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Local Zero

By: Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities
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  • Climate action on your doorstep. Dr Rebecca Ford, Professor Matt Hannon, and Dr Fraser Stewart are your trusted guides to smart local energy and a zero carbon future. Find us at www.localzeropod.com
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Episodes
  • Waste not, want not: leasing, fixing and borrowing to reduce consumption

    Waste not, want not: leasing, fixing and borrowing to reduce consumption
    May 15 2024

    How to reduce consumption and cut waste, with a focus on re-use and sharing. Joining the Local Zero team are Samantha Moir from Zero Waste Scotland, and Jo Hartga, who runs the Southside Tool Library at South Seeds, a Glasgow charity helping people to live more sustainably.

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    50 mins
  • Community Benefit Funds - what does success look like?

    Community Benefit Funds - what does success look like?
    May 1 2024

    Matt and Becky return from their Easter breaks to welcome Rachel Searle, Head of Communities and Impact at Foundation Scotland, and Fiona Smith, chair of Glenkens and District Trust, to discuss the successes and difficulties of community benefit funds from two different perspectives.

    https://www.glenkenstrust.org.uk/
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    46 mins
  • Harnessing the Power of Open Data

    Harnessing the Power of Open Data
    Mar 27 2024

    Fraser and Becky (& Becky's dog Kaya!) are joined by Angus Paterson, Electric Vehicles Strategy Senior Officer at Essex County Council, and Joe Ash, Net Zero Associate at UK Power Networks.

    In this episode we chat about how Essex is harnessing the power of open data to fulfil their net zero planning ambitions, and how the relationship between councils and UKPN works.

    As promised in the episode:

    https://ukpowernetworks.opendatasoft.com/pages/laep/

    https://www.yourlocalnetzerohub.co.uk/
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    46 mins
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