For What It's Earth

17/08/2022

Ep. 83: Forget Me Not with author Sophie Pavelle Nature!

“The culture in which we have talked about climate change and conservation has been slightly doomy and gloomy… But your brain is so much more receptive to all kinds of information when you’re in a better state of mind.”

The wonderful science communicator Sophie Pavelle chats all things Forget Me Not (her utterly superb debut book) and the role of JOY in combating the climate crisis.

✨ Search For What It’s Earth on your podcast platform or click the links below to listen. ✨

Apple: apple.co/3JZApmm
Spotify: spoti.fi/3c2K0fO

Then hip hop scotch on over to your local book shop to pick up a copy of Forget Me Not, if you’ve not done so already. It’s an important topic but its also a brilliantly FUN nature read. Devour it, I implore you.

03/08/2022

Ep 82: Nature connectedness (and psilocybin 🍄 and beavers 🦫) with !

We have ways to solve the climate crisis, but dwindling nature connectedness holds us back. Oof, this is a FASCINATING one.

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24/07/2022

🎧 It’s ! And we’re popping an extra episode in your feed today to celebrate. On world bog day, we bow down to the awesomeness of this underrated habitat, which is fantastic at quietly getting on with an immense amount of carbon sequestration as well as supporting its own army of specialist plants and animals.

About a year and a half ago we recorded an episode on bogs, so it feels like the perfect time to resurface it and for you to find out exactly why we think bogs are super cool. So, if you missed it before, head over to your podcast platform for For What It’s Earth, on BOGS!

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14/07/2022

🏃‍♂️⚽️Sorry runners, F1 fans, and lovers, we forgot to tweet about the fact that we made a podcast on !

Catch up on 'Can we make sports more ?' now👇

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Google https://bit.ly/3yFKiSm

12/07/2022

❄️🐧New podcast (or, at least, one that we forgot to post about on Facebook when it came out...) We're looking at Antarctica!

Can we protect it, or survive without it? Joined by fellow podcaster Ryan Dalton from Into The Wild Podcast for this ep, so you can expect a touch of nonsense as well as the usual eco and programming.

Apple https://apple.co/3nugJNb
Spotify https://spoti.fi/3OSafTO

18/05/2022

🌊 🌱 New episode: Save the seagrass, save ourselves?

Take a dive with us into one of the most exciting marine habitats on the planet - and it's often found just a few splashes away from the coast. Seagrass is thought to capture carbon 35 TIMES faster than tropical rainforests, yet it covers less than 1% of the seafloor and we're losing it globally, rapidly.

They're also vital habitats for marine life and provide more ecosystem services than we can count (almost). But, In the UK, we've lost more than 90% of our seagrass habitat. What can we do about that, you ask? Listen to find out!

Search For What It's Earth on your podcast platform or click below to listen:
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Apple https://apple.co/37HKllQ

We're also chatting about the great work that Project Seagrass and LIFE Recreation Remedies are doing to restore our seagrass meadows.

Image: Benjamin L. Jones

13/04/2022

🎧 New episode: Bats! 🦇 (PLUS Lloyd pops back in from paternity leave!)

Far more than mysterious nighttime creatures of folklore, we dig into why macro bats and micro bats (like this brown long-eared bat here) are fascinating AND important, and what can be done to stop the loss of them from our countryside in the UK.

Also, swipe to see the bat-pollinated flower that Emma mentions in the episode!

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11/04/2022

💚 This week For What It’s Earth hit 100,000 downloads!!

So, anyone who has listened, who has connected with us, who has smirked at our awful puns and who has shared their ‘One good thing for the planet’ with us…

✨THANK YOU!✨

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I really wasn’t sure what to expect when we set this up and published our first episode (on bees). It’s become a space for joy, for learning, for better understanding the world around us and human impact on it, for finding tools to become more planet-positive and for celebrating individual sustainability journeys, no matter at which point they start.

Above all, it (and you awesome souls) give us hope. So today’s allotment sweater might look a little familiar!

