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Transforming Our FuturesHarnessing Creativity To Effect ChangeIn this Podcast one in the Conversations Across Borders series where Nerina Finetto from Traces Dreams and Francis Sealey from GlobalNet21 will interview Maggie Dugan this Thursday December 17th at 11.00am
Here we speak with Maggie Dugan, founder of Inclusive Innovation. Inclusive Innovation designs and delivers programs that unlock people's thinking. Their workshops, innovation labs, hack-a-thons and other convening events are highly interactive, and ultimately lead to economic opportunities for the excluded population in developing countries and regions.
Events like hackathons have become very popular in recent years where people come together to effect change...
2020-12-1731 min
Transforming Our FuturesCommunication across borders and leadership in a VUCA worldIn this Podcast in our Conversations Across Borders series with Joanna Sells will explore the value of storytelling and listening to restore potency to ourselves and the world we live in
We live in a VUCA world - one of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It is a world that becomes more difficult for us and others to navigate. So how can we cope?
How can global leaders inspire, influence and motivate people if they are not familiar with their own “world of obviousness” and do not know the needs, dreams and fears people from diff...
2020-12-0134 min
Transforming Our FuturesSeeking Global Well BeingIn this Podcast we interview Tony Gaye a Professor from Loughborough University about the need for global wellbeing at a time of turbulent change.
Wellness and wellbeing are something we have discussed on here many times when we have discussed resilience, mindfulness and other ways of creating a positive attitude to life.
But how can we make wellbeing a global imperative at a time when many are thinking mainly of survival. This will be the focus of this interview where we look at how reflective learning and a goal orientated focus in life can create...
2020-10-2838 min
Transforming Our FuturesAn Interview With Maggie Brookes - The Prisoner’s WifeIn this Podcast we interview Maggie Brookes on her first novel “The Prisoner’s Wife.
Many will know Maggie as Maggie Butt as she has been an Enfield resident for many years and is well known for her poetry and has several publications to her name. She has now written her first novel based on a true story in World War 2 of love, imprisonment, escape and both the cruelty and humanity of those in what is an intriguing story.
It is a compelling read and it will be intriguing to hear why Maggie wrote it and...
2020-10-1333 min
Transforming Our FuturesLiving With Nature - Permaculture & Climate ChangeIn this Podcast we interview Bernie Rees about how Permaculture can make a difference in living a sustainable life and tackling the twin but related problems of climate change and the decline in biodiversity.
Permaculture is a design approach based on understandings of how nature works. At its heart permaculture has three ethics:
Earth Care
People Care
Fair Shares
This makes permaculture a unique toolkit that is used to design regenerative systems at all scales - from home and garden to community, farms and bioregions around the world.
We will talk ov...
2020-10-0833 min
Transforming Our FuturesHow can we work together to reduce global emissions by one billion tonnes a year?In this Podcast Zaid Hassan and Lucy White discuss how groups of individuals can get together to help reduce carbon emissions through the gigatonne challenge
Averting dangerous climate change is imperative. While we know “what” should be done, there seems to be little clarity as to “how” to do it.
According to the science, global emissions need to peak and start declining by at least a billion tonnes of CO2e per year. If this doesn’t happen within the next decade we will likely see global temperatures breaching +3-6 degrees, leading to the catastrophic failure of...
2020-10-0634 min
Transforming Our FuturesNetworking Our Way To Global CollaborationIn this Podcast in our Conversations Across Borders series we interview Gill Tiney about her network to develop global collaboration in business, government and civil society.
The whole world over people are finding themselves disconnected, from themselves and their communities. The epidemic of loneliness is spreading. It is causing depression, anxiety and stress. As a society we are becoming more isolated.
Gill argues that collaboration is our natural state, it helps us to achieve more than we can alone, yet we struggle to build strong successful relationships that pull for successful collaborations.
We...
2020-10-0132 min
Transforming Our FuturesREACT And Be NoticedIn this Podcast we interview Cellina Memola Daswell of REACT in Edmonton.
REACT is a community group that has grown to over 3,000 households and started originally as a neighbourhood watch scheme.
It has now expanded and represents a community that is in a deprived area of the Borough in Enfield, marginalised economically and suffering multi deprivation.
It is faced with a major development of their doorstep Meridian Water but are fearful that the homes developed there will be too expensive for the long standing local community. They also face the prospect of a...
2020-09-3041 min
Transforming Our FuturesBetter Streets, Green Spaces & Local ActionJoin us in this Podcast when we will be interviewing Alice Roberts from the Campaign To Protect Rural England and the Better Streets Scorecard.
She will be discussing how the work she does is as relevant to urban as well as rural areas and also about her work to create better streets in London and the give a score to their achievements.
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2020-09-2437 min
Transforming Our FuturesCycling From London To IstanbulIn this Podcast Hannah Dyson interviews Ozgur Korkmaz on his epic cycle journey
Ozgur Korkmaz put the breaks on his old way of life by buying a bike and embarking on an epic journey from London to Istanbul in 2018. Cycling through 11 countries, covering a cool 2115 miles overall, averaging 45-50 miles per day with one day off per week, mental and physical strength was just one of the requirements.
We explore why Ozgur chose to cycle to Istanbul, his experiences cycling through 11 countries and what those countries taught him. We will discuss what Ozgur’s concerns we...
2020-09-1833 min
Transforming Our FuturesGender & Active TravelIn this Podcast we discuss with Julia Valentine & Catriona Leggat the issue of gender and active travel.
The active travel and gender report of 2018 shows that women’s journeys around cities are typically shorter than men’s, use different modes of transport and are more likely to involve ‘trip-chaining’ (multi-stop journeys) which tend to be for a balance of child care, work and household responsibilities.
