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Rebel Justice98. Why Defending Juries Matters When Protest Is Criminalised with Sir Jonathon Porritt & Dr Juliette BrownSend us a textWe sit down with Dr Juliette Brown, an NHS consultant psychiatrist and climate activist facing a retrial after a hung jury, and Sir Jonathan Porritt, a leading environmental thinker who has returned to civil disobedience, to explore how conscience, health, and the law collide in today’s UK.Together, we unpack Defend Our Juries, the grassroots campaign centred on a simple principle: jurors have the right to acquit according to conscience. We look at how tightened protest laws, expansive uses of counterterror powers, and stricter bail and remand conditions have chilled sp...
2025-11-1935 min
The Science Show - Separate stories podcastJonathon Porritt charts lives of young British climate campaignersLove, Anger and Betrayal follows 26 young British citizens as protest against the ongoing use of fossil fuels.
2025-10-1710 min
Westminster InsiderCan Britain have a proper Green Party?Zack Polanski, the self-confessed eco-populist, won the leadership of the Green Party in a landslide this week. So Westminster Insider Host Sascha O'Sullivan finds out why the Green Party have often struggled to be taken seriously in SW1.
Sascha speaks to the man himself – Polanski – who tells her he is a vegan, who doesn't drive and wants to tell "similar stories as Nigel Farage" but his will be "the truth".
She speaks to Jonathon Porritt, a Green Party veteran and former chair, who says he isn't "completely comfortable with eco-populism".
And Natalie Bennett, Gree...
2025-09-0540 min
Daily Politics from the New StatesmanBranding pensioners terrorists: "ridiculous... and deeply disturbing" | Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested at Palestine Action ProtestOn Saturday, in Westminster, police arrested more than 500 people under the Terrorism Act. That’s more in a single day than have ever been charged with terrorist-related activity in a whole year.Many of those arrested were pensioners. Their crime: holding cardboard signs which read “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”One of those 532 people arrested on Saturday was Sir Jonathon Porritt, a long-time activist and campaigner on green and social justice issues, former environmental adviser to King Charles and patron to over 20 charities. He joins Anoosh C...
2025-08-1321 min
EY Sustainability MattersHow and why should CEOs put sustainability at the core of businessThis special episode of the EY Sustainability Matters podcast is introduced by Nadia Woodhouse from the EY New Economy Unit (NEU), which focuses on the long-term, systemic shifts toward a new, regenerative economy. Nadia presents a thought-provoking dialogue with two influential leaders in sustainability: Helena Helmersson, former CEO of the fashion giant H&M Group, and Jonathon Porritt, a writer, environmentalist, advocate for sustainable development and a member of the advisory council for the NEU. The discussion centers around the pressing need for businesses to adopt regenerative practices in the face of escalating sustainability challenges and the...
2025-06-3040 min
The Stanley Betts Podcast''Do What You Love Now'' - David EdwardsWhen David was 29, he followed Joseph Campbell's advice to ''follow your bliss'' and quit his corporate job and started writing. Now he is co-editor of the media watch website Media Lens. He is the author of ‘A Short Book About Ego... and the Remedy of Meditation’, which will be published by Mantra Books later this month. His first novel, ‘The Man With No Face’, a dystopian, Chomskyan, mystical science fiction thriller, will be published by Roundfire Books in 2026. David has published five other books on political, philosophical and spiritual themes. In 2007, Media Lens was awarded The Gandhi Foundation’s Internatio...
2025-06-091h 17
Conversations with Stephen KamugasaClimate Leadership In A Multipolar New World OrderDetailed Synopsis: In the podcast episode featuring Sir Jonathon Porritt, the discussion revolves around the pressing need for climate leadership in a rapidly changing global landscape characterised by a multipolar world order. Porritt emphasises the urgency of addressing climate change, highlighting that the time for action is not in the distant future but rather in the immediate decade ahead. This urgency is underscored by the recognition that governments and institutions often engage in what Porritt terms "institutional denial", where they acknowledge the science of climate change but fail to act on its implications. Institutional Denial an...
2025-06-0941 min
The Fact HunterEpisode 348: Nephilim, Black Nobility & Grey PopeIn this episode, we examine the connection between the Orisini family and the Vatican. We also discuss the Nephilim and their ties to world dominance. Rumble: truthernet.com Website: thefacthunter.com Email: thefacthunter@mail.com Snail Mail: George Hobbs PO Box 109 Goldsboro, MD 21636Show Notes:Self baptism https://x.com/protestia/status/1919704191682892077?s=46&t=ytitK_qmWZMvJd0lLKbt-g Star Wars church https://x.com/protestia/status/1919335500780843189?s=46&t=ytitK_qmWZMvJd0lLKbt-g Orsini family rules the...
2025-05-071h 28
The MarketingKind podcastSir Jonathon Porritt on finding hope in the climate emergency"We're just being outplayed when it comes to narratives about all of this. The devil has often had the best tunes..."
This episode with Sir Jonathon Porritt, CBE, co-founder of Forum for the Future and author of eleven books including Hope in Hell, is both starkly honest and galvanizing.
We cover everything from carbon pricing, climate migration and the failures of CSR to direct action, the battle of narratives and what the economy of the future could look like.
We learn that Jonathon is currently focused on campaigning for the Green Party and...
