One Love One Planet

How Indigenous Peoples Transformed the Amazon into a Vast Garden.

For centuries, many people in the Western world believed the Amazon to be an unpopulated and untouched forest. This has never been true. The Amazon has been managed by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.  We explore how, through the creation of fertile soils and the selection and cultivation of plant and tree species over millennia, Indigenous peoples have transformed the Amazon rainforest into the most biodiverse ecosystem on Earth.
We hear from Adriana Meirelles, who lives in Bristol but is Brazilian.  You can follow her Instagram here: meirelles7269

A cultural tipping point for climate and nature.

The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency. Yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means for our lives, our economy and our future.
This new film – The People’s Emergency Briefing - sets out the risks facing the nation - and the credible, positive responses available - in a clear and accessible account designed for screenings in communities across the UK.  As it is screened across the UK, audiences are invited to discuss the impact of the scientist's messages on them personally and what we should do to address climate change.  
Map of where you can see the film in the UK: https://www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
See the film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tLUnWHkGG4
 
 

Planet Earth’s life support system is threatened by climate change.

Science is moving fast, and every year the risks become clearer.  The climate and nature emergency threatens all aspects of British life, from national security to the food supply - but solutions exist.
In this podcast, we hear from two of the UK’s top climate scientists and from climate activists calling for politicians and businesses to take the rapid action we need to protect our people, our prosperity and our children’s future.

One Love One Planet: the importance of the 'commons' and why they are under threat...

BCFM's One Love One Planet show explores the importance of the 'commons'; what it means, the thriving commons group in Bristol, why you might be involved in a common's project without even knowing it and a beautiful piece of common land near Bristol under dire threat from a giant corporation.  
Listen and learn about this increasingly important concept in our divided, transactional world... 

Climate Change Is a National Security Threat.

British military leaders and security services, MI5 & MI6, tell us: Climate change is now a core national security threat.  This is not a future problem or a trade-off. Addressing climate change is central to national security today, not something to postpone.
It’s time to meet your MP and ask what they will do to protect us.  Join the campaign at  https://www.zerohour.uk/

You are more powerful than you may think.

If you are concerned about the climate emergency and the loss of nature, you may feel that there is little you can do about it.  But you are more powerful than you may think.  Over the years, activists have shifted the climate change conversation, leading to real, positive action.
In this podcast, we will look at how ordinary people in Bristol are peacefully campaigning to resist the forces that are driving climate change, and you will hear how you can join them. 

The climate that fed us is changing - but a food revolution can build a stronger future.

As heat, drought, floods and fires increasingly affect global breadbaskets, we’re being called to rethink how food is made.
The good news? We have powerful solutions. Precision fermentation — think high-tech brewing — can produce abundant, affordable, animal-free dairy, eggs and meat, with high quality and low cost.
It might sound impossible — but listen in and come away surprised, inspired and hopeful.

The Climate Emergency They’re Not Telling Us About.

Top scientists warn the UK faces a climate–nature crisis more serious than COVID — worsened by misinformation and weak politics — but the government won't lead decisive action that can still change everything.
We voted for a Green Council in Bristol, but their draft Local Plan would allow developers to build on almost any green space.  There is still time to persuade them to change it. 

Four environmental stories in one.

Our stories:
The COP 30 has just finished. Listen to the experts tell us - What are the COP meetings? Do they make any difference? How could we do things better? 
 
Extreme heat and drought led to Europe’s forests becoming tinder dry. Research for a film found that criminal gangs often started the fires.   The communities affected worked together to stop them. 
 
The UK water industry is in a mess, and our rivers and seas are polluted and we face water shortages. Two campaigners describe how they plan to use the power of the community to take a different approach to this. 
 
75% of people want to do something about climate change, and 100% want to reduce the cost of their electricity bills. Hear about a new group in Bristol that wants to help you to do both of these, and it doesn’t have to cost you a penny!

From a police officer to an Extinction Rebellion activist - watching the legal crackdown on protests.

Richard Ecclestone is a retired police officer who, for years, policed environmental protests.     Over time, he has seen how what were seen as minor offences that warranted no significant punishment can now lead to prison sentences.   
Hear his journey from an establishment figure to a key player in Extinction Rebellion.