And, whilst women are motivated to travel actively for physical and mental health reasons, worries about their personal safety, convenience (particularly when taking multi-stop trips) and appearance are all barriers to preve...
2020-09-0830 min
Transforming Our FuturesA tidal wave of change: flexibility in the workplace and widening participation in politics.In this Podcast Hannah Dyson interviews Enfield Councillor Clare De Silva about widening participation in both work and politics. Clare De Silva , Conservative Councillor for Bush Hill Park will explore how society is surfing a tidal wave of change.
Widening participation in politics is something Clare is passionate about and believes that the option of working remotely can widen access to all kinds of jobs and careers, ensuring the best possible pool of talent
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2020-09-0431 min
Transforming Our FuturesMapping Your Local CommunityIn this Podcast Emma Rigby and Francis Sealey interview Cormac Russell where we discuss enriching local communities through community mapping and asset based development.
In this Podcast Emma Rigby and Francis Sealey will be interviewing Cormac Russell one of the leading experts in Europe on asset based community development where we will be discussing how you can map your local community by using the assets based community development principles
We will look at how community mapping can enrich a local community and create new connections as well as build on its strengths
Cormac...
2020-08-2833 min
Transforming Our FuturesDeveloping Community Energy LocallyIn this podcast we interview Duncan Law about the importance of community energy in local planning around climate change
In North London there is much controversy over the Edmonton Incinerator and their claim that using waste to make heat is a form of community energy. But is it and what really is community energy.
Well in this podcast we will be joined by Duncan Law the Policy and Advocacy Manager of Community Energy England to discuss community energy and its contribution to tackling climate change.
Community Energy England represents and supports those committed...
2020-08-2532 min
Transforming Our FuturesTackling Structural Racism In British SocietyIn this webinar we interview Roger McKenzie the Assistant General Secretary of UNISON and a candidate to be their General Secretary.
Here we interview him on the problem of institutional racism in society and the role of Trade Unions in combatting this.
We will talk about how years after the McPherson Report following the death of Stephen Lawrence racism is still widespread in our society. Roger believes that there is increasing abuse suffered by union members and public service workers who are migrants or who are Black, including himself.
How do we combat...
2020-08-1933 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Inspirational Theo SergiouTheo is a cancer survivor has won the Rotary Young Citizen Award after being nominated by Enfield Chase Rotary Club.
Theo Sergiou, 19, was diagnosed with eye cancer aged two and, aged four, was told it was terminal. But the tumours stopped growing and although he remains partially sighted, Theo survived.
A UK Youth Parliament representative, the Enfield teenager is committed to community work such as tackling knife crime. During the pandemic, Theo has written to the prime minister about the lack of provision for children with special educational needs, who he says are suffering mental...
2020-08-1432 min
Transforming Our FuturesClimate Change, Future Generations & People Of ColourIn this Podcast we interview Jasmine Sanders in our Conversation Across Borders series. Jasmine is the CEO of Our Climate based in Washington DC.
Our Climate mobilises and empowers young people to educate the public and elected officials about science-based, equitable climate policy solutions that build a liveable world.
In this interview we will discuss the intersecting effects of climate change and how they disproportionately impact communities of colour, the importance of youth climate change advocacy and the impact climate change has and will increasingly have on migration in the United States and around the...
2020-08-1232 min
Transforming Our FuturesAsylum Seekers & The Welcome CardIn this Podcast one in our “Conversation Across Borders” series we will talk to Veronica Polinedro about how Sweden dealt with the influx of migration that swept Europe after 2015
During 2015, a record 1.3 million refugees crossed into Europe. Between 2015 and 2016, more than 2.5 million people applied for asylum in the EU.
Sweden is considering a “Welcome Card.” Upon arrival in Sweden, asylum seekers place a request for asylum and get registered with the national migration agency. Registered asylum seekers receive one Welcome Card per individual (based on age) to be used during the asylum application process, as both an...
2020-08-0736 min
Transforming Our FuturesLiving In China Through The Covid PandemicIn this Podcast we will be interviewing Dan Scrimgeour who sometime before the Covid outbreak chose to live in China and is still there.
In this interview we will look at the experiences he went through as the pandemic started there and then spread across the globe. How did they handle it and what measures did they take. Did their institutional structure make it easier to institute track and trace than it did in the UK and how did they engage their own population.
There were differences of approach that are worth exploring and discovering...
2020-08-0431 min
Transforming Our FuturesEnfield Enterprises & Building Better BusinessesIn this Podcast we interview Despina Johnson of Enterprise Enfield about the work they do and about their future plans.
Enterprise Enfield is a not for profit enterprise agency offering information, expert advice, guidance and training to help people start new businesses as well as develop and expand established ones.
They run a number of activities including support for women entrepreneurs and also offer training webinars. They also work in partnership with other organisations like Love Your Doorstep in Enfield and the North London Credit Union.
They are about to open their new...
2020-07-1530 min
Transforming Our FuturesGood for the Seoul: A journey from South Korea to Enfield.”In this Podcast Hannah Dyson will be interviewing Taemin Oh who is the Vicar of Saint George in Enfield
Taemin originally came from South Korea and Hannah will explore with him his journey to the UK, why he came here and how he came to be the Vicar of an Enfield Church.
Taemin is involved with lots of community action in Enfield and has been involved with the Felix Project as well.
It will be interesting to hear South Korean perspective on how we do things in the UK, how he’s had to...
2020-07-1430 min
Transforming Our FuturesPlastic Pollution & Our Global OceansIn this Webinar Interview with Jo Ruxton we discuss the huge problem of plastic waste and its impact on the oceans of our globe.
