Mary Creagh's Podcast: Emergency on Planet Earth Mary Creagh MP
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Join Mary Creagh MP as she explores the threats facing our treasured natural spaces and iconic species. In each episode, Mary gives an MP's perspective on environmental issues, and a glimpse inside the word of Parliament's Environmental Audit Select Committee, which she chairs.
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Alien invaders
There is an alien invasion and it is costing us billions. Mary discovers the weird, wonderful and worrying world of invasive species and what we need to do to improve biosecurity.
For more on the invasive species inquiry follow this link: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/invasive-species-17-19/ -
Our Planet, Our Health
Everything we do to the planet we do to ourselves. In this episode Mary has been exploring planetary health and why the planet’s health is important for our own health.
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Toxic Chemicals: What's in your sofa?
Chemicals are in everything, from our sofas and pans to our medicines and makeup. But how do we know that the chemicals used are safe? In this episode Mary learns from campaigners, academics and retailers about the risks of toxic chemicals in our everyday lives and what needs to change to keep us safe.
For more on our toxic chemicals inquiry: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/toxic-chemicals-in-everyday-life-17-19/
Music from filmmusic.io:
"Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Fixing Fashion
Our fashion system is broken. Mary speaks to leading experts about the all too often ignored social and environmental price tag that comes with the clothes we love.
For more on the fashion inquiry: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environmental-audit-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/sustainability-of-the-fashion-industry-17-19/
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -
'We live in the climate change' - The Arctic (part 2)
Living with climate change, melting glaciers, freezing plastic, northern lights & the global seed vault - Mary visits the Arctic!
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The Arctic (part 1)
Arctic ice is melting faster than we thought. Mary talks to 3 UK experts about what this means for the Arctic’s 4 million inhabitants – and our weather!
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.. living on a slightly different planet to the rest of us.