2024-04-241h 12
GoodGeistA Hope in Hell, with Jonathon PorrittSend us a textThis week we talk to the writer, broadcaster and campaigner Jonathon Porritt. For over 30 years, Jonathon has provided strategic advice to governments, NGOs and companies on sustainability.He founded Forum for the Future, was co-chair of the Green Party and Director of Friends of the earth. He was Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission until 2009. His latest book, Hope in Hell is a powerful ‘call to action’ on the Climate Emergency.In this episode we talk to Jonathan about his book, Hope in Hell, and issues including ‘climate doomism...
2024-02-2826 min
Food Matters Live PodcastTransforming the global food production systemThere are multiple challenges facing the global food system, so how can we go about changing it to overcome them?It is projected that the system will need to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050, a big enough challenge in itself.But when you combine that with protecting the planet and building more resilience, it becomes and even more daunting task.In this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, recorded live at our Sustainable Food Forum in September 2023, we do our best to find some answers.How must the global food system...
2024-02-1240 min
What Can We Do In These Powerful Times?Jonathon PorrittJonathon Porritt is a sustainability campaigner and writer (website, Twitter, Wikipedia). After years in the Green Party (while working full-time as a teacher), in 1984 he became director of Friends of the Earth in Britain and then co-founded Forum for the Future in 1996. (One of the other co-founders was Paul Ekins, who I interviewed for Powerful Times here. I worked with Jonathon when I was at Forum, 2003-2016.) Jonathon was also Chair of the UK Sustainable Develop Commission for nine years (2000-2009) and Chancellor of Keele University (2012-2022).He has been at the forefront of sustainability...
2023-11-0328 min
A Climate Change with Matt Matern121: Sir Jonathon Porritt on Climate Change and Economic TransformationSir Jonathon Porritt joins Matt Matern to discuss his journey into environmentalism and his book, "Hope in Hell." He stresses the urgency of climate action, the need to view it as an economic issue, and better communication strategies.
Sir Jonathon highlights the rapid pace of climate change, the media's role in misinformation, and the balance between military and environmental spending. He calls for solidarity among climate advocates and urges listeners to stay engaged and informed.A Climate Change With Matt Matern is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so
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2023-08-0247 min
DiEM25Frontline 06: Should killing nature be a crime? | An interview with JoJo MehtaThere are growing calls for the crime of "ecocide", meaning mass damage and destruction of ecosystems, to be recognised in international criminal law. This would ensure that individuals, company directors, CEOs, can be prosecuted for the ecological damage caused by the organisations they head up, like oil spills, deforestation, or soil pollution, wherever these organisations may be. Could this be the missing piece in the broader battle against climate change? Is it workable? And what are the steps to get there? We interview Jojo Mehta, executive director and co-founder of Stop Ecocide International, to find out.
2023-06-0957 min
All In - The Sustainable Business PodcastShifting MindsetsChris, David, and Mark are joined by the co-founder of Forum for the Future, Jonathon Porritt, and its CEO, Dr. Sally Uren. Since being founded in 1996, Forum for the Future has worked in partnership with business, governments, and civil society to accelerate the shift towards a just and regenerative future in which both people and the planet thrive. Sally and Jonathan discuss the challenges of embedding transformational change within organizations, the urgent need to pursue outcomes that are ecologically safe and socially just, the mental models this demands we embrace, and what keeps them optimistic.
2023-05-0941 min
Futurized - thought leadership on the futureHope in Hell for the EarthIn this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews Jonathon Porritt, author, Co-founder, Forum of the Future. They discuss how the sciences say everything is getting worse everywhere, yet there is still time, perhaps a decade, where key actions can get done if we all come together.
Futurized goes beneath the trends to track the underlying forces of disruption in tech, policy, business models, social dynamics and the environment.
I’m your host, Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau), futurist, scholar, author, investor, and serial entrepreneur. I am a Research scholar in Global Systemic Risk...
2023-04-2543 min
The FS Club PodcastBioenergy With Carbon Capture & Storage: A Double Scammy?Find out more about this event on our website: https://bit.ly/3mqxHz9
Governments today are much less persuaded that subsidising the burning of biomass to generate low-carbon electricity represents good value for taxpayers – let alone a good deal for our Net Zero targets. Elsewhere, in the world of controversial technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage is still struggling to prove it will ever live up to the promises made on its behalf over the last 25 years. So what happens when you bring the two together, as Drax is now planning to do with its huge ne...
2023-04-1145 min
Future Planet Podcast02. Campaigning, intergenerational, intersectional climate activism - Jonathon Porritt CBE, Co-founder of Forum for the FutureSend us a textIn this episode, we welcome Sir Jonathon Porritt - a renowned environmentalist, sustainability campaigner, writer, member of the British Green Party, and founder-director of Forum for the Future.We talk about intergenerational justice and intersectionality. We explored citizen leadership and civil disobedience and the blocker that is the indifference of so many people.We adventured politics and political funding, the juxtaposition of oil investment and climate action, nuclear power, EV, energy and energy efficiency and Jonathan's book, Hope in Hell (A Decade To Confront the Climate Emergency).
2023-04-0653 min
Making Money a Force for GoodHow to Use Your Money to Support the ClimateYour KiwiSaver fund could be the largest polluter in your personal carbon footprint. Your KiwiSaver invests mainly in companies, and they have very different impacts on the climate. Our latest research shows that your KiwiSaver could be the largest polluter in your personal carbon footprint, at 2.3 tonnes per year.Join us to learn how to use your money to help the climate (while still making good returns!). We will be covering the different ways you can use your money to reduce emissions and fund climate solutions.We'll be talking with...
