Screw this…Let’s try something else

In our final part of this series, we focus entirely on you, the listener, with an episode dedicated to how to translate the inspiration from the series so far into action on the ground, where you live. With help from Citizen’s author and community evangelist Jon Alexander, we unpack 5 common threads that all of our communities advocate. So if you want to take the first steps to action in your place we’ll answer questions like: what do you do first? Who do you need with you? What challenges are you likely to face and how to overcome them? Make a brew and join us for a pithy episode packed with practical tips. Featuring: Jon Alexander, Charlotte Hollins, Immy Kaur, Mark Pepper, Josie Moon, Catherine Vulliamy, Lee Rob & Kate Raworth. Has this podcast changed how you feel? Take our hope survey: https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43 GET STARTED: Use our AI postcode search tool to find 5 examples of powerful collective action within 5 miles of your front door >> https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: https://mattgolding.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram @antidotelive or TikTok @antidote_live or Linkedin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When it comes to designing a neighbourhood fit for the future we face, Ladywood in Birmingham may seem like an unlikely place to be rivalling billionaires plans to live on Mars, but their results might be more appealing to the majority of us who like Earth, and are partial to oxygen. Inspired by past neighbourhood solutions that have since spread nationwide - like the NHS and welfare state - Civic Square are coming up with practical ways forward on climate, housing and resilience that could scale countrywide and create a collective future we all want to live in. We then talk to Kate Raworth (tbc), founder of Doughnut Economics - on how the economic model behind this work could transform our future. Featuring: Immy Kaur, Kate Raworth Has this podcast changed how you feel? Take our hope survey: https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43 Use our AI postcode search tool to find 5 examples of powerful collective action within 5 miles of your front door >> https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you Follow us on Instagram @antidotelive or TikTok @antidote_live or Linkedin To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: https://mattgolding.substack.com/ Find links to things mentioned in the show here: https://www.antidotelive.studio/civic-square CIVIC SQUARE plans: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Et1Uk9opbbZn2slwcXFQQ_AtTLYb8EVS/view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lee Robb was fed-up of seeing her hometown – Carrick Fergus in Northern Ireland – divided, neglected, and still reeling from the troubles, so she decided to buck the trend and… reach out to her fellow residents. When she did, she was surprised that people reached back, and working together they created something that put Carrick on the map for a different reason. Through their humble greengrocers, they’ve proven an appetite for locally grown food systems and revitalised their high street. Now they’re consulting with national government on how their model can create a blueprint for a food system that actually makes sense and could work everywhere. We then talk to Jon Alexander about how this approach could change not only our food system, but if we come together in our places, everything. As Jon says in his book Citizens ‘the key to fixing everything is all of us’. (Thanks to Simon Wood at Ravenhill films for letting us use the Crowdfunder clip!) Featuring: Lee Robb, Jon Alexander Has this podcast changed how you feel? Take our hope survey: https://tinyurl.com/k4spjx43 Use our AI postcode search tool to find 5 examples of powerful collective action within 5 miles of your front door >> https://www.antidotelive.studio/near-you Follow us on Instagram @antidotelive or TikTok @antidote_live or Linkedin To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: https://mattgolding.substack.com/ Find links to things mentioned in the show here: https://www.antidotelive.studio/carrick-greengrocers Reports referenced in the show: ‘The Money Trail’: https://nefconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TheMoneyTrail.pdf City University of London farmer study: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33491/1/sustainability-16-06851-v2.pdf ‘The False Economy of Big Food’ https://ffcc.co.uk/publications/the-false-economy-of-big-food Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever find yourself wondering ‘Does everything have to be this broken?’ Join Maryam Pasha and Matt Golding, on a journey of the possible, to visit ordinary neighbourhoods doing something extraordinary. Each episode we’ll meet the folks who’ve had enough and are starting to say: “Screw this… let’s try something else” and are proving there are better ways to approach food, energy, housing and decision making – and then we’ll explore what the country could look like if these ideas spread. From a mission to reboot an empty high street in Northern Ireland, and people owned power in Bristol, to a Shropshire farm with 8000 community landlords, and a neighbourhood of tomorrow in Birmingham, come along on a road trip like no other, and get inspired. Because, even in our troubled times, real hope exists – if you know where to look. Stay tuned for our 6th episode, where we’ll share tips on how to get started where you live - and invite you to take part in our survey - conducted with the University of Bristol - to see whether listening to this series has made you feel more hopeful. 🔗 Take our hope survey: 🏠 To find what’s happening near you - visit Antidotelive.studio/nearme - and use our postcode search tool 📩 To get stories like this to your inbox, join our mailing list: XXXXX 📲 Follow us on social media: @antidotelive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices