Coffee & Geography 4x21 Gemma Bailey (Climate Ambassadors South East)

Special #ClimateAmbassdors mini-series! Learn more about the scheme and get to know each of the England regional teams. Joining Kit Marie from the Southeast hub is Gemma Bailey. Sticking with juice, they and chat about the influence of local authorities, reintroducing bison to Kent, baking, amongst other things! Gemma is based in Kent, but works at the University of Reading. She has always loved wildlife and chose to study Zoology as an undergraduate and then went to work at a conservation charity called the Big Cat Sanctuary, initially as a zoo keeper and then lead on education and sustainability at the Sanctuary. This sparked Gemma interest in sustainability, and lead to me studying for an MSc in Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey. After completing my studies she worked as a Climate Change Engagement Officer for a local authority before moving to my current role. This episode was released on #ShowYourStripes Day 2024 - https://showyourstripes.info Some links to things mentioned in the chat: - Climate Ambassadors (https://www.climateambassadors.org.uk) - Sister project: National Education Nature Park (https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/) - Sister project: Lets Go Zero (https://letsgozero.org/) - Sister project: Sustainability Support Education (https://www.sustainabilitysupportforeducation.org.uk/) - The Big Cat Sanctuary (https://thebigcatsanctuary.org/) - Brighton and Hove: Our City, Our World (https://www.ourcityourworld.co.uk) - Kent Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Blean Project: https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/projects/wilder-blean - Reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone (https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/wolves-yellowstone/) - Coffee & Geography chat with Alexis Bahn from the Howlers Inn (https://soundcloud.com/geogramblings/coffee-geography-s02e23) Expand your geography network and connect with Gemma and the rest of the South-East Climate Ambassadors regional team at climateambassadors_se@reading.ac.uk. If you’re located in the East of England, get in touch with Kit Marie at climateambassadors_ea@uea.ac.uk. =About Coffee & Geography== 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. 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! Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/) ==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation== • Follow us on Twitter/’X’ at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod. • Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform. • Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details. • Support Geogramblings education efforts by donating at https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley • Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.