2023-03-2254 minConversations with Stephen KamugasaClimate Change: The New ApocalypseDetailed Synopsis:The Interconnection of Social Justice and Climate Justice.In the podcast episode featuring Sir Jonathan Porritt, a prominent environmentalist, the discussion highlights the critical relationship between social justice and climate justice. Porritt emphasises that these two concepts are intrinsically linked, stating, "Social justice and climate justice are two sides of the same coin, always have been and always will be." This assertion underscores the idea that addressing environmental issues cannot be separated from addressing social inequalities. Understanding the Link Po...
2023-02-1346 min
The Permaculture PodcastLean Logic - The Life and Work of David FlemingShaun Chamberlin, the editor of Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It and Surviving the Future, joins me to discuss the life, work, and importance of the late David Fleming (1940 - 2010).
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Lean Logic (Chelsea Green)
Surviving the Future (Chelsea Green)
David Fleming (Wiki)
Shaun Chamberlin
The Transition Timeline
Rob Hopkins and The Transition Town Movement (Interview)
Transition Network
Transition US
Richard Heinberg
Michael Meacher (Former UK Environment Minister)
Ron Oxburgh
LeanLogic.net (First publication of David’s manuscript)
Th...
2022-11-3047 min
Responsible Investing for a Sustainable EconomyAn environmentalist's hope in hell Guest: Jonathon Porritt, Founder, Forum for the Future Jonathon Porritt, a noted environmentalist and writer, has been at the forefront of the British green movement for five decades. And though he acknowledges the environmental precipice the Earth is currently perched on, he also admits to a sense of hopefulness he hasn't felt in a long time. In this episode of “Responsible Investing for a Sustainable Economy,” Porritt talks about navigating that path between despair and hope and the work that his organization, Forum for the Future, is doing promoting the transition to a low-carbon economy.
2022-11-0425 min
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast#167 Hope in Hell: Confronting the climate crisis with Sir Jonathon Porritt🎬 Watch the podcast on YouTube here📱 Download The Doctor’s Kitchen app for freeEminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development Sir Jonathon Porrit is on the podcast today and I think it’s pretty apt that he’s being interviewed by one of new researchers here at the Doctor’s Kitchen, Sakina Okoko, who is part of the generation that will have to adopt mindful climate change behaviours.Sir Jonathon was formerly Director of Friends of the Earth, co-chair of the Green Party of which he is still a member; a Trus...
2022-10-0540 min
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate ChangeBritain's Green Grandee - Ep101: Jonathon PorrittJonathon Porritt has been on the front line of environmental campaigning for more than 45 years. He has worked tirelessly to promote the solutions to today’s converging environmental crises – including as Director of Friends of the Earth (1980s), co-chair of the Green Party (1980-83), of which he is still a member, Trustee of WWF-UK (1991-2005), Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission (2000-2009), and Chancellor of Keele University (2012-2022). Jonathon is Co-Founder of Forum for the Future – the UK’s leading sustainable development charity – and President of Population Matters and The Conservation Volunteers. His work as author, broadcaster...
2022-09-281h 01
Wiser ConversationsReflecting on 2020: Sir Jonathon PorrittHow can we fine hope in hell?Reflect on how vital learning from the pandemic can help us act like our house is on fire. Porritt has published ten books with hard-hitting titles including: ‘Seeing Green’: The Politics of Ecology (1984) which has been called "prophetic in many respects"; ‘Playing Safe: Science and the Environment’ (2000); and ‘Capitalism As If The World Matters’ (2005 & 2007). His latest book 'Hope in Hell' explores the last chance we have to commit to policies that will protect our future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-07-1905 min
Sense and Sustainability - A sustainable procurement podcastEpisode 9 - Jonathon Porritt - Supply chain school 10 year anniversarySend us a text
2022-07-1911 minWhat Can We Do In These Powerful Times?16. Paul EkinsProf Paul Ekins is Professor of Resources and Environment Policy at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources within the Bartlett School Environment, Energy & Resources, Faculty of the Built Environment (UCL page, Google Scholar, Wikipedia page). His work focuses on the conditions and policies for achieving an environmentally sustainable economy, and he is an authority on a number of areas of energy-environment-economy interaction and environmental policy.Paul was a co-founder of Forum for the Future in 1996 (along with Jonathon Porritt and Sara Parkin). That is how we got to know each other, though he left...
2022-07-1831 min
Last Week in The GardenOur Climate & World with Jonathon PorrittJonathon Porritt is this week's fellow in Last Week in The Garden, can we build a climate-resilient world? We are already on track for a 1.5C world, with estimates now looking at 2 degrees this century - how can half a percent cause catastrophic change? Join us for this week's episode in Last Week In Garden to hear Jonathon Porritt on our world’s climate crisis. His full talk can be found here https://onegarden.com/science/earth-day-climate-resilience
2022-05-1523 min
News NerdsThe Climate And A Small Business Owner In The Path Of A TornadoBritish environmentalist and author Jonathon Porritt talks with us about his new book Hope in Hell: How we can Confront the Climate Crisis and Save the Earth. Also Daniel Carr, an owner of Carr’s Steakhouse in Mayfield Kentucky. The restaurant was destroyed by deadly tornadoes that swept through Kentucky and the surrounding states. That's all this week on News Nerds for Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021.
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2021-12-2333 min
Willmott Dixon: Building knowledgeWas COP26 a success?Considered to be the most important climate summit in history, during the first two weeks of November, more than 20,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries descended upon Glasgow for COP26. With an overarching goal of keeping global temperature rises to less than 1.5oC by 2050, sustainable development campaigner and Willmott Dixon non-executive director Jonathon Porritt shares his thoughts on whether COP26 achieved its goals.
