Jo Ruxton MBE: Producer of A Plastic Ocean on how the documentary changed the course of her life

03/05/24 • 47 min

Today is going to be a cracking listen... you won’t be able to think in the same way after you have heard our guest and I’m thrilled she could take the time to be with us.
She has been hailed by Sir David Attenborough as the woman responsible for starting the plastic free movement. A Plastic Ocean was a film which changed the face of ocean conservation, making a wide audience aware of the insidious spread of plastic and micro plastic in our oceans.
Jo Ruxton, our guest today produced that film and can tell us about some of the magic and some of the mayhem she has witnessed, first hand in the remotest parts of our oceans. She went on to found Ocean Generation and can share what we can all do to make a difference.

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Emma Slade Edmondson: What's your fashion sense like? Is it sustainable... can it ever be?

Have you ever worn or bought an item of clothing? If so you will want to listen to today's guest. She is a regular opinion leader across the media including Ch5 News, Steph’s Packed Lunch and Women’s Hour. She is hailed as ‘thought leader’ A thought leader working across all elements of intersectional environmentalism, fashion retail and sustainability - Emma is a change maker in the sustainable fashion and retail space and knows first hand how creativity, individualism and innovation will change the world.
Links as mentioned in the podcast, courtesy of Emma:
Fashion Revolution

Curiously Conscious

Colèchi - there’s a journal also and they put on lots of events

The slow grind

Climate in colour

The Earth Issue - magazine

The slow factory

The orispresent - The Or foundation

Hubbub - they have a podcast too

The lab e20 events

Podcasts:

Sustainably influenced podcast

Wardrobe crisis podcast - Clare press

Content creators/ educators:

Venetia La manna

Twin Brett

Besma

Apps:

Sojo app - repair

Save My Wardrobe

Authors/ Books:

All we can save - Anya Elizabeth Johnson

How to break up with fast fashion - Lauren Bravo

Wear Next - Clare Press

Sustainable Wardrobe - Sophie Benson

Cradle to Cradle - Michael braungart

Rental platforms / second hand platforms:

Curated loop

By rotation

Hurr

Loanhood

My Wardrobe HQ

Cocoon Club - handbags

Thrift Plus

Vinted

Depop

Vestiaire

Second hand sellers on Instagram

Porcelain and Red

The pansy garden, Retold Vintage, Mother London,Darling and Vintage,Selenas shop,

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Professor Jane Barker: Peat free compost is here to stay, but why is it so important to our future?

Our guest today is Professor Jane Barker who lives and works on a farm in the Lake District, with her husband, a fifth-generation sheep farmer.
She farms sheep, including rare breeds, has a herd of foul ponies, restores peatland and, inspired by an early twentieth century gardening book, has the most extraordinary compost making company, which was nominated for the 2023 Chelsea Flower Show sustainable garden product of the year.
We'll be talking all things gardening.