Be Loud: Climate
By Be Loud
Be Loud: ClimateOct 28, 2021
What should you be doing about climate change? Personal responsibility.
We are back after a short hiatus, ready for 2022! Keran and Rux discuss where they've been, including the post-COP26 burnout. Then Keran and Rux will discuss how much of climate change should you feel responsible for - should you be swopping out all plastics, stopping your international travel and going vegan? You might be surprised by the answer...
A carbon bonanza! Everything you need to know about CO2.
Rux is traveling again for the Erasmus+ youth exchange and is coming to you live from Latvia! Meanwhile Keran meets Karen Rossell again to discuss all things carbon! We discuss what we mean by 'carbon' and the relationship to CO2 and other greenhouse gases. We also discuss common carbon terminology such as carbon capture, sequestration, offsetting, insetting and direct air capture, featuring the brand new Climeworks ORCA direct air capture project in Iceland. IT'S A CARBON BONANZA! Don't forget to follow us on twitter and instagram @beloudclimate.
Climate education (in the UK)
This week’s episode will blow your mind. Rux and Keran look at climate education in the UK speaking with Friends of the Earth, Teach the Future, Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum and SOS UK about where we stand with the current curriculum, as well as resources for educators looking to start including climate change in their classrooms. This is a must listen, and listeners can expect more content on this topic in the future! A full list of resources is available online. Follow us on IG and Twitter @ beloudclimate
Climate literacy: The role of education and news media
In the inaugural episode of the season 2, Keran and Rux discuss the concept at the very heart of Be Loud: Climate: Climate literacy. They discuss the role of education and the news media, the responsibility of journalism to educate citizens and the huge challenges that exist in building a climate literate global population. You'll also hear from exciting new launches from Be Loud, some of the upcoming plans and more about Rux's awesome summer of fun.
Sustainable travel, flying and flightshaming
In the season 1 finale of the Be Loud: Climate podcast, Keran and Ruxi are breaking down travel in a climate change era. We will look at the meanings of popular terms with the help of our guests Wesley Maraire, Founder of Tiritose Sustainable Travel Agency in Zimbabwe, and Caroline Wangechi, tours and travel consultant, Kenya.
In the second part, we address the elephant in the room: air travel and a little more about offsets (with some side notes about cruise ships - because we can’t take those out of the equation).
Resources:
https://offset.climateneutralnow.org/aboutoffsetting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49349566
(BOOK) How to save the world for free - Natalie Fee
(BOOK) How to save our planet: The facts - Professor Mark Maslin
(BOOK) Sustainability in Tourism: A multidisciplinary approach - Ian Jenkins, Rolan Schroder (Editors)
How can we sustainably interact with communities when we travel?
Rux speaks to Wesley Maraire (Founder of Tiritose Sustainable Travel Agency, and Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the University of Cape Town) and Caroline Wangechi (tours and travel consultant, Kenya) about community interactions when we travel. While the episode doesn't have a focus on climate change, we discuss ideas such as "othering" and Orientalism and briefly dive into the idea of volunteer tourism (voluntourism).
Nils Mollema interview (part 2): A just transition and the landmark Shell case
On this week's episode, we continue our discussion with ActionAid NL policy advisor, Nils Mollema. Keran and Nils discuss fossil fuels in the developing countries, what people can do to make small changes and Nils answers the question "do you consider yourself to be a climate activist?"
Nils Mollema interview (part 1): A just transition and the landmark Shell case
This week's episode of the Be Loud: Climate podcast is the first part of our interview with ActionAid NL policy advisor, Nils Mollema. At the time of the interview, a Dutch court had just ordered Royal Dutch Shell (the fossil fuel company) to cut their emissions by 45% by 2030 to bring it in line with Paris Agreement obligations. Nils and Keran discussed the importance of this judgment and how these sorts of cases will bring accountability in a just transition.
Reforming energy systems with Anna Watson
On this episode of the Be Loud Climate podcast, we interview Anna Watson, a former event producer, turned phd candidate and sustainability consultant. Anna talks about how her career in conference production led her to her PhD topic in clean energy systems, a reflection on how we should be reconnecting with the natural world in our daily lives and how the UK energy system is transitioning towards renewable energy.
Emissions101 with Karen Rossell
On this episode of the #beloudclimate podcast, we speak with Karen Rossell of the Applied Negative Emissions Centre on all things related to emissions, net zero and carbon capture. We discuss the ways in which organisations define net zero and the types of questions that you can ask to find out more about how robust their net zero goals actually are.