2021-11-1824 min
Meet the TranslatorEnvironmental Translation with Kate Stansfield and Rachel WaddingtonWelcome back to the Meet the Translator podcast! For this episode on environmental translation, I’m joined by Kate Stansfield and Rachel Waddington. We discuss what environmental translation is, the motivations behind doing it, and challenges that come with it, and tips and resources for anyone who wants to specialise in the field. We also talk about how you can make your translation business more environmentally conscious, and the value of sharing what you’re doing online.Here are some of the learning resources that Kate and Rachel mention in the episode (as well as some extra ones...
2021-10-261h 16
The Discomfort Practice49: Becky Burchell on Inspiring Imagination and Change Through the ArtsIn this episode, I chat with Becky Burchell, a talented and inspiring Arts Producer and Curator who specializes in “Hopeism” - the idea that sharing stories of hope through the arts can help us to imagine and create a better future. Becky is the founder of CHANGE Festival, a new arts festival in the UK which she created as a platform for inspirational performance, music, discussion, and workshops that invited audiences to consider their own role in manifesting positive change. Becky has previously curated big-name festivals as an Arts Producer (like the UK’s Bestival and Camp Bestiva...
2021-10-2453 min
BookSpeak NetworkSUICIDE EARTH (#12) Jonathon Porritt -- Hope in Hell | w. Van CarterHope in Hell: How We Can Confront the Climate Crisis & Save the Earth (Earth Aware Editions, April 2021). It's no longer a Climate Crisis. It has become a Climate Emergency.Ultimately optimistic despite the dire challenge presented to the world, Porritt explores current science and new technologies, mobilization of younger people and political action, and encouraging intergenerational solidarity as older generations learn their own responsibilities in creating a better world for their successors. To face a challenge greater than humanity has ever seen before, we must also accelerate ourselves, by summoning a sense of urgency, courage, and shared effort to match it...
2021-09-141h 03
ClimateCast with Tom HeapDo Extinction Rebellion have the power to make a difference?Extinction Rebellion has once again taken to the streets demanding the UK government take urgent action in the climate emergency.The campaign group are renowned for their disruptive and controversial tactics that cause chaos up and down the country - but does their civil disobedience have an impact on the policy and action that could solve climate change?On this week's Sky News ClimateCast Anna Jones examines the impact of Extinction Rebellion with environmentalist and campaigner Jonathon Porritt. We also hear from member of the House of Lords, Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge to discuss...
2021-08-2725 min
Purpose Inspired: by Wayne VisserS4.E26: Pioneers and Paradoxes – In Search of Sustainable BusinessThis episode looks at business responsibility through the eyes of British thought-leaders Charles Handy, John Elkington, Jonathon Porritt and James Lovelock. In the podcast, Prof. Dr Wayne Visser reads Chapter 24 from his book, The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility. Chapter 24 is broken into the following sections:- The Hungry Spirit- Cannibals with Forks- Smart versus Dumb Growth- Lessons from Gaia
2021-07-0920 min
Cross Question with Iain DaleMark Harper, Afua Adom, Olivia Utley & Sir Jonathon PorrittJoining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Mark Harper, broadcaster Afua Adom, Olivia Utley from the Telegraph and environmentalist and writer Sir Jonathon Porritt.
2021-07-0150 min
Iain Dale - The Whole ShowBoris Johnson 'tone deaf' over Matt Hancock saga | Cross Question | Why is gay marriage still an issue in any religion?Boris Johnson 'tone deaf' over Matt Hancock saga | Cross Question | Why is gay marriage still an issue in any religion?
Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative MP Mark Harper, broadcaster Afua Adom, Olivia Utley from the Telegraph and environmentalist and writer Sir Jonathon Porritt.
2021-06-302h 22
Prifysgol Caerdydd - Cardiff UniversityCardiff University in Conversation with Jonathon Porritt CBEJonathon, who is Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is a writer, broadcaster, and commentator on sustainable development. He was awarded a CBE in 2000 for services to environmental protection and is a Cardiff University Honorary Fellow (2004).
During this webinar, Jonathon will give his views on climate action that must be taken in the next decade, and will discuss with Dr Stuart Capstick, Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST Centre), how civil society can be involved in tackling climate change to reboot humankind’s future, along with answering questions from the audience.
Cardiff University in co...
2021-05-2157 min
Public lecture podcastsJonathon Porritt: Decarbonisation and recarbonisation: Understanding the net zero challengeIn this online lecture, author, broadcaster and Founder Director of Forum for the Future, Jonathon Porritt, discusses decarbonisation and recarbonisation, and how securing a stable climate for the future of humankind depends as much on recarbonising natural systems, as it does on decarbonising our industrial economy.
This lecture took place on 24 February 2021.
2021-02-261h 10
Syntropic WorldSyntropic Alumni + Open Call January 2021Christine presents the "Distinction Between Purpose and Animating Idea"
Jonathon Porritt speaks to a life dedicated to the care of our home planet and the remarkable optimism he feels as the new administration is ushered into the USA.
Sarah Scott, our Syntropic Blue community of practice member and Syntropic Masterclass Alumni speaks of her groundbreaking work in Tanzania.
