Communicating Earth podcast
Communicating Earth podcast
The Communicating Earth podcast is made by and for climate communicators.
We interview a different guest each week. They share stories about what works - so we can all get better at what we do.
If you want to discover how your peers and experts in climate and nature communications inspire action - from case studies to strategies to books, films and TV shows that have changed how they see the world - this podcast is for you.
(Every episode comes with full notes and links to the brilliant stuff they're sharing in every conversation. Follow the links below.)
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Episode 25: Nick Oldridge
Nick Oldridge, Cofounder of Climate Science Breakthrough talks to our host Tom Clark about how a film from one evening passed a thousand community screenings across the UK.
Episode 24: Ali Wines
Ali Wines, Founder of Climate Communications Alliance, talks to our host Tom Clark about building the Alliance for closer professional collaboration and why strategy - not virality - should be how we measure our work.
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Episode 23: Bernadette Woods Placky
Bernadette Woods Placky, Executive Director and Cofounder at Talking Climate Collaborative speaks with Tom Clark about the practical mechanics of changing a whole profession's mind using TV weather people in the US as her case study.
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Episode 22: Ingmar Rentzhog
Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO and Founder at We Don't Have Time, talks to our host Tom Clark about the work he leads bringing the world together to talk about the issues that matter most at the digital platform We Don’t Have Time.
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Episode 21: Adam Lake
Adam Lake, Head of Communciations at Climate Group, talks to our host Tom Clark about nine years of building Climate Week NYC into one of the largest climate events in the world, and why the engagement is the work rather than the thing you do around the work.
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Episode 20: Jamil Wyne
Jamil Wyne is the founder of the Hazelwood Network, a global climate innovation company. Jamil talks to Tom about building the first national strategy for communicating extreme heat, and why adaptation and resilience is the biggest education gap facing climate communicators right now.
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Episode 19: Rachael Orr
Rachael Orr is the CEO of Climate Outreach, the organisation behind the hugely impactful Britain Talks Climate and Nature research project. She tells Tom Clark the story of where this project comes from and how her team have delivered it so successfully - and why we need climate and nature stories on Coronation Street.
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Episode 18: Caroline Prak
Caroline Prak is a former Communications leader for Friends of the Earth and Oxfam and creator of the Understories.io, a tool which uses AI to optimise climate messaging towards hope over doom. She wants to try everything available so we can have the greatest impact with our audiences.
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Episode 17: Boaz Paldi
Boaz Paldi, former Chief Creative Officer of UNDP, shares the highs and lows of the UN’s “Don’t choose extinction” campaign to generate global action on fossil fuel subsidies in this week’s episode. An essential listen - you’ll learn a lot.
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Episode 16: Fuzieh Jallow
Fuzieh Jallow talks to host Tom Clark and shares advice and learnings from her work as CEO at Terra40 supporting excluded and under-represented climate and nature advocacy organisations to be fluent and influential in global forums.
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Episode 15: Rob Cooper
Listen to Rob Cooper’s tips on how to create climate and nature focused podcast content that cuts through the noise to reach your audience and walks the line between pro-comms and authenticity.
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Episode 14: Phil Korbel
Listen for Phil Korbel’s insights for climate and nature communicators into: how to tell more personal and less abstract stories, align your messaging with your audience’s values, and activate the power of peer-to-peer connection.
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Episode 13: Lucia Schweigert
A former flamenco dancer turned climate communicator, Lucia explains how storytelling, strategy and human psychology shape the adoption of climate technologies.
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Episode 12: John Marshall
In this episode, Tom speaks with John Marshall, CEO and founder of the inspiring organisation Potential Energy Coalition.
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Episode 11: Gemma Parkes
In this episode, Nathaniel speaks with Gemma Parkes, Head of Communications at the Nature Positive Initiative, about storytelling as a tool for system change.
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Episode 10: Rebecca Wynn
In this episode, Tom speaks with Rebecca Wynn, Head of Communications at Our Kids’ Climate, about building a global movement rooted not in expertise, but in care.
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Episode 9: Dina Cappiello
Tom Clark sits down with Dina Cappiello, former Chief Communications Officer at RMI and explores why communication itself is what’s blocking faster climate action.
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Episode 8: Kris De Meyer
In this episode, Tom speaks with neuroscientist and climate communication expert Kris de Meyer about the psychology of agency, belief, and action.
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Episode 7: James Dyke
Tom Clark speaks with Dr. James Dyke, Earth systems scientist at the University of Exeter and co-author of the influential article in 2021: Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap.
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Episode 6: Emilie McGlone
In this episode, Nathaniel Walters speaks with Emilie McGlone, Director of Peace Boat US, about using an international vessel as a floating hub for climate action, ocean advocacy, and peacebuilding.
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Episode 5: Harry Waters
Tom speaks to Harry Waters, founder of Renewable English, about helping teachers and students to make their classrooms into engines of climate action and hope.
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Episode 4: Tamsin Bishton
Tom sits down with Tamsin Bishton, the new Head of Communications at Climate Acceptance Studios, to unpack a story of action from her time leading communications at Rewilding Britain.
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Episode 3: Ed Maibach
Tom Clark sits down with Professor Ed Maibach to unpack one of the most remarkable stories in modern climate communication.
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Episode 2: Steph Speck
Steph Speck is Global Director, Strategic Partnerships, Engagement and Communication at the Alliance of Biodiversity International and CIAT.
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Episode 1: Tom Clark
The power of real stories to inspire action.
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