THE MEDIA. Is the climate crisis also an information crisis?

11/18/22 • 41 min

"The public has an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing." — Oscar WildeSarah Whitehead is Deputy Head of Newsgathering at Sky News, Sarah was previously Head of International News, and before that worked for the BBC. Jennie King is Head of Civic Action and Education at the Institute of Strategic Dialogue, who provides regular briefings for UK government departments, regulators, UNESCO and is as literate as it gets on media literacy. Jennie oversees ISD's growing portfolio on Climate Mis- and Disinformation, supporting a coalition of 30+ organisations worldwide to identify, analyse and counter related harms. Her writing and commentary have been featured by the BBC, The Guardian, Channel 4 News, Tortoise Media and NPR, amongst others.If you want to stay informed, we also recommend Covering Climate Now'sClimate Beat newsletter for media analysis, resources, must-read stories and tips on how to best cover the climate emergency.We’d love to hear from you! Any sustainability tips to share? Talk to us on Twitter or Instagram #FunnyOldWorld @JulietKinsman @WeAreWeeva

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ECO-NOMICS. How sustainability is better for business — and people and planet

High-level thinking made digestible and do-able — as ever, this episode of Funny Old World provides a better understanding of the basics, and how to help tackle the climate emergency. Zita Cobb, social entrepreneur, founder of the Fogo Island Inn in Canada, is modelling how local communities can thrive in the global economy. Check out her Economic Nutrition Certification Mark which sets the benchmark for financial transparency. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality,” said architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller almost a century ago. “To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” This visionary hotelier and community economist doesn’t just preach this sentiment, she is modelling a new community-supporting place-making way of running a business.Julie Cheetham is renowned in the tourism sector for her expertise in sustainable development and business transformation. Based in South Africa, she’s leading a team democratising this wisdom as Weeva. We also have this 360-degree sustainability management platform to thank for making this podcast series possible. Weeva's technology enables a system of measurement and a user-friendly framework following 18 parameters, covering everything from carbon emissions, water and waste to staff satisfaction and cultural conservation.We’d love to hear from you! Any sustainability tips to share? Talk to us on Twitter or Instagram #FunnyOldWorld @JulietKinsman @WeAreWeeva

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ACTIVISM. How to be a Good Citizen

A snapshot of our guestsIn this hour-long special, Juliet and Simon speak to Climate justice crusaders Kevin Lunzalu in Kenya, co-founder of Kenyan Youth Biodiversity Net and Eyal Weintraub, co-founder of Jóvenes Por El Clima Argentina.Hans Pfister — a straight-talker in how to walk all the eco talk when it comes to sustainability and what it means to be a sustainable business. Hans is the Co-founder, CEO and Marketing Director of the Cayuga Collection of Sustainable Luxury Hotels and Lodges in Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua. He has served on the Advisory Board of the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World and as the Regional Vice President for Mexico, Central and South America for the Cornell Hotel Society. He has more than 30 years of experience in hospitality in Europe, Asia and the Americas.Sophie Morgan — radically changing the representation of disability, Sophie is a respected advocate for accessibility. Host of Channel 4 television show 'Living Wild: How to Change your Life', as well as ground-breaking documentaries such as Dispatches and Unreported World, the presenter of London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020 Paralympics explains why inclusion is key to every conversation. Jon Alexander — author of 'CITIZENS: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us', Jon explains how to involve people in the decisions that affect their lives as citizens. The co-founder of the New Citizenship Project began his career with a decade in the advertising industry, before making a dramatic change. Believing humans are collaborative, creative, caring citizens by nature, if we give each other the chance, we can fix things together as citizens.