2021-01-2658 min
Transformers | The sustainability change makersJonathon Porritt | Hope in Hell, a “call to action” on the Climate EmergencyJonathon Porritt is the Founder and Director of Forum for the Future – a UK sustainability organisation. Leading environmentalist, Porritt has advised UK governments in sustainability, helped the Prince of Wales create the business sustainability programme and part of the development of the Cambridge Institute for sustainability and leadership.
2020-12-2238 min
Transformers | The sustainability change makersJonathon Porritt | Hope in Hell, a “call to action” on the Climate EmergencyJonathon Porritt is the Founder and Director of Forum for the Future – a UK sustainability organisation. Leading environmentalist, Porritt has advised UK governments in sustainability, helped the Prince of Wales create the business sustainability programme and part of the development of the Cambridge Institute for sustainability and leadership.
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2020-12-2238 min
Old Fox Young FoxThere is hope in hell with Jonathon PorrittOld Fox Young Fox talks to writer, environmental activist and former leader of the UK Green Party Jonathon Porritt about the climate emergency and why against all the odds, there is still hope.
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About the show:
The Old Fox Young Fox podcast is an intergenerational conversation where Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy look at the issues facing society. With the help of expert guests, we explore what it all means for us, our families, our businesses and the world at large.
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Book - Hope in Hell by Jonathon Porritt
Report - The Future of Sustainability: https://www.forumforthefuture...
2020-11-281h 12
A Good ReadVanessa Kisuule & Jonathon PorrittPoet Vanessa Kisuule and environmental writer Jonathon Porritt talk books with presenter Harriett Gilbert. Jonathon chooses Hiroshima by John Hersey, Vanessa picks the graphic novel Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, and Harriett goes for a poetry collection: Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore.
Producer: Becky Ripley
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2020-11-1628 min
All That We AreJonathon Porritt on Authentic Hope, Staying Grounded And Intergenerational JusticeHow can we keep showing up as active citizens of change? In this episode entitled A Call To Action – A Hope In Hell, Amisha speaks with Jonathon Porritt, an eminent writer, broadcaster and campaigner on sustainable development. He was co-founder & director of Forum For The Future, UK's leading sustainable development charity. Jonathon has been on the front line of environmental campaigning for more than 45 years. He's been a member of the Green Party throughout that time, and has worked tirelessly to promote the solutions to today's converging environmental crises. Amisha and Jonathon talk about the dee...
2020-10-221h 23
Survival of the Kindest11: Jonathon Porritt CBE - Understanding Natural Justice11: Jonathon Porritt CBE - Understanding Natural Justice After a two week hiatus we are back with an extraordinary guest, the environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt CBE, whose new book ‘Hope in Hell’ works on repairing the cognitive dissonance between our understanding of our role in the climate crisis, and our actions and emotional responses. His stance on the climate crisis is all encompassing, and is consequently compassionate and inspiring. While encouraging a radical turn away from fossil fuels he reminds us not to forget those whose entire livelihoods are dependent on them. When talking about rising sea...
2020-10-1947 min
5x15Jonathon Porritt, Farhana Yamin - Rathbones : The Earth ConventionOur second event in the Earth Convention series looks at creating a green transition in energy and finance that can help us move towards a sustainable recovery from the pandemic. How is business organising itself for climate action? We will look at technology, the role of the state and lessons from the 2008 financial crisis. Speakers: Jonathon Porritt is Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, a writer, broadcaster and campaigner on sustainable development. His latest book is Hope in Hell: A decade to confront the climate emergency. Mike Berners-Lee is a professor of sustainability at Lancaster University and the founder of...
2020-10-171h 03
5x15Jonathon Porritt, Farhana Yamin - Rathbones : The Earth ConventionOur second event in the Earth Convention series looks at creating a green transition in energy and finance that can help us move towards a sustainable recovery from the pandemic. How is business organising itself for climate action? We will look at technology, the role of the state and lessons from the 2008 financial crisis. Speakers: Jonathon Porritt is Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, a writer, broadcaster and campaigner on sustainable development. His latest book is Hope in Hell: A decade to confront the climate emergency. Mike Berners-Lee is a professor of sustainability at Lancaster University and the founder of...
2020-10-171h 03
ClimateGenn hosted by Nick BreezeSir Jonathan Porritt discusses his new climate change book, Hope In HellWelcome to Shaping The Future - this week I am speaking with long-term environmental campaigner and author, Sir Jonathon Porritt, about his new book ‘Hope In Hell’. I urge anyone looking for a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted subject of climate change, to read this excellent piece of work.
The book covers the science, policy, policy obstructions, as well as current and future challenges and the impact on the human psyche that we see emerging as a result.
In this interview, Sir Jonathon discusses the limits of the Paris Agreement and its roadmap of unbinding incr...
2020-09-1723 min
Everything Electric PodcastJonathon Porritt – Resolutely Hopeful | Fully Charged PodcastJonathon Porritt has been on the green scene for as long as anybody can remember. He campaigns agitates and demands, but always polite and quintessentially English— a respectable man, a safe pair of hands. With Hope in Hell he abandons all that. Suddenly it's no more Mr Nice Green. This is hopefully an informative and entertaining ramble through the topics Joanath is passionate about. For more information about Jonathan's book: http://www.jonathonporritt.com/hope-in-hell/
2020-09-1452 min
Wiser Conversations10. Hope in Hell: Us and Climate Change with Jonathon PorrittCovid-19 has given us a chance to protect both our environment and democracy. There is hope for the climate, but what does it mean for us?Jonathon Porritt CBE is a celebrated writer and broadcaster who has found a sweet spot of hope for a suite of environmental issues. It’s easy to feel lost and apathetic in the face of the huge challenges facing our planet. Our conversation with Jonathon draws on his 46 years of experience in the sector to offer a practical direction for each of us to play a role in the future....