350 million tonnes of plastic are being produced each year. This could weigh more than humanity, estimated at 316 million tonnes in 2013. 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year. If waste management practices don't improve, scientists predict this amount could increase tenfold by 2025
Plastics make up to around 75% of marine litter, although this can be up to 100% at some sites. Plastic in the ocean breaks up into smaller fragments called microplastics...
2020-07-0933 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Tragedy of George Floyd And The Need For Police ReformIn this Podcast we discuss with Chief Gordon L. Wiborg, Jr the consequences of the George Floyd’s killing for race relations in America.
Chief Gordon L. Wiborg, Jr is a retired Police Chief in the United States and who is now President of National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP)
The NJCDLP was set up to examine abuse in the judicial system in the US and how it adversely impacts on minorities and specifically black people. Gordon with others have now set up the the Blue Sky and Golden Badge Projects involving an...
2020-07-0849 min
Transforming Our FuturesCollaborative Practice - A Different Way Of Working In General PracticeIn this Podcast we talk to Alyson McGregor of Altogether Better.
Altogether Better works with people in health and social care across the UK and beyond to develop Collaborative Practice, a new way of organising that makes life better for everybody.
Altogether Better is an NHS national network organisation, supporting health and care services across the UK to introduce their model of Collaborative Practice. Their network approach is used in over 130 GP practices and has also been tested in other health and care settings, including acute hospital trusts, mental health, young people’s services and ca...
2020-06-2332 min
Transforming Our FuturesCreating An Inclusive Society - Nationally & LocallyIn this Podcast we talk to Ade Adeshina from the O”-Bay Community Trust
The last two weeks have been traumatic experiences for many as the death of George Floyd has made many of us rethink our attitudes to discrimination. . Here we talk to Ade Adeshina about how it has affected him and his community here in Enfield. Has the protests and demonstrations given hope or yet more despair?
We will also talk about how he views the performance of the London Borough of Enfield in creating an inclusive community. Ade feels that Enfield has mu...
2020-06-1833 min
Transforming Our FuturesUnderstanding The Climate Crisis - A Marxist ViewIn this Podcast we discuss with Elaine Graham Leigh a Marxist view on the climate crisis
From the youth climate strikes to the Green New Deal, climate change has moved up the political agenda. Elaine Graham Leigh a local author has just published a book on “Marx And The Climate Crisis.”
For many that may sound a strange title to relate a 19th century writer of the industrial era to a post industrial world we live in but Elaine says,
“Marx’s analysis of capitalism provides the basis for understanding how the system’s destruct...
2020-06-1730 min
Transforming Our FuturesWhat Has Corona Virus Done For The Role Of The MPIn this Podcast we talk to Feryal Clark MP about how the pandemic of Covid 19 has affected her work both as a case worker for her constituents and as a scrutiniser of Government.
Over time the role of an MP has changed . The traditional role of an MP is to represent their constituents in the House of Commons and hold the government to account – participating in debates, asking questions, and voting on legislation. If we look back to even a couple of decades ago, MPs were not expected to engage much with their constituents. Many felt they di...
2020-06-1236 min
Transforming Our FuturesPublic Health Connects Us All - But Is It In CrisisIn this Podcast we talk to Charlotte Gath about public health and whether the Covid 19 epidemic has highlighted a deeper crisis in public health in the UK
Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.
Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighbourhood, or as big as an entire country or region...
2020-06-1030 min
Transforming Our FuturesCommunications & Climate ChangeIn this Podcast we interview Samara Croci who is a Brand and Communication Manager for Aquafil USA. Aquafil is a company that has placed the circular economy and sustainability at the heart of the company’s mission which is to save resources, give new life to otherwise lost materials and increase efficiency along the value chain.
Samara has 15 years of experience in communications for advertising, media production, social media, and branding.
In this webinar Samara will discuss the fascinating challenge - communicating the environmental problems we face today. It is an excellent school for a co...
2020-06-0333 min
Transforming Our FuturesJournalism & Activism At A Time Of Climate ChangeThis Podcast is the next episode in the Conversations Across Borders” series. It is about the journey of Ragnhild Larsson a journalist who made the journey to become a climate change activist
This was a knowledge journey through the different aspect of this issue - a journey in the forefront of the climate change movement. A personal transformation, from a journalist to an activist.
In September 2015 Ragnhild Larsson . a Swedish journalist, based in Gothenburg started the podcast "The klimatpodden" about climate change. In her statement she told us
"I am worried and upset. Th...
2020-06-0235 min
Transforming Our FuturesMy Tube train scribblings with Allan Boroughs, An author shooting for the starsIn this Podcast we explore what it means to be a writer and to guide others, particularly students, to a love of reading and creativity. Allan believes everyone has a novel in them. Allan is also passionate about climate change, the beauty of the world and nurturing the planet.
A key figure in Extinction Rebellion, Allan is no stranger to literally standing up for what he believes in, blowing the whistle, having brought the Enfield Full Council Meeting to a halt in January 2020 Scribblings on a packed tube train, nestled in between pinstriped suits and sharp elbows...
2020-05-3135 min
Transforming Our FuturesDoes Enfield Council Avoid Robust & Proper ScrutinyIn this Podcast we discuss with Cllr Derek Levy ( a former Labour Party member) if the scrutiny and overview of Enfield Council is working properly and whether it is independent and robust.
Derek is in a strong position to discuss this as he is a previous chair of the Overview and Scrutiny committee. In 2018 the Leader of Enfield Council Nesil Caliskan was found to have breached the Council code of conduct after suggesting that Cllr Levy. should meet with her regularly to ensure he was “more closely aligned to key decisions” on Labour Group priorities.
The...
2020-05-2935 min
Transforming Our FuturesLocal Government & The Democratic DeficitIn this Podcast we discuss if there is a deficit of democracy on Enfield Council.
