Episode Description
I think we're all pretty familiar with the term carbon footprint, but there's a new kid on the block when it comes to talking about the full impact of the actions that we take when you come together.
Isabelle Sparrow is Head of Comms, and the podcast host, at Carbon Copy - a platform that champions collective action, and the power it has to help turn our individual concern about the climate into a collective impact.
In this episode we chat about what collective action is, how you can join in if you're not someone who likes joining in, and how we've all got something to offer. And we also dig into the new concept that Carbon Copy have created, called the Changeprint - here's the explanation of what that is from the Carbon Copy website: "A Changeprint is the collective impact created when you join with others to make something happen. While a carbon footprint is about doing less harm, a Changeprint is about doing more good. It’s a positive approach to addressing the climate and nature crisis, centred on the place and the people around you".
If you are ever in need of a spot of inspiration for practical do-able projects that work in local communities up and down the country, do check out the Carbon Copy website - there are literally hundreds of examples on there, and each of them has had their Changeprint added on, to give an idea of the sum of the different impacts that they have had on their local community and on the environment more broadly.
I love the concept of the Changeprint - I'm going to think about how I can introduce it into my Carbon Literacy courses, and also how I could apply it to this podcast; to the Sustainable(ish Clubhouse - my membership community - which is re-launching soon, watch this space; and to all my Sustainable(ish) work.
Isabelle Sparrow
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USEFUL LINKS:
- Carbon Copy
- Website
- Find your local area's emissions and climate action plans
- 25 Big Local Actions
- Podcast
- Changeprint
-Carbon Copy podcast episode - Introducing Changeprint
- Changeprint Action Pack
- Stories of local action along with their Changeprints
- Instagram
- Facebook
- Linked In
- [083] - Think Global Act Local - with Ric Casale from Carbon Copy (podcast episode) - Warming Stripes
- Climate Emergency UK Climate Council Scorecards
- [164] - Your Council and Climate Action - with Annie Pickering from Climate Council Scorecards (podcast episode) - Social tipping points - paper in Nature
- Climate Shadow
- Veganuary
- Flight Free UK
- Green Runners
- Climate Outreach
- Insights report
