Can you be an activist and an environmental professional? How do we tackle eco-anxiety, especially for the next generation and is activism be something everyone can get involved in?

In today’s episode we’re exploring the role that activism plays in driving positive environmental and climate outcomes. Increasingly we’re seeing and hearing individuals and groups looking to drive faster action on slowing the speed at which our planet is warming. What are some of the unintended consequences of activism - and how can we support youth activists more effectively?

To explore this - and much more - we're joined by a 24-year-old climate activist and the founding Executive Director of Force of Nature - a youth non-profit mobilising mindsets for climate action - Clover Hogan.

Listen to Clover's TED talk - viewed over 2 million times - here https://www.ted.com/talks/clover_hogan_what_to_do_when_climate_change_feels_unstoppable?language=en

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Presented & Produced by Niki Roach

Executive Producer Andy Taylor

With thanks to Alastair Chisholm

Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland

We're exploring the topic of bioresources - sometimes called sewage sludge - and our interview is with Georgia Elliot-Smith, who's heading up 'Fighting Dirty' - a campaign to ensure environmental regulation around sewage sludge - last updated in 1989 in England and Wales - remains effective. Niki's co-host is the Director of Innovation & Delivery at CIWEM and supported the creation of the National Biosolids Strategy in 2023 - Paul Shaffer.

Find out what Fighting Dirty are aiming to change, how bioresources are currently managed in England and Wales and what our guests would make possible with the Planet Possible Magic Wand...

You can find more about the Fighting Dirty Campaign at https://fightingdirty.org/

This season of Planet Possible is supported by Atkins Réalis - https://www.atkinsrealis.com/

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Presented & Produced by Niki Roach

Executive Producer Andy Taylor

With thanks to Alastair Chisholm

Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland

The water that runs off our traffic-filled roads ends up in our rivers, but we know little about it, it's hardly monitored and improving the quality of that runoff is a huge task.

Join us for this special episode of Planet Possible in collaboration with Watershed Investigations as we dig into the realities of highway runoff . . We’re joined from the front line by Jo Bradley from Stormwater Shepherds as she carries out water quality testing and hear from both National Highways, who own the strategic road network and the Environment Agency, the environmental regulator in England.

We explore how we manage these flows and what the future looks like - and of course we’ll offer our guests the Planet Possible magic wand too.

Post-interview clarification on behalf of National Highways:

”National Highways developed its water runoff risk assessment tool in partnership with the Environment Agency, and it was agreed it was fit for purpose. Similarly, on the M6 J21A-26, seven Vortex Separation Chambers have been installed as part of upgrade work to keep pollutants in check. Along with drainage, these devices use hydrodynamic separation to capture and retain insoluble particles such as silt, hydrocarbons and debris from the surface water systems.”

Our 2024 season is supported by Atkins Réalis

Credits

Presented & Produced by Niki Roach

Executive Producer Andy Taylor

With thanks to Alastair Chisholm

Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland