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Who Killed Berta Cáceres - Nina Lakhani On Her New Book from 2020-07-08T20:32:37
Honduran indigenous land rights defender Berta Cáceres was murdered in March 2016 following her involvement in a grassroots campaign against a hydroelectic damn on the Gualcarque river. Her death c...
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System change and Covid19 + lockdown tips from 2020-04-28T20:36:45
We hope you and your loved ones are well in these difficult times. We’ve been gone a while (and we explain why!) and we’re back with a chat about COVID19 - what it’s exposing about globalisation,...
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Electoral Reform for System Change + Elections Round Up from 2019-12-18T18:04:26
What difference does an electoral system make? We look at recent Green gains in Portugal, Switzerland and Canada - and ask why the Green result varied so much and what that means for that country’s...
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Green New Deal: Housing & Renewable Energy from 2019-12-02T17:08:46
Our first live event! Ahead of the UK General Election, we were invited by the Podcast Social Club to talk to - renowned Councillor and Energy Spokesperson of the Green Party of England and Wales -...
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Green Surge in Colombia & Indigenous Resistance in Hawaii from 2019-11-05T13:03:18
It’s been a while since we last dissected the latest news - but so much has happened in the green and political world. In this episode, we talk about Green Politics in Colombia, Bogota’s new Green ...
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The Rise of the Canadian Greens from 2019-09-23T10:22:41
The lead-up to Canada's federal elections on the 21st October has been less predictable than expected - with scandals from Trudeau and Green leader Elizabeth May most popular with Canadians in the ...
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What next after declaring a climate emergency from 2019-07-30T08:26:04
Green councillor Carla Denyer wrote Europe’s first climate emergency motion that passed in Bristol, UK, in November 2018 and kick-started this European wave of cries for change. We made her our Gr...
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The EU Goes South - EU Mercosur Trade Deal from 2019-07-13T15:21:54
In this episode, we explore what the deal consists of and its potential impact on the Brazilian rainforest, on indigenous peoples living under Bolsonaro’s rule, and on Europe’s farming sector. We l...
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#DeniedMyVote - EU Elections Special from 2019-06-06T11:59:22
Not everything went smoothly during the European Elections. At a time when democracy is being hollowed out in European Union countries - all was not well during the election period. Huge numbers of...
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European Elections Special - The Green Wave from 2019-06-02T08:44:53
European Parliament greener than ever. Find out about the results of the European Elections on the 23rd to 26th May. Did recent Green gains around Europe hold up, and why do some parts of Europe s...
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The Green Wave continues from 2019-05-08T10:55:05
The Green wave continues to sweep across the world, showing us that last October’s incredible results in Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany weren’t just a blip. We take a look at recent elections in t...
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Coalitions, Echo Chambers and Local Politics in Germany from 2019-05-02T09:57:09
Right-wing populists are on the rise across America and Europe, and Germany is not an exception. One region, though, is bucking the trend. In Baden-Württemberg, the land of Mercedes and one of Germ...
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EU Elections - a turning point for German Greens? from 2019-04-15T08:27:47
With the European elections coming up on the 23rd May - we talked to Jamila Schäfer, the International Co-ordinator of Europe’s biggest Green Party - Die Grunen, the German Greens. Seden asked Jami...
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Facing Down Facebook from 2019-04-03T13:17:29
The increasing role of facebook in the political process and our democracies is more clear every day. British MEP Molly Scott Cato and academic Tom Scott launched a report that brought together wha...
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Women's History Month Special: Wangari Maathai from 2019-03-24T22:54:17
In honor of Women's History Month, we're celebrating leading ecologist and democracy advocate: Wangari Maathai. In this episode, we're exploring her inspiring story and her devotion to the preserv...
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The Dark Side of Conservation from 2019-03-18T08:23:54
In this episode we’re talking to Chris Lang about conservation in light of two recent news stories about mass evictions in India and human rights abuses. Chris Lang is from Conservation Watch and R...
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IWD Special: Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes from 2019-03-12T10:46:50
Ahead of International Women's Day on the 8th March, we're celebrating women environmental activists and politicians. In this episode, we are celebrating indigenous activist and Green politician Ch...
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Climate marches // Swedish Greens in government from 2019-02-18T16:50:16
In this episode, we talk climate marches all around the world, and the new Red-Green government in Sweden. What do the climate marches and strikes tell us about effective climate messaging? And Gre...
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Whistleblowers in Europe // Venezuela from 2019-02-08T09:06:35
In this episode, we talk whistleblower protection, and Venezuela. What will new EU laws about whistleblowing mean for political ecology, and what is the Greens’ position on this? Why is Maduro’s le...
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2018: The year of strongmen and Green resistance from 2019-01-09T10:26:46
A look back to better look ahead understand what 2019 holds. We talk about Bolsonaro's first few days in office, the rise of 'Strongmen', the influence of social media in 2018, and the wave of Gree...
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In Poland at COP24 with Miłka Stępień from 2018-12-13T10:30:37
Seden was at COP24 and talked to secretary-general of the Polish Greens, Miłka Stępień, about what can be expected out of the event, ecological activism in Poland, and how the Greens did in the rec...
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The Green Wave in Belgium from 2018-11-20T09:53:43
Welcome to the first episode of our Green wave series - where we untangle and explore with guests what’s behind the recent Green wave of election successes around the world. This week - Lise Schwim...
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'UK Politics Special' - Brexit, Climate Crisis and The Greens with Steve Hynd from 2018-11-05T09:25:45
We talked to Steve Hynd about British politics, the Greens, Brexit, and climate crisis. Steve works for Green MEP Molly Scott Cato and is a longtime activist and campaigner for the Greens. Steve t...
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Race and environmentalism with Samir Jeraj from 2018-10-15T09:44:56
We talked to Samir Jeraj about racism in the UK today, the intersection between race and environmental justice, and the Deyika Nzeribe Fund that he has helped to set up to support the election of c...
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Swedish Election Surprise, Brazil's Trump, and Romania's Corruption Scandal with Ioana Banach-Sirbu from 2018-09-28T18:42:08
We chat about the Green angle on what's been going on around the world in Brazil and the England and Wales Greens, before looking at the Swedish elections and how the Greens did. We then talked to...
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'European Politics Special' - Interview with Laurent Standaert from 2018-09-06T16:44:34
In this 'European Politics Special', we talk to editor-in-chief of the Green European Journal, Laurent Standaert, about the landscape of European politics today, the upcoming 2019 European election...
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