30/03/2022

🎧 New episode: Saving Fish and Top Pond Tips, With Wildlife Cameraman Jack Perks Wildlife Media! 🐟

This week Emma takes a dive into something she knows very little about; why fish in the UK are friends, the threats they're under, the fascinating projects working to restore their populations, and why we should all love a lamprey (…nope).

Joining her to head upstream is wildlife cameraman, author, and podcaster (and almost one of the dullest men in Britain...), Jack Perks. Plus, plenty of fantastic advice for anyone keen to put a pond in their garden to support wildlife. 🐸

Apple podcasts: https://apple.co/3wLvn8D
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3wTxJCx

09/03/2022

🎬 Award-winning conservation filmmaker Nina Constable Media is on the podcast this week, chatting all things fish passes with Unlocking the Severn, filmmaking and starting a family!

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Apple: apple.co/3vRUXIG
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16/02/2022

🎧 “The future is still up for grabs.” 🌊

We’re super excited to bring you this episode! Today Emma is joined by brilliant marine biologist, lecturer and science communicator Dr Steve Simpson, who we both studied with during our undergraduate degrees at University of Exeter, to chat about coral reefs, climate change, eco grief and hope!

You might have seen him on BBC’s Blue Planet II, but we still think this is probably one of his scicomm career highlights….

👇Listen now👇

Apple: apple.co/3sIwYZ6
Spotify: spoti.fi/3gMmCSs

02/02/2022

🎧 New episode: 🌱 Botanist and author Leif Bersweden on all things plants and climate change!

How is climate change impacting plant communities? Are there any winners among the losers? Why are plants just as cool as (if not, cooler) than animals? And how does a broken car actually HELP when you're writing a book?

Emma is joined this week by Leif Bersweden , who has just announced that he's got another book due out in 2022; Where The Wildflowers Grow!

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Apple: apple.co/3geY18L
Spotify: spoti.fi/3HoCztB

19/01/2022

🎧 New episode: Rewilding and Reptiles, with Harvey Tweats from Celtic Reptile & Amphibian

We’re digging into the state of nature in the UK and how the concept of rewilding - restoring land to allow nature to recover and for biodiversity to flourish - could be the key to combating the climate and ecological crisis.

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In the hot seat this week and bringing a wealth of knowledge with him, is Harvey Tweats, an ecologist passionate about rewilding and one of the founders of Celtic Reptile and Amphibian , a captive breeding program looking to support the reintroduction of species to the UK landscape.

05/01/2022

🎧✨ Conservation in Africa! 🐘🐆 In the first episode of 2022, Emma has travels south (virtually) to find out what it's really like to live in the African bush and work as a conservationist protecting and restoring areas of land in protected national parks.

What does 'rewilding' look like in Malawi? What is the issue with neocolonialism in conservation? How does the conservation sector differ in the UK from Africa? Rosie has spent the last 10 years as a bush guide and conservationist, specialising in tracking and monitoring predator populations. Plus, she's just published her first book 'Girl of the Wild'!

👇 Listen (and subscribe) to For What It's Earth today 👇

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(Images: Matthew Moon)

30/12/2021

💚 😍 Oof, we’ve had some wonderful people on For What It’s Earth podcast this year!

Before we kick off 2022 with some other incredible conversations, make sure you’ve caught up with the voices and the stories behind these beautiful faces in their episodes:

Joe Middleton: Ep 57, TREES! With The Woodland Trust
Juliet Davenport: Ep 55, Renewable Energy with Good Energy
Chris Jones: Ep 53, Beaver Project with Beaver Trust
Tom Carroll: Ep 46, Saving coral reefs on TikTok
Tom Morath: Ep 68, Birds of Prey with Hawk Conservancy Trust
James Thirwall: Ep 54, Tea with Animall Tea
Kenneth and Holly: Ep 60, Green Pensions with Make My Money Matter
Eva Orner: Ep 66, ‘Burning’ Documentary and Climate Change in Australia
Ryan Dalton: Ep 51, Sustainable Pets

Listen to For What It's Earth now on 👇

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✨ Google: https://bit.ly/3yVUowE

22/12/2021

🦅 New episode! Birds of Prey 🎧

We dig into the conservation of our avian friends with the wonderful Tom Morath from Hawk Conservancy Trust!

