The Seventeen

Best Of The 17 So Far... (Part 2)

Episode Summary

Part 2 of our 'Best Of' featuring an array of sustainability experts discussing the challenges facing our planet and how to make progress.

Episode Notes

For the last 17 months on 'The 17' podcast, host Kate Hutchinson (Founder - Yorkshire Sustainability Festival) has been talking to sustainability experts about the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. To celebrate our 17th episode, we're putting together a two-part 'Best Of' - featuring all our expert guests. The result is a powerful overview of the challenges facing the planet and the best ideas on how to progress.

This episode is Part 2.

Featured guests and SDG's in this episode:

Sustainability Pioneers:

Mike Berners-Lee (Carbon footprint expert)

Jo Fairley (co-founder of Green and Blacks, a  pioneer of Fairtrade)

John Elkington (visionary author who coined many of the sustainability terms we use today)

Dr Alan James (future sustainable travel expert)

Sri Hollema (young eco-inventor)

SDGs and Episode Themes:

SDG 4 - Quality Education (Guest - UK and international education expert Nathan Atkinson)

SDG 5 - Gender Equality (Guest - Venture capitalist and employment charity Founder Helen Oldham)

Green Skills - Co-Founders of disruptive eco skills and employment consultancy Creaticity, Richelle Schuster and Martyn Long