Sustainable(ish)

90% of businesses in the UK are classes as SMEs, or small and medium businesses, having 205 employees or less. So chances are, you might work for one, or even run one.
Did you know that SME's account for around half of the total emissions for businesses? So making it easy, or easier for SMEs to get started with climate action, is a pretty big lever for reducing emissions.
But time and money are usually limiting factors, and this is where Gikis new Giki actions platform comes in.

You might remember today's guest, Jo Hand, as she's been on twice before, talking about different iterations of the work they're doing at Giki. In this episode we're diving into their new Giki actions workshops - free workshops for SMEs, that are just an hour long, that can help them get started on their sustainability journey.

USEFUL LINKS

Giki
- Website
- Giki actions
- Giki business carbon footprint calculations
- Giki guides – for individuals; for businesses
- Giki comparisons calculators
- Giki on Linked In
- Giki on Instagram
- Giki on Facebook
Jo Hand on Linked In
Giki badges is now Impact Score
Transition Plan Taskforce
Episode 194 - People, Planet, Pint with Adam Bastock
The Climate Pledge
B Corp
SME Climate Hub
Green Project Tech
 
The Sustainable(ish) Clubhouse -come and join us for July!

Do let me know if you manage to go on a workshop, or somoene from your organisation signs up – I’d love to hear! OR if you don’t work for an SME, could you share this episode with someone who does, or share on your socials?
Drop me an email with your thoughts and any feedback: jen@sustainableish.co.uk

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Fashion is one of the most polluting industries on the planet, and we no longer talk about 'fast fashion' but 'ultra-fast fashion' with the rise of retailers like Shein and Temu churning out over 100billion items of clothing every year. Consumption has doubled since the year 2000, but many of us will relate to the feeling of having nothing to wear, whilst we simultaneously feel overwhelmed at the volume of clothes in our wardrobes and drawers.

Becky Barnes is a 'sustainable stylist' who embarked on 'styling' career with the ambition of helping women to feel good about themselves, but then stumbled across the heavy environmental impact of the fashion industry. She subsequently pivoted her business to focus on 'sustainable style' and now helps women to not only feel good about themselves, but to feel good about the clothes they're wearing.

Join us for this chat about all things sustainable style covering: fast fashion and some of its impacts; secondhand style and top tips for charity shop shopping; Vinted and how to find things you like amongst the thousands of listings; and lots more!

USEFUL LINKS:

Becky Barnes
- Website
- Instagram
- Facebook
- Linked In
The Willow Review
Less by Patrick Grant
Gemma Metheringham - @the_elephant_in_my_wardrobe) on Instagram
Hot or Cool Institute - Unfit, Unfair, Unfashionable
Sustainable(ish) Clubhouse - doors opening again soon!

Do let me know your thoughts on this epsiode!
What are your takeaways? Becky shared so many brilliant tips, I’d love to know which ones you’re going to try out. Drop me an email on jen@sustainableish.co.uk, or come and find me on Instagram where I'm @sustainableish.
And please do share this episode, on your own socials, or with a friend who you think might like it. If everyone shared it once, we would double listeners in a week, which would be pretty awesome!

This episode is a rare solo episode, so no guest this week, and a shorter episode of me, chatting to myself... Let me know if you like it!
I'm reflecting on my experience of hosting a screening of the People's Emergency Briefing film in Warminster, where I live, and giving a bit of a 'how to' and some encouragement to anyone thinking about hosting their own screening.

USEFUL LINKS:
Podcast ep - 186 - The National Emergency Briefing with Nick Oldridge
The National Emergency Briefing website
The People's Emergency Briefing film
The screening map
Climate feelings blob tree
Hope for the Future

Do let me know your thoughts on this solo ep, and if you've seen a screening of The People's Emergency Briefing, or are thinking about hosting one. Drop me an email on jen@sustainableish.co.uk, or leave a comment on your podcast platform of choice!

I'm chatting with Hugh Montgomery, intensive care doctor, and one of the expert speakers from the National Emergency Briefing on Climate and Nature.

We dig into climate science, climate and health, and the wonderful idea of 7 acts to save the world, told to seven people.

USEFUL LINKS
Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change
UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
Real Zero
National Emergency Briefing
-              Expert Briefings
-              People’s Emergency Briefing film
-              Screening map
-              Warminster screening
NYC Hospitals plant based meals
Cost of Net Zero by 2050
Climate anxiety resources:
-              Turn the tide on climate anxiety
-              Climate anxiety resources from Greenpeace
-              Climate cafés
Related podcast episodes:
-              186 – The National Emergency Briefing
-              188 – Money, money, money
-              154 – Leading by example – does it work?

Today’s guest is Victoria Page, founder of Love Haslemere Hate Waste, a local group in Surrey who run Repair Cafes, and host a community fridge and a Library of Things.

Victoria has combined her professional comms expertise and her business experience, with a desire for local climate action, and created not just one, but three local projects that are not only reducing waste and emissions, and normalising reuse and repair, but are helping people to feel more connected to the place where they live and the people in their community.

The community resilience part of projects like Repair Cafes and Community Fridges is something we probably don’t talk about, or even recognise enough, and it’s something that’s going to become increasingly important as climate impacts continue to worsen.

Victoria shares her experiences, and exciting news of a toolkit she is developing to help people wanting to start up similar projects in their own communities.

USEFUL LINKS:
Victoria Page
- Website
- On Linked In
Love Haslemere Hate Waste
- Website
- Instagram
- Facebook
ENVable
Sky Ocean Rescue
Blue Planet
Surfers Against Sewage - Plastic Free Communities
Climate Outreach - Britain talks climate and nature 2025 report
Ep 193 - The Power of Swapping
Ep 119 - Shrewsbury Cup
The Sustainable(ish) Clubhouse

The podcast is hosted by me Jen Gale - do come and find me on social media. I'm @Sustainableish on Instagram, and you can find me here on Facebook. Or the Sustainable(ish) website is right here.

Thanks for listening!