Medieval make do and mend

History Extra podcast

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🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The medieval approach to sustainability was entirely different to ours today. In a world where the modern definition of 'waste' didn't even exist, the repair market boomed and building materials were rarely brand new. Speaking to Annette Kehnel, Lauren Good discovers what we might be able to learn from our medieval ancestors – from second-hand shopping to the history of paper manufacturing. (Ad) Annette Kehnel is the author of The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability (Profile Books, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Ages-Medieval-Innovations-Sustainability/dp/1800816251/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty. Hear from Eleanor Barnett about how people in the past tackled food waste: https://link.chtbl.com/PxFKyfQ7. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:03.5	This is Kieran. He's doing 70 on the motorway.
0:07.2	On his way to a cheeky spa appointment, though his diaries as he's visiting a client.
0:13.0	Naughty Kieran, lowering his speed to 60 could save him up to 9% in fuel on the journey.
0:19.9	Enjoy that hot stone massage, Kieran.
0:22.6	Slowing down a little.
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0:40.3	Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.
0:51.4	Can you imagine a world where the concept of waste didn't even exist?
0:58.1	Well, waste is in fact a much more recent idea than you might expect.
1:03.1	As Annetta Cannell's book, The Green Ages, explores.
1:07.1	In the medieval period, attitudes to sustainability were very different from today.
1:13.5	Lauren Good spoke to Annetta to discover what we can learn from our medieval ancestors when it comes to recycling,
1:20.5	from the prevalence of repairmen to how to make paper.
1:25.1	Your book The Green Ages medieval innovations in sustainability focuses on so many
1:31.1	threads of the topic of sustainability.
1:34.2	But I want to talk particularly today about the ideas you cover on recycling, consumption
1:39.5	and waste.
1:40.9	You open the book with quite a big statement that we're running out of solutions because we're using modern strategies to try and solve our challenges when we should instead be looking to the past.
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