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17/12/2021

🚗 Driving home for Christmas soon? 🎄 We've got nearly 70 episodes of For What It's Earth Podcast now ready to keep you company! Whether you want to hear us explore sustainable Christmas suggestions or dive into the world of bogs, carbon capture, crypto currency, insect decline, trees, noise pollution, or even badgers and beavers... There's sure to be SOMETHING to tickle your fancy.

Oh, and can we ask a favour? We're making plans for 2022 so please comment or DM us with your fave episode so far, or let us know what you want us to chat about next. Thank you! 💚

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/for-what-its-earth/id1453678957?fbclid=IwAR2XHM1Py5mzXfW2NBxxLtRqIwjNJVPWvDYWoB42DE48Am-3EEcFS4HkL6M&mt=2
🚗 Driving home for Christmas soon? 🎄 We've got nearly 70 episodes of For What It's Earth Podcast now ready to keep you company! Whether you want to hear us explore sustainable Christmas suggestions or dive into the world of bogs, carbon capture, cryptocurrency, insect decline, trees, noise pollution, or even badgers and beavers... There's sure to be SOMETHING to tickle your fancy.

‎Science · 2021

09/12/2021

🎄 Keen to be transported back to a festive time pre-pandemic and pre-cheeseandwinegate? This week's pod is for you.

♻️ We're RECYCLING, if you will, our 'Ho ho how to be at !' episode from 2019:

Apple https://apple.co/3rQlmEO
Spotify https://spoti.fi/3GnD1HC

03/12/2021

The only logical conclusion here, is that Shell listened to our episode on the proposed Cambo oilfield.... right?

This is an exciting, huge blow for the project! And, more than likely partly due to the heavy campaigning from the environmental movement against the project and pressure mounting on Shell, resulting in them probably needing a 'good' PR move. The development of this North Sea oilfield is by no means over, but this is a big step in that direction.

Catch our episode here, if you haven't already:

Apple podcasts: https://apple.co/3civXiv
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3wVHXjF
Google: https://bit.ly/3wT3hpX

Stop Cambo

Green campaigners welcome oil giant’s decision not to go ahead with controversial project off Shetland

02/12/2021

🔥 New podcast episode: BURNING! Understanding Australia's Black Summer bushfires and the climate crisis with Emmy and Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Eva Orner!

Listen now:

Apple https://apple.co/3DiH06H
Spotify https://spoti.fi/31pR3cx

28/11/2021

📚 Calling all nature bookworms! Have you got a favourite? This Christmas we're running a secret Santa-style book swap for For What It's Earth listeners, and you've still got time to get involved!

How does it work?

1️⃣ Sign up for free (chttps://www.elfster.com/gift-exchanges/338ccc7b-157d-4da1-9116-fcfa3b097feb/?join=mzm4).
2️⃣ You'll be randomly assigned another participant on December 15th.
3️⃣ Choose a book! The theme is nature, climate change or environment. This could be one you have already on your bookshelf, or a second hand one from a charity shop, or you could support your local independent book store.
4️⃣ Wrap it up and pop it in the post to your gift-ee to enjoy.
5️⃣ Unwrap and enjoy your own book when it arrives!

Rumour has it, it's the book swap of the century... SEE YOU THERE!

Sign up here:
https://www.elfster.com/gift-exchanges/338ccc7b-157d-4da1-9116-fcfa3b097feb/?join=mzm4

18/11/2021

🎄 Want to do something nice for another nature/wildlife/environment lover? Join our Christmas nature book exchange! ✨

Sign up for our secret Santa-style swap and share your favourite green tomes and pieces of writing with other For What It's Earth listeners.

Where possible, books should be purchased from an independent book store, be bought second-hand from a charity shop, or even be from your own bookshelf!

You'll give a book and receive a book. Names will be drawn on 15th December. They must be sent out to arrive before Christmas so that we can all curl up and enjoy our newest bookshelf additions over the holiday period.

