How to Save The Planet, with Mike Berners Lee and Jenny Kleeman

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🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Climate change, feeding the world, biodiversity, plastics – the list of environmental concerns seems endless. But which of these is the most pressing and, given the global nature of the challenges we face, what can any of us do as individuals to make a difference? Do we all need to become vegan? Is local food best? How should we spend and invest our money? In January 2021 leading carbon expert Mike Berners-Lee, author of the bestselling book There Is No Planet B, came to Intelligence Squared to answer these and other questions. Having crunched the numbers, he argued that there is a course of action we can all follow which doesn’t require donning a hair shirt. And reflecting on the turbulent last 12 months, he tackled the thorny issues of protests, pandemics, wildfires and more. The event was hosted by Jenny Kleeman,journalist and author of Sex Robots and Vegan Meat. To buy Mike's book click here: https://bit.ly/2Yh55Zy To buy Jenny's book click here: https://bit.ly/2M6qBNZ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:05.6	But so is this.
0:07.2	We're here together for a 10 minute empathy meditation.
0:10.5	And even this.
0:11.9	We get here in with a 20 minute hip-hop shadow boxes session.
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0:39.8	got us a spot at the front so I could actually see. It was amazing you know like I really felt good vibes.
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0:53.0	Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligence
0:57.7	Squared.
0:58.7	Today we're joined by Mike Burners-Lee to discuss what you can do to save the
1:02.1	planet and fight back against climate change.
1:04.4	It's a really fascinating conversation which deals with a lot of the themes in Mike's book
1:08.3	There is no Planet B and he discussed them in conversation with Jenny Clemon, the author of Sex Robots and
1:14.7	vegan meat and a presenter on Times Radio.
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