2020-09-0146 min
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast65. Hope, Rage and What We’re Going to Do About It with Jonathon Porritt and Lily ColeThis week! 2 Authors, 1 Crisis. Do we have a "Hope In Hell" to survive the climate crisis, or do we have "Reasons To Be Optimistic" in the face of it? We talk with longtime activist Jonathon Porritt and famous model and actress Lily Cole about their brand new books, and find out the role that both rage and hope play in pushing us to ask ourselves in light of the climate emergency, "What are you going to do about it?" --- Lily Cole's Book "Who Cares Wins": https://amzn.to/3gXdjNU Jonathon Porritt's Book "...
2020-08-141h 02
The Sustainable Food Trust PodcastIn conversation with Jonathon PorrittIn this podcast, Patrick speaks to his long time friend, fellow environmentalist and campaigner Jonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, and former Director of Friends of the Earth. The conversation touches on differences in opinion between conservation organisations and farming groups, and the ways in which this may have led to a separation of policy and public understanding of the relationship between food production and nature. Jonathon highlights the need to link climate change action and renewable energy - "If we really wanted to treat the climate as the emergency that it is, we could h...
2020-08-1336 min
Iain Dale's Book ClubChapter 94 : Jonathon PorrittIain talks to veteran environmental campaigner Jonathon Porritt about his new book HOPE IN HELL: A DECADE TO CONFRONT THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY. He also talks about his life in the green movement and picks his Desert Island Books.
2020-08-0750 min
Net Hero Podcast – With Sumit BoseGaia says no! Episode 6 – Special: Jonathon Porritt
In this special edition of our hit podcast series, Sir Jonathon Porritt joins me for a one to one conversation, looking at our options over the next decade
2020-07-2832 min
BookomiJonathon Porritt - Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate EmergencyMeet the UK’s most prominent and influential climate-change campaigner who gives us ten years to save humankind from a risk far greater than Covid 19...
Jonathon Porritt was the director of Friends of the Earth and co-chair of the Green party in the eighties, co-founded the forum for the Future in the nineties and in the noughties he received a CBE for services to environmental protection and was chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, advising government ministers on climate change. Today he’s the Chancellor of Keele University, where he’s been in office since 2012..
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2020-06-3033 min
Get Hooked On A Breakthrough Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Hope in Hell by Jonathon PorrittPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/237027to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Hope in Hell
Author: Jonathon Porritt
Narrator: Simon Slater
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 06-25-20
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Climate Change
Publisher's Summary:
Climate change is the defining issue of our time - we know, beyond reasonable doubt, what that science now tells us. Just as climate change is accelerating, so too must we - summoning up a greater sense of urgency, courage and shared endeavour than humankind has ever seen before. The Age of Climate Change is an age of superlatives, but...
2020-06-259h 54
Moonshot: CityEpisode 9 - Jonathon Porritt on Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront Climate ChangeJonathon talks about short-termism that has led to the Climate Crisis and what can be done about it. He also elaborates on how Climate needs to be treated differently. Climate change is not just an environmental issue. It is an economic and existential issue.
Jonathan is inspired by the incredible upsurge of new energy from young people in particular and from movements like Extinction Rebellion. He sees a phenomenal opportunity now to move the climate debate into a different space with dire urgency because the science tells us that it's not going to be ‘not too late’ for much longer.
Visi...
2020-06-2534 min
Sustainababble#178: Jonathon Porritt meets SustainababbleIf you've taken so much as a passing interest in environmentalism in the UK, you'll have doubtless encountered the campaigner and writer Jonathon Porritt.Since the '70s he's been at the forefront of the wider green movement: prominent in the Ecology party (what became the Green party), running Friends of the Earth, advising the UK Govt and the likes of Kelloggs & Unilever how not to be gits, and now working with the school strikers.Raising eyebrows in the process, he also had a crack at persuading oil companies to see the light, before publicly concluding that they basically don't...
2020-06-2250 min
Sustainababble#178: Jonathon Porritt meets SustainababbleIf you've taken so much as a passing interest in environmentalism in the UK, you'll have doubtless encountered the campaigner and writer Jonathon Porritt.Since the '70s he's been at the forefront of the wider green movement: prominent in the Ecology party (what became the Green party), running Friends of the Earth, advising the UK Govt and the likes of Kelloggs & Unilever how not to be gits, and now working with the school strikers.Raising eyebrows in the process, he also had a crack at persuading oil companies to see the light, before publicly concluding that they basically don't...
2020-06-2250 min
Sustainability UncoveredNet-Zero Week Podcast (Part One): Green recoveries with Figueres, Porritt and PolmanFor part one of edie's Net-Zero week podcast, listeners can access three high-level interviews with former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres,
Forum for the Future’s founder-director Jonathon Porritt and Unilever's former chief executive Paul Polman, al discussing the green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-05-221h 11
This Climate BusinessFossil fuels' funeral: Sir Jonathon PorrittAs if the collapse in the oil price isn't enough, the fossil fuel industry is about to get one massive spanking, says Sir Jonathon Porritt, leading environmentalist and sustainability advisor to Air New Zealand. Financial markets, once the great friends of oil, cars and coal, are shifting focus to renewables, recyclables and electric everything - meaning the fossil fuel industry is in danger of becoming as popular as a French kiss at the family reunion."I hope that this transition can be done smoothly. But we're running out of time. I fear it will be far more...
