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This week I’m joined by Dan Edelstyn, artist and documentary film maker whose latest film Power Station with his partner Hilary Powell, documents their attempts to turn the street where they live in Walthamstow in London, into a power station, by putting solar on the roofs of the houses.

USEFUL LINKS:
Dan on Linked In
Power Station
- Website
- Watch the film- (Free) membership community – including access to a How-to Guide
- Instagram
- Facebook
- You Tube

Dan and Hilary’s previous films:- Bank Job
- How to Re-establish a Vodka Empire

Ann Pettifor
You Tube video of guy dancing on his own at a festival and starting a dance party!
Episode 188 – Money Money Money with Lisa Stanley Mann
We the Hated – film about Just Stop Oil protestors
POP Energy – supporting communities to install solar
 
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There are 60 million tonnes of e-waste generated every year globally – that's around the same as the weight of nearly 6,000 Eiffel Towers!
 And E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream globally, with the UK as the second biggest e-waste producer in the world.

Team Repair are on a mission to change that through education and repair kits to help us all feel a bit more confident having a go at mending our broken electronics.
Tune in to to hear from co-founder Anaïs Engelmann about some of the wider issues around e-waste, how Team Repair got started, and the great work they're doing with kids, schools, and their new mobile phone repair kit for grown ups.

USEFUL LINKS:
Team Repair
- Website
- Instagram
- Facebook
- You Tube
- TikTok
- Kits for kids
- For schools- Mobile phone repair kit

 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Right to Repair
Restart Project
- Repair and Reuse Declaration
- International Repair Day – 17th October
iFixIt
Repair Cafes
- Find a Repair Café near you

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This weeks episode is a solo episode for me - a little bit about our holiday in Switzerland, which isn't really about our holiday in Switzerland. It's more about the logistics of a flight free holiday to Europe from somebody who finds organizing and travel arrangements really quite stressful!

USEFUL LINKS:
·       Episode 042 - Flight Free 2020 with Anna Hughes
·       Episode 139 - European Rail Adventures with Georgina Wilson-Powell
·       Episode 142 - Can a travel editor travel flight-free? With Helen Coffey
·       Zero Altitude by Helen Coffey
·       Byway
·       Man in Seat 61
·       Flight Free UK
- Take the flight-free challenge
·       Interail & Eurail Travellers FB group
·       Interail website
·       Bonjour RATP
·       Giki flight calculator
·       Eurostar carbon footprint
·       Paris – Geneva carbon footprint
Let me know your thoughts on this episode!
If you've been thinking about European train travel but it's all felt a bit overwhelming, has this been helpful? If you're a seasoned train traveller across Europe, please do share your own top tips and resources.
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Could secondhand fashion be a lever for positive change within the wider fashion industry? And what might that look like?

Join us as this weeks guest Gemma Metheringham shares her journey from Creative Director at Karen Millen, to PhD student exploring these big questions. Gemma shares her journey on her instagram account, @the_elephant_in_my_wardrobe, where she does a brilliant job of bringing people along with her, encouraging us all to ask more questions of our own choices, but also of the brands and businesses we're choosing to give our money to.

LINKS TO STUFF WE TALK ABOUT:

@the_elephant_in_mywardrobe
The Day the World Stops Shopping by J.B. Mackinnon
Ep 124 - The Day the world stops shopping with JB Mackinnon
Human Touch
Earth Overshoot Day
Hot or Cool Institute – Resizing the fashion industry
Ep 205 - Sustainable Style with Becky Barnes
ReLondon – London’s fashion footprint
Only 10-20% of donated clothes are sold on through charity shops
Patrick Grant – Less
Rob Hopkins
WWF Living Planet Report
How the dawn chorus has changed over the last 50 years
The Little Loop
 Ep 96 - Kids clothes - why buy when you can rent? With Charlotte Morley from The Little Loop

What are your thoughts on that one? I’d love to know! Drop me an email on jen@sustainable(ish).co.uk, or leave a comment wherever you get your podcasts.

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The idea of 'activism' can be off putting and perhaps a little daunting for many of us. If that's you, then do listen in to my chat with Charlotte Howell, one of the co-Directors of Parents for Future, a growing group of parents navigating the climate crisis together, campaigning on national and local issues to secure a safer, fairer world for children everywhere.
I’ve been following Charlotte for ages on social media, and I wanted to get her on the podcast to share more about Parents for Future and the work that they’re doing, because I think it’s such a brilliant way for us all (because despite the name, it’s not just for parents) to engage in ‘activism’ in a way that works for us. It’s a really inclusive way to dip your toes in and join together with other people, all working towards the same goal of a safe future for our kids and kids all around the world.

USEFUL LINKS:
Parents For Future
-              Website
-              Instagram
-              Facebook
-              You Tube – you can find the comedy sketches on here (and on socials)
-              Join the community
Charlotte Howell on Linked In
UN 2018 report on climate – Global Warming of 1.5C
Reading Uni/Met Office/Parents for Future event – forecast for 2056
 
Related episodes:
Money money money with Lisa Stanley-Mann
Everyday influencers with Sam Hampton
Hosting a People’s Emergency Briefing
7 acts to save the world with Hugh Montgomery

Do let me know if you’re already a member, or if you’re now going to give them a follow, or join up! I love to hear from you. Drop me an email on jen@sustainableish.co.uk, or leave a comment wherever you get your socials.