Planet Possible

Guests and themes:

New ways to fund nature-based solutions at a catchment scale with Jonathan Moxon from The Aire Resilience Company

Tim Armour & Johnny Phillips from United Utilities show Niki a variety of projects designed to make Liverpool more flood resilient

Garden Designer Leon Davis on making rainwater management in gardens more effective and beautiful

Mary Long-Dhonau OBE on the latest tech that homeowners and renters can use to prepare for, stop and recover from flooding

Tor Coombes (Leicestershire County Council) on how flood risk management is done best at local authority level

 

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Presented & Produced by Niki Roach
Executive Producer Andy Taylor - Bwlb Limited
With thanks to Alastair Chisholm
Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland

Niki Roach is joined by Steve Elderkin - Director of Environmental Sustainability for National Highways and Evan Bowen-Jones, Chief Executive - Kent Wildlife Trust and MD of Wilder Carbon, co-founder of Rebuilding Nature.

In this episode, our guests speak to Niki about a visit to the Netherlands to see how the Dutch were delivering on their nature objectives. Inspired by what they learnt, they went on to develop a similar approach in the UK through the launch of the Strategic Nature Network.

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Presented & Produced by Niki Roach
Executive Producer Andy Taylor - Bwlb Limited
With thanks to Alastair Chisholm
Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland

'Dirty Business' is a Channel 4 docudrama, released a few weeks ago, that focuses on England's water companies and sewage spills. 

The docudrama reported on real life dramas that have surrounded the water industry over the last five years. 

Environment harm, sewage spills, pollutions, and customerscommunities saying that these are no longer acceptable. 

Lizzie Frost and host Niki discuss their reactions, and reflect on the programme.

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Presented & Produced by Niki Roach
Executive Producer Andy Taylor - Bwlb Limited
With thanks to Alastair Chisholm
Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland

Planet Possible News - once a month an environmental expert joins Niki to highlight 3 big recent news stories in climate, nature and water from around the world.

This month's guest is George Wade, co-Founder and COO of Zevero (helps companies calculate their carbon footprint) and blogger behind the Grumpy Optimists (collates climate positive news)

Find out more about Zevero here

Find out more about The Grumpy Optimists here

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Presented & Produced by Niki Roach
Executive Producer Andy Taylor - Bwlb Limited
With thanks to Alastair Chisholm
Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland

The winners of the sixth Water Breakthrough Challenge, part of the OFWAT £600 million Water Innovation Fund, have just been announced.

In this episode, Hannah Muirhead joins Niki to discuss some of winners.

Together, they highlight the emerging themes in innovation in the UK water sector, and some of the most exciting concepts.

Find out more about the OFWAT Innovation Fund here

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Presented & Produced by Niki Roach
Executive Producer Andy Taylor - Bwlb Limited
With thanks to Alastair Chisholm
Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland