Carbon Copy Podcast

In this final audiobook episode, we adopt a new perspective and go on to explore the common ground that connects people. We discover the power and appeal of working together locally to protect us from climate breakdown and defend nature. Communities are seen in another light, as both beneficiaries and guardians of common natural resources – from clean rivers to clean air.

We open the door to over a thousand inspiring, real-world examples of collective local action from all four corners of the UK and invite you to step in by visiting carboncopy.eco

Adapted from the original book, Civic Revolution, and narrated by its author, Ric Casale.

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Hello! Welcome to the last episode of Copy This (the first season of the Carbon Copy Podcast) where we throw the spotlight on big thinking, local climate action.

When was the last time you tried to get your mobile phone or laptop repaired? Chances are that it was impossible but all too easy to buy a replacement instead. This year, the weight of electronic waste produced globally will equal that of the Great Wall of China because repair is so difficult and obsolescence is built into many electronic goods, by design.

But how is repairing and reuse even possible when the throwaway culture is so deeply rooted in our economy? The Fixing Factory is a new project with a fresh approach that not only makes repair and reuse a reality, it’s also applying lateral thinking so electronic ‘waste’ can benefit local communities in as many ways as possible.

In this episode, Fiona Dear of The Restart Project and Emma Beal of West London Waste Authority describe The Fixing Factory’s drive to not only give broken laptops a new lease of life, but to use them to tackle digital inequality, train the fixers of the future, provide training and employment opportunities, as well as create a project blueprint that could be replicated around the UK.

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Hello! This week we’re off to Hull to discover how the Living With Water partnership is working with the community to build a “blue green city of the future.”

We’re joined by two key members of the partnership’s team - Lee Pitcher and Andrew Barron - who share insights into the challenges and triumphs of flood mitigation and adaptation in one of the UK’s most at-risk areas.

Listen in to hear how personal experiences of homelessness and the destruction that flooding can bring, led to our speakers' shared passion for this project. Learn how the people of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire are collaborating and co-creating to turn the threat of too much water into an opportunity to improve and develop green spaces within the area. Be inspired by a project which spans generations and focuses on working with nature, rather than fighting it.

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Hello! Welcome to the very first episode of our first series, Copy This, where we travel to Scotland to learn how a community raised £millions to buy 5,000 acres of local land for a new nature reserve.

In this episode, hosts Ric Casale and Amanda Carpenter are reunited, having last met at COP26, moments after Ric had completed a gruelling 500-mile, 26-day walk from London.

During that journey, Ric had the opportunity to meet our podcast guests, Jenny Barlow and Mairi Telford Jammeh, of the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve in Langholm.

We hear about the incredible passion this small community has for protecting wildlife and restoring the area to its natural state. About how an unexpected opportunity to purchase a large swathe of land for the nature reserve sparked a fundraising mission that ignited people not only across Scotland, but globally as well. We learn about some of the characters and relationships that made it possible to raise the £millions needed – and about the plans to raise more and continue to grow the protected area.

Listen now, to discover the power that people can have when they come together to achieve an impossible dream.

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