh sé beartaithe leas a bhaint as an bhfoirgneamh mar lóistín éigeandála do theaghlaigh. The Gardaí are due to carry out a technical and forensic examination of the building over the next few days. Tá scrúdú teicniúil agus dlí-eolaíochta le déanamh ag na Gardaí ar an bhfoirgneamh as seo go ceann cúpla lá. RTÉ News and Current Affairs A major fire in the rear of an inn in the Rinn in south Dublin Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ Dóiteán mór in iartheach ósta sa Rinn i ndeisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath

jQuery(document).ready(function(){ cab.clickify(); }); Original Podcast with clickable words http://tinyurl.com/yuvvhgf5 Contact: irishlingos@gmail.com A fire in a building that housed homeless families. Dóiteán i bhfoirgneamh a raibh teaghlaigh gan dídean le lonnú ann. Gardaí are investigating a major fire that broke out in a derelict building in Dublin overnight. Tá dóiteán mór a bhí i bhfoirgneamh díomhaoin i mBaile Átha Cliath i gcaitheamh na hoíche á fhiosrú ag na Gardaí. No one was injured as a result of the fire in the rear of the Shipwright's Inn (Sally's Bar) on Long Clare Street in the Cape in the south of the city. Níor gortaíodh aon duine de bharr an dóiteáin a bhí in iartheach ósta an Shipwright (Sally's Bar) ar Shráid Chláir Fhada sa Rinn i ndeisceart na cathrach. The Fire Brigade was called at around 2 o'clock in the morning and six engines were sent to the scene. Cuireadh fios ar an mBriogáid Dóiteáin ag thart ar 2 a chlog ar maidin agus cuireadh sé inneall chuig an láthair. A turntable forard ladder was used to spray water over the fire and the last flames were extinguished by 5 o'clock. Baineadh leas as dréimire forard caschláir le uisce a scairdeadh anuas ar an dóiteán agus bhí na lasracha deiridh múchta faoina 5 a chlog. Anti-immigration protesters demonstrated outside the building two weeks ago amid rumors that foreign refugees were to be housed there. Léirsigh lucht frith-inimirce taobh amuigh den fhoirgneamh coicís ó shin i bhfianaise ráflaí go rabhthas le dídeanaithe ón iasacht a lonnú ann. The Department of Integration has indicated, however, that there was no truth in those rumours. Tá sé tugtha le fios ag an Roinn Lánpháirtíochta, ámh, nach raibh aon fhírinne sna ráflaí sin. However, city councilor Claire Byrne from the Green Alliance said that she was told that it was planned to use the building as emergency accommodation for families. Ar a shon sin, dúirt an comhairleoir cathrach Claire Byrne ón gComhaontas Glas go ndúradh léise go raibh sé beartaithe leas a bhaint as an bhfoirgneamh mar lóistín éigeandála do theaghlaigh. The Gardaí are due to carry out a technical and forensic examination of the building over the next few days. Tá scrúdú teicniúil agus dlí-eolaíochta le déanamh ag na Gardaí ar an bhfoirgneamh as seo go ceann cúpla lá. RTÉ News and Current Affairs A major fire in the rear of an inn in the Rinn in south Dublin Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ Dóiteán mór in iartheach ósta sa Rinn i ndeisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath

Phil Carson (Nature Friendly Farming Network) and ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) chew over the week's news. PHIL'S PICKS Higher consumption of UPFs increases the risk of cancer and long-term heart conditions https://8point9.com/higher-consumption-of-upfs-increases-the-risk-of-cancer-and-long-term-heart-conditions/ Investigating the “halo effect” of food claims https://8point9.com/investigating-the-halo-effect-of-food-claims/ Nitrogen fertiliser production outstrips global needs and exceeds planetary boundaries https://8point9.com/nitrogen-fertiliser-production-outstrips-global-needs-and-exceeds-planetary-boundaries/ FFINLO'S PICKS Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential if well managed https://8point9.com/diverse-forests-hold-huge-carbon-potential-if-well-managed/ #GetFairAboutFarming petition hits 75,000 signatures https://8point9.com/getfairaboutfarming-petition-hits-75000-signatures/ THE BIGGER STORIES Ruth Chambers, Green Alliance, New Defra Secretary https://8point9.com/ruth-chambers-green-alliance-new-defra-secretary/ Patrick Holden, A farmer's view, New Secretary of State https://8point9.com/patrick-holden-a-farmers-view-new-secretary-of-state/ AIC calls for independent committee to boost sustainable food security https://8point9.com/aic-calls-for-independent-committee-to-boost-sustainable-food-security/ The Wildlife Trusts lists the UK's Government's broken promises to nature https://8point9.com/the-wildlife-trusts-lists-the-uks-governments-broken-promises-to-nature/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/farmgate/message