The role of a chief sustainability officer with Anna Lungley, Dentsu International
On this week’s episode of the Be Loud: Climate podcast, Keran interviews Anna Lungley, the chief sustainability officer of Dentsu International - one of the worlds largest advertising networks. They talk about the role of CSO, the pervasiveness of ESG goals within a truly sustainable organisation, Dentsu’s goals around net zero and how they influence their clients to do better for the planet.
How SMEs can embed sustainability and the intersectionality of climate change, an interview with Dr Sarah Burch.
On this episode of the Be Loud: Climate podcast, Rux and Keran interview climate icon, Dr Sarah Burch, who is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo and IPCC author. We speak to Sarah about embedding sustainability into SMEs (small and medium sized enterprise), the intersectionality of climate change as a social issue and how businesses can transform their communities through their own climate friendly practices. Sarah is also one of the speakers on Climate Literacy, a youtube series about the broader context of climate change.
A proposed coal mine in West Cumbria: Why is the UK still trying to build new fossil fuel infrastructure?
In this week’s episode of the Be Loud: Climate podcast, Keran and Rux interview Ciara Shannon of www.edenworksgreen.com about the proposed Woodhouse Colliery coal mine in West Cumbria. The proposal of this coal mine demonstrates a fundamental failure of the UK climate action frameworks to penetrate current decision making processes in local councils. Ciara also shares her opinions on how young people can get involved in decision making processes in the UK and current challenges around climate literacy.
If you like what you hear today tweet us #beloudclimate @KeranBoyd @RuxCalin. For a full list of resources mentioned by Ciara on today’s episode, you can visit be-loud.com/blogs.
Cyclone Seroja in Timor Leste: natural disasters in developing countries
In this week’s episode of the Be Loud: Climate podcast, Rux interviews Alex Ray who is a former UNDP communications lead and was based in Timor Leste during the tropical cyclone which caused mass devastation and loss of human life in April 2021. Alex relays the conditions in Timor Leste on topics such as basic education, healthcare and disaster preparedness prior to the cyclone, as well as the potential outlook for future climate related disasters on the island. Although shocking, this account of the impacts of climate related natural disasters is a reality for developing countries as the climate worsens and provides valuable perspective on the vast disparity between developed and developing countries as far as the impact of climate change.
Why does climate justice matter?
In this week’s episode of the Be Loud: Climate podcast, Rux and Keran discuss the question: Why does climate justice matter? You will hear another snippet from our interview with Alex Ray, as well as the answers to this question by activist Caitlin Rangecroft and ActionAid NL policy advisor, Nils Mollema. As expected, the question sends Rux and Keran down a rabbit hole of difficult questions to which there are no easy answers.
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Climate Justice for Earth Day 2021
This Earth Day we are discussing climate justice and things that you can do as an individual to mitigate your own carbon footprint whilst being mindful of the issue of climate justice. We feature clips from interviews with climate activists Kelo Uchendu and Godiya Zambwa who discuss climate justice in terms of their experience in their local communities. We will give you some helpful tips to live a greener life and the disproportionate impact of climate change on developing countries and rural communities. This episode will give you some serious food for thought.
Nature-based solutions, an interview with Tarun Singh
In this episode, Keran and Rux discuss nature-based solutions and some of the commonplace examples that are currently being used, including plastic made out of fish waste and kelp farming to help restore our oceans. Rux tells us about the book written by Bren Smith ‘Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures as a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer’ and Keran interviews ICRIER research assistant Tarun Singh on the application of nature-based solutions in urban areas.
Tweet us @KeranBoyd @RuxCalin #beloudclimate or visit our website: be-loud.com for more information.
Saving the planet with pizza, an interview with Joe Hill of One Planet Pizza and what counts as activism.
This week on the Be Loud: Climate podcast, we spoke with Joe Hill of One Planet Pizza. If this name sounds familiar to you, you may have seen their product in your weekly Ocado shop. Joe is one half of the father-son duo on a mission to save the world one slice of pizza at a time.
Saving the planet with pizza? Now that’s activism we can all get behind.
Keran and Rux also debate the term activism, what it means and what counts as activism.
Our top 6 women climate leaders & welcome
In this very special first episode, Keran and Rux chat about the difficulty of balancing the needs to bring diversity to industry conferences whilst not using those leaders are token diversity speakers, whether it is appropriate to use cutesy names for female leaders and their top picks for sustainability leaders who have influenced them.
For a full description of the leaders mentioned in this podcast, head over to our website http://be-loud.com.