Carbon Copy Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, we revisit conversations recorded during the Running Out of Time relay focused on council-led climate action. We meet Isaac Beevor, Partnerships Director at Climate Emergency UK; Chis Common, Carbon Neutral Policy Manager at Nottingham City Council; Cllr Scott Arthur of Edinburgh City Council; Kristina Downey, Principal Climate Change Strategy Advisor at Portsmouth City Council; and Jacob Heitland, Director of Climate Action at Newham Council to discuss the different approaches, successes and challenges of council-led climate action. 

Listen, to learn: 

• How councils have responded to the scores they were awarded by Climate Emergency UK. 
• How huge ambition is playing an important role in moving Nottingham towards net-zero. 
• About innovative new public transport developments in Edinburgh. 
• How Shore Power is helping to reduce the climate impact of Portsmouth port. 
• How Newham Council is working closely with communities to ensure climate action plans are inclusive and respond to specific local needs.  

Show Notes 

• Search Carbon Copy to find out more about climate action where you live: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action  
• Read more about Climate Emergency UK in this blog on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/blog/friends-of-carbon-copy-climate-emergency-uk 
• Read this blog about the Climate Action Scorecards from Climate Emergency UK team member, Don Von Rohland: https://carboncopy.eco/blog/don-von-rohland-climate-action-scorecards 
• Find out about volunteering with Climate Emergency UK to help create the next round of scorecards: https://climateemergency.uk/help-us-create-the-next-scorecards/ 
• Find out about climate action and plans in Nottingham: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/nottingham 
• Find out about climate action and plans in Edinburgh: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/city-of-edinburgh 
• Find out about climate action and plans in Portsmouth: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/portsmouth 
• Learn about Shore Power in Portsmouth: https://portsmouth-port.co.uk/news/portsmouth-international-port-sets-course-for-shore-power/ 
• Find out about climate action and plans in Newham: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/newham  
• Read about Newham Council’s Just Transition Plan: https://www.newham.gov.uk/council/just-transition-plan 
• Listen to previous episodes of the Carbon Copy Podcast: https://carboncopy.eco/podcast  

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This episode revisits nature-related conversations from across Britain, recorded during the Running Out of Time climate relay. We meet Paul Pulford of Grounded Ecotherapy, Bob Alston and Julieanne Levett of Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve, Ruth Needham of Trent Rivers Trust and Gil Martin of Belmont. 

Listen now, and: 

• Learn how Paul turned his life around, overcoming addiction struggles and becoming Head Gardener at the Southbank Centre. 
• Discover the amazing transformation that the Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve has brought to a former “cowp” in central Glasgow. 
• Find out how Trent Rivers Trust is helping more people locally connect with their waterways. 
• Hear how Gil and his team are rewilding the landscape at Belmont and why diversity is so important to everything they do. 

Show Notes 

• Subscribe to the Carbon Copy Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/copy-this 
• Discover more nature-based stories, on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives?search_term=&filter-local_area=&filter-action_area%5B%5D=1743 
• Learn more about different approaches to Rewilding: https://carboncopy.eco/community/rewild-land 
• Read about Grounded Ecotherapy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/grounded-ecotherapy 
• Read about The Claypits: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/the-claypits 
• Read about Trent Rivers Trust: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/trent-rivers-trust 
• Read about Watercress Farm at Belmont: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/watercress-farm-rewilding 
• Learn about the Nature Neighbourhoods programme: https://peoplesplanfornature.org/nature-neighbourhoods 
• Find out more about Running Out of Time 2024: https://carboncopy.eco/running-out-of-time-2024 

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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, the climate relay visits the world-famous Lord’s Cricket Ground, to mark Show Your Stripes Day as the baton headed through North London and then west to finish the day at Reading Climate Festival. We chat to Stuart Dunlop, Sustainability and Accessibility Manager at Lord’s, as well as Andrew Charlton-Perez, Professor of Meteorology at the University of Reading; before catching up with Carbon Copy trustees Heather and Ric as they completed their first leg. 

Also in this episode, a conversation with co-founder of The Green Runners, Nina Davies, and Harry Stow of England Athletics, about the exciting project they are collaborating on to bring sustainability to more athletics clubs around the country. 

Listen to learn more about the need for action now, from athletes, fans and sporting organisations alike. 

