'What On Earth?' the Hubbub sustainability podcast

Have you heard?

What On Earth is a sustainability podcast delving into the past, present and future of environmental issues.

Presented by Hubbub creative partner Sarah Divall and radio’s Ross Buchanan, What On Earth is available where ever you normally get your podcasts.

Do you want to know more about the environment? Keen to make a change but not sure where to start? Tired of reading three articles that all give you different answers? We send these podcasts out as an offering to you. Will listening solve climate change, probably not. But it might just give you the tools you need to talk to other people about what you’ve learned, change minds and make changes in your life that will protect the planet and the people around you.

And without further ado click on an episode below to tune into 'What On Earth?'

Season two

Season one

Got your own tips for living sustainably? Record your top tips and send them into Sarah & Ross on social or to [email protected]

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Buckwheat tagliatelle

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Manchester community project

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Eat Your Pumpkin

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Community Calling: gift your old smartphone to help others during lockdown

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Food Connect

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Recycle on the go with #InTheLoop

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#TapChat

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Why Wing It

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Grab Your Cup

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Design By Nature

Giving new opportunities to design students across the UK, helping them to use their skills to find solutions to environmental challenges, making sustainable living second nature.
Food Savvy

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Even stained, damaged and holey clothing and old textiles and fabrics can be recycled into new items, such as padding for chairs and car insulation and cleaning cloths. Here’s what you can do to make sure no fabrics end up in the bin ever again!
Our story

We're a charity that works very much like a creative agency for environmental issues - we design campaigns that raise awareness and inspire ways of living that are good for the environment.
Community Fridge

A Community Fridge is a simple way of enabling communities and businesses to share good food that would otherwise go to waste. Find your nearest Community Fridge or see what support is available to help you set up one of your own.
Meet the team

We're a small team with huge ambitions - come and meet us.
Job and role opportunities

Are you passionate about the environment and making it relevant to the mainstream? Keep an eye out here for job vacancies.
Neat Streets

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Ballot Bin

How do you get people to dispose of cigarette butts properly? Combine an opinionated question with good design. The Ballot Bin is now available to order, keeping streets litter free.
Join the Pumpkin Rescue

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Plastic Fishing

Collecting plastic from the Docklands aboard the world's first 99% recycled plastic punts. An all hands-on-deck litter picking experience like no other that is helping turn the tide on ocean plastics.
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