Just as the Clean Air Act was passed in 1956, London introduced a new pollution vector onto every street in the city: the private motor car.

What has the effect of car pollution been on the city, and how does it affect us today? What does it mean to be a ‘car city’ - and can we ever be post-car?

Links mentioned in the episode:

London Air

Breathe London

Annie Kelly on 15 minute cities and conspiracy theories

I make this show because I love radio and I love nature... so I invited Jason W Moore on the radio to challenge and upend my ideas about nature.

Jason (author of Capitalism in the Web of Life) and I talk about Nature, capitalism, labour, and history - and what we can do to work toward a truly ecologically democratic future.

To learn more about Jason's work:

https://jasonwmoore.com/

Our conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity, opinions expressed by guests on Worm From Home are always their own.

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Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source ⁠⁠xeno-canto.org⁠⁠, under Creative Commons license

In this episode I'm joined by Kieron Doick from Forest Research. We talk about trees, urban heat, and the challenges posed to city trees from climate change.

To learn more about Kieron's work:

Climate Change Factsheet : Factsheet: Climate change and urban forests - Forest Research

Climate Change Hub: Welcome to the Climate Change Hub - Forest Research

What is the urban forest? - Forest Research

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Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source ⁠xeno-canto.org⁠, under Creative Commons license

How has air pollution shaped the ecology of East London, and affected the people who live here? How did the devastating Great Smog of 1952 lead to long term change - and what is needed to secure clean air for the future?

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Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

Happy International Earthworm Day!

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Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

In the third and final instalment of this series of episodes on woodlands and warfare, we focus in on East London.

How did the Blitz disrupt the urban landscape of the East End, and how have woodlands and wildlife formed a part of its post war recovery?

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In Part 2 of a series exploring woodlands and war, we look at the history of the environmental damage of war, and its impact on woodlands in particular.

In France, Vietnam, and Britain, woodlands have played crucial roles as sites of, resources for, and means of recovery after warfare.

How has war altered these landscapes? What pressures shape their restoration, and do human beings recover alongside them?

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Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license

Over a series of episodes, we’ll discover how a woodland came to be growing in Bethnal Green, and use this story to trace the intertwined histories of warfare and woodlands

In part 1 we dig into the history of woods in Britain, the habitats they create, and consider how changing forms of human intervention have altered the woodland landscape.

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Great Tit recording by Henry Law - source xeno-canto.org, under Creative Commons license