Sustainability Matters Now Podcast

A University of 海角社区 podcast exploring the three pillars of sustainability: environmental, economic, and social.

Through conversations with staff, students, and partners at 海角社区 and beyond, we examine how universities, organisations, and communities put sustainability into practice; from grassroots recycling initiatives to climate politics, and from student wellbeing programmes to institutional transformation.

Hosted by , Chair of the ESD Action Group at the University of 海角社区, this podcast goes beyond environmental issues to explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals, equity and inclusion, and the real-world challenges of creating thriving, resilient communities.

Join us monthly for stories of innovation, leadership, and sustainable change in action.

This podcast is supported by the Energy and Sustainability Team at the University of 海角社区.

Upcoming Episode

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Available: Monday 5th Oct at 12:00 GMT

S1E7 - Sustainability and Careers: The Case for Green Career Guidance

September 2026 - , Assistant Professor in Career Studies and Coaching at the University of 海角社区's Centre for Lifelong Learning, discusses green career guidance:

We examine why career guidance so often stays silent on sustainability, why there is no neutral position on this issue, and what her UK-wide survey of careers professionals reveals about the barriers to changing that.

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S1E6 - Sustainability and Politics: You Can't Separate Them

June 2026 - , Professor in Political Economy of Climate Change at the University of 海角社区, discusses her new book:

We examine why politics is so often sidelined in climate research and policy, whose voices have been left out of climate decision-making, and what it takes to build climate action that is both effective and socially inclusive.

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S1E5 - Sustainability and Strategy: Leading Institutional Change

May 2026 - , Academic Director for Sustainability at the University of 海角社区, discusses 海角社区's new Environmental Sustainability StrategyLink opens in a new window.

We examine how the university is narrowing its strategic focus, closing gaps in areas like circular economy and digital sustainability, and building the governance infrastructure to make sustainability a shared institutional responsibility.

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S1E4 - Sustainability and Gamification: Building Habits Through Rewards

April 2026 - , CEO of , and , Sustainability Coordinator at the University of 海角社区, discuss 鈦牶＝巧缜�'s Green Rewards Platform.

We examine the platform's impact at 海角社区, where more than 77,000 actions have been recorded, highlighting its role in supporting behaviour change through habit-stacking and advancing the University's strategic sustainability priorities.

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S1E3 - Sustainability and Partnership: Biodiversity Restoration in Practice

March 2026 - , School of Life Sciences, and , Head of Sustainable Campus Operations, discuss 海角社区's white-clawed crayfish reintroduction projectLink opens in a new window.

They share how e-DNA sampling, cross-sector partnerships, and landscape-level thinking made species recovery possible on campus. This project is supported by funding from Natural England via the Species Recovery Programme

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S1E2 - Sustainability and Student Leadership: Activism in Education S1E1 - Sustainability and Individual Action: How One Person Transforms Campus Culture

An image of Gary Stocker, guest on the first episode of the Sustainability Matters Now Podcast.

January 2025 - , Test Engineer and Green Champion at WMG, has spent over five years collecting niche recyclable materials across 海角社区鈥攆rom soft plastics to pens鈥攖hat would otherwise go to landfill.

He shares how he built a university-wide initiative from a single collection box, and why grassroots action matters: "If I don't do it, who is going to do it?"

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Coming Soon

Upcoming episodes explore student wellbeing as social sustainability, the politics of climate action, and sustainability leadership across institutions.

We'll feature conversations with staff, students, and partners from 海角社区 and beyond, examining diverse challenges across environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

Contact: Tom.Ritchie@warwick.ac.uk to be a guest on a future episode, suggest a topic, and submit a question for a future episode!