One Love One Planet

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

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

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.

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/
 

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

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.

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!

Dougal joins us as we catch up on the news around the elections, the arrests that happened at the coronation, and what's next for Brislington Meadows! We also find out all about the Bristol Postcode Wildlife Groups where you can share your observations of local wildlife, and the iNaturalist app where you can record them and share them with the world!
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/
Dougal's guide on using INaturalist: https://greaterbrislington.org/nature-recording-with-inaturalist/
Brislington Meadows: https://linktr.ee/savebrismeadows
 
The postcode groups: https://greaterbrislington.org/bristols-postcode-based-wildlife-and-hedgehog-groups/
 
A new campaign to encourage folk to go out and explore their local wildlife sites: https://greaterbrislington.org/explore-near-me-in-23/
Bristol Tree Forum: https://bristoltreeforum.org/The Trees of Bristol site which is more data rich: https://bristoltrees.space/Tree/https://greaterbrislington.org/trees-and-wildlife-in-your-local-park/https://bristoltrees.space/Tree/siteCategory/Allotments

We speak with Zoe from Sustrans all about active travel in Bristol and nationwide! What are the barriers that stop us walking and cycling more? Should new housing developments have off-road parking? Which is the best (and worst) nation in the UK for active travel?
 
As always, we also cover the environmental news locally, nationally, and internationally; recommend some books in our Culture Corner; and check out what environmental events are coming up!

We speak to Lizzie - an adventurer, activist and author and first woman to paddleboard solo across the English Channel! She tells us all about her endurance paddleboarding, and the Planet Patrol campaign to clean up our waterways using citizen science!
 
https://planetpatrol.co/