Climate Curious

• Climate Mixtape: Earth Day 2025

  Tuesday 22nd April saw us celebrating Earth Day 2025, and so in the spirit of #OurPlanetOurPower we spoke to a whole host of environmental experts and advocates at the TED2025 global conference in Vancouver. We wanted to hear what deserves optimism within the climate space. From water scientists to AI sustainability experts, we get the uplifting words from the field, on why when progress feels hopeless, we should stay positive, and keep up the good work!Created by TEDxLondonExecutive produced by Josie ColterProduced by Ben BeheshtyCurated by Deesha ChandraHosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben HurstCommunications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• How to ignite your Natural Connection

   Environmentalism isn't a one dimensional thing, says environmental justice technologist and author Joycelyn Longdon on the Climate Curious podcast. In conversation with co-host Ben Hurst, Joycelyn shares the thinking behind her new book, ‘Natural Connection’, and breaks down how anyone can step into their inner environmentalist by tapping into rage, imagination, innovation, theory, healing, and care. Tune in to learn why climate action isn’t about achieving a checklist of individualistic traits, and instead, maybe it's about being… you! Buy Joycelyn’s book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454481/natural-connection-by-longdon-joycelyn/9781529902662Watch Joycelyn’s TEDxLondon Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXiWON-LDUCreated by TEDxLondonExecutive produced by Josie ColterProduced by Ben BeheshtyCurated by Deesha ChandraHosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben HurstCommunications by Tara Cooper and Issey GladstonJoycelyn's reading listArmstrong, Karen. 2022. Sacred Nature: How We Can Recover Our Bond with the Natural World.Brown, Adrienne Maree. 2017. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change,Changing Worlds.Brown, Adrienne Maree. 2019. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good.Butler, Octavia E. 1993. Parable of the Sower.Care Collective, The. 2020. The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence.Jones, Lucy. 2020. Losing Eden: Our Fundamental Need for the Natural World and Its Ability to Heal Body and Soul.Kelley, Robin D. G. 2002. Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.Kimmerer, Robin Wall. 2013. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.Krawec, Patty. 2022. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future.Page, Cara and Woodland, Erica. 2023. Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety. Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi. 2018. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice.Powers, Richard. 2018. The Overstory.Sheldrake, Merlin. 2020. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures.Shiva, Vandana. 1993. Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology.Solnit, Rebecca. 2004. Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities.Solnit, Rebecca. 2023. Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility.Tori Tsui - It's Not just YouMikaela Loach - It's Not That RadicalLeah Thomas - The Intersectional Environmentalist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• How sea otters are protecting the world

  Sea otters are helping to capture carbon, says Alister Scott, the co-director of the Global Rewilding Alliance, on Climate Curious. By reintroducing sea otters back to their habitat in San Francisco, scientists have seen a growth in sea grass, which is a massive carbon sink. Tune in to learn more about this otterly wonderful natural climate solution – rewilding!Created by TEDxLondonExecutive produced by Josie ColterProduced by Ben BeheshtyCurated by Deesha ChandraHosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben HurstCommunications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Can the far-right stall climate progress?

  From conveniently hiding key climate science to flat out running misinformation campaigns, Climate Curious takes a look at the far right’s influence on climate. We’re joined by journalist and ‘Alt Reich’ author Dr. Nafeez Ahmed to connect the dots between techno-authoritarian power players, right wing politics, and attempts to stall climate action. Nafeez’s take? We shouldn't give up on climate progress.Created by TEDxLondonExecutive produced by Josie ColterProduced by Ben BeheshtyCurated by Deesha ChandraHosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben HurstCommunications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• What are sources and sinks?

  Sources and sinks aren’t bathroom fixtures, they’re our most powerful tools to turn up or dial down climate change, says Project Drawdown’s Executive Director, Jon Foley, on the Climate Curious podcast. The real solution starts with cutting the pollution at source, not trying to suck it up after the fact. As Jon puts it, “now is better than new”. Tune in to learn about his six main areas of focus that can help us reduce pollution and reverse climate change the fastest.Created by TEDxLondonExecutive produced by Josie ColterProduced by Ben BeheshtyCurated by Deesha ChandraHosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben HurstCommunications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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