Democratic discussion, scrutiny and accountability of Government both national and local, are important at all times and especially at times of crisis. During the War, Winston Churchill always respected the House of Commons and made himself available for criticism through the darkest hours.
But there are some who believe that this is not happening in Enfield. The Leader of the Council is not following the Churchillian model of holding herself to account. The Cabinet has not met and no attempt h...
2020-05-2138 min
Transforming Our FuturesMaking Business Green - Interview Of Georgia Elliott SmithIn this Podcast we interview Georgia Ellliott Smith on what a “green business” is and how you can make business green
A green company claims to act in a way which minimises damage to the environment. As global warming continues apace and becomes an increasingly prevalent topic amongst world governments, many companies are doing their part to become environmentally more responsible or “green".
But how green are they in actuality. Many companies has adopted the banner of corporate social responsibility but it is sometimes just a tick box operation and not embedded in the whole of the...
2020-05-2032 min
Transforming Our FuturesConsidering Our Mortality: Katy Davies Interviews Mark MeatcherIn this Podcast Interview Katy Davies speaks to Rev Mark Meatcher about the aims of the campaign and his personal experience of helping families preparing for and dealing with bereavement.
Death is a subject that many of us prefer to avoid at the best of times but in a time of crisis where close friends or family are at risk of becoming seriously ill it is pushed to the forefront of our minds.
11-19 May is Dying Awareness Week which strives to make the topic more accessible and help people have those important conversations with...
2020-05-1431 min
Transforming Our FuturesCorona Virus & The African ContinentIn this Podcast we discuss with Iboro Otu from Nigeria how the Covid 19 pandemic has affected the African Continent and especially Nigeria.
In the UK and much of Europe we have had basic infrastructures like health services as well as an active voluntary sector ( as in Enfield) and although hugely under strain they have coped in the most difficult of circumstances.
But what happens in countries where that infrastructure is not there and where water is not always available and on tap. How do countries with widespread urban as well as trial communities enforce lockdown...
2020-05-1332 min
Transforming Our FuturesUrban Parks & Climate Change Action PlanningIn this Podcast interview we look at discussions between some voluntary Friends of Parks in the London Borough of Enfield to create a common approach towards climate change.
We will be interviewing Kim Lumley from the Friends of Broomfield Park - an attractive Park in the London Borough of Enfield about his ongoing discussions to collaborate with others to develop a strategy for Parks in the Borough.
Here we will focus on the potential benefits of Urban Parks and the Friends plan for Broomfield Park with the idea that collaborating with other Friends of parks...
2020-05-0830 min
Transforming Our FuturesMobilising The Community In A Time Of Climate ChangeThe Covid 19 emergency has shown that there is such a thing as society and that the community can organise at great speed at a time of crisis. But can it do that with the even bigger crisis that will affect us all this century - climate change.
In this Podcast we we will be discussing with Emma Rigby and Adam Mcgibbon how they think civil society can contribute at such a time of crisis
Emma mobilised her local community in Enfield almost immediately the corona virus went global and within days she had assembled 600 volunteers...
2020-05-0130 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Medicine of Song: Positive Notes From A Singing GPIn this Podcast we talk to Dr Rosalyn Sarah Miller a doctor who works in General Practice and believes that we should try to stay positive at this time of crisis. In the webinar she will tell us about the importance of this.
And she will do this not just in words but in song as well as Ros is a singing GP and you can see both sing, talk and give advice about being positive.
So Ros will give us the medicine of song and not just words to make our day have a...
2020-04-2932 min
Transforming Our FuturesHow to democratise news with the power of storytellingIn this Podcast we discuss with Marie Elisabeth Mueller the power of storytelling in the digital age and how the news we hear can be democratised by the power of story telling. This is one of the interviews we are doing jointly with Tracesdreams as one in the series of Conversations Across Borders.
Stories have been used to hand down learning and knowledge for thousands of years. A good story engages our curiosity, emotions and imagination. Stories are the way we understand and make sense of the world we find ourselves in.
But in the...
2020-04-2237 min
Transforming Our FuturesCorona Virus & Working From HomeIn this Podcast we discuss the opportunities and problems of working from home. As businesses close down their offices many people are having to work from home and this often brings new problems as well as opportunities.
In this webinar Katy Davies interviews Hannah Dyson and Francis Sealey. Hannah had just got a job working at the Royal Free when the Corona virus struck and she then faced working from home. So how much of a cultural shock was that and how did she adapt. Francis has worked from home for many years and can talk about...
2020-04-2233 min
Transforming Our FuturesTackling Isolation At A Time Of CrisisIn this Podcast we interview Leonie Campbell where we will be discussing how can we deal with isolation and how do we cope with our anxieties and you are invited to make comments and ask questions in the chat box of the webinar.
Leonie Campbell - a BPS chartered and HCPC registered counselling and occupational psychologist, and is the founder of Psychology For Success.
Many people will be experiencing socialisation at this time and many will be doing it alone. Others will feel anxious and concerned about themselves and their families.
We discuss...
2020-04-1632 min
Transforming Our FuturesResilience & Mindfulness At A Time Of CrisisIn this Podcast we discuss how we can develop resilience as we go through this crisis of Covid-19
Resilience is something that most people need to make it through the rougher times of life. Everyone will experiences difficulties in life, and some people will even experience traumatic events that create an upheaval in their lives. Resilience is not a character trait - it can be learned by anyone, but learning it does require time and effort.
Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing...
2020-04-1531 min
Transforming Our FuturesClimate Change - Adaption, Mitigation & Geo EngineeringIn this podcast Simon Nicholson an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service Contact is interviewed by Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey about climate change and whether we will be able to meet the target set by the International Panel on Climate Change to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to keep temperature rise below 1.5 degrees by the end of the century.
