Switch
Welcome to Switch! We want to connect real people to topics they care and are curious about, but without the jargon or BS. Join us as we chat about all things sustainability-related and how they intersect with our daily lives - from eating out, to what we wear, to the latest technology and more. We also bring in guests doing cool things for people and the planet.
Episodes
55 episodes
S3 E6: How to embed sustainability into a business, with Lola's Cupcakes
Today we talk about building sustainability into your business, with special guests Adam Doffman and Zac Huddart from Lola’s Cupcakes. Lola's is iconic in London and UK-wide for their f...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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42:43
S3 E5: Physical Activity: How Your Movement Could Support A Movement
Today we discuss physical activity and the links it has to social impact. We start by discussing the intersection of yoga, yoga philosophy and social impact, as there are links there which Lydia, as a yoga teacher, has come to realise through h...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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32:25
S3 E4: Mental health: How do mental health and sustainability relate?
Today we haven’t chosen an easy topic, but it's an extremely vital one: Mental Health. We are grateful that this topic is not new, as over the past few years mental health is slowly coming into the everyday conversation (from workpl...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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42:01
S3 E3: Finance: Making your wealth do good
We've talked on the show about spending power and the impact that buying more sustainable products can have on the planet and society. However, what about the impact of our 'wealth', i.e. the money we hold in bank accounts, investments, pension...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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52:43
S3 E2: Relationships: How to have a conversation on values
The reason we started Switch is that we want sustainable living to be mainstream. The podcast acts as a small piece in the puzzle towards this goal by opening up the conversation on sustainability, helping people to feel more positive, empowere...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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43:38
S3 E1: Careers: How to Get A Career in Sustainability / Social Impact
Welcome back to Switch Podcast. This new season we are exploring our core foundations and how sustainability intersects with them. In season 1 & 2 we put a spotlight on some of our biggest environmental challenges such as plastic waste, foo...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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47:55
Ep 48 #ItsCoolToBeKind, with TALA
This week we’re joined by Sarah from TALA, which makes sustainable active/casual-wear that is super stylish! We’re actually in love with this brand…They are inclusive. Their collections are for every body, designed to make ever...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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36:55
Ep 47 Ecofeminism: Why The Patriarchy & Climate Change Are Linked
Right now, it feels like marginalised groups across the globe are demanding respect, justice and equal rights and are finally being heard - from the Black Lives Matter movement to trans-gender rights activism. People will not stand oppression b...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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48:50
Ep 46: Switch x The Wise Consumer: Coming Together
Hello! Welcome to the first in a series of collaborative episodes with Switch and The Wise Consumer. Madeleine (AKA The Wise Consumer) uses her podcast to sit down and chat with entrepreneurs from all walks of life whose mission it is to use th...
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51:57
Ep 45: #Goals, with the Conscious Fashion Campaign
How do you get a whole industry to change its practices?This week we’re so excited to be joined by Kerry Bannigan, Founder of the Conscious Fashion Campaign which engages global fashion industry events - e.g. trade shows, fashion...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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48:29
Ep 44: Giving Food Another Life, with City Harvest
This episode we’re joined by Laura Winningham, CEO of City Harvest London. City Harvest puts surplus food to good use in a sustainable way. While thousands of Londoners go hungry each day, safe, healthy, usable food is ...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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31:51
Ep 43: Hitting reset with The Food Waste Project
Today we are with The Food Waste Project, which is a consultancy service dedicated to advising the hospitality sector with a particular focus on corporate offices, on food waste prevention and reduction strategies.We have spoken endlessl...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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29:43
Ep 42: A Good Company in a 'Bad' World
Another brilliant international friend of ours, based in Sweden, A Good Company creates elegant, thoughtful and sustainable everyday products - from stationery to personal care items. Simple and beautiful!They don’t take shortcuts, thin...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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1:03:52
Ep 41: Changing for change with Hubbub
This week we’re joined by Sarah Divall from Hubbub, a foundation helping provide inspiration and practical actions that are good for you and the environment. They believe that to create positive environmental change at the scale and speed neede...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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42:04
Ep 40: Cracking On With Easter
In our 40th episode we are super egg-cited to bring you a light-hearted conversation focused on Easter. Sadly, we're still not with each other due to the Coronavirus lockdown here in the UK, but that’s the beauty of podcasts - we can do them on...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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35:10
Ep 39: We're in this together
This week, as we figure out our new 'normal', we ask ourselves whether and how sustainability can still feature in daily life. Can we ensure things continue to move in a positive direction rather than a destructive one? In what ways can we supp...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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29:40
Ep 38: Gone Viral
Amidst the current crisis of COVID-19, we are dealing with new challenges we haven't really faced before. Lock-downs, washing hands for 'happy birthday x 2', stockpiling toilet paper, business uncertainties, and so on. We don...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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35:45
Ep 37: Gather Round for Zero Waste
We are joined by wonderful guests Tash and Laura today, founders of Gather. Gather is a zero waste store and ‘refillery’, here to make it easy for you to live a life of less waste. They work to help the world know that living sustainably can be...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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45:19
Ep 36: It’s Too Good To Go
Today we are recording from the Too Good To Go UK office with co-founder Jamie Crummie. Too Good To Go, for those of you who don’t know, is an app connecting users to surplus delicious food from bakeries, restaurants, supermarkets, hotels and m...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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53:01
Ep 35: Are we greenwashed out? With Amirah Jiwa
Today we’re joined by Amirah Jiwa, a Social Impact Strategist. She helps brands create and communicate impact. She is excited by products and experiences that deliver and inspire positive change - for consumers, producers, employees, the enviro...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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50:59
Ep 34: Ecological Grief...it's actually a thing
Research shows that people increasingly feel the effects of planetary changes and associated ecological losses in their daily lives, and that these changes present significant direct and indirect threats to mental health and well-being. It’s te...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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36:43
Ep 33: Products with a purpose on Social Supermarket
Today we are back together and joined by Jamie from Social Supermarket. Social Supermarket was created to connect every-day consumers with social enterprises who sell high quality products that tackle important social and environmental challeng...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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44:51
Ep 32: The A-Z of Ethical Fashion with Ruth MacGilp
NEW YEAR, NEW EPISODE. Happy new year, Switch listeners! Looking to have a more sustainable 2020? (Us, too!) We have the episode just for you...This week we cover fashion. We, like many, are suckers for a bargain, and like to dress well ...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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50:28
Ep 31: Dreaming of a Green Christmas
We are super excited to do a holiday special, because it is one of our favourite times of year, but similar to our summer and vacation episodes: Christmas and the holiday season is a time people’s habits change all of their great sustainable pr...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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37:12
Ep 30 Coffee: Boy, do we love it.
This week we’re joined by very special guest Mahdi Nazar, who is also Lydia’s boyfriend, to discuss coffee.From the bean, to the milk, to its packaging, the environmental impact of our daily caffeine hit is real. This episode we unpick ...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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48:32