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Greetings! Thank you for your patience as we grease our wheels here at WLRN Studios! This lil' podcast is arriving to you one day late so the elves at WLRN could make it great! First up, hear Edition 90's greeting from Thistle before diving into the World News segment with Mary O'Neill wherein she reports on JK Rowling's new book, the Taliban, AI-generated pornography, and more. Next, hear Loretta Lynn's song "One's On the Way" before hearing an excerpt of the round table discussion Thistle conducted with Fran Luck, Jeannette Cooper, Ann Menasche, and Holly Hart last weekend. Jeannette is a mother, scholar, and a founding member of Partners for Ethical Care, a nonprofit organization focused on raising awareness and supporting efforts to abolish the affirmation model of “gender identity.” She has testified in legislative hearings across the country supporting bills to protect children from "gender identity affirmation." She resides in Chicago and has been vaccinated against right wing cooties. Holly Hart has been a second-wave feminist and lesbian activist since 1970 when she founded Portland Gay Liberation with two gay men. Holly was the Chair of Oregon's Task Force on Sexual Preference, the first official state entity in the nation to study and make recommendations on how homosexual women and men could be better served by government and non-profit organizations. As an attorney, she represented many gay women and men in child custody disputes with their former heterosexual married partners. In 1980 she opened up Old Wives' Tales Restaurant and Women's Center, providing a place for second-wave feminists to gather, and as the first alternative to lesbian bars in Portland. OWT served the women of Portland in this way for 34 years, until 2014. After retiring from OWT, Holly became active in radical feminist organizations like Sovereign Women Speak, WoLF, and WDI-USA, and is now Oregon Co-Chapter Leader for Gays Against Groomers. Ann Menasche is a civil rights attorney living in San Diego, CA. She is a lesbian feminist who is a founding member of FIST (Feminists in Struggle), a political group for women in the U.S. to organize and strengthen female solidarity. Ann is a member of GASBR, the Green Alliance for Sex-Based Rights and comes from a long tradition of voting and running in the Green Party having become disillusioned with America's two-party system. Fran Luck is the host and producer of Joy of Resistance Radio: Multicultural Feminist Radio @ WBAI in New York. It is the only terrestrial radio program (not a podcast) created and hosted by a radical feminist. Finally, stay tuned for Sekhmet SheOwl's commentary on the subject at the very end of the show! Thanks for tuning in to another WLRN podcast!

Islamic Jihad's assault on Israel did not happen in a vacuum. It happened in the context of the Red-Green alliance. The Red-Green alliance is the partnership of the international left and Islamists – led today by the Islamic regime in Iran.In her update for this week's Caroline Glick Show, Caroline explained how the left and Iran work to tie Israel's arms on the battlefield by diplomatically criminalizing the Jewish state. Caroline points out the weak points in both sides of the alliance and the way they need to be leveraged to defeat the forces arrayed against Israel and the free world as a whole.

