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We Are Carbon

We Are Carbon

By: Helen Fisher
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We Are Carbon is the interview show that helps us to recognise that the future of both our planet and our societies can be incredibly beautiful - and that we all play a role in getting there! Hosted by Helen Fisher with guests joining from across the globe. There's a new episode every other Tuesday, and they'll average 1 hr long. We see endless headlines warning us of the horrific impact that we're having on the climate and how dire the outlook is, but we're going to re-frame this crisis and start putting the solutions into our own hands. I'm inviting in voices from science, agriculture, business and more, to help us gain an understanding of how we might live in greater harmony with the world around us. How we can build a society where our everyday choices have a positive impact on regenerating and stabilising the planet that we depend upon. Because when the planet and nature are thriving; that's when we can thrive! That's when we can live in a world less focused on fear and restrictions. I don't think that real solutions are ever found until we zoom out, see the full picture and recognise how it all connects together. We can't view climate change as an isolated issue. Our health, our food security, stability of economies and the way we interact with one another, they're are all tied in. The topics can seem expansive, so we're using carbon as a focus. We're exploring some important, and at times complex subjects here. But the whole point is to make this info accessible and transparent to us all. So let me know if there's ever anything that you'd like breaking down or exploring further. Or if there's related topics that you feel should be discussed. Reach out and let's keep this project expanding! And if you're a visual learner, look out for the animations! I'm creating short digestible videos to illustrate some of the key concepts that we're exploring. Find them at https://www.wearecarbon.earth/animations Follow on Instagram @wearecarbon.earth Let's keep figuring this all out together!Copyright 2026 Helen Fisher Earth Sciences Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Do Small Steps Really Have the Power to Create Change? Helen Meech: Ex Director, The Climate Coalition

    Do Small Steps Really Have the Power to Create Change? Helen Meech: Ex Director, The Climate Coalition
    Jun 8 2026

    Welcome back to the podcast. I'm getting ready to launch the fifth season of We Are Carbon at the moment, but this episode is a little bonus, coming slightly sooner, because really, it's just been too long!

    This Episode:

    I had the pleasure of speaking with Helen Meech, executive director of The Climate Coalition. Their campaign 'The Great Big Green Week' has been building rapid momentum year to year, with millions of people across the UK anticipated to take action for their communities, nature and the climate this week (6th - 14th June 2026).

    It felt like an opportunity to dig in to some of my own pondering around 'can small steps taken locally, really have the power to create the changes we want to see'?

    I'll leave you to take your own conclusions around that as you listen through.

    And I hope you have a fabulous Great Big Green Week if you're taking part!

    External Links:

    • The Climate Coalition: https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/
    • Great Big Green Week: https://www.greatbiggreenweek.com/
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    48 mins
  • Whole Systems Regeneration. Farm & Place with Caroline Grindrod [Founder - Roots of Nature]

    Whole Systems Regeneration. Farm & Place with Caroline Grindrod [Founder - Roots of Nature]
    Jul 31 2025

    The very first episode of this podcast was an interview with Caroline Grindrod and it remains one of the most insightful discussions I think I’ve published around understanding what regenerative agriculture actually is.

    I’m delighted that Caroline returns now to add a new depth to all of this and catch us up with how things have been developing within her work and in life in general.

    We chat about:

    • The need for whole systems regeneration
    • Caroline's bio-regional work
    • What it looks like to live regeneratively

    Additional Links:

    • Caroline's work: Wilderculture | Roots of Nature
    • Compilation episode with Caroline: Carbon Builds Life
    • First interview with Caroline: What Is Regenerative Agriculture?

    Episode Timestamps:

    00:00 - Intro

    08:34 - The need for whole system regeneration

    15:40 - Limitations of changing farm practice

    25:09 - Vision for bioregional work

    39:05 - Caroline's regenerative living
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    50 mins
  • Blue Carbon Ecosystems - Finance, Restoration & Communities. [Catch up with Diana Denke]

    Blue Carbon Ecosystems - Finance, Restoration & Communities. [Catch up with Diana Denke]
    Jul 17 2025

    In this episode I invite you to open your mind to the potential around our coastlines. It's easy to overlook the value of the soils that are hidden underwater and the life that they support, but these blue carbon ecosystems are significant right across the globe. We are losing them, and the work to restore them can be even more challenging to fund than with projects in land.

    This is a catch up with Diana Denke, co-founder of Fair Carbon.

    You'll find the link below to our previous episode with Diana, where she helped us to break down the barriers to understanding finance around nature based solutions.

    Here she returns with equally valuable insights around developing projects for restoring blue carbon ecosystems.

    We chat about:

    • Blue carbon ecosystems - what they are & why they're so valuable
    • Barriers to blue carbon projects
    • The role of communities for long term success

    Episode Links:

    • Fair Carbon website https://www.faircarbon.org/
    • Nature Based Solutions - previous We Are Carbon conversation with Diana https://www.wearecarbon.earth/nature-based-solutions-diana-denke/
    • 'Carbon Builds Life' - We Are Carbon compilation with Diana https://www.wearecarbon.earth/because-carbon-builds-life/

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    Episode Timestamps:

    00:00 - Intro

    03:59 - What are Blue Carbon ecosystems

    06:16 - The values of Blue Carbon ecosystems

    13:20 - Developing with communities

    21:51 - Leading with mangrove restoration

    28:04 - Barriers to starting a project (and some solutions)

    36:50 - Why have 80% of projects failed?

    40:23 - Growing the Blue Carbon market & steps for Fair Carbon
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    48 mins
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