Plastic, specifically single-use plastic, is ubiquitous in all of our lives. Food, beauty products, household items – nearly all come with in plastic bag, container or even both. In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, host Isabelle Sparrow is joined by Daniel Webb, founded and CEO of Everyday Plastic, to discuss how we can collectively reduce the 1.7 billion pieces of plastic thrown away in the UK every week. We learn about plastic-busting campaigns led by City to Sea (the organisation behind Refill), from CEO Natalie Fée, and about the challenges and of starting a plastic-free beauty brand from KinKind founder Victoria Coe.

Listen now and hear:

• About the Big Plastic Count, the biennial citizen science project to determine the current situation with plastic waste in the UK.
• The story of City to Sea – how witnessing plastic pollution in her home city led Natalie to start her amazing organisation.
• About the opportunity for retailers and big brands to lead the way in reducing plastic.

Full transcript available at: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/use-less-plastic

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Show notes

• Find out more about using less plastic: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction/use-less-plastic
• Explore all 25 Big Local Actions: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction
• Listen back to previous episodes and series of the Carbon Copy Podcast: https://carboncopy.eco/podcast
• Find out about Everyday Plastic: https://www.everydayplastic.org/
• Learn about the Big Plastic Count: https://thebigplasticcount.com/
• Visit the City to Sea website: https://www.citytosea.org.uk/
• See the work of Chris Jordan and watch the film Albatross: https://www.albatrossthefilm.com/
• Find out more about KinKind: https://kinkind.co.uk
• Read about the Global Plastics Treaty: https://www.unep.org/inc-plastic-pollution
• Find out about the Refill campaign: https://www.refill.org.uk/
• Read about the Plastic Free Communities initiative: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/plastic-free-communities
• Listen to our podcast episode, Bottle By Bottle: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/bottle-by-bottle

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In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast we explore campaigns where local action is integral to national progress. We hear about We’re Right Here, the campaign for the Community Power Act. We chat to two of the campaign’s local leaders, Claude Hendrickson MBE, a diversity and inclusion expert and community housing advocate based in Leeds; and Charlotte Hollins, tenant farmer at Fordhall Farm, the UK’s first community-owned farm. We also learn about Zero Hour, the campaign for the Climate and Nature (CAN) Bill. We speak to Political Communications Manager Allan Gray, who tells us about a new push for people across the UK to show their support for the bill through constituency-specific open letters. We uncover how Climate Emergency UK’s latest Council Climate Action Scorecards can be used as a lobbying tool locally and at a national level to call for better funding and support for councils to implement their climate action plans, and hear about the call for climate statutory duty for councils, which would make targets legally binding for local authorities, and could help to accelerate action across the UK.

Listen now and learn:

• Why engaging your MP and building a rapport could be the key to securing more political support for climate and nature.
• How delegating responsibilities for decision-making and service provision to local people could save time, money and resources.
• How to use the council climate action scorecards to learn more about the issues in your area so you can lobby for change locally.
• How to get involved by adding your voice to high-impact campaigns for climate and nature.

Full transcript available at https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/lobby-for-change

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Show notes

• Find out more about lobbying for change: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction/lobby-for-change
• Explore all 25 Big Local Actions: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction
• Listen back to previous episodes and series of the Carbon Copy Podcast: https://carboncopy.eco/podcast
• Find your Council’s Climate Action Scorecard score: https://councilclimatescorecards.uk/
• Learn about Climate Statutory Duty for councils: https://climateemergency.uk/were-behind-on-our-climate-targets-for-2030-so-make-action-a-council-duty/
• Learn about the We’re Right Here campaign: https://www.right-here.org/
• Read about the Climate and Nature Bill, and sign an open letter in your constituency: https://action.zerohour.uk/
• Take part in The Climate Coalition (TCC)’s Mass Lobby event: https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/act-now-change-forever
• Share your thoughts, feedback or suggestions with us: hello@carboncopy.eco

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When we think of protecting nature, we almost always think of forests, meadows, rivers and lakes – and the animals that reside in them. But nature extends way beyond the tide line. Beneath the waves there are habitats and species that not only enrich our lives, but are fundamental to them. In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast we connect the dots between the land and sea, and explore how work to restore marine ecosystems has benefits for both people and planet.

Listen to hear:

• How marine species like seagrass, kelp and oysters can help to build coastal resilience, tackle climate change and help biodiversity.
• About Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s approach to involving the local community in marine conservation.
• Why the health of our seas and oceans is under threat – and what we can do to address this.
• How WWF UK is helping people to feel more connected to the sea, regardless of where they live in the country.
• What podcast hosts Isabelle Sparrow and Bradley Ingham thought about the new documentary Ocean, with David Attenborough – and how its message is relevant to people in the UK.

Full transcript available at: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/protect-our-shores

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Show notes

• Find out more about protecting our shores: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction/protect-our-shores
• Discover all 25 Big Local Actions for climate and nature: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction
• Listen back to previous episodes of the Carbon Copy Podcast: https://carboncopy.eco/podcast
• Learn more about Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Your Shore network: https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/our-conservation-work/at-sea/your-shore-network
• Learn about Cornwall Council’s Marine Nature Recovery Framework (MNRF): https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/cornwall-and-the-isles-of-scilly-marine-nature-recovery-framework
• Read about seaweed farming initiatives Car-y-Mor and SeaGrown.
• Read about WWF UK’s projects around aquaculture.
• Sign the Living Planet Act: https://www.wwf.org.uk/act/living-planet-act
• Find out about volunteering opportunities with your local Wildlife Trust: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/closer-to-nature/volunteer

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