Transition Islands Podcast: Ideas for a Regenerative Future
Release Date: 05/14/2020
Green Growth Policy: lessons from South Korea with Eun Joo Yi from World Bank
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Eun Joo Yi, World Bank manager of the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) share with us the reasons for taking a stand on sustainable development, the importance of developing new engines of growth, stakeholder engagement, partnership with the private sector and having a national vision. We talk about specific technological innovations such as smart-grid, fuel cells vehicle-to-car technologies and get inspired about turning problems into opportunities.
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Energy Transition with Alan Bates, CEO Guernsey Electricity
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Episode Seven of the Transition Islands podcast explores the need to accelerate transition to sustainable energy systems, achieving net-zero, smart grid, failing fast and cheap. Alan Bates, Chief Executive of Guernsey Electricity, leaves us with the key message that there is no "Doing Nothing" scenario.
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Let's Talk About Food with India Hamilton
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Episode Six of the Transition Islands podcast explores the complexity behind food systems and attempts to define regenerative agriculture with chef and social entrepreneur India Hamilton. We explore the embeddedness of food systems in communities, the distinction between local and localism and get inspired about the story of the Jersey Sustainable Co-Operative. We are moved to action to learn more about where our food comes and to play a role in creating a vision of food resilience for our own communities.
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Entrepreneurial State and Risk-Taking with Martyn Dorey
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Episode Five of the Transition Islands podcast explores the role of the State in enabling innovation, unpicks issues with modelling and highlights risk-taking as essential to #BuildBackBetter.
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Food Waste and Activism with Elis Joudalova
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Up to a third(1) of all food produced is wasted in the process of food growth, harvest, supply chain, binning by supermarkets and household waste. If only a fraction of this "wasted" food was salvaged it would be enough to eliminate hunger and malnutrition.
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Green Recovery and Green Growth with Estelle Levin-Nally
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Episode Two of Transition Islands podcast explores the opportunity to embrace sustainability in Covid-19 economic recovery plans with Estelle Levin-Nally, Jon Buckland and Sasha Kazantseva-Miller.
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Partnership for Recovery with John Hollis
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Episode three of Transition Islands podcast explores the need for urgency, importance of design and partnership approach for Covid-19 recovery packages.
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Transition Islands Podcast: Ideas for a Regenerative Future
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Episode 1 explores the motivation and purpose behind the launch of Transition Islands podcast in conversation with co-hosts Sasha Kazantseva-Miller and Jon Buckland.
info_outlineWelcome to the first episode of the new Transition Islands podcast, broadcasting from Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
Learn about the reason for launching the podcast as part of the wider Transition Islands initiative.
In conversation with co-hosts Sasha Kazantseva-Miller and Jon Buckland, they explore:
- the need and opportunity for transition to cleaner, regenerative and equitable economies
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- importance of collaboration and partnership for transition
- inspiration from the Transition Towns movement
- and much more!
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