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Planet & The People

Nov 16, 2020

In the absence of this years COP 26 (the annual Conference of Parties, where world leaders meet to discuss climate goals), a collection of young people from all over the world have decided to set up their own online conference this November 2020 to explore the range of issues and potential policies around Climate...


Jun 2, 2020

Is Economic growth the enemy of our planet or is it just how we  grow? Can we build an economy that helps us prosper while also protecting our environment? What kind of world will we build in the aftermath of the Covid19 Pandemic?

In the final episode of series 1, Tom talks to Climate Change Economist, Dimitri Zenghelis...


May 25, 2020

Tom visits a Hemp farm in Co Monaghan in Ireland and talks to Farmer Marcus McCabe & Hill sheep farmer and Land Tenure Specialist Bridget Murphy all about the wonderful potentials of Hemp. From a Carbon negative building material, to a fossil fuel substitute, to a health food that can suck in more carbon dioxide than...


May 18, 2020

Who are Greenpeace, what do they stand for, and what role can we play in preventing deforestation?

Tom talks to Greenpeace's Forest Campaigner Chiara Vitali about the planet, about the Amazon, about Greenpeace and about chickens, with the occasional reference to a supermarket elf. 

Chiara tells Tom about two reports...


May 11, 2020

How to restore forests and plant trees with a simple online search. Tom chats to Hannah Wickes, the CMO at Ecosia, the tree planting search engine. He finds out all about how they are shrinking deserts, restoring water cycles and rebuilding wildlife habitats with their extensive reforestation projects, all funded by the...