00:00I'm Jade Foster, I'm the Engagement Manager at the Climate Change Transformation Team,
00:04also known as Net Zero, Isle of Man.
00:06I think in sustainability, often you can feel alone in it, so connecting with other people
00:10is really important.
00:11You find those people that you can have conversations with, that can inspire you, and you can learn
00:16from what they're doing.
00:17As a collective we feel a lot more inspired and we can make a bigger difference together.
00:22I'm Jackie Keenan, I'm UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man Coordinator.
00:26And I'm Emma Sayle, and I'm a Sustainability Officer at Hansard and 30 Under 30 winner.
00:30The UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man tagline is Working Together for a Sustainable Future,
00:35so it's all about collaboration, but it's also about sustainability, not just looking
00:39at nature, but also the economy and people and how we can all work together to make sustainability
00:45and a sustainable future happen for everybody.
00:47So it makes total sense for us to partner with Geoff at 30 Under 30 on sustainability.
00:52Emma joined Biosphere on a student placement, didn't you?
00:56And part of that was to create the Sustainability Toolkit, and you've recently done a refresh
01:01of the toolkit, so very much still involved with Biosphere.
01:04Yeah, so the toolkit's aimed at small businesses on the island that want to adopt more sustainable
01:09practices but don't have a dedicated Sustainability Officer role or don't have the knowledge in
01:14house or the resource to reach out to a contractor to come in.
01:18So there's loads of ideas in there about what sustainability is, what sustainability within
01:22business means, how to create a sustainability strategy, how it plays a part in culture,
01:27how it can benefit your organisation as a whole, and with the refresh, it's focusing
01:32less on business but organisations in general, so charities, community initiatives, rather
01:37than just small businesses.
01:39And you created some nice little checklists in there as well, so organisations from different
01:42sectors can go through and see, OK, this is what I need to do next, and it's quite a handy
01:47little reference guide for them.
01:49So alongside the Sustainable Man Toolkit that Emma's created, we've also got the Sustainable
01:52Man Workshops, which one of the other 30 Under 30 Sustainability winners is running this
01:57year.
01:58Sarah Mercer and Matthew at Earthscope are running our Sustainable Man Workshops in the
02:01autumn.
02:02They are seven weeks of workshops for businesses to come and learn more about sustainability,
02:06lots of different aspects of it and how you can integrate sustainability more into your
02:11business.
02:12I've done a few bits with Biosphere since finishing my placement, and it's just great
02:15to continue that partnership with you guys, because you're...
02:19I love you guys!
02:20We love you!
02:21I know, yeah.
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