We know climate change is happening and we will have to adapt but are the measures to mitigate climate change and its impact enough or do we need more drastic measures like geo engineering. And if...
2020-04-0939 min
Transforming Our FuturesArt In A Time Of Crisis - Interview With Lisa RussellThe World Health Organization in collaboration with arts and entertainment influencers and public personalities as well as leading arts and cultural entities are launching #SolidaritySessions and #SolidarityShows to a global audience.
Art, alongside science, is the way we can make sense of this moment of uncertainty and isolation, through an expression of solidarity and love with family, friends, as a community, a nation or as a species.
Celebrity musicians are sharing #SolidaritySessions, powered by Global Citizen, which are live performances taped in intimate settings and offered for free on social media to help share important...
2020-04-0933 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Value of Social Networks In Times of CrisisAs the corona virus pandemic takes hold and social isolation affects so many of us then social networks become important as a means of contact and communication.
In this Podcast Francis Sealey discusses with Gary Kousoulou and Joy Cowley-Smith the vital importance of social networks as well as some of the pitfalls.
Gary is one of the founders of a large social network in North London called Loving Local and Joy runs another such network in the same area called Enfield Matters. Both have used their respective networks to keep people in touch with what...
2020-04-0130 min
Transforming Our FuturesGlobal Justice In A World In CrisisIn this Podcast we interview Nick Dearden the Director of Global Justice Now - a democratic social justice organisation working as part of a global movement to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. They mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south.
Today we face two existential crises the corona virus pandemic and climate change and both bring the need for global justice strikingly to the forefront. As these crises unfold although they will impact on us all, it is...
2020-04-0140 min
Transforming Our FuturesTackling The Drug WarsIn this Podcast we talk to Neil Woods who spent many years as an undercover cop seeking out drug gangs through the contacts he made with addicts.
It was a dangerous job and he was responsible for many arrests. However he came to realise that the more arrests that were made the more this crime increased. He felt there had to be a different approach to tackle the crimes around drug use.
In this Podcast we discuss Neil’s career as an undercover cop and how he became disillusioned with the effectiveness of that way of...
2020-03-1834 min
Transforming Our FuturesFaith In The Community Interview with Bishop Of EdmontonIn this Podcast we interview Robert Wickham the Bishop of Edmonton about Faith in the Community.
Today religion is playing a more important part in many people’s lives than it did a decade or so ago even though the number attending traditional churches has declined.
Why is this and how important is it that faith organisations engage with communities not to just to increase their numbers but because they want to confront some pressing social problems.
Bishop Rob is passionate about civil society playing a major part in tackling the issues of kn...
2020-03-1640 min
Transforming Our FuturesPerforming Arts & Youth CrimeIn this Podcast we interview Nina Lewis of Platinum Performing Arts which offers vocational training for young people in stage productions giving them the industry experience they deserve.
Nina also believe that performing arts can play an important role in combatting youth crime and she will tell us about the work that they do to achieve this.
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2020-03-0333 min
Transforming Our FuturesGlobal Governance & Climate ChangeHere we interview David James Parker who believes that our international institutions are not fit for purpose in the present century. He believes they were created in a different epoch and times have now changed.
How do we reform them so they can deliver on crucial questions like climate change. James was a Parliamentary Research Intern for the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP (when Hilary was the Cabinet Minister for International Development) and Research Intern for the leading think tank the Fabian Society. James has been a Policy Advisor for the Government on Energy and Climate Change.
2020-02-2635 min
Transforming Our FuturesDeportation & The Tragedy Of Madhi - Interview With Melanie SmithIn this Podcast we interview Melanie Smith about her campaign over a member of her church Madhi. - a gay Christian man from Iran currently being detained.
Melanie and friends feared that his life was at risk if he is forcibly deported. Madhi, after having been detained and tortured in Iran twice before escaping to Europe, was then homeless and abused in Germany before making his way to the UK. Here he met his partner, Ian, and started attending Melanie’s church.In the webinar
Melanie will tell us how this all happened, what she an...
2020-02-2032 min
Transforming Our FuturesAction On Meridian Water - Interview With Tolga AramazIn this webinar Podcast we interview Tolga Aramaz - a Councillor in Enfield and we discussed the Meridian Water development in Edmonton
He and other Enfield Councillors as well as many other Enfield residents have got together to set up, Meridian for Council Homes (M4CH).
They are a campaign group demanding that public land is used for the public good and that the council must build 100% council homes at social rent and that we provide 100% secure tenancies for all
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2020-02-1930 min
Transforming Our FuturesFeeding The Community From My AllotmentIn this Podcast we interview of Candice McDonald who has lived in Edmonton, North London, for most of her life and has seen the impact poverty has had. She decided to use her allotment to do something about it, setting up a community kitchen to help feed her neighbours with the produce she has grown.
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2020-02-1932 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Legacy Of Dag Hammarskjöld - Interview With Caroline HammarskjöldIn this Podcast we interview the grand niece of Dag Hammarskjöld who was the second Secretary General of the United Nations and who died in a mysterious plane crash.
Caroline Hammarskjöld talks about the legacy of her great uncle, the international situation today and also about her own work to further the vision of Dag Hammarskjöld.
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2020-02-0532 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Edmonton Incinerator & Local OppositionIn this Podcast we interviewed Carina Millstone of the Stop the Incinerator campaign in Edmonton when we ask questions about whether incinerators are the right solution at a time of climate change. This is not just a local issue but one that affects North London and indeed it is a nationwide concern At a time of climate emergency how we deal with the problem of waste is a concern that affects us all.