👇 For full details and to sign up to the book swap of the century... (?), click the link below 👇

https://www.elfster.com/gift-exchanges/338ccc7b-157d-4da1-9116-fcfa3b097feb/?join=mzm4

17/11/2021

🚨 Cambo: drilling for oil, gas, and cheesy bottom sponges. 🧽

What’s up with Shell and Siccar Point Energy’s proposal to start construction on a new oil field off the coast of Scotland? What could that spell for the marine environment and for 1.5 degrees? And what even is a cheesy bottom sponge?

🎧 Download today’s For What It’s Earth podcast episode for our hot take.

Apple podcasts: https://apple.co/3civXiv
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3wVHXjF
Google: https://bit.ly/3wT3hpX

👉 More info from the campaign and a template for emailing your MP at Stop Cambo. Friends of the Earth has an open letter to the government that you can add your signature to.

Since recording, Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has now come out and called for this oil field NOT to get the green light it needs.

31/10/2021

🎃WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR PUMPKIN TOMORROW?

In the UK we throw away enough on to make a bowl of soup for EVERYONE in the country. Sending these perfectly nutritious and delicious gourds to landfill contributes to a huge amount of methane (a powerful greenhouse gas) being released as they all break down.

Here are some planet-positive things you can do instead 👆

Note: Any parts of your pumpkin left outside should be removed as soon as they start to go mouldy, to prevent wildlife picking up any diseases or health problems. At that point pop in your compost or food waste bin!

All this and more, YES, MORE ideas for an eco friendly Halloween on the podcast.

Listen to For What It's Earth now on your favourite podcast platform, don't forget to share and subscribe!

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27/10/2021

🎃 Bobbing for Truth: Halloween‘s Environmental Footprint 🎧

PUMPKINS! Costumes! Party decorations! Trick or treating snacks! One of the scariest things about All Hallow's Eve is how wasteful the haunting holiday is, so we're diving into some of the classic components of Halloween to try and make them a bit kinder to the planet.

Listen to For What It's Earth now on your favourite podcast platform, don't forget to share and subscribe!

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26/10/2021

🦇🎃 Any guesses what tomorrow’s episode topic might be? Sound on!

“Bobbing for Truth: Halloween’s Environmental Impact (and How to Minimise It)” is out tomorrow on your fave podcast platforms.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5thkDtJaIwdQS7Xac7F7RB?si=WpvZ1MQiQru-iW5pkC4-lA

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/for-what-its-earth/id1453678957

13/10/2021

💡 New Episode: Light Pollution! 🔦 What’s up with bulbs, brightness and blinding nature?

We’re turning or attention today to a kind of pollution that you can’t just pick up and pop in the bin. Light pollution can occur in many forms and can, of course, have a great many impacts on all that it touches - including our plant and animal chums.

Join us to find out how our artificial illuminations are impacting moths, bats and trees, why we’re second-guessing switching street lights to energy-efficient LEDs, and why residents in California once freaked out when they saw the Milky Way.

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30/09/2021

🎧 Today is so even though I’m on holiday, I’m going to shamelessly promote our podcast!

Wherever you are in the world, pop a little For What It’s Earth in your ears to learn a little about a huge range of environment and sustainability topics - recently we’ve done episodes on soil, cryptocurrency, home renovation, green pensions and carbon capture - and find ways that you can help make a difference.

✨ Search For What It’s Earth Podcast in your podcast platform or click the links below to listen.

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Have you got a favourite episode? Or a topic you’d like us to cover? Let us know in the commmets!

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16/09/2021

📢 Tonight at 7pm we’re going LIVE with Lizzie from Marine Conservation Society! 🐳

Join Emma and Lizzie on our Instagram for a chat about the - a week of litter picking action and pollution data gathering which starts this weekend and which Lizzie masterminds each year!

🌊 We’ll be finding out what pollutants we’re seeing most along our coastlines, how this brilliant survey helps to make actual policies change, and what the weirdest items that Lizzie has ever found by the sea are.

Have you got questions for Lizzie? Drop them in the comments, send us a message or get involved in the video comments LIVE.

🎬 See you at 7pm tonight! 🎥

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