As we approach the 2022 summit, host Laura Nesbitt shares her favourite moments from the podcast. Feel free to skip through to your favourite guest using the timestamps below:01.00 - Hugo Tagholm, Surfers Against Sewage 11.10 - Kate Larsen,

How to invest in meaningful projects

Oct 7th, 2022 26m 17s

“If you were trying to find the perfect company to invest in, you’d never make a single decision. There are always trade offs.”Tom McGillycuddy and Matt Latham are Co-Founders of CIRCA5000, an impact investing app based in the UK. The pair cre

Why all businesses should consider investing in nature

Oct 5th, 2022 29m 49s

“Biodiversity is finally getting a seat at the table.”Lorenzo Curci and Oliver Bolton are the co-founders of Earthly, a platform which helps businesses invest in nature. Alongside their team of entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists, they’ve

Tom Kay on breaking down barriers to accessing the ocean

Sep 30th, 2022 26m 49s

“For me, being an able bodied, white, male I don’t have any barriers to accessing the ocean but it’s become clear that not everyone has that opportunity.” Tom Kay is the founder of Finisterre, a Cornwall-based outdoor clothing brand which desi

“We can’t continue extracting from the planet.” Gail Bradbrook, Extinction Rebellion

Sep 28th, 2022 37m 33s

“This crisis is not something that’s going to happen to somebody else, somewhere else, at some other time.” Gail Bradbrook is a British activist and co-founder of the environmental social movement Extinction Rebellion. Gail believes that civi

Hugo Tagholm on what “net-zero” actually means and how to achieve it

Sep 24th, 2022 29m 6s

“We need to make sure this country is truly committed to reducing emissions.” Hugo Tagholm is a co-founder of the national marine conservation and campaigning charity Surfers Against Sewage. He’s spent the last 14 years taking action from “the

Sir Tim Smit on how ‘muscular localism’ could save our planet

Sep 21st, 2022 32m 53s

“Despite its bonkersness, I believed other people would want it to come true. That’s how the Eden Project was built. And that’s how we can change the world.”Our guest on the Blue Earth podcast this week is Sir Tim Smit, the co-founder of the E

Mike Weeks on the flaws of Environmental Social Governance

Sep 7th, 2022 31m 57s

Mike Weeks is the lead for global business development at Laconic Infrastructure Partners, an American ESG company that is developing the world’s largest organic regenerative eco-culture projects alongside the company’s proprietary environmenta

Social media and environmental messaging with Lizzie Daly

Aug 31st, 2022 25m 35s

Lizzie Daly is a Welsh wildlife biologist, broadcaster, filmmaker and conservationist who shares her research and adventures with thousands of social media followers. Lizzie says while platforms have the power to spread environmental messages t

“The ocean is more a part of me than the land” - Pip Hare

Aug 24th, 2022 38m 47s

This week on the Blue Earth Podcast, we hear from British yachtswoman, journalist and sailing instructor Pip Hare.Pip grew up in a landlocked county in the UK but after getting a taste of sailing as a teenager she decided she would make it her

Huw James on the key to communicating science effectively

Aug 17th, 2022 38m 4s

Huw James calls himself a science communicator. His mission? To make science easy for everyone to understand. The native Welshman is also an accomplished film-maker, presenter and public speaker, as well as an educator, adventurer and a keen as

How to ask big brands to be more ethical and sustainable with Kate Larsen

Aug 10th, 2022 31m 41s

Kate Larsen advises businesses and investors on how to improve their environmental, sustainability and social policies when it comes to supply chains. She spent many years living and working in China and Asia and says she’s visited more garment

Andy Hawkins on why ALL companies should consider their environmental impact

Aug 3rd, 2022 27m 16s

Andy Hawkins supports companies in getting B Corp Certification, a status given to those who meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. He’s also the founder of Business on Purpose and we’re pr

Phil Young on race, black history and the power of brands to shape how people think

Jul 27th, 2022 39m 59s

Phil Young is the founder of outdoor lifestyle agency The Mighty Mighty. If you were around in the mid 90’s you might recognise his voice as the presenter of TV Show Board Stupid which was all about snowboarding. Since then, Phil has worked wit

Why greenwashing is getting harder to spot - Joss Ford

Jul 14th, 2022 35m 15s

This week’s guest is Joss Ford, the founder of Enviral, a sustainability communications company and consultancy. Joss and his team help brands create, communicate and consult their social and environmental stories. He’s also a proud Blue Earth

The gin distiller working to protect our oceans - Xavier Baker

Jul 6th, 2022 28m 56s

This week on the podcast we hear from Xavier Baker, the Co-founder of the Isle of Wight Distillery - the home of Mermaid Gin, a proud sponsor of this year’s Blue Earth Summit. Xav grew up on the Isle of Wight surrounded by the ocean and his lo

The importance of cross-industry collaboration and total authenticity with Dan Macaulay

Jun 29th, 2022 25m 2s

Dan Macaulay is the founder and CEO at Brandwave, a sports marketing agency based in the South West of England. Dan grew up in Ireland, surrounded by some of the best surfing and windsurfing conditions in the world and spent much of his youth o

Harnessing the outdoors for health with Maxwell Ayamba

Jun 15th, 2022 29m 23s

Maxwell Ayamba is a journalist, academic and long-standing champion of countryside access for minority communities.In 1996, Maxwell arrived in the UK from Ghana after being awarded a scholarship to study journalism at Cardiff University. He we

The big business conundrum with Richard Walker, MD of Iceland

Jun 7th, 2022 27m 29s

Given the choice, most of us would opt for a relatively easy life pathway and if your family business was not involved in servicing the needs of the many, then even better. Not so for the Walker family. Not happy with setting up Iceland, Richar

Youth, climate and feminism with internationalist Poppy Stowell-Evans

May 13th, 2022 31m 52s

At a time when studying for A Levels might be considered the most important moment in your education journey, Poppy is also in the middle of building a serious and high-profile activism career in the fight to highlight and solve climate change.

Transitioning big business and society to a circular economy with Mike Barry

Apr 28th, 2022 41m 33s

Welcome to our first speaker podcast for the 2nd summit, with the effervescent Mike Barry. Mike is a leader in sustainable change. One of the pioneers of green business in the corporate world he helped to develop, launch and implement Marks and

The Surfers Behind the Blue Earth Summit

Apr 12th, 2022 46m 42s

Welcome to series 2 of the podcast and a warm welcome to your new host Laura Nesbitt, she’s got some serious outdoors creds being a competitive swimmer and currently in training to swim the Bristol channel…brrr!In this first episode, as we lau

Speaking The Truth: Disrupting the status quo

Jan 2nd, 2022 35m 22s

The youth of today are the climate’s biggest hope and climate-led youth activism is more prominent than ever. We have to shift the status quo, and to do this we must call out the everyday contributors to environmental damage. Join our panelli

Funding Climate Action - with Elliot Coad

Jan 1st, 2022 22m 2s

Staying on top of your carbon footprint can be hard. Whether that’s monitoring utility bills or measuring business travel, keeping track of your impact isn’t necessarily as easy as it seems. Elliot Coad and his team at Ecologi are leading the

What's Your Problem: Are You A Creator or Destroyer?

Dec 31st, 2021 40m 54s

Modern environment-driven organisations intend to lead the way with a revolutionary new ideology, an ideology that regenerative business practises should be the new norm. From a biodegradable bubble wrap substitution, to eco-friendly iced coffe