The Net Zero Scrutiny Group shares ties with the likes of the late Nigel Lawson and his network of “climate deniers”. They like fracking and have tried to link the cost-of-living crisis to the government's net zero goals. But exactly who are they? What do they stand for? And who funds them? Andrew Harrison is joined by Sam Alvis, head of economy at The Green Alliance, to unpack exactly that. “They are no longer denying that climate change is a thing, but what they are saying is that actually the cost of it is much more of an issue.” “Often with these groups, and particularly with the net zero group, it's easier to understand what they don't like; the one thing we know they do like is fracking.” “It's murky, we don't really know where the money comes from to support the Net Zero Scrutiny Group.” Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Producer: Chris Jones. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production, Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! This week we're getting our wellies on as we dig deeper into the future of farming. Agriculture accounts for around 10% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions and has a role in biodiversity loss and pollution. So how can we change the way we farm and use our land in a way that helps ensure food security, restores nature and provides a livelihood for farmers, all while tackling the climate crisis? It's quite a task but we chew it all over with Lydia Collas from Green Alliance and Minette Batters from the National Farmers' Union. We're then heading to Dorset to talk to Jyoti Fernandes about the role of ‘agro-ecology' to feed ourselves, restore nature, and cool the planet.Plus: Which unexpected (and highly relevant) radio show was Ed obsessed with as a child?GuestsLydia Collas, Policy Analyst, Green Alliance (@LydiaCollas / @GreenAllianceUK)Minette Batters, President, National Farmers' Union (@Minette_Batters / @NFUtweets)Jyoti Fernandes, Campaigns and Policy Coordinator, Landworkers' Alliance & Agroecology Smallholder (@fernandes_jyoti / @LandworkersUK)More informationVisit the websites of Green Alliance, the NFU and LWARead Jyoti's open letter to George MonbiotElms: England greener farming payments detail unveiled (Article, BBC News, January 2023)What is agroecology? (Explainer, The Soil Association)Contact Reasons to be Cheerful via our website, follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Let us know your episode ideas, your comments and feedback! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Cotswold Hunt has been has been suspended by the British Hound Sports Association, after hunt saboteurs released video footage of a fox which had been tied inside a bag and appeared to have been hidden underground so it could be released later for hounds to chase. The allegations were revealed by Channel 4 News. Gloucestershire Police have confirmed they're investigating. Today has been dubbed "Green Day" - the day when the UK government is expected to announce its revised plans on how to achieve net zero. Government figures show that that agriculture accounts for 11% of total UK net greenhouse gas emissions. We speak to the Green Alliance which has been tracking how well government policy is addressing its net zero targets. It's reported that Britain is close to reaching broad agreement on joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. The government argues that joining the trade pact would mean the UK enjoying tariff-free trade with a greater range of countries, but farmers have been concerned it could prove a prove a bad deal for UK agriculture. All this week we're looking at waste on farms.  It's estimated that nearly three million tonnes of edible food is thrown away from farms every year - enough for almost seven billion meals. We report on a charity which is collecting crops that would otherwise have gone to waste, to give to families struggling with the cost of living. Presenter: Caz Graham Producer: Rebecca Rooney

The National Security Hour with Mary Fanning – Seemingly flipping banking and capitalism on its head, Mohamed El-Erian shockingly declared during a March 13, 2023 interview on CNBC's Squawkbox regarding the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, “Well, we've changed the system. I think Roger Altman was absolutely correct...

Experts have been unpicking the budget and what it means for farming and the rural economy. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt billed it as a growth budget, to set the UK up as an enterprise economy. Agricultural advisors say tax breaks will encourage big farming companies to invest in new machinery and technology but smaller farms, that aren't limited companies may not benefit in the same way. There's no mention of support with energy bills for the horticulture or poultry sector. There was a £20 billion pledge to invest in carbon capture and storage over the next 20 years. The Green Alliance says a similar commitment was pulled in 2014, and say the scheme outlined in the budget is not focused on the kind of carbon sequestration farmers are involved with in Environmental Land Management Schemes, by planting cover crops, hedgerows and trees. A twenty year research project into the health of British and Irish plant species concludes there's been a devastating loss of native flora. Not only have half of our native plants like heather and harebell declined, they say that non native plants now outnumber native British ones in the wild. The Botanical Society of Great Britain and Ireland says its newly published Plant Atlas 2020 is the most in-depth survey of British and Irish flora ever undertaken. Presenter = Caz Graham Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Rebecca Willis is a Professor in Energy & Climate Governance at Lancaster Environment Centre, where she leads the Climate Citizens  project. In 2020 she was an Expert Lead for Climate Assembly UK, the Citizens' Assembly established by the UK Parliament. Rebecca is a Trustee of the New Economics Foundation and an adviser to the National Lottery's Climate Action Fund. She features on the Woman's Hour Our Planet Power List which highlights 30 women making an impact by helping to protect our planet.  Her book, Too Hot To Handle? The democratic challenge of climate change was published by Bristol University Press in March 2020.Previously, she was a research fellow for the IGov project at the University of Exeter, investigating energy governance. From 2015-2019 she was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of UKRI's Energy Programme, and from 2011-15 she was a Council Member of the Natural Environment Research Council. She was Vice-Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, advising the Prime Minister and First Ministers of the devolved administrations, from 2004-2011.  In 2009 Rebecca founded Green Alliance's Climate Leadership Programme, an initiative to support Members of the UK Parliament, and earlier served as Green Alliance's Director.