2020-03-2325 min
AWANI ReviewPalm oil is not the enemy, it can be produced sustainablyFor many ethical consumers, palm oil is a dirty word - and it is largely due to disinformation in the Western world, says British environmentalist Sir Jonathon Porritt. He says palm oil itself is not the enemy and that it can be produced sustainably.
2020-03-1123 min
The Ethical Agenda with Safia MinneySafia Minney meets Jonathon Porritt
Episode 13: Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt is Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, formerly Director of Friends of the Earth, and a prominent environmentalist and writer.
He talks to Safia about why it’s taken so long to ACT on the climate crisis and how the responsibility lies with oil and gas companies and governments who have hidden the truth from the public and their shareholders.
From the late 80s onwards the oil companies put hundreds of millions of dollars into so called think tanks and universities with the specific intention of obs...
2020-01-1337 min
Enjoy Collecting of Full Audiobooks in Erotica, ModernNatural Storyteller: Stories of Nature on Planet A - Georgiana KeableListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Natural Storyteller: Stories of Nature on Planet AAuthor: Georgiana KeableNarrator: Ellen Jerstad, Georgiana Keable, Heid Maria Jerstad, Hugh Lupton, Mari JerstadFormat: AbridgedLength: 7:46:38Language: EnglishRelease date: 01-01-2020Publisher: Findaway VoicesGenres: Kids, Animals & NatureSummary:48 stories of Brave Sparrows, Wilds Winds and how to live in times of Climate Change. A prize-winning book by the Natural Storyteller, Georgiana Keable, sharing long experience with schools in the forests and...
2020-01-017h 46
Leading in a Climate Changed WorldJonathon Porritt - Forum for the FutureIn this episode, we speak to respected environmentalist and broadcaster, Jonathon Porritt.
We jump straight in by asking who needs to do more and whether there are any countries or corporations taking climate change seriously enough.
Robin and Jonathan discuss governmental action around the world, and what happens when you are led by an authority that has interests in unethical practices.
They focus on the UK and what our country has done right, and what it needs to do to lead the fight for the future of the planet, as well as the...
2019-09-3039 min
Mallen Baker: FaultlinesJonathon Porritt – Calling time on unsustainable wealth creationIn this episode, I talk to Jonathon Porritt, co-founder of Forum for the Future.
Jonathon has been one of the most respected faces of the environmental movement for nearly forty years. He was formerly chairman of the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, director of Friends of the Earth and co-chair of the Green Party.
In this interview, we talk about what he learned through his decades in the environmental movement about what works and what doesn’t. We talk about the hopeful signs we have in front of us to balance against the immense size of t...
2019-03-1249 min
Inspirational Insights Podcast - Insight To ActionImaginal Cells with Kim PolmanThe Imaginal Cells-Visions of Transformation was released by co-authors Kim Polman and Stephen Vasconcellos-Sharpe to activate engagement in wider change by ordinary people like you and me. It would not be the first time ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things like helping change how we care about each other and the shape of the economy and the impact on ecological health. In this conversation with host Dawna Jones, the universality of the Golden Rule as a decision making principle becomes fundamental to shifting decisions to more ethical territory. The three requirements of the contemporary definition of the Golden Rule, the...
2018-04-0529 min
Inspirational Insights to Action PodcastImaginal Cells with Kim PolmanThe Imaginal Cells-Visions of Transformation was released by co-authors Kim Polman and Stephen Vasconcellos-Sharpe to activate engagement in wider change by ordinary people like you and me. It would not be the first time ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things like helping change how we care about each other and the shape of the economy and the impact on ecological health. In this conversation with host Dawna Jones, the universality of the Golden Rule as a decision making principle becomes fundamental to shifting decisions to more ethical territory. The three requirements of the contemporary definition of the Golden Rule, the...
2018-04-0529 min
Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution3. A Revolution for the Environment?Whatever else the First Industrial Revolution may have been, it was an environmental calamity. As we now know, the practice of mining and burning fossil fuels on a massive scale was profoundly consequential for our planetary development. Does the Fourth Industrial Revolution give us the chance to reverse the damage we have done? Across the spectrum of environmentalist activity, there are engineers and innovators finding ways to employ new technologies to lessen our impact on ecosystems, from the startup using blockchain to drive sustainable buying decisions to the activist using satellites to bring environmental degraders to book. In episode 3...
2018-01-1933 min
The Permaculture Podcast1643 - Lean Logic: The Work of David FlemingDonate to The Permaculture PodcastOnline:via PayPal
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My guest today is Shaun Chamberlin, the editor of Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It and Surviving the Future, both of which are based on the work of the late David Fleming (1940 - 2010). The conversation is as much a discussion of these books, as it is a celebration of the life of David Fleming, who we get to meet through a series of clips throughout the interview.
Without hyperbole I see these two...
2016-11-2055 min
The Better Business Show#37 Jonathon Porritt: Despair and hope from the world's most famous sustainability activistJonathon Porritt does not like to describe himself as a ‘greenie’ – not least because his work over the past 40 years has been as much about tackling economic, social and strategic issues as anything else – but he continues to bang the drum for progressive thinking, in politics, business and beyond.
And, as you’re about to find out during our extensive and wide-ranging interview this week, he continues to despair at the lack of government intervention in supporting companies of all shapes and sizes to get on the right path towards sustainability – describing as "utterly pathetic", the UK government’s insistence that letting c...