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2020-01-2933 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Voluntary Sector, Local Authorities & Reimagining Climate Change.In this Podcast we talk to Jenny Edwards who was the Chief Executive of Homeless Link and a consultant with local authorities and the voluntary sector advising on how to create frameworks for change.
This is a critical task in the links between statutory authorities and the voluntary sector when creating strategies around climate change. She explains how they can work together but how they must change to do so
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2020-01-2931 min
Transforming Our FuturesCommunity Energy & Climate JusticeIn this Podcast we interview Camila Berens and Giovanna Speciale from SELCE about their project of providing community energy, addressing climate change and tackling fuel poverty. South East London Community Energy (SELCE) is a not-for-profit social enterprise. It was formed by residents of Greenwich and Lewisham who want to play an active role in shaping the energy future of South East London. Taking action on climate change and fuel poverty lies at the heart of our business model.
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2020-01-2332 min
Transforming Our FuturesHomelessness and Sleep Pod-PowerIn this Podcast we talk with Pete Kenyon-Holt, one of the founders of the Sleep Pod project which has just been awarded charitable status.
Sleep Pod is a non-profit organisation, driven to help the most vulnerable members of our society who are sleeping rough.
The Sleep Pod project is a non-profit organisation driven to help the most vulnerable members of our society who are sleeping rough. Sleep Pods can never make sleeping outside safe, however their hope is that they can offer some meaningful protection from the elements to help rough sleepers through the night
2020-01-1630 min
Transforming Our FuturesInterview With James Cracknell of Enfield DispatchThis podcast is an interview with James Cracknell of the Enfield Dispatch. James started the Dispatch about a year ago as a community newspaper in Enfield and here we ask him how it started, how it has developed and what he hopes for the future.
We also talk about the importance of community newspapers and social networks for information and engagement in the 21st century.
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2020-01-1334 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Bulgarian Community - Interview With Nishan DzhingozyanIn this Podcast with Nishan Dzhingozyan we talk about the Bulgarian Community in London and also in Enfield.
18 years ago, when Nishan started hi life in the UK and was surprised to find that the relationship between Bulgaria and its diaspora in the UK were not at the level he would have expected. Today the Bulgarian community in the UK is much bigger, much better organised and has become probably the biggest Bulgarian diaspora abroad.
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2020-01-1331 min
Transforming Our FuturesLocal Authorities & Climate Change with Vicki PiteIn this Podcast we interview Councillor Victoria Pite about climate change. What can local authorities do to make a difference. "A climate emergency has been declared by Haringey Council amid growing fears that time is running out to prevent “catastrophic” global warming.
Vicki introduced a similar motion in Enfield and we will discuss with her why she thinks this important and what she thinks can be done.
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2020-01-1231 min
Transforming Our FuturesCitizen Assemblies & Deliberative Democracy - An Interview With Perry WalkerIn this Podcast interview with Perry Walker we discuss how local authorities can set up a number of deliberative democracy projects like citizen assemblies citizen juries and other forms democracy by dialogue.
Perry is a Fellow of the New Economic Foundation and Involve. He has spent the last 20 years developing tools that allow people to “do democracy.” Perry with others has developed Talk Shop whose mission is to invigorate democracy by involving ordinary people in informed convocations that enable them to have greater influence over the decisions that affect them
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2020-01-1037 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Strength To Succeed - Penny Power OBEIn this Podcast we talk to Penny Power OBE who started Ecademy the first scoop network for business people. It became very successful but ran into problems with the economic crash and when Linkedin Started up.
Although having achieved an OBE, Penney found her self worth and self esteem challenged and then had to start anew and had to reassess her life and her goals. In this webinar we will discuss the journey she went through.
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2020-01-1033 min
Transforming Our FuturesTackling Youth Crime - Interview With Louis BamberIn this Podcast we interview Louis Bamber of the liveyourlifdroptheknife campaign. Live your life drop the knife was founded in Runcorn in response to rising violent crime and knife crime against residents of Halton. The campaign hopes to educate young people that its not OK to carry weapons, that its OK to run away and that there is always an alternative option – to Live Your Life and Drop The Knife!
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2020-01-1031 min
Transforming Our FuturesInterfaith Dialogue & Social Action - Interview With Mark MeatcherIn this Podcast we interview Mark Meacher on the importance of interfaith dialogue in the Borough and some of the efforts that he and others are involved in to bring people together of all faiths and none.
We discuss the role of faith in society and indeed in politics, their up and coming interfaith festival and the interfaith initiative to confront the international arms trade.
Mark is a Minister in the London Borough of Enfield working with a number of churches and with his wife Melanie believes in the importance of enabling and promoting civil...
2020-01-1031 min
Transforming Our FuturesFeed Up Warm Up - Interview With Daniel AllenIn this Podcast Hannah Dyson speaks to Daniel Allen from Feed Up Warm Up, a homeless charity in Hertfordshire. Daniel is a DJ, a councillor, dad of seven and star of Marrying Mum and Dad on CBBC.
Daniel tells us why he got involved with the charity, why Grace the van is so important and how everyone in society can play a role in lifting someone from the depths of despair back onto their feet.
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2020-01-1029 min
Transforming Our FuturesKaty Davies interviews local author Jay Hollis On Enfield Haunted HousesIn this Podcast, Katy Davies interviews local author Jay Hollis about his book Haunted Enfield, which includes some of the most well known ghost stories in Enfield.
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2020-01-1027 min
Transforming Our FuturesCredit Unions - Interview With Julia DanielIn this Podcast we interview Julia Daniel on Credit Unions, what they are and how they promote fair finance. North London Credit Union is a not–for-profit financial co-operative established in 1994.
They are owned and controlled by their members, managed and staffed by local people and have a strong voluntary element They believe that everyone deserves appropriate, fair financial products that meet their needs and improve their financial well-being.