Rob Percival is a writer, campaigner and food policy expert with The Soil Association. His commentary on food and farming has featured in the national press and on prime time television, and his writing has been shortlisted for the Guardian's International Development Journalism Prize and the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Food Sustainability Media Award. He works as Head of Food Policy for the Soil Association.The Meat Paradox is his first book, and goodness, it's been a world changer - since its hardback publication, Rob's become a global superstar: invited to speak to groups across the spectrum of industry and culture about the nature of our relationship with the food that we eat. We left our first conversation each feeling that we'd just begun to scrape the surface of possibility and it would be good to talk again. We had scheduled another podcast for later this year, but I saw that the book had just come out in paperback and that coincided with our having a total technological crash in this week's interview. So Rob really kindly agreed to fill in at super short notice so that we could talk more about life and death and food and the nature of the meta-crisis. There's so much to this that really cuts to the core of who we are and where we're heading as a species, and we ended - again, feeling that there was more to say. But in the meantime, we explored the nature of the food system, the concept of precision fermentation, what makes 'whole' foods and how we might feed the world without industrial agriculture.  Rob gave his one big suggestion for moving things forward - stop eating chicken. At the end, we opened another huge topic and began to explore the nature of death, and who our fear of the unknown leads us to denial of the meta-crisis and, in the end, denial of death itself. So we'll be back when Rob's next book comes out, but in the meantime, here are more thoughts on the social, political, practical and moral aspects of how we take in the building blocks of life. Radio 4 Book of the Week https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hf27Rob's website https://rob-percival.com/about/The Meat Paradox in paperback https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-meat-paradox-brilliantly-provocative-original-electrifying-bee-wilson-financial-times/9780349144573Rob on Twitter https://twitter.com/Rob_Percival_Previous Episode https://accidentalgods.life/the-meat-paradox/Green Alliance https://green-alliance.org.uk/GA Report  https://green-alliance.org.uk/publication/shaping-uk-land-use-priorities-for-food-nature-and-climate/Bionutrient Food Association https://www.bionutrient.org/

All week we're taking a closer look at the UK's fishing industry. It was supposed to be a major beneficiary of Brexit. However fishing fleets across the country say although they can now catch more fish overall, current conditions mean they are still struggling. We report from Fraserburgh Fish Market where fishermen say one of the biggest problems they face is staff shortages. Scottish fishing boats were forced to leave 15 thousand tonnes of small haddock in the sea last year due to a reduction in on shore processing workers. The Northern Ireland Fish Producers Organisation wants the government to delay the introduction of new visas: instead of existing transit visas, which have enabled international fishermen to work on UK boats, in future they'll need a 'skilled worker' visas which includes passing an intermediate English language test. The debate around how we use land, is becoming ever more complicated, as homes, food, energy and mitigating climate change, are all pressing concerns. Recent figures show arable land prices rose 12 percent in 2022, partly due to higher grain prices following the war in Ukraine but there's also been a trend for more institutions to invest in land,. We hear from Tony Juniper, head of the Environment Agency and the Green Alliance who are publishing a report on communities and land use. Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney

