One Love One Planet

Danger Bunting and Moon Loos - with Linda Benfield from The Green Gathering, the original off-grid festival

We speak to Linda Benfield, one of the organisers of the Green Gathering, happening 3rd-6th August 2023 - a long-established off-grid festival of music, workshops, activism, and low-impact living. What on earth is danger bunting, or moon loos??
 
https://www.greengathering.org.uk/

Catching up with the Grassroot Activators Programme, and doing hands-on e-waste recycling with Re-Fuse

We speak to three young people from the Grassroot Activators Programme, a course in Bristol that aims to support young folk from disadvantaged backgrounds, upskill them and connect them with nature. We also visit the Re-Fuse project in Sparks in Broadmead, where schoolkids from St Barnabas are busy doing some hands-on learning all about recycling e-waste!

Combining environmental science and the visual arts - with Chris Perry

We talk to visual artist and PhD scientist Chris Perry about his time in the Amazon, his upcoming exhibitions, and the relationship between science and art.
 
Check out Chris' website here: www.cjperryart.com
 

How indigenous languages can help tackle the climate crisis - with Michael Jemphrey

Translation consultant Michael Jemphrey tells us all about the work SIL is doing with speakers of indigenous and minority languages, and how the knowledge passed on through specific words may have a role to play in fighting the climate crisis.
 
BBC Ideas - Can Saving Languages Save Nature?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/can-saving-languages-save-nature/p0fh50s5

Working for Shell, and then suddenly quitting - with Caroline Dennett

Caroline Dennett very publicly quit her contract at Shell a year ago in a video that went viral. This year, she addressed their Executive Committee at the AGM and presented a report on their epic fails in safety performance which she says have contributed to leaks and spills in the Niger Delta, as well as grave impacts on the safety of the workers in Nigeria.
We speak to her all about this whistleblowing and learn all about the undercover ways that Shell tries to get away with greenwashing its activities.
Undercover video footage of Caroline's speech and Shell's response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zHREXt9PPU

Bristol Energy Network, and the Festival of Sustainable Business

We have two interviews on this week's show!
One with Rachel Moffat from Bristol Energy Network, telling us all about community-owned energy as well as projects and tips that can reduce energy and fuel use...
...and another with Katie Clubb from Future Leap, talking about the upcoming Festival of Sustainable Business and how you can get involved.

The Boiling River and Stingless Bees - with Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza, National Geographic explorer and Peruvian PhD biologist

We chat with Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza all about her work in the Amazon jungle (including the natural phenomena of the Boiling River and stingless bees); science communication; respecting and promoting local knowledge; and what's it's like to be an indigenous woman in this field!
 
Dr Espinoza's website: https://www.rosavespinoza.com/
 

Tackling flytipping, and a new strings collective raising support for Trees of Music!

We have two more interviews this week: firstly speaking to Steve Woods, local litter-fighting legend, all about flytipping, why it's a problem, and how to tackle it.
We then hear from Anneka from the Pernambuco Group - a new strings collective raising support for Trees of Music, and the endangered Brazilian pernambuco trees that provide the beautiful pernambuco wood so many strings players use!
The Pernambuco Group have their first concert on Monday 12th June at the Loco Klub and you can get tickets here: hdfst.uk/E89527

Saving meadowlands with Danica Priest; and journalist Rich Felgate speaks on his Coronation arrest!

We have not one but two interviews this week! The first is with Danica Priest, who is part of the Friends of the Western Slopes - a group of residents who ran an inspiring successful campaign to stop valuable meadowland being built on - and who may have discovered a brand new greenfly in the process!The second is with Rich Felgate, a journalist who was arrested during the Coronation merely for filming peaceful Just Stop Oil protestors! We hear all about it, and talk about the tactics of protest and how they are affected by the new laws that give police extra powers.

Turning Climate Data into Sonic Art - with Miriam Quick from Loud Numbers

We hear from Miriam all about sonification - the process of turning climate data into sonic artwork - and chat about her recent project Bristol Burning, which does this with air quality data from St Paul's. We also catch up with all the climate news headlines and look at a foraging handbook which can help you identify edible food out in the wild!