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2020-01-0833 min
Transforming Our FuturesHigh Street Regeneration - Interview of Brian LewisIn this Podcast we talk to Brian Lewis who runs an enterprising cafe called Mytime and who is passionately interested in high street regeneration.
He discusses how the High Street can change in an age of online shopping and large corporations through creating public space and where the High Street is not just a retailing outlet but one that delivers services, engagement and advice
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2020-01-0831 min
Transforming Our FuturesWhat Next For Britain & Europe In The Next DecadeIn this Podcast Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey talk with Rickard Ydrenäs about how Europe views there British General Election result and what impact it will have in the coming decade Founder of the pod cast "Brexitpodden" - a pod cast about Brexit & EU" and the podcast "Tullpodden" - a podcast about customs and trade.
Richard is a political scientist, journalist and communications specialist with expertise on the European Union's work, the EU's legislative process and financial markets regulation.
Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey are the co-producers of the Conversations Across Borders series of w...
2020-01-0827 min
Transforming Our FuturesSchool Exclusions, Mental Health & Bureaucratic BarriersIn this Podcast Barbara Ball from ASEND talks about schools, exclusion and mental health. She also tells about the difficulty in dealing with the different authorities and the important need for join up working and developing a strategy that involves all the stakeholders concerned.
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2020-01-0232 min
Transforming Our FuturesInterview of Emma Rigby & the Enfield Town Community Patrol initiativeIn this podcast we talk to Emma Rigby about the Enfield Town Community Patrol initiative. This was an initiative started by Emma and the Love Your Doorstep social network in response to muggings outside of Enfield Grammar school.
The Enfield Town Community Patrol has now been running for 3 months and has proved to be a big success within the community. It was always our intention to open up communication channels and work with the local police, businesses, schools and the community.
Our community-led initiative based on street patrols is carried out by members of the...
2020-01-0232 min
Transforming Our FuturesTackling The Homeless Crisis - Caroline Bernard MoxleyIn this Podcast we interview Caroline Bernard Moxley about the work she has been doing to address the problem of homelessness. In the interview we will discuss the general problem of homelessness, the extent of it and its causes.
But we will also look at solutions and especially the importance of Streetlink that brings together referrals from the general public who wish to do something and the agencies that have to respond.
Streetlink is a way of networking this together.
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2019-12-1831 min
Transforming Our FuturesClimate Change - Ourselves & In Our CommunitiesIn this Podcast we talk to Charles Appleby about how we can address climate change in our own lives and in that of our communities. Charles believes that unless we do something about it, climate change will wreck the world as we know it
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2019-12-1731 min
Transforming Our FuturesEnfield Women’s Centre - Interview With Ginnie Newby LandonIn this Podcast we interview Ginnie Newby Landon of Enfield Women’s Centre (EWC) a registered charity working for women and girls and their families in the borough of Enfield.
They aim to explore and provide services which will enable women and girls to achieve fulfilment in their lives. These will range from their physical and mental health needs, training, recreational and creative skills.
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2019-12-1726 min
Transforming Our FuturesPoetry and Rebellion - Interview With Liba RavindranIn this Interview Hannah Dyson will talk to Liba Ravindran about how language, particularly poetry plays an integral part in encouraging or discouraging BAME inclusion within green movements and local community action.
Liba is about to embark on an exciting new adventure when he moves to Bristol after 16 years of being a major player in Enfield’s art scene. A talented poet, writer, performer and teacher, Liba has the world at his feet.
We also explore how language has helped Liba contribute to the recent actions. and strategy of Extinction Rebellion Enfield. Liba’s poetry depi...
2019-12-1131 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Drama Of Universal CreditIn this Podcast we talk to Sharron Spice an Enfield Resident and she has written a play about universal credit because she fears that it has blighted the lives of many and resulted in countless lives being lost.
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2019-12-0732 min
Transforming Our FuturesHomeSchooling - An Interview With Emma CarlitosIn this Podcast we discuss with Emma Carlitos home schooling. Emma has chosen homeschooling for her children. Around 57,800 children were home schooled in 2018, up from 45,500 in 2017 and 37,500 in 2016.
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2019-12-0733 min
Transforming Our FuturesPost Identity Politics & SocietyIn this Podcast we interview Mercy Francis who will tell us about her journey as a BAME individual and how important identity politics has been to her. She will discuss how identity politics has changed over time and how the BAME community itself is diversifying in many ways in terms of business, community and politics.
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2019-11-2730 min
Transforming Our FuturesTackling Climate Change - Alternative ActionIn this Podcast we hear four speakers who address the issue of how we can tackle climate change. Each has a different view from life style change to alternative energy and from system change to climate repair. These were speeches made to an audience at Conway Hall and was followed by an extensive discussion
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2019-11-2741 min
Transforming Our Futures50-50 The Campaign To Get More Women In Parliament
In this podcast we interview Frances Scott the founder of the 50 50 Parliament Campaign with the aim to have equal gender representation in our Parliament.
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2019-11-2530 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Sharing Economy - Interview With Benita Matofska
Benita Matofska in this Podcast tells us how ‘Sharing change the world?’ By highlighting the myriad of ways Sharing is creating an impact, we help millions discover and participate in the Sharing Economy – a socioeconomic movement promoting the sharing of, and access to, resources, while putting people and planet first.
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2019-11-2533 min
Transforming Our FuturesLocal Authorities & A Climate Emergency
In this Podcast we talk to Elaine Graham Leigh from Extinction Rebellion and David Flint about the importance of local authorities declaring a climate emergency.
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2019-11-2332 min
Transforming Our FuturesStarting A Community NewspaperThis podcast is an interview with James Cracknell of the Enfield Dispatch. James started the Dispatch about a year ago as a community newspaper in Enfield and here we ask him how it started, how it has developed and what he hopes for the future.