Show Notes  

• Find out more about what's happening across Hounslow for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/hounslow   
• Discover your local warming stripes: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action 
• Find out more about sustainability at Lord’s: https://www.lords.org/lords/match-day/plan-your-day/sustainability-at-lord-s 
• Learn more about Show Your Stripes Day and the climate stripes: https://showyourstripes.info/ 
• Learn more about the Run to 2030 event being organised by The Green Runners and England Athletics: https://www.englandathletics.org/news/running-greener-towards-2030/
• Learn more about England Athletics’ partnership with The Green Runners: https://www.englandathletics.org/news/update-on-our-greener-clubs-commitment/ 
• Sign up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/ 

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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, we join the relay as it makes its way through London. We reconnect with Ivo Gormley, founder and CEO of GoodGym, after he and a group of lively GoodGymmers have carried the baton all the way from Parliament Hill in North-West London, to the Southbank Centre in Southwark. We speak to Emma Nutland, Arts and Wellbeing Manager at the venue, and learn about the incredible rooftop garden there, which has been growing for over a decade thanks to the care and dedication of Paul Pulford and his project Grounded Ecotherapy. And we meet Paul himself who tells us a bit more about his journey from addiction struggles to star-gardener at the UK’s largest arts centre. 

Listen to learn more about the amazing impact that this urban-greening initiative is having on all those involved. 

Show Notes  

• Find out more about what’s happening across Westminster for climate and nature: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/westminster  
• Find out more about Find out more about what's happening across Southwark for climate and nature, here: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/southwark 
• Learn about Grounded Ecotherapy: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/creative-engagement/arts-wellbeing/grounded-ecotherapy 
• Learn more about GoodGym: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/goodgym 
• Hear our earlier chat with GoodGym founder and CEO, Ivo Gormley in our first Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time Special episode: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/root24-ben-nevis 
• Listen to an earlier episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, which focuses on the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time in nature: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/returning-to-our-trees  
• Sign up for a leg of the Running Out of Time relay: https://running-out-of-time.com/route 

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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, host Isabelle Sparrow travels to an event at the Sixfields Stadium, home of Northampton Town FC, for a special event involving young care leavers and school children from across Northamptonshire. We hear from members of the team at Northampton Children’s Trust, as well as some of the care leavers themselves; as well as finding out more about the work of the Northampton Town FC Community Trust. 

Listen now to hear why climate issues are so important to these young people and those who support them. 

- Rae Shaw, Northamptonshire Children’s Trust. 

Show Notes  

• Find out more about what's happening across Northampton for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/northampton 
• Find out more about Northamptonshire Children’s Trust: https://nctrust.co.uk/  
• Learn about Northampton Town FC Community Trust: https://www.ntfccommunity.co.uk/  
• Learn about Pledgeball, that Northampton Town FC is part of: https://pledgeball.org/ 
• Learn about Planet League, another initiative the football club is involved with: https://www.planetleague.co.uk/  
• Read about Northampton Road Runners: https://www.northamptonroadrunners.co.uk/  
• Sign-up for a leg of the Running Out of Time relay: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/  

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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, the baton has arrived in the West Midlands, visiting Streetly Academy in Sutton Coldfield, before heading into Coventry for a day of activities with children and young people. We meet Headteacher Bill Downie, Matt Clayton from Coventry City Council and hear more about the fantastic events of the day from relay crew members Rohan Date and Roisin McDonough. 

Listen to learn how one school achieves the “best-behaved 30 minutes of the week” and to discover who local politicians think ask the toughest questions! 

- Bill Downie, Streetly Academy 

- Matt Clayton, Child Friendly Cov 

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Show notes 

• Find out more about what's happening across Coventry for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/coventry    
• Learn about Streetly Academy, where the baton started its journey in this episode with the Streetly Mile: https://www.streetly.academy/ 
• Read more about Child Friendly Cov: https://www.childfriendlycov.co.uk/ 
• Read about the House Project in Coventry: https://warwickshire.thehouseproject.org/about-our-project 
• Read about last year’s Pupil Parliament, which took place at Warwick University: https://www.coventry.gov.uk/news/article/4720/child-friendly-cov-celebrates-first-pupil-parliament-event-with-university-of-warwick-and-eon 
• Sign-up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route   

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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time special, we follow the climate relay across the midlands, starting in Nottingham and ending up in the Staffordshire town of Tamworth. We meet Dr Sarah Maloy, founder of Shop Zero, a refill store in Nottingham city centre; Chris Common, who works in Nottingham City Council’s climate change team and Winter Paralympian Anna Turney, who works with charity SnowBuddies to help people with disabilities get involved with winter sports. 

