Transition Islands

South Korea's Green Growth program success has been an inspiration for dozens of countries around the world, who have worked with World Bank to replicate its lessons.

Eun Joo Yi, World Bank manager o…

"Powering life today and tomorrow" is the Guernsey Electricity motto. Such a simple phrase encapsulates the ethos of sustainable development - to enable wellbeing and life on the planet while leaving…

The episode is an attempt to deep-dive into food systems and regenerative agriculture. Very quickly, we learn that defining "regenerative agriculture" and "sustainable food systems" is not an easy ta…

Economic theory and modelling are all-pervasive in our modern life. We explore the fallacies behind modelling assumptions and talk about "first principles" that one could use to design models for pos…

Up to a third(1) of all food produced is wasted in the process of food growth, harvest, supply chain, binning by supermarkets and household waste. If only a fraction of this "wasted" food was salvage…

The need for economic recovery stimulus packages post Covid19 pandemic is indisputable. But the decision to act is the easy part.

What should these packages look like, what kind of recovery should th…

Governments around the world are committing to launching Covid19 economic recovery packages.

In this episode we explore ideas for the successful design of recovery packages, the need for building urg…

Welcome to the first episode of the new Transition Islands podcast, broadcasting from Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

Learn about the reason for launching the podcast as part of the wider Transition…