May 2, 2021
We have to fix food. “We can talk about plastic and straws and all this stuff, but we’ve got to do something more urgent, and that’s really our whole shopping basket,” declares Sebastian Pole. We know what the climate problems are and we know some of the solutions. Pole shares some of the most comprehensive research on the benefits of an organic and regenerative approach to eating ourselves out of the climate crisis.
Sebastian practices traditional herbal medicine and is Master Herbsmith and Co-founder of Pukka Herbs. He is a supporter of the Soil Association Policy Group and The Sustainable Food Trust. Pole serves on Pukka’s Board and Mission Council, the Advisory Board of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and the American Botanical Council Sustainable Herbs Project. He’s also a trustee of The FairWild Foundation and Betonica School of Medicine.
Moderator Ed Gemmell, Managing Director, Scientists Warning Europe passionately believes that action to protect the climate is needed now based on the indisputable science. He sees awareness of the three Scientists Warnings and the fact they are signed by tens of thousands of scientists as vital in stimulating that action. After reading the first two warnings Ed sat outside the houses of parliament on 22 July 2019 and read 20,000 of the signatories’ names over the course of 14 hours while streaming live to Facebook. After undertaking his own ecological conversion Ed founded No Disposable Cup Day and Believers Action on Climate Change. He then stood in the 2019 General Election as an independent candidate with only one policy to reverse climate change. As a parish councillor Ed was instrumental in Hazlemere Parish Council making a Climate Emergency Declaration. Ed is a member of Friends of the Earth, a regular speaker, ex-army officer and city lawyer and owner of his own marketing business bringing with him a wide variety of skills to the role of Managing Director for Scientists Warning Europe.
This is the audio from a session held as part of the Planet in Crisis – Creating Action for COP26 global online summit. In November 2020, exactly one year before the official COP26 climate conference, Scientists Warning Europe organised this series of online Pre-COP events to raise awareness, push the conversation, show demand, and drive real action. Over 25 events were attended by more than 2,000 people from across the globe.
Scientists Warning Europe presents and promotes science endorsed solutions which will lead to a just transition for our World to a sustainable and equitable future. Learn more, sign up for updates, and support our work at https://www.scientistswarningeurope.org.uk
This podcast series is made possible through the generous help of The Overpopulation Podcast and the GrowthBusters podcast about sustainable living.
LINKS:
Scientists Warning
Europe
https://scientistswarningeurope.org.uk/
All Three World Scientists’
Warnings
https://scientistswarningeurope.org.uk/warnings
Planet in Crisis Pre-COP Video Series
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyl1v07bfIaLHtXjYBtaca3YdlPaKC9Vx
Pukka Herbs
https://www.pukkaherbs.com
The Sustainable Food Trust
https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/
American Botanical Council Sustainable Herbs
Project
https://sustainableherbsprogram.org/
The FairWild Foundation
https://www.fairwild.org/
GrowthBusters podcast
http://www.growthbusters.org/podcast/
The Overpopulation Podcast
https://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/podcasts