Listen to this Nottingham & Tamworth-based episode to hear stories of ambition, inspiration and dedication. 

Dr Sarah Maloy, Shop Zero 

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Show Notes  

• Find out more about what's happening across Tamworth for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/tamworth 
• Find out more about what’s happening across Nottingham for climate and nature, here: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/nottingham 
• Read about Shop Zero on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/shop-zero-nottingham  
• Read about ways to reduce single use plastics where you live: https://carboncopy.eco/community/use-less-plastic  
• Learn about SnowBuddies: https://www.snowbuddiesuk.com/  
• Read about Anna’s participation in a campaign to prevent polluting companies sponsoring sports events: https://news.sky.com/story/winter-sports-are-nailing-lid-on-own-coffin-by-accepting-sponsorship-from-polluters-12821290 
• Find out more about Rushcliffe Spencer Academy’s Eco School of the year award: https://rushcliffespencer.org.uk/news/rushcliffe-spencer-academy-wins-eco-school-of-the-year-award/ 
• Sign up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/ 

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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time Special, Carbon Copy Podcast producer Brad chats to participants of the Trent Valley Way Relay – a one-day event taking place along the Trent Valley Way in the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. This mini relay within the wider climate relay was organised by the Trent Rivers Trust, and included a visit to the Stoke City FC stadium and to several historic sites related to Stoke’s famous pottery industry. 

Listen to chats with Ruth Needham from Trent Rivers Trust, Lis Gibbs who worked on the Trent Valley Way project, Craig Chorlton from Stoke City Community Trust, and Running Out of Time co-founder Dan Thompson. 

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Show Notes 

• Find out more about what's happening across Stoke-on-Trent for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/stoke-on-trent    
• Read more about Trent Rivers Trust: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/trent-rivers-trust 
• Read more about the Trent Valley Way: Trent Valley Way - Trent Rivers Trust
• Learn about Trent River Trust's work in Stoke-on-Trent: Stoke - Trent Rivers Trust
• Read about the Trent Valley Way Relay: https://www.trentriverstrust.org/relay-brings-free-fathers-day-fun-to-stoke-on-trent/  
• Read more about Stoke City FC’s work in the local community: https://www.stokecityfc.com/community 
• Sign up for a leg of the relay: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/  

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In this episode, to mark the incredible day of schools action that took place in Manchester on Friday 14th June, we chat to three guests all focused in some way on connecting education settings and young people with climate action. We hear from Manchester City Council Project Manager Rob Potter about the work of the Educational Climate Change team in schools across the city; we learn about the incredible work that climate charity Ashden is doing through its Let’s Go Zero programme, which is now active in around 3,000 schools across the UK; and chat to Michelle Parkes about Earth Cubs – the award-winning sustainability education organisation teaching young children about climate, nature and the environment at school. 

Listen now to hear these inspirational stories about climate action for the next generation. 

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Show Notes  

• Find out more about what's happening across Manchester for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/manchester   
• Read more about the work happening across the wider city-region of Greater Manchester around schools and climate: https://gmgreencity.com/projects-and-campaigns/schools/  
• Read more about Let’s Go Zero’s Climate Action Advisors project: https://letsgozero.org/climate-action-advisors/ 
• Read more about Earth Cubs on the Carbon Copy website: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/earth-cubs 
• Sign-up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/ 

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This episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast Running Out of Time Special we’re in Castleford, in the borough of Wakefield. We meet Adam Savage, Climate Change Project Manager at Wakefield Council, and Lorna Malkin, CEO of Castleford Heritage Trust, which owns Queen’s Mill, a fantastic heritage building and community hub in the town. 

Listen to hear more about the sustainability initiatives at the mill and across the borough of Wakefield. 

- Lorna Malkin, CEO Castleford Heritage Trust 

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Show Notes  

• Find out more about what's happening across Wakefield for climate and nature, here: www.carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/wakefield   
• Discover more local climate action stories on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives
• Find out about Queen’s Mill and Castleford Heritage Trust: https://www.castlefordheritagetrust.org.uk/ 
• Read about Adam’s refill store: https://www.growrefillstore.com/ 
• Learn about Wakefield Council’s regeneration projects: https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/regeneration 
• Sign up for a leg of Running Out of Time: https://running-out-of-time.com/route/ 

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