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Power in the City

By: Carbon Coop
  • Summary

  • The way that climate change is spoken about in the media and by experts can seem a bit dry, abstract and doesn’t feel like it relates to you and me or where we live. What can we actually do? Well, as it turns out - quite a bit! Power in the City features authentic voices, places & stories showing the every-day ways that people are responding to the climate emergency from within their own neighbourhoods. Our 1st series is based in Oldham. Produced by Carbon Coop and funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.
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Episodes
  • 05 - From 9 to 5? - Part 2
    Feb 23 2023

    This episode is about the grind, the toil, the sweat, the slog, the graft, the duty - and things like skills and craft, commitment and creativity. Yes, it’s about work! The green kind. It’s about working in the energy transition. What exactly is a green job? How do I get myself one of those? What motivates folks who have one? And is it the same as a good job? Join us as we talk to people that hold green jobs and those that create the conditions for more of us to have one. 

     

    There are two parts to this episode - this is Part 2.


    Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources.


    Episode credits Power in the City is produced by Carbon Coop. This episode was written and produced by Britt Jurgensen. Host: Alex King; Local research & interviews: Melissa Kelly Shore; Sound design & postproduction: Barry Han


    Interviews with: Adam Buckley-Mayes, Trailar, Andrew Hunt, Oldham Council, Antonia Jennings, CLES


    Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

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    41 mins
  • 05 - From 9 to 5? - Part 1
    Feb 23 2023

    This episode is about the grind, the toil, the sweat, the slog, the graft, the duty - and things like skills and craft, commitment and creativity. Yes, it’s about work! The green kind. It’s about working in the energy transition. What exactly is a green job? How do I get myself one of those? What motivates folks who have one? And is it the same as a good job? Join us as we talk to people that hold green jobs and those that create the conditions for more of us to have one.



    There are two parts to this episode - this is Part 1.


    Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources.


    Episode credits
    Power in the City is produced by Carbon Coop. This episode was written and produced by Britt Jurgensen. Host: Alex King; Local research & interviews: Melissa Kelly Shore; Sound design & postproduction: Barry Han


    Interviews with: Mumin Rahman, Carbon Co-op, Helen Seagrave and Mike Taylor, Electricity North West, Aileen McDonnell, Orianne Landers, Mark Cox, B4Box, Tom Jarman, Low Carbon Journey, Tom Leahy, Oldham College, Lucy Burke, Manchester Metropolitan University


    Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

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    45 mins
  • 04 - Hitting home
    Feb 2 2023

    This episode is all about staying warm. By putting a jumper on your home! Yes, it’s about the good old insulation trick - about retrofit, its benefits for householders and the difficulties (and nifty ideas) that arise when trying to scale that up across different building types and tenures. Join us as we hit home in Oldham and learn from local householders, crafts people and other brilliant experts.


    Go to our website for the full transcript, more info and additional resources.


    Episode credits
    Power in the City is produced by Carbon Coop. This episode was written and produced by Alex King. Host: Britt Jurgensen; Local research & interviews: Melissa Kelly Shore; Sound design & postproduction: Barry Han


    Interviews with: Ibrahim Hoque, OBA Millennium Centre Oldham, Aileen McDonnell, Mark Cox and Orianne Landers B4Box, Clare Rainsford, Onward Homes, Jonathan Atkinson, Carbon Coop


    Power in the City is funded by the Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund, ICLEI Action Fund and UCL Grand Challenges.

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    39 mins

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