We also talk about the importance of community newspapers and social networks for information and engagement in the 21st century
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2019-11-2334 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Boxes We Live In - Identity & Cohesion An Interview With Robin ChandlerIn this Podcast we interview with Robin Chandler where we discuss present day identity politics and whether it is at odds with older views of race and class and with democratisation itself.
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2019-11-2233 min
Transforming Our FuturesAge UK Enfield - Interview With Alison GordonIn this podcast we interview when we talk with Alison Gordon of Age UK Enfield. Age UK Enfield is an independent local charity.
They have been working in the local community to help older people for 30 years. They have 40 dedicated staff and over 100 volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Enfield.
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2019-11-2231 min
Transforming Our FuturesEcocide - A Crime Against HumanityIn this podcast we talk to Anita van Rossam about Ecocide where damage against our planet is considered a crime against humanity.
The late and remarkable Polly Higgins’ proposed to make ecocide the fifth Crime Against Peace. As an international crime alongside genocide, any entity or individual committing ecocide could be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
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2019-11-2231 min
Transforming Our FuturesBuilding Bridges For Peace - Interview With Jo BerryJo’s father Sir Anthony Berry was killed in the bombing in the Grande Hotel in Brighton during a Conservative Party Conference. To try to understand this Jo sought out the perpetrator of that bombing, Patrick McGee when he was released from prison after the Good Friday Agreement.
Here we can listen to Jo’s story and how she believes by addressing our common humanity we can overcome even the most horrific of conflicts.
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2019-11-2218 min
Transforming Our FuturesJust One Tree - With Amanda BronkhorstIn this podcast we interview Amanda Bronkhorst where we discuss with her the social enterprise that she has established to develop an initiative that makes it simple for individuals, schools and businesses to collectively combat global warming.
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2019-11-2232 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Price of Love - Interview With Paige BallmiIn this podcast Paige Ballmi explains why she is campaigning to change the government’s spouse visa laws. As a result in December 2017 she was stood on a bridge over the A10 attempting to end her life.
Despite many efforts to communicate their errors to them, the Home Office refused to listen and take me seriously, knowing that I was a vulnerable young woman who just wanted my right to a family life. I was essentially punished for falling in love with a foreigner.
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2019-11-1932 min
Transforming Our FuturesBringing Craft & Classes To The High Street Interview With Suzanne KellyIn this Podcast we talked to Suzanne Kelly from Stitch based on Green Lanes in Palmers Green. Stitch is an innovative enterprise to bring classes and crafts to the High Street.
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2019-11-1830 min
Transforming Our FuturesInterview of Local Author Stephen CoxIn this Podcast we talk to Stephen Cox a local author about being an author and what advice he gives to those who wish to see their work published. He also talked about his recently published book "Our ~Child Of The Stars."
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2019-11-1630 min
Transforming Our FuturesNew Technology & Social Care - Interview With Simon HooperIn this Podcast we look at how new technology, robotics and machine learning can help develop better services in social care. We know there is a crisis in social care but we rarely discuss the innovative work developing to adopt the new age of digital technology to tackling some of the problems of social care.
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2019-11-1631 min
Transforming Our FuturesInterview of Jill Harrison, CEO of Citizen’s Advice Enfield.Julia Daniel interviews Jill Harrison of the Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Citizens Advice Enfield is a charity that offers free, accessible,quality advice to anyone who lives in Enfield. We can help with all kinds of problems whether they are housing, employment, benefits, debts or immigration issues for example. They have been providing advice in the London Borough of Enfield since 2nd September 1939.
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2019-11-1532 min
Transforming Our FuturesWriting & Publishing Your First NovelAfter years of being a BBC Producer and then free lance Roger Penfound was able to follow his passion of writing and wrote and published his first book. Since then he has published three more,
In this Podcast we will talk to Roger how he set about writing his first book and the path he sought to have that book published. And we will also discuss that first book “The Guest Who Stayed” and what inspired him to write it.
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2019-11-1533 min
Transforming Our FuturesInterview of Emma Rigby & the Community Patrol initiativeIn this Podcast we talk to Emma Rigby about a Community Patrol initiative that was set up in a North London Borough This was an initiative started by Emma through her social network Love Your Doorstep in response to muggings outside of a local school. Now other schools are interested and their has also been interest nationwide and also from the police
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2019-11-1333 min
Transforming Our FuturesAlbert Wright on Businesses & The High StreetIn this Podcast Julia Daniel speaks to Albert Wright, London Region National Councillor for the FSB (National Federation of Self Employed & Small Businesses Limited) and a key contributor to their London Policy and other special interest groups.
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2019-11-1337 min
Transforming Our FuturesLocalities & Credit Unions - Interview With Julia DanielIn this Podcast we interview Julia Daniel on Credit Unions, what they are and how they promote fair finance. North London Credit Union is a not–for-profit financial co-operative established in 1994.
They are owned and controlled by their members, managed and staffed by local people and have a strong voluntary element They believe that everyone deserves appropriate, fair financial products that meet their needs and improve their financial well-being.
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2019-11-1033 min
Transforming Our FuturesThe Biodiversity Of Life - Interview with Alex KaganskyJoin this Conversation Across Borders Podcast where Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey will interview Alex Kagansky on the biodiversity of life and how it is being threatened thus creating a crisis for humanity.
The loss of biodiversity both eliminates possibility to learn nature, and importantly to survive and help the future sufferers, including ourselves and our relatives and friends, as it minimises the potential for harvesting new medicines.
This is due to the interdependence of sustainability of the environment, human wellbeing, and the development of new public health practices. We aim to mobilise the skills...
2019-11-1030 min