Aotearoa New Zealand podcasts
Our Regenerative Future (Pure Advantage) – conversations with farmers, foresters, scientists, entrepreneurs and business leaders exploring the opportunities for regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This Climate Business – the podcast about turning the climate crisis into an opportunity. Host Vincent Heeringa talks to entrepreneurs, investors and experts.
Net Zero: The Road to 2050 (Newsroom) – Newsroom business editor Nikki Mandow unravels some of the most interesting, critical and sometimes confusing ways Aotearoa New Zealand is tackling climate change. Topics include green hydrogen, farming emissions and zombie forests.
The Redesign of Everything (Circularity) – a circular economy podcast in conversation with the world’s change makers, designers and practitioners.
Seeds – inspiring people making a positive impact with their lives, focused on social enterprises and entrepreneurs.
Consume This (Consumer NZ) – What does it mean to be a consumer in 2022? Consume This unpacks the big issues facing New Zealanders today: from fast fashion and the housing market to the world of data privacy and more.
The Detail (RNZ) – covers a wide range of current affairs topics with some on sustainability.
Waste Not Want Not - series on minimising environmental waste and maximising human potential.
International podcasts
39 Ways to Save the Planet (BBC Radio Four in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society) - 39 ideas to relieve the stress that climate change is exerting on the planet.
The Circular Show (Ellen MacArthur Foundation) - a podcast about a new way to design, make, and use things, and how we can build an economy that's fit for the 21st century.
TED Climate – unpacks the problems and solutions behind big systemic issues. Talks about the bleak stuff but also shares little ways you can make changes in your daily life to help climate change.
BBC Earth – a blend of nature, science and human experience with storytelling and immersive soundscapes.
Stakeholder Capitalism (World Economic Forum) - how our current economic model is broken and the need to move away from GDP to address the climate crisis.
All the Small Things – host Venetia La Manna talks to inspiring people, thought leaders, writers and activists about the rituals that provide structure when we need it most.
Sustainababble - a topical, light-hearted educational podcast about sustainability issues.
Outrage and Optimism - behind the scenes on the politics, investments and actions meeting the climate crisis head on. Co-hosted by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, who oversaw the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens - explores systems science underpinning the human predicament. Topics include human behaviour, economic systems, ecology and more.
Jane Goodall Hopecast - connections, stories and hope. Jane Goodall interviews a wide range of people including NZ's Emma Lewisham.
Dumbo Feather - rich conversations with extraordinary people.
Forces of Nature - a podcast that celebrates people doing great things for animals and the environment.
Supercool - stories and data behind climate solutions across the globe.
Individual episodes
Happy Pear Podcast: Sustainability and Climate Action
The Argument: Got Climate Doom? Here’s What You Can Do to Actually Make a Difference
Hell or High Water: Bonnie Wright – Going Gently
Petrol Prices and our Lizard Brains - When the Facts Change
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