S2 #1 | Communicating carbon at the Science Museum

08/03/22 • 45 min

We're back! And we've been busy...

Today, Tom visits the Science Museum in London to take a look at Our Future Planet, the museum's carbon removal exhibition. As carbon communicators ourselves, we were keen to find out what the Science Museum were doing to educate their guests on our favourite topic of discussion.

Tom was taken through the exhibition by its curator, Rupert Cole. Rupert took us through the items on display, the way guests experience the exhibition, and the language they use to communicate carbon removal.

The exhibition is not without controversy. Our Future Planet is sponosored by Shell and Extinction Rebellion have accused the Science Museum of assisting in the oil giant's attempts to greenwash their reputation. The Science Museum has defended the sponsorship, saying that energy companies have a significant role to play in finding solutions to the climate crisis, and that the Science Museum retains editorial control over the exhibition.

You can read the full statements of both Extinction Rebellion and the Science Museum here. and the Science Museum's sustainability policy here.

Our thanks to Rupert and the Science Museum for showing us round. Our Future Planet runs until September 11th.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

We're back! And we've been busy...

You can read the full statements of both Extinction Rebellion and the Science Museum here. and the Science Museum's sustainability policy here.

Our thanks to Rupert and the Science Museum for showing us round. Our Future Planet runs until September 11th.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

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S2 #2 | The state of UK carbon removal

Today we’re at the UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Event, a gathering of researchers, policy makers and businesses, to discuss the state of carbon removal in the UK today.

CO2RE, the greenhouse gas removal hub led by Oxford University and the hosts of the event, were kind enough to ask us to host a pair of panels across the two day conference.

We caught up with friends old and new to bring you the latest expert insight on the current state of carbon removal in the country we call home.

Thanks to this episode's guests:

Philippa Westbury, Stakeholder Manager at CO2RE
George Hope, Communications Manager at CO2RE
Steve Smith, Director of CO2RE
Emily Cox, Research Associate at Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
Navraj Singh Ghaleigh, Senior Lecturer in Climate Law at University of Edinburgh
Emma Keller, Head of Sustainability at Nestle UK&Ireland
Sanna O'Connor-Morberg, Former Carbon Dioxide Removal Lead at Energy Transitions Commission
Laith Whitwham, Senior Policy Officer, Industrial Decarbonisation at Aldersgate Group
Ruth Herbert, CEO Carbon Capture and Storage Association
Judith Thornton, Aberystwyth University
Liz Bowles, OFC Director and Associate Director of Farming and Land Use at The Soil Association