There’s huge power in local action. From community groups to corporate partnerships, local authorities to charity campaigns – there are thousands of people across the UK making big positive impacts in the places where they live and work. The Carbon Copy Podcast gives a louder voice to some of those amazing people: boosting hope and progress by showing what's possible.
The pod is brought to you by Carbon Copy; a UK charity inspiring more big-thinking local action for climate and nature. We build community around solutions so people can copy what’s working.
We’re looking towards a better future together that can be co-created today. Our resources serve as inspiration and are also instructive about what could be. The Carbon Copy Podcast is backed by hundreds of climate action stories and local Climate Action Plans from across the UK.
Join host Isabelle Sparrow, producer Bradley Ingham and a fascinating, eclectic mix of guests and co-hosts as we explore just how big local action can be.
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There’s huge power in local action. From community groups to corporate partnerships, local authorities to charity campaigns – there are thousands of people across the UK making big positive impacts in the places where they live and work. The Carbon Copy Podcast gives a louder voice to some of those amazing people: boosting hope and progress by showing what's possible.
The pod is brought to you by Carbon Copy; a UK charity inspiring more big-thinking local action for climate and nature. We build community around solutions so people can copy what’s working.
We’re looking towards a better future together that can be co-created today. Our resources serve as inspiration and are also instructive about what could be. The Carbon Copy Podcast is backed by hundreds of climate action stories and local Climate Action Plans from across the UK.
Join host Isabelle Sparrow, producer Bradley Ingham and a fascinating, eclectic mix of guests and co-hosts as we explore just how big local action can be.
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The UK has some of the lowest quality and least energy efficient housing stock in Europe, and the majority of our buildings are still heated by gas fired boilers. This is despite huge hikes in fuel prices in recent years, and the introduction of subsidies for greener alternatives. For many people, low-carbon heating is inaccessible due to high upfront costs or unsuitable due to poor insulation. In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast we explore two initiatives that are helping communities to embrace low-carbon heat: Power Up North London, which has helped Caxton House in Archway to decarbonise and become a warmer more inviting space for those that use it, and the UK’s first rural heat network in Swaffham Prior.
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Full transcript available at: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/install-low-carbon-heating
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