Sustainable Business Covered podcast: The £1bn eco-community and Patagonia’s climate action movie

This episode of the edie podcast takes listeners on a whirlwind tour of Eddington, a new 150-hectare, sustainable community developed by the University of Cambridge, as well as a trip to the cinema to talk brand purpose and climate activism with Patagonia's general manager Ryan Gellert.


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The edie podcast reaches episode 40 and to mark the occasion we travel up to Cambridge to discuss the £1bn Eddington development, which includes the largest rainwater harvesting system in the UK, a district heating network and an innovative, underground strategy to dealing with waste, with the North West Cambridge Development’s project manager and former AECOM director Heather Topel.

Later, we travel to London for the launch of Patagonia’s latest documentary film, ‘Blue Heart’, depicting the fight to protect the Balkan’s last wild rivers from the adverse impacts of hydropower projects, featuring a one-to-one interview with the firm’s general manager for Europe Ryan Gellert.

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Sustainable Business Covered: Full list of episodes

(Episode 39 – Solar, storage and sustainability reports)

(Episode 38 – The big plastics debate)

(Episode 37 – A tour of the Thames with Tideway)

(Episode 36 (Part 2) – Behind the scenes at the Sustainability Leaders Forum)

(Episode 36 (Part 1) – Behind the scenes at the Sustainability Leaders Forum)

(Episode 35 – Getting into the Christmas community spirit with LandSec and Costa)

(Episode 34 – In the green room with Unilever’s Tony Dunnage)

(Episode 33 – IKEA house party and SDG games)

(Episode 32 – What makes a ‘responsible’ retailer?)

(Episode 31 – Meeting the circular economy crusaders)

(Episode 30 – In the green room with IHG’s Kate Gibson)

(Episode 29 – In the green room with Landsec’s Sarah Beattie)

(Episode 28 – Designing for the future and adapting to global megatrends

(Episode 27 – In the green room with Carillion’s David Picton)

(Episode 26 – Rolling out the green carpet for Project Drawdown)

(Episode 25 – Under the canopy and what’s all the hubbub?)

(Episode 24 – In the green room with BT’s Gabrielle Ginér)

(Episode 23 (Part 2) – We’re back! And we’re LIVE from edie Live)

(Episode 23 (Part 1) – We’re back! And we’re LIVE from edie Live)

(Episode 22 – ‘Be bold for change’ on International Women’s Day)

(Episode 21 – Getting engaged with sustainability)

(Episode 20 – A day in the life of sustainability leaders)

(Episode 19 – Inside The Body Shop’s innovation lab)

(Episode 18 – Raising a glass to our sustainability leaders)

(Episode 17 – A New Year’s Revolution for the green economy)

(Episode 16 – Sharing cars and driving green innovation)

(Episode 15 – Fresh from Marrakesh)

(Episode 14 – The past, present and future of green buildings)

(Episode 13 – Britain’s great green policy progressives)

(Episode 12 – From green apprentice to sustainability leader)

(Episode 11 – (Parts 1&2) – Circular economy dreams and responsible retail)

(Episode 10 – Back to CSR school)

(Episode 09 – Doddle deliveries and zero-waste restaurants)

(Epidode 08 – Sustainability without the fluff)

(Episode 07 – How to win the war on waste coffee cups)

(Episode 06 – Supply chain challenges and Shell’s Eco-marathon)

(Episode 05 – IN or OUT of the European Union?)

(Episode 04 – Plan A progress and carbon-neutral beer)

(Episode 03 – Sustainability skills special)

(Episode 02 – Monkey dating and the ‘S’ word)

(Episode 01 – Live from edie Live)

Matt Mace

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