In their desperation to stick to their carbon detox diet,  Livia and Sabine are now resorting to the high-speed shower. Livia talks to her parents George and Dorothy to see how this compares with wartime rationing and we meet Charlotte Morton, Chairman of ADBA to discuss just how much we could make use of our waste. To find out more about just how much a readily available technology could help with the current climate emergency click here.  In the show, Livia checks out the extraordinary Magic Factory.  And Sabine discovers that Margaret Thatcher was a bit of an eco-warrior &nbs ..read more

In this episode Livia Russell and Sabine Pusch are in week two of their four week Carbon Detox diet where they're trying to limit their carbon footprint down to sustainable levels for a month. They're finding it hard, they've used up nearly all the tokens on their carbon ration book and they're only half way too. Then, Sabine notices a serious omission in Livia's ration book. She hasn't included any food! Livia is given an excellent book by Mike Berners-Lee 'How Bad are Bananas' where we find out more about the carbon footprint of everything, and Sabine  ..read more

To have a look at the  World War 2 style ration book we followed have a look here on the Thomas Matthews Website. In this first episode we interviewed the inspiring designer Sophie Thomas who has been trying to do her bit to fight the climate emergency for decades.  ..read more