2016-09-2652 min
show - The Vegan OptionKerry McCarthy MP on BrexitAs the British public make their biggest decision in a generation, Ian asks Kerry McCarthy MP about the potential impact of Brexit on animals.
Vegan MP on EU Referendum
In this special short extra edition of the Vegan Option, Ian catches up with longstanding vegan MP, and main official opposition spokeswoman on farming and the environment, Kerry McCarthy. How does she think animals would vote? (And, for that matter, how will Ian?)
Play or download (17MB MP3) (via iTunes)
I compiled the thoughts of ten EU immigrant vegans for...
2016-06-1100 min
The Vegan Option including Vegetarianism: The Story So FarKerry McCarthy MP on BrexitAs the British public make their biggest decision in a generation, Ian asks Kerry McCarthy MP about the potential impact of Brexit on animals.
Vegan MP on EU Referendum
In this special short extra edition of the Vegan Option, Ian catches up with longstanding vegan MP, and main official opposition spokeswoman on farming and the environment, Kerry McCarthy. How does she think animals would vote? (And, for that matter, how will Ian?)
Play or download (17MB MP3) (via iTunes)
I compiled the thoughts of ten EU immigrant vegans for...
2016-06-1100 min
Earth MattersThe High Carbon Stock StudyCalled a true ninja of sustainability, Sir Jonathon Porritt has more than 40 years of work dedicated to the field of environmental sustainability. Founder Director and Trustee of Forum for the Future, Sir Jonathan is also the co-chair of the High Carbon Stock Study, which hopes to enable oil palm to be grown more sustainably. He joins us to discuss the results of the study. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2016-01-0429 min
The Middle Way SocietyInterview 68: Jonathon Porritt on his book 'The World We Made'This week’s guest is the environmentalist Jonathon Porritt who is the founder director of Forum for the Future, the UK’s leading sustainable development charity. He’s the former chair of the Green Party and former director of Friends of the Earth. He’s going to talk to us today about his latest book ‘The World we Made: Alex McKay's Story from 2050’ and the prospects for people engaging with the issue of climate change in general.
2015-07-0437 min
Costing the EarthBritain's Environment: The DebateHow will the next government tackle Britain's environmental problems? The politics of the environment and our food supply are vital for the future of the planet. Tom Heap hosts a debate asking if this election campaign has raised the issues that need addressing. What specific commitments have the political parties made on nature? Where are the big ideas to tackle climate change? How can we secure our food supplies without wrecking the planet? Tom Heap will put these challenging issues to a panel that features philosopher, Roger Scruton, former Executive Director...
2015-05-0527 min
EnvironmentThe World We Made: Incredible Edible CitiesThe World We Made (Alex McKay's Story from 2050), by leading environmentalist and broadcaster Jonathon Porritt. Buy your copy today: http://bit.ly/19WlteT In this episode we look at where we grow our food in 2050. How do we feed an ever growing population?
2014-01-1000 min
Southeast Green - Speaking of GreenSir Jonathon Porritt - The World We MadeJonathon Porritt, Co-Founder of Forum for the Future, is an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. Established in 1996, Forum for the Future is now the UK’s leading sustainable development charity, with 70 staff and over 100 partner organisations, including some of the world’s leading companies. The Forum has a growing presence in the United States, and is doing more and more work in India, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
In addition, he is Co-Director of The Prince of Wales's Business and Sustainability Programme which runs Seminars for senior executives around the world. He is a Non-Executive of Willmott Dixon Holdin...
2013-11-0129 min
The Life ScientificJames LovelockJim al-Khalili talks to James Lovelock about elocution lessons, defrosting hamsters and his grand theory of planet earth, Gaia. The idea that from the bottom of the earth's crust to the upper reaches of the atmosphere, planet earth is one giant inter-connected and self-regulating system. It's a scientific theory that's had an impact way beyond the world of science: Gaia has been embraced by poets, philosophers, spiritual leaders and green activists. Vaclav Haval called it "a moral prescription for the welfare of the planet". James Lovelock, now 92, talks about the freedom and frustrations of fifty...
2012-05-0827 minScience Oxford PodcastsAn evening with environmentalist and writer Jonathon PorrittHelping us to explore the latest environmental issues will be Jonathon Porritt, the noted environmentalist, who will provoke what we are sure will be a lively and stimulating discussion.<br /><br />This event took place on the 8th June 2010 at Science Oxford Live.<br /><br />More details on events can be found at <a href="http://www.scienceoxfordlive.com">www.scienceoxfordlive.com</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScienceOxfordPodcasts/~4/l7Ldvb8xJIo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
2010-06-1639 min
Spring 2010 | Public lectures and events | VideoClimate Crunch: making the economics fitContributor(s): Jonathon Porritt | At the beginning of this new decade more people in the US and UK remain unpersuaded by the science of climate change than this time last year. Could it be that people have spotted the yawning gap between the politicians' apocalyptic rhetoric and the bland lifestyle advice to change your light bulbs or drive more slowly? What if there's no solution to climate change without freeing ourselves from our obsession with economic growth?
2010-02-0454 minSpring 2010 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfClimate Crunch: making the economics fitContributor(s): Jonathon Porritt | At the beginning of this new decade more people in the US and UK remain unpersuaded by the science of climate change than this time last year. Could it be that people have spotted the yawning gap between the politicians' apocalyptic rhetoric and the bland lifestyle advice to change your light bulbs or drive more slowly? What if there's no solution to climate change without freeing ourselves from our obsession with economic growth?
2010-02-0454 min