All That Nature Holds Mar 20, 2023 In Zen Buddhism, a 'koan' is a surprising and often perplexing phrase that makes us think twice. One of the most familiar koans is the simple question, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is ar...
Biodiversity Is Not An Afterthought Dec 02, 2022 We never lost our dependency on nature; we just forgot to think about it. Our entire way of life is built on a foundation of natural resources and sustained by essential ecosystems. Biodiversity – th...
From Grief To Leadership Nov 17, 2022 Same question, different pundits. What did you think about the outcomes from this year’s global climate summit COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh? Above all, we apparently want to hear analysis of technocratic...
Hal Rhoades: People And Places Across Time Sep 05, 2022 Launched in the summer of 2019 on a 2,000 acre estate in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, the Penpont Project is the largest intergenerational nature restoration project of its kind anywhere in the world....
Three Words That Could Change The World Aug 31, 2022 What would you say in a few words to those gathered at the next global climate summit? Do our politicians need to be more ambitious or simply keep the promises they’ve already made to reduce greenhou...
Hetty Key: We Can Do This! May 09, 2022 ‘Running Out of Time’ is the longest non-stop relay ever attempted, in the name of climate action. Carbon Copy speaks with Hetty Key at The World Relay about this extraordinary event and what we hope...
Betsy Gorman: Bring Back The Wild Apr 21, 2022 Almost every town has a patch of green: garden, road verge, park, or even the odd tree. Even in our most urban environments people, as a general rule, enjoy this connection to nature and flock to the...
Chris Baines: Urban Wildlife Apr 18, 2022 Chris Baines, one of the UK's leading independent environmentalists, talks to Carbon Copy about our changing attitudes towards urban wildlife and the opportunity for greater connectivity....
John Blowes: Halton Lune Hydro Mar 30, 2022 John is the Director, Project Manager and Chairman of Halton Lune Hydro – a community owned hydro-electric project generating around 750MWh of electricity per year – situated on the River Lune, just...
Jacinta Challinor: Wrexham Green Infrastructure Project Mar 07, 2022 We hear from Jacinta about the amazing work she and her team have been doing in Wrexham, Wales, to improve and expand green spaces for the local community. Recorded for International Women's Day...
Crichton Carbon Centre: Why Peatlands? Oct 26, 2021 Back in March, the Crichton Carbon Centre published a blog about why peatlands needed to be on the COP26 agenda. We’ve teamed up with them to give another 5 reasons why these important habitats need...
#ClimateConversations: Cumbria Wildlife Trust Oct 22, 2021 Karl Bartlett, of Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Get Cumbria Buzzing project tells us about the organisation's work to protect and reinstate habitats for bees and other pollinators in the county. Record...
Becky Baines: Back To School Sep 01, 2021 Imagine you are eight years old again. Imagine seeing photos of burning forests and words such as "CODE RED for humanity". Imagine living in fear of the Earth ending. Now reflect upon the fact...
Picture This: Conversations Jul 13, 2021 Land Use, Food & Agriculture Recorded as part of the launch event for our Picture This: exhibition. The fifth and final photograph selected by guest host Atul Kumar was by Grow Batheaston....
Picture This: Conversations Jul 06, 2021 Biodiversity & Nature Recorded as part of the launch event for our Picture This: exhibition. The fourth photograph selected by our guest host Atul Kumar was by The Mersey Forest. In this p...
Pictures to warm your heart (not the planet!) Jun 23, 2021 Writing this on a ridiculously wet Monday morning in June, I can think of nothing more uplifting than to wander through the newly-opened online gallery of Carbon Copy’s Picture This: photographic exh...
Spring To Action Apr 27, 2021 Spring is when you feel like whistling, even when you get caught in the rain. It’s no coincidence that we have a bounce in our step this season: the arrival of Spring reminds us how much our menta...
UNLESS Apr 19, 2021 And all that the Lorax left here in this mess Was a small pile of rocks, with one word... UNLESS. Whatever that meant, well, I just couldn't guess. A lot of remarkable things happene...