Climate Curious TEDxLondon
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Are you Climate Curious? If you care about the world, but find the current conversation about climate change confusing, scary or boring – then this might be the podcast for you. Join TEDxLondon and co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst as we lift the lid on the climate emergency by speaking to the world’s leading and most relatable climate pioneers. Find out why cities are key to the climate fight, why we need to tackle systemic problems (and not just plastic straws), and why we’re all a bit crap at sustainability.
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Climate Quickie: Why we need more good news climate stories
Whether or not you believe that the world is on track for imminent doom might depend on where you get your news, says Angus Hervey, founder of Fix The News on TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious. He delivers good news for humanity that the media cycle missed last year, from advances in clean energy technologies to declining rates of carbon emissions. Recorded live at TED 2024.
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Climate Quickie: Why happiness is key to climate action
What if the answer to climate action wasn’t guilt, shame and doom, what if it was joy and happiness? We’re joined by the psychology professor who invented feng shui for your fridge and coined the term behavioural sustainability, Dr. Jiaying Zhao, to tell us more. Recorded live at TED 2024.
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Climate Quickie: Why NATURE is 2024’s biggest breakout popstar
Welcome to planet pop: NATURE is now a fully-fledged recording artist! Sounds Right has launched a creative music initiative featuring ocean waves, wind, rainstorms and birdsong, to raise money for nature-based solutions, in partnership with pop stars such as Ellie Goulding, Brian Eno and London Grammar. Climate Curious speaks to global programme director Gabriel Smales to learn more about these banging eco beats.
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Climate Quickie: Why we’re all climate correspondents
How is climate covered on network news? Climate Curious speaks to the world’s Chief Climate Correspondent, Bill Weir, to understand why representing diverse climate stories across mainstream media is important. Tune in to hear his unusual journey into climate action (it started with letter writing), and why he believes climate stories need to be part of our everyday existence.
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"If Not Us Then Who?” Why we need ancestral wisdom in all climate decision making
We need Indigenous, ancestral wisdom in all climate decision making, says filmmaker and founder of “If Not Us Then Who”, Paul Redman. Diversifying climate storytelling and creators has been Paul’s mission since growing up in Apartheid South Africa and this start in investigative documentary filmmaking in his 20s. Since then, he’s collaborated on building a movement for more resources for Indigenous Peoples in film. In conversation with Climate Curious at Climate Week NYC at the Our Village event, Paul shares why belonging, community and caring for your neighbours should be at the forefront of everyone’s climate action!
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Climate Mixtape: 2024 Earth Day joy
Happy Earth Day! This year, we’re celebrating joy. We speak to our Climate Curious experts about moments of joy that keep them going. Recorded live at TED 2024 in Vancouver, on the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) nations.
Customer Reviews
One of the Best Climate Podcasts I’ve Come Across
Climate influence, and *action* is something we all need to better understand and get involved with - whether as adviceates or corporate or political leaders. Why did it take me this long to discover this podcast? I am amazed. Over their several seasons, the hosts have interviewed some incredible people - many now, a few years later, being featured on ever more podcasts. The folks at TEDxLondon / Climate Curious have identified amazing guests, and have had well-informed discussions with them all (whether longer episodes or the quick versions). As someone very focused on the podcast medium and what sorts of storytelling can really have an impact - and especially influence more folks with even niche platforms to act more boldly - this is at the top of my recommended list.
Wonderful Dialogue
Just attended the first live recording and it was Absolutely amazing! Engaging youth leaders and presenting grassroots views is absolutely wonderful! Highly recommend!
Great hosts & guests - such an important topic
A great addition to my weekly podcasts! Really well produced, such an important topic, easy to understand and I really liked the format. I look forward to the guests you have lined up!