The Green Pledge @ Gloucestershire Archives
Welcome to the Green Pledge podcast from Gloucestershire Archives. Travel with us through time to discover stories of local people who’ve protected nature and addressed climate change.
We’ll dive into the historic archive bringing to light our environmental past, to reflect on the present, and imagine what our future could be.
It is important to us to capture a wide range of voices for the archives. The views that can be heard in the interviews are the contributors own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the archive.
Want to find out more about the project: The Green Pledge Project | Gloucestershire Archives
Project made possible thanks to National Lottery Heritage Funding.
Episodes
8 episodes
Episode 8 - George Peterken. Part 2 of 2 on grasslands and churchyard ecology.
In the second part of my conversation with George Peterken, we talk about the importance of grassland ecology and why Peter set up the Parish Meadows Group, as well as hearing about his latest project about the ecology of churchyards.
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Episode 7 - George Peterken and woodland ecology
In this episode, we hear from George Peterken, who lives in the lower Wye Valley in Gloucestershire, and has probably done more than any other living person to protect Britain's ancient woodlands. We talk about his time with Nature Conservancy,...
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Episode 6 - Gloucestershire Youth Climate Group's What Can I Do? WCID Festival
On Sunday, the 1st of September, the Youth Climate Group held a festival in the centre of Gloucester called What Can I Do? WCID for short. For this episode of the Green Pledge Podcast we asked young people at the festival about the...
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Episode 5 - Gail Bradbrook founder of Extinction Rebellion
Gail Bradbrook lives in Stroud and is one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion. This global environmental movement uses non-violent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping point in the climate system, biodiversity los...
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Episode 4 - Two dawn choruses recorded seventy years apart
In this episode of the Green Pledge Podcast we listen to two dawn choruses, recorded in the month of May, in the same place, but 70 years apart. In the 1950s on a couple of May mornings, Harry Grimes took his reel to reel rec...
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John Meadley - a life in agriculture and overseas development.
John Meadley has spent a lifetime working in agriculture and overseas development. He lives in the Stroud area and has spearheaded many local green projects. He is the co-founder of Pasture for Life, an organisation focussed on pasture fed live...
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Episode 1 - meet the Green Pledge Team and Sara Kinsey from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Introducing our busy, brilliant project team, as well catching up with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust volunteer, Sara Kinsey, as she works with Heather Forbes, sorting documents from the Trust's HQ, including beautiful nature journals and...
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