Poetry in science, filmmaking and Sir David Attenborough - Guest: Eddie Frost

10/30/22 • 33 min

’There’s a lovely adage that ignorance is bliss. But in an increasingly complex world, knowledge may be your only means for survival and ignorance no longer becomes blissful.’’

Chris Hadfield (former commander of the international space station) in short documentary film Ice Alive, directed by Eddie Frost (2018)

I chat to director and series producer Eddie Frost about finding poetry in glaciology, shooting a documentary in the Arctic and how rock climbing as a kid and Sir David Attenborough helped shape his understanding of the natural world.

Eddie Frost is chairperson at Proudfoot Limited, a production company based in Clerkenwell, London. Ever since his childhood, he has been passionate about the natural environment and conservation. He has directed documentaries for British and international broadcasters well as for major brands and NGOs. He now runs a small but impactful team producing content gathered from all around the world. His work aims to shine a spotlight on those fighting for positive change, and to explain complicated solutions to our global problems for as wide an audience as possible. In 2018, Eddie directed a short film called Ice Alive, where glaciologist and data scientist Joseph Cook takes a closer look at the microbial life that can be found all over the planet's glaciers and ice sheets. This rich ecosystem affects the melt rates of polar ice and snow, and could be accelerating climate change.

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’There’s a lovely adage that ignorance is bliss. But in an increasingly complex world, knowledge may be your only means for survival and ignorance no longer becomes blissful.’’

Chris Hadfield (former commander of the international space station) in short documentary film Ice Alive, directed by Eddie Frost (2018)

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I chat to Marc Richard, managing director of furniture brand Roger Lewis, co-founder of futurist and closed loop furniture brand Capxule and straight-talking Northerner.

Mark is the managing director and owner of furniture brand Roger Lewis. Roger Lewis is a British manufacturer of furniture for corporate and hospitality projects, which recently moved to a new factory in Frome, Somerset. Mark has also co-founded Capxule, a closed loop concept furniture brand.

The journey to understand what a furniture brand of the future could look like has ignited a passion in him to help drive structural change within the furniture industry. He grew up in Leeds where a passion for building relationships out of candid communication and integrity was baked into him. Mark lives with his wife and two sons in Bath.

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Sustainable architecture, rocketing energy prices and cycling across America - Guest: Heinz Richardson

''Sustainability is simply really considering all our actions in terms of the impact on the planet. If we carry on at the rate that we're doing, we need three planets to sustain our current lifestyles. The equivalent of three planets' resources, just to do what we're doing at the moment.''

I chat to Heinz Richardson, award-winning architect, Royal Society of Arts fellow, teacher, mentor and industry commentator. Join us as we talk about rocketing energy prices, sustainable, low-energy homes and the time Heinz cycled across America from west to east coasts.

A graduate of the Bartlett School of Architecture University College London, Heinz is an award-winning architect, teacher, mentor, and industry commentator. He's a former director of Jestico+Whiles Architects, an international practice that has won many awards.

Heinz is a pioneer of employee ownership as a model for business. He has particular expertise in sustainable design, housing and education projects. He believes passionately in the considered use of the Earth's natural resources to create architecture which is enduring and socially responsible. In 2016, he designed and built his own carbon-neutral home in the Chilterns area, House 19, which was long-listed for the RIBA House of the Year award and has been widely published.

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