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Bristol Airport is big enough - No more expansion.

Bristol Airport plans to increase its passenger numbers to 15 Million a year. 
It has been less than two years since the airport gained approval to expand from 10 million to 12 million passengers annually. Residents and Bristol Airport Action Network (BAAN) campaign group are gearing up for another battle against the airport as they now want to expand to 15M passengers annually.  Keep up to date with this story at  https://bristolairportactionnetwork.wordpress.com/ 
Nigel (One Love One Planet radio host) and Richard Baxter from BAAN discuss: 
The impact of aircraft on the climate emergency. 
Can commercial aircraft become sustainable within the foreseeable future? 
What is the airports' on the communities that live near by, such as pollution and noise, and traffic congestion?
The story of how the local community took on the airport and persuaded North Somerset Council to turn down their initial expansion plans, and how ultimately Michael Gove reversed that decision. 
Finally, what are BAAN's plans to challenge Bristol Airport again as they apply for permission to further expand passenger numbers, and how you can join their campaign. 
 

Our Earth Week Special - The one with Christina Wheeler talking to Roma Widger about the Green Pledge Project.

OUR EARTH WEEK 2024 - featuring highlights from BCfm's contribution to this national event on community radio, which broadcast in November. 
This episode features the Roma Widger Show featuring Christina Wheeler talking about the Green Pledge Project.
Christina is the Project Manager of the Green Pledge Project at Gloucestershire Archives. The project delves into the rich seam of environmentally significant records held at the archives and shares them through events, exhibitions and podcasts. Comparing historic records around climate change and biodiversity loss with contemporary records is illuminating and helps us to understand what the local area was like in a time before living memory.
Christina talks to Roma about one of their series of podcasts about two dawn choruses, recorded in the same place and month, but seventy years apart. In 1950s Wotton, Harry Grimes took his Grundig reel to reel recorder to the edge of the woods and recorded the cacophony of the early morning birdsong. In the background you can hear the steam train and the 5am church bells. Christina and Harry’s son Hugo took this 1950s and 2024 recordings to bird expert Ed Drewitt, to discuss the changes that Ed can hear.
To find out more about the project and listen to the podcasts visit : The Green Pledge Project | Gloucestershire ArchivesThis project made possible thanks to National Lottery Heritage Funding. 
Music: Spice Garden by Drill Run.  Licenced from Audiio. 
 

Gleaning, Food Security, and Pumpkins - with Laura Bottin from the Avon Gleaning Network

We talk to Laura Bottin from the Avon Gleaning Network all about the ancient practice of gleaning, which is seeing a resurgence, and how this benefits our mental health while also tackling food poverty and food waste. We even get into the details of different types of pumpkins and which ones are best for cooking!
 
You can find out more about them here, including about volunteering: https://avongleaning.org.uk/
 
This is Shona's last episode with One Love One Planet as she is expecting a baby later this year and taking some time out for that! Remember, if you're missing your regular dose of One Love One Planet, you can go back through all our previous podcasts to catch up on the interviews you missed!

Protecting Local Biodiversity - with Chris Kinchin-Smith and Maurice Tennenhaus from Friends of Lyncombe Hill Fields

Chris and Maurice, founders and co-directors of the Friends of Lyncombe Hill Fields, tell us all about the volunteer project to preserve wild space in the centre of Bath - and different mowing techniques, and how local schools have been able to get involved!
 
https://friendsoflyncombehillfields.co.uk/

Felixstowe Community Nature Reserve and Climate Justice Agenda - with Dr Adrian Cooper

We talk to Dr Adrian Cooper, one of the founders of the Felixstowe Community Nature Reserve, a reserve set up by local residents after they got sick of waiting for the government to take action on nature and biodiversity. They've also been carrying out their own Citizen Science and have launched their own Climate Justice Agenda to push for wider change, and now are speaking to representatives from across Europe as to what they've done!
https://www.wildeast.co.uk/felixstowe-community-nature-reserve
https://www.facebook.com/FelixstoweCommunityNatureReserve
 
 

Greening the Hospitality Industry, and the Psychology of Encouraging Environmentally Friendly Choices - with Levar Jackson

We speak with Levar Jackson, Founder and CEO of Yogh Group, and previous president of NEWH New York, about the exciting scientific developments happening in the hospitality industry to make it more sustainable! We also talk about how to make eco-friendly choices easier for everyone, and why seaweed makes surprisingly good curtain fabric!Find out more about the Yogh Group: https://www.yogh.group/

The rights of nature - with Brontie Ansell from Lawyers for Nature

What do environmental lawyers actually do? How can a company be treated as a person in the court of law? And how can nature actually sit on a company board??? We cover all of this and more with Brontie Ansell from Lawyers For Nature!
 
https://www.lawyersfornature.com/
 
 

What If? Imagining a better 2030 - with Rob Hopkins

We speak to veteran activist, author, podcaster and co-founder of the Transition Network, Rob Hopkins - about the psychology of activism and grassroots organising, and how we collectively imagine a better future to fight for.
 
Rob's website: https://www.robhopkins.net/
 

’I Am More Dangerous Dead’ at the Bristol Independent Film Festival - with Majiye Uchibeke and Winifred O. Adeyemi

We catch up with the award-winning director and producer of this powerful documentary about the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, an anti-Shell activist in Nigeria.
The trailer can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhxUpxsSN8M
Tickets to the Bristol Independent Film Festival are here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bristol-independent-film-festival-saturday-screening-tickets-743056831987
 

The Easton Community Garden - with Nohelia

Nohelia joins us to talk all about Easton Community Garden and how anyone can pop along with no commitment! Plus, Kim from Houria tells us about Salha's Sudanese Kitchen.
 
Easton Community Garden: http://eastoncommunitygarden.org.uk/
 
Sudanese Supper Club tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sudanese-supper-club-fundraiser-tickets-721107400647