DEFRA Secretary Therese Coffey has appeared before the EFRA select committee of MPs for the first time since her appointment. For two hours she faced queries on a wide range of issues from food security to using farmland for solar panels. She gave a clear indication that the Local Nature Recovery scheme could be subsumed into an enhanced version of the current Countryside Stewardship Scheme and said the £2.4 billion promised in the 2019 manifesto would still be available to farmers. COP15 - the International convention on biodiversity begins in Montreal in Canada. It set targets to turn around biodiversity loss by 2030, but says that is unlikely to be met. One of the conundrums facing biodiversity improvement is the pressure to grow more food and there is concern that UK food production is dipping. With the emphasis on food security, are environmental considerations being pushed to the back burner at the moment by farmers? The Green Alliance says the answer to food security has to got to have bio-diversity at its heart. All week we're talking about abattoirs. Its a crucial part of the meat food chain and yet abattoirs and meat processing plants are facing chronic staff shortages. Last year a lack of butchery workers caused by Covid and Brexit, led to a huge build up of pigs on farms, because they couldn't be processed. That situation has eased, but some companies have spent millions of pounds recruiting staff from countries as far afield as the Phillipines. Abattoirs and processors say they try very hard to recruit locally, but cannot get the staff. Why do British workers shy away from taking up jobs in abattoirs? Martin Anderson a researcher in recruitment at the meat sector at Harper Adams University, has some of the answers.

The energy crisis – deepened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine – has raised questions about the UK's energy transition, including about affordability and security of supply.  How would a Labour government shift the UK to a net zero energy system? Our panel included Bill Esterson, Shadow Minister for Business and Industry; Sam Alvis, Head of Economy at Green Alliance; Sue Ferns, Deputy General Secretary at Prospect; Guy Newey, Chief Executive Officer at the Energy Systems Catapult. This event was recorded at the 2022 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Several voices in the farming industry have been calling for a delay to the transition away from the old EU subsidy system to the new Environmental Land Management Scheme, which will pay farmers in England "public money for public goods". Now, with the cost of producing food rising, those voices are growing louder…. But we hear from the environmental think tank Green Alliance, which says delaying the transition would be bad news for nature - and could even lead to a reluctance on the part of the Treasury to release funds for farming payments in future. We're talking about water all this week: Rebecca Rooney visits a group of 25 farms in Wiltshire, where farmers have spent six years trying to improve and protect the quality of the River Ebble, which runs through their land. And in Northern Ireland, there are hopes of analysing every field's soil quality over the next four years. The Soil Nutrient Health Scheme is being rolled out by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and will cost up to £45 million. Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Heather Simons

The government announced its new energy strategy last week, outlining plans to tackle energy supply over the coming decades. In this edition of Costing the Earth, Tom Heap chairs a panel discussion which looks into the detail of the strategy, and asks what it will mean for both net zero targets and household bills. He is joined by a panel of experts: Roz Bulleid, Deputy Policy Director at the independent think tank Green Alliance; Chief Political Commentator at the i-newspaper, Paul Waugh; and environmental journalist, author and campaigner Mark Lynas. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Emma Campbell

Marching towards equality.On this week's podcast, Michael speaks to Brendan Fay, a decades-long L G B T activist, filmmaker, public speaker and founder of the hugely popular St Pats For All Parade which takes place every year in Sunnyside and Woodside in Queens. Brendan was born in Co Kildare and grew up in Drogheda.He moved to New York in the 1980s – mainly because he felt it was easier for him to come out as a gay man. However, Brendan soon found out that America too had its own problems with discrimination, which motivated him to join the movement for L G B T rights, same-sex civil marriage, AIDS awareness and human rights.In the late 1990s, Brendan, a proud Irish man, was arrested several times for attempting to march with a gay rights group at the Fifth Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade.In response, he then decided to form his own St. Patrick's Day parade in Queens that would be welcome to people all backgrounds and sexual orientation – hence the name St Pats For All. The parade has become a massive event in Queens and appears to be getting bigger every year. In this year's parade, which was held last Sunday, nearly two dozen politicians and city officials marched including Senator Chuck Schumer, and other city and state lawmakers. In 2016, Brendan's L G B T group -- the Lavender and Green Alliance became the first L G B T group to march in the St Patrick's Day Parade in Fifth Avenue parade.I spoke to Brendan after the St Pats for All Parade Sunday and he looks back on his life, his struggles coming out and how he established the parade. It's a truly inspirational interview. It was the first time Brendan wasn't involved in organizing the event having stepped down as co-chair. Brendan's website is brendanfay.net where you can find out more about Brendan's journey, his work and his documentary films. You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @thelonghallpodcast – and 5 star reviews are always welcome!!All of our previous podcasts on www.TheLongHalPodcast.com where we publish a host of Irish American news and sports stories – including a detailed report on last Sunday's St Pats For all Parade which is packed with photos and videos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.