Old Fox Young Fox talks to writer, environmental activist and former Director of Friends of the Earth Jonathon Porritt about the climate emergency and why against all the odds, there is still hope.

We trace Jonathon's journey from the activist frontline, to a career in politics, then to founding Forum for the Future, where he saw progress in educating and partnering with the business community on the need to act regarding the climate.

And we discuss his decision to now step back from Forum for the Future and to focus on doing what he can as Chancellor at Keele University and by a more direct role in supporting the next generation of climate activist.

We cover a lot of ground and ask a lot of the tough questions facing our global community including what is the role of civil disobedience in activism? Should we feel guilty at not having done enough or is that energy better used in making small changes to help fight climate change?

About the show:

Old Fox Young Fox is an intergenerational conversation between Jeremy Woolwich and Oliver Happy, one that explores the impacts of a rapidly changing world.

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Show mentions:

• Book: Hope in Hell by Jonathon Porritt
• Report - The Future of Sustainability: https://www.forumforthefuture.org/new-report-out-now-from-system-shock-to-system-change-its-time-to-transform
• The futures centre: https://thefuturescentre.org/
• Report - Future plates (transforming school lunches in the USA): https://www.forumforthefuture.org/future-plates-transforming-school-lunches-in-the-usa
• 03:05 the big issues are relatively simple
• The intergovernmental panel on climate change
• the green party of new zealand
• rupert murdoch's press empire
• the green party of australia
• 08:00 what net zero 2050 means
• 09:00 what we need to do to carbon emissions by 2030
• 11:00 lots of things are moving in the right direction: a low carbon economy
• the low carbon economy
• investors getting behind the low carbon economy
• world faith and religious organisations backing the environmental movement
• intergenerational injustice
• 16:00, 18:00 Young people are protesting differently. In 2019 both exploded into our midst.
• Greta thunburg
• Extinction rebellion and the School...