Dale Vince's Zerocarbonista
Zerocarbonista is the podcast from green entrepreneur and climate change campaigner, Dale Vince. From building his first windmill in 1996 to taking Forest Green Rovers Football Club vegan in 2015 and becoming a United Nations Ambassador in 2019, Dale Vince has made saving the planet his life’s mission.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 253
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 12 - Swampy Johnson’s Bunch of Nothing
Dale and Ian chew over the government’s 10 point green plan and decide whether Joe Biden will be good for the planet. Your questions get answered too.
Episode 11 - Jaffa Jailbird
We discuss reports that UK can get to net zero quicker than planned, and look at Roll Royce’s attempts to reboot the nuclear industry. Trump’s still refusing to step aside, so Dale wonders how long …
Episode 10 - Mango meltdown
Dale and Ian digest what's going on in America - and wonder whether Biden would bring the US back into the Paris Agreement.
We also look at Shell's social media nightmare - and talk about sky diamond…
Episode 9 - Modern day alchemy
Dale’s latest venture, Sky Diamonds found itself making headlines worldwide - so we talk about how he came up with the idea to literally mine diamonds from the sky - sounds crazy, but it’s true. Ia…
Episode 8 - More legal mullarkey
Dale and The Good Law Project have the government on the ropes again over Operation Moonshot. We talk about what damage a second Trump term might do on the planet, a guy who dumped veganism for raw …
Episode 7 - That’s not a bag of pebbles...
Dale’s backing a new Greenpeace direct action campaign on the high seas, and we talk about the astonishing plans to stop ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’ being used for non-meat products. We also talk about w…
Episode 6 - Full of Wind
Boris Johnson says our lives are going to be powered by offshore wind within a decade, so we analyse those claims. Germany is going vegetarian and we discover more about Forest Green Rover’s new Art…
Episode 5 - Life’s Too Short
With Trump’s covid diagnosis, we wonder if bleach is back on the agenda?
There’s a new British standard for biodegradable plastics - and it’s way more exciting than it sounds. Nights are heating u…
Episode 4 - Chinese Whataboutery?
China says it’s going carbon zero by 2060, and we celebrate the fact this might finally bring an end to the “what about” China excuse.
We also chat about a major supermarket launching a vegan food ai…
Episode 3 - Reaching outside our bubble
We talk about Dale’s £10k bet that half of Britain’s will be Vegan by 2030? Has he lost the plot? We also talk about ocean warming and continued climate change denial. Find out why Dale uses still …
Episode 2 - Cranky theories and bonkers statistics
Find out how Dale handles those who say “climate change doesn’t exist?” We talk the changes we need to make, and what lockdown tells us about our ability to to slash pollution. There’s also the int…
Episode 1 - Europe’s Toilet
We’re back for a new season - we talk XR’s latest protests, and why Britain’s not just in the toilet - it’s become Europe’s toilet as we start spreading Dutch sewage on our farm land. Dale wonders w…
Episode 21 - Change is coming
In the final episode of this series, we talk about the increasing impact of climate change, and the loss of our seasons. Also - we ponder why on earth we need nuclear fusion when we’ve got the wind a…
Episode 20 - Shady Scientists
The new book from climate change denier Michael Shellenberger is getting plenty of attention - and we give it some more. We talk vegan BBQs, carbon petrol, and whether Dale really owns a helicopter? …
Episode 19 - What is Trump playing at?
As Donald announces $3bn support for fossil fuels we discuss what this means for fighting the climate emergency, especially when rising average temperatures are predicted. We also discuss Dale's for…
Episode 18 - Why can’t we nuke the nuclear boys?
With Sizewell C costing £20bn to build, and power WAY more expensive than offshore wind, Dale wonders why the UK is still backing nuclear power? We take aim at Drax too - having broken the country’s …
Episode 17 - What’s holding renewables back?
We’ve celebrated two months in the UK without coal power, but how do we get to carbon neutral? We look at what we need to do. Dale answers your questions, talks Vegan cheese replacements and we hear…
Episode 16 - Strangling your own d**k
We review the Cummings and goings of the UK government’s top advisor and answer your questions as Dale reveals he’s back at work on a brand-new electric motorbike – the Ion Horse. There’s a couple o…
Episode 15 - Soap Dodging and Feckless?
After a call to Ian’s radio show, Dale talks about how Extinction Rebellion have got under people’s skins and why the end of diesel vehicles can’t come soon enough. We’ve got more of your questions,…
Episode 14 - Should polluters be rescued?
Dale believes airlines and polluting businesses shouldn’t be saved from the coronavirus pandemic if they don’t commit to a greener future. We discuss how the world will adapt, and why it can’t just …