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01:04Episode 1
Recreate, Restore, Reimagine
Episode 1
A powerful call to arms - the poem reminds us that we only have one Earth and we must protect her. The poem ties into the Decade of Restoration, a United Nations initiative that will launch on #WorldEnvironmentDay, to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide
Director: T...
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04:14Episode 2
Love Song To The Earth CC
Episode 2
Internationally renowned artists released this song and music video, Love Song to the Earth urging world leaders to reach a global agreement during the United Nations climate conference to limit the impacts of climate change.
Written by Toby Gad, Natasha Bedingfield, John Shanks and Sean Paul th...
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03:51Episode 3
'Free' by Diane Warren - music video
Episode 3
'Free' by Diane Warren - music video
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12:13Episode 4
It's Up To Us
Episode 4
It’s Up To Us is based on the Terra Carta, a roadmap to sustainability issued by His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Former Prince of Wales and his Sustainable Markets Initiative in 2021. More than 400 corporations have already signed on, agreeing to put the health of Nature, People & Planet a...
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Last Chance To Paint: Spirit of the Rainforest Episode 1
Episode 5
Last Chance To Paint connects children to the environment using art to highlight what we all stand to lose. In Episode 1 of 5 artist John Dyer & musician Martha-Lilly Dyer begin their epic adventure traveling from London to the Yawanawá Tribe in the Amazon. Their search for the Spirit of the R...
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Last Chance To Paint: Spirit of the Rainforest Episode 2
Episode 6
Last Chance To Paint connects children to the environment using art to highlight what we all stand to lose. In Episode 2 of 5 artists John & Martha-Lilly Dyer travel by canoe to discover shamanic culture, paint dyes from seed pods, as well as painting the wonderful flora and fauna.
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Last Chance To Paint: Spirit of the Rainforest Episode 3
Episode 7
Last Chance To Paint connects children to the environment using art to highlight what we all stand to lose. In Episode 3 of 5 our intrepid explorers learn more about tribal culture and its closeness to nature and offer some top tips for painting.
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Last Chance To Paint: Spirit of the Rainforest Episode 4
Episode 8
Last Chance To Paint connects children to the environment using art to highlight what we all stand to lose. In Episode 4 artist John Dyer reveals his favorite thing about the rainforest. Can you guess? Despite the sweltering heat, John enjoys the company of hundreds and hundreds of fluttering bu...
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Last Chance To Paint:Spirit of the Rainforest Episode 5
Episode 9
Last Chance To Paint connects children to the environment using art to highlight what we all stand to lose. In the last episode of SPIRIT OF THE RAINFOREST John and Martha-Lilly visit a local school to meet some budding artists. A special tune is composed and performed. A new series set in Borne...
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Hot Poets - Repeat Beat Poet, A Rhyming Guide to Climate Litigation
Episode 10
Hot Poet: The Repeat Beat Poet
Matched with: London School of Economics, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Poem Focus: Climate LitigationThe Repeat Beat Poet (aka Peter deGraft-Johnson) is working with Joana Setzer, an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at th...
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Hot Poets - Jonny Fluffypunk, Put the Children by a Tree
Episode 11
Hot Poet: Jonny Fluffypunk
Matched with: Forest Schools Birmingham
Poem Focus: Forest SchoolIt is Forest School Birmingham’s deepest wish that young people and those working in education awaken to the vital role that the natural world plays in the health and well-being of our species and that, ...
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Hot Poets - Chris Redmond, Green Futures; The Earth is Waiting
Episode 12
Hot Poet and Co-Artistic Director: Chris Redmond
Matched with: The Weather Makers
Poem Focus: Re-greening the DesertWith an ever-increasing human population extracting value from Earth, the world faces severely degrading ecosystems. Over 1.3 billion people are affected by degrading agricultural...
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Hot Poets - Elvis McGonagall, Extreme Weather Report
Episode 13
Hot Poet: Elvis McGonagall
Matched with: Met Office
Poem Focus: Climate ResearchThe Poem's context is around the reporting of the Met Office which is the national meteorological service for the UK. They provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science, helping you make better...
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04:36Episode 14
Hot Poets - Matt Harvey, Praise the Whale
Episode 14
Hot Poet: Matt Harvey
Matched with: Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Poem Focus: The Green Whale and Whale Poo WhaleDolphin Conservation (WDC) campaigns to save whales and dolphins. Whales play a big part in helping to keep the ocean healthy and are our allies in the fight to reverse climate b...
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Hot Poets - Yomi Ṣode, Chaos in the Sky and on Land
Episode 15
Hot Poet: Yomi Ṣode
Matched with: Professor David M Schultz from the Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation, and Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester
Poem Focus: How big weather events are reportedA crisis resulting from ...
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04:38Episode 16
Hot Poets - Toni Giselle Stuart, Ocean Home
Episode 16
Hot Poet: Toni Giselle Stuart
Matched with: The Beach Co-op, South Africa
Poem Focus: Beach Clean-Up Plastic DataThe Beach Co-op began in 2015 when a group of volunteers started meeting every new moon to collect marine debris at our local surf break – the rocky shore at Surfers Corner in Muizen...
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Hot Poets - Vanessa Kisuule, The Earth's Thirst
Episode 17
Hot Poet: Vanessa Kisuule
Matched with: RSPB
Poem Focus: PeatlandPassionate about nature, dedicated to saving it. Since the RSPB started on their mission in 1889, the threats to nature have continued to grow, but they’ve grown to meet them too. The RSPB is now the largest nature conservation ch...
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Hot Poets - Zena Edwards, Mother of the Forest
Episode 18
Hot Poet: Zena Edwards
Matched with: The Word Forest Organisation
Poem Focus: Empowering women in Kenya to grow trees on the equator.The Word Forest Organisation is a young charity founded by passionate environmentalists based in the South West. They plant trees, build schools, facilitate educ...
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Hot Poets - Liv Torc - When You Know the Water's Coming
Episode 19
Hot Poet and Co-Artistic Director: Liv Torc
Matched with: Adapting the Levels, Somerset County Council, Somerset Wildlife, Trust and Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group
Poem Focus: Flood PreventionLiv's poem is based on the incredible work of Somerset County Council, Somerset Wildlife, Trust and ...
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04:22Episode 20
Hot Poets - Francesca Beard, Geology Rocks.
Episode 20
Hot Poet: Francesa Beard
Matched with: British Geological Survey
Poem Focus:
Geology and the undergroundThe BGS is focused on public-good science for government and on research aimed at understanding the earth and its environmental processes, helping society use natural resources responsibly, ma... -
Hot Poets - Joelle Taylor, Could Mr Sands Please Come to Reception
Episode 21
Hot Poet: Joelle Taylor
Matched with: Dr. Gareth Clay, Department of Geography, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester
Poem Focus: Wild Fire
Dr Gareth Clay is a Reader in Physical Geography at The University of Manchester. He is a physical geographer whose rese... -
02:49Episode 22
Hot Poets - Group Film
Episode 22
This is a group poem edited together from the 12 Hot Poet COP26 poems - written and performed by leading spoken word poets from the UK and South Africa including Joelle Taylor, Vanessa Kisuule, Matt Harvey, Jonny Fluffypunk, Repeat Beat Poet, Zena Edwards, Toni Giselle Stuart, Chris Redmond, Yomi...