A season-long special of the podcast interviewing #ClimateAmbassadors up and down the country! Why did they become Ambassadors? How can they help communities and education settings to take climate action?

Joining Kit Marie based in the East of England is Stephanie Gilliver, discussing the beauty of Norfolk's Broads, the critical role of sustainable finance in driving positive change, and her passion for heritage apple trees and cider making.

WATCH this chat over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WgmHUBmdzgE

Stephanie is the Head of Responsible Investing at Virgin Money Investments, where she focuses on helping people achieve good financial outcomes with the potential to use their money as a catalyst for positive change. She shares insights on the importance of sustainable finance and how it can support climate action.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:

- Climate Ambassadors (https://climateambassadors.org.uk)
- Octopus Energy (https://octopus.energy/friend-referral/)
- Strumpshaw Fen (https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/strumpshaw-fen)
- Sustainably Support for Education: Funding (https://www.sustainabilitysupportforeducation.org.uk/funding)
- DfE guidence on climate action plans and sustainability leadership in schools (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sustainability-leadership-and-climate-action-plans-in-education)
- Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics (https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/)
- Newton’s Space Saplings; can you give them space to grow? (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/newtons-space-saplings-can-you-give-them-space-to-grow)
- Mother Tree - how green are your finances? (https://www.mymothertree.com/)
- Earth Day (https://www.earthday.org/)

Connect with Stephanie via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-gilliver-741141128/)

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Coffee & Geography 5x14 Stephanie Gilliver (East-based Climate Ambassador from Virgin Money)

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As chair of the Ontario Apple Growers, Chris Hedges shares an overview of the provincial apple industry – its investments in high-density orchards, desirable apple varieties, controlled atmosphere storages and modern packing lines. 

The Grower is Digging Deeper behind the May 2025 cover story titled 'Wind’s up and the weather is rising for Canadian apple growers' and checking in with Chris. Representing 200 growers, Hedges says they are ready to meet the moment with consumers looking for locally-grown produce in the face of U.S. tariff threats. With favourable spring conditions, he’s looking forward to a “fantastic” crop.

Chris Hedges is optimistic about the 2025 apple crop

I heard they were training some AI off of music uploaded here, and personally I am a BIG fan of artificial inteligence. So I made one of my best tracks here, so that the AI will get influenced. If AI was a person, you cant imagine the things we would do in bed.

Food for the AI, is this like a cheeseburger for the AI?

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Written by Carkiss https://soundcloud.com/carkiss-kilotta and HOBOCOP

Apples🍎🍏

Apples from your hometown 
Harvest seeds you’ve thrown down 
Suffered ..have you, clown?
Water all the way down
Rough around the edges
Spied in through the hedges
He watched me in the playground
Back then he made no sound 
He found me in the bleachers
Oooh.
I found him in the bleachers
I was taught by all his teachers
I ran it by all the preachers 
Back then he made no sound
I found him in the bleachers
I played his game, I scored a touchdown

HowYouLikeThemApples

Rotten Apples

apples - evanonE

Apples

Dopamine High

Wir sind Apfelskins!

A song for nobody

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Nugget Area State of Mind

Ali Capper is in partnership at Stocks Farm, Suckley, Worcestershire UK with her husband Richard and his father Mark, the Cappers specialise in growing hops and apples. They farm dessert & cider apples and hops. 

Stocks Farm is a 200 year old hop and fruit farm on the glorious Herefordshire/Worcestershire border. It has been farmed by the Capper family since 1962, and is proud to be growing Award Winning British Hops and Apples in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Ali is a Director of the Oxford Farming Conference and she is Chairman of the NFU's National Horticulture & Potatoes Board, British Apples & Pears and Wye Hops. Her Nuffield Scholarship in 2014 focused on the export of great British hops, and niche apple varieties, travelling to Germany, New Zealand, Canada, USA, France, Belgium and Vietnam.

For more information on Stocks Farm: https://bit.ly/4mV6XAa

#agriculture #farming #apples #hops #beer #cider
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The world’s first streamed #gardening radio station providing advice, interviews and music for all #gardeners anywhere.

After Hours is live Monday-Friday from 6-8 PM live on 1620 The Zone. We talk all things Huskers, Jays, Mavs Reivers, and High School sports in the state of Nebraska!

== About the 'Coffee & Geography' podcast ==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod. 

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

== About Geogramblings ==

Kit Rackley (Geogramblings) spent 13 years as a Geography high-school teacher, and is now freelancing as an educational blogger, author, speaker & trainer. They are a consultant to the Geographical Association (UK) and work through the University of East Anglia to raise aspirations of young people to Higher Education. 

Kit's projects include the Geogramblings.com educational blog, communicating issues through performing arts, the Coffee & Geography podcast and many community-based initiatives.

New tracks tagged #Apples