Green & Healthy

About Green & Healthy

Join your hosts Charlotte Carson and Jeremy LeFevre as they bring together inspiring community champions, leading health professionals and local experts to share compelling stories, fresh insights, and even practical tips on how you can live a healthier and greener life. Every episode dives into engaging themes such as active travel, self care