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With more people experiencing poor mental health and the health service under severe pressure, community organisations across the UK are exploring new ways to help people heal – through green social prescribing. 
 
In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, we meet Janis Werrett, founder of Cynon Valley Organic Adventures in southern Wales, to learn how her project is enabling people of all ages to improve their wellbeing through nature. We hear from a GP, a researcher and a former volunteer at the project, and explore how the initiative works collaboratively with partner organisations to offer green social prescribing treatments. 
 
Listen to Returning To Our Trees now to learn about the incredible impact Janis’ work has had so far; and to discover how nature, community and getting our hands dirty could help us all to feel better. 
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Find out more about Janis’ project here: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/cynon-valley-organic-adventures  Learn about Green Health Wales here: https://greenhealthwales.co.uk/  Read about the Accelerate programme that Andrew worked on at Cardiff University: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/research/clinical-innovation/accelerate  Read more of Andrew’s research on green social prescribing: https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutputs/making-well-green-social-prescribing-for-mental-health-and-wellbeing(c6d0820d-1c5c-4ca7-8e4a-f5300a51f9a8).html Find out about the project that Mike now works for: https://www.down-to-zero.co.uk/  Discover more projects on Carbon Copy that help to improve health and wellbeing: https://carboncopy.eco/impact/wellbeing Discover more project on Carbon Copy that are helping to protect nature: https://carboncopy.eco/action-area/nature Learn more about Mental Health Awareness Week: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week  


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Whether your concern is the environment, health or road safety; the severe congestion that plagues the streets around UK primary schools is something we could all do without.  
 
In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, released during National Walking Month, we meet James Lucas, a devoted father and keen cyclist from Wymondham in South Norfolk, who has worked with others at his children’s school to implement a School Street initiative – closing the road outside the school to most motorised vehicles twice a day during term time. We also hear from Cara Fahy, Headteacher at Robert Kett Primary School, Jeremy Wiggin of Norfolk County Council and David Burt from Sustrans to learn more about the successes and challenges of implementing a School Street. 
 
Listen now to Taking To The Street, to hear how this collaborative initiative is benefitting the lives of children, parents and the wider school community. 
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Show Notes
To find out more about Sustrans School Streets, check out the story page on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/sustrans-school-streets Learn more about what Sustrans do: https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ Learn more about climate action in South Norfolk: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action/south-norfolk  Find more tips and information about active travel on Carbon Copy’s community page, here: https://carboncopy.eco/community/walk-and-cycle  Read about what Norfolk County Council is doing to address climate change: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/climate 
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The Carbon Copy Podcast shares stories to move, motivate and inspire more big-thinking local action across the UK. We’ve covered a lot of ground with the first three episodes of the season. From the front line of the climate crisis on the Norfolk coast, to citizens across the UK fighting to protect nature, to dedicated businesses, community organisations and individuals in Sleaford tackling plastic waste. 
 
In this short trailer, we take a look at what is coming up over the next few weeks on the pod. 

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Plastic is versatile, cheap and long-lasting. It’s also the cause of an environmental crisis the world over. Plastic waste is polluting our rivers and seas, leaching into soils and creating hazards for people and wildlife alike. It’s a problem that needs addressing globally, and right here in the UK. 
 
In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, released ahead of this year’s “Planet Vs Plastics” themed Earth Day, we meet people working at a local level with their communities to tackle unnecessary single-use plastics. We hear from Roberta, who leads Plastic Free Sleaford, about the steps she and others in her town are taking to address this issue. We also learn about the bigger picture from Surfers Against Sewage’s Senior Communities Manager, who helps people in places around the UK take action where they live. 
 
Listen to Bottle By Bottle now, to learn how small changes are creating big impact – in Sleaford and across the country. 
 
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Discover more about Plastic Free Communities here: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/plastic-free-communities Learn about other things you can do to reduce reliance on single-use plastic: https://carboncopy.eco/community/use-less-plastic Find out more about Surfers Against Sewage: https://www.sas.org.uk/  Find out more about Plastic Free Sleaford: https://www.plasticfreesleaford.co.uk/ Learn about the history of plastic here (referenced in the episode): https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/chemistry/age-plastic-parkesine-pollution  Find out more about The Hub in Sleaford: https://hub-sleaford.org.uk/  Find out more about The Happy Crafters Craft Shop: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554963646711 and Kinder Soaps: https://www.facebook.com/kindersoapsgb  
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Nature connects us all, so its decline and destruction should be a concern for us all. In 2023 WWF, RSPB and National Trust published the People’s Plan for Nature, a document written in collaboration with a citizen’s assembly of 103 members representative of the British public, and with input from thousands more people across the UK. 
In this episode, released almost exactly a year after the People’s Plan for Nature was published, we speak to WWF’s Head of Community Engagement Campaigns, Kat Machin, about the thinking behind this unique collaboration, and meet five members of The People’s Assembly for Nature, as they are known, to hear how participating has impacted them and their lives.  
Listen to Bigger Than All Of Us to discover how nature, and a desire to protect the natural environment here in the UK, has brought our guests together and created bonds that will last a lifetime. 
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Find out more about actions you can take locally to support nature and wildlife, check out ideas via Carbon Copy here: https://carboncopy.eco/community Explore initiatives shared with Carbon Copy that relate to protecting and restoring nature: https://carboncopy.eco/action-area/nature Learn more about what the People’s Assembly members did, and how this led to the published plan: https://peoplesplanfornature.org/peoples-assembly-nature Find out more about the coverage of the plan, and events that have taken place since the it was published: https://peoplesplanfornature.org/news  Read about the Innovation Festival that Peter participated in: https://www.water.org.uk/news-views-publications/views/innovation-festival-2023-huge-success Learn about The Big One, the event that Rebecca spoke at: https://extinctionrebellion.uk/the-big-one/   

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In late 2023, Kevin Jordan’s dream retirement home by the sea was demolished by the local council. Bought only 14-years prior, it was deemed unsafe and at risk from coastal erosion. 
 
In this, the first episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast series 3, we explore the link between Kevin’s story and the dangerous human-made heating of our planet.  
 
Join Host Isabelle Sparrow, Save Hemsby Coastline campaigners Kevin and Simon, and Professor Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading’s Centre for Atmospheric Science to see why things need to change, quickly, and what could happen if we continue to cross the lines in the sand. 
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Show Notes
Download your local warming stripes, search for your area via the map or use the dropdown on this page: https://carboncopy.eco/local-climate-action 
 
Find out more about national and international warming stripes: https://showyourstripes.info/  
 
Find out more about Simon and Kevin’s campaign: https://savehemsbycoastline.org.uk/ 
 
Read Save Hemsby Coastline’s letter to 10 Downing Street: https://savehemsbycoastline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Petition-covering-letter.pdf 
 
Find out more about coastal protection campaigns in East Anglia: https://www.coasteast.org.uk/ 

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