Here’s The Plan is a new youth-led environmental podcast, hosted by activists Bella Lack and James Miller. The 10-part series will explore ten solutions to tackle the climate and nature crises, through interviews with top changemakers: politicians, activists, lawyers and more. Each solution will be explored in depth, and the hosts will delve into how listeners can get involved to accelerate the rapid systemic change that we desperately need.
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In this final episode of Here's The Plan, we recap everything we have discussed in the last 10 weeks, and draw it all together in one final plan. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Join in the conversation by following the podcast on social media. Find Here's The Plan on Instagram, Tiktok and LinkedIn. Follow James Miller on Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin. F…
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For the final step of our 10-point plan, we sit down with Ralph Regenvanu, the Minister of Climate Change, Energy and Environment and Disaster Management of the Republic of Vanuatu. Vanuatu is the most vulnerable country in the world to the impacts of climate change. We hear about the damage being caused by everything from sea-level rise to cyclone…
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Climate change, biodiversity loss, plastic pollution - it's all pretty scary. But more worrying still - imagine if our main plan to tackle them was inherently scientifically flawed? This week, we speak to Timothée Parrique, a French social scientist and author of the book 'Slow Down or Perish'. We find out exactly where our obsession with GDP came …
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Imagine - what if we could cut emissions drastically faster, with no change in political leadership or public support, just by being a little smarter? This week, we welcome onto the podcast Simon Sharpe, author of the book Five Times Faster, who thinks we can do exactly that. He explains how we can rethink the way we do policymaking and diplomacy t…
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It's often said about the climate crisis that we know what we need to do, we're just not doing it. But why? This week James and Bella catch up with fellow climate activist Luisa Neubauer to discuss the barriers that are holding back progress across all sectors. Luisa is the most prominent climate activist in Germany - she started the German Fridays…
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Carbon credits. Offsets. Removals. In all their terms and forms, they are perhaps one of the most divisive concepts among environmentalists today. Some see them as a cop-out for companies to claim carbon neutrality and continue business as usual. Some fear they will lead to no emissions reductions at all - and worse, human rights violations. Others…
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Often described as the third environmental crisis of our time, plastic pollution is a rapidly growing problem. And it's not just killing turtles. It's everywhere: in our air, our food, our water... and in our blood. In this episode, Bella and James meet a student who has invented a way to clean up microplastics from water - Fionn Ferreira. They div…
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The way we produce food is the single biggest underlying driver of species extinction, and a major contributor to the climate crisis. When you add to this the understanding that we may have to produce as much food in the next 40 years as we did in the last 8000, it becomes obvious that we need to make drastic changes to our food system if we are to…
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Over the last thirty years, Costa Rica has undergone an incredible transformation. They doubled their rainforest cover and transitioned to 100% renewable electricity - all at the same time as doubling their population and tripling the size of their economy. This feat remains an unparalleled example of environmental leadership on the international s…
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This week, 6 Portuguese youth will take 32 countries to the European Court of Human Rights, in what will be the biggest climate lawsuit in history. The implications, should they succeed, would be world-changing. We speak to a senior lawyer on the case, Gerry Liston, to delve further into the details. We explore the motivations and strategy behind t…
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In this first episode, we talk to the then Executive Officer of Sustainability for Los Angeles, Victoria Simon, about the extraordinary transformation that the city is undergoing. We explore how LA has managed to steam ahead in decarbonising its power grid and transport system, why it is planting trees to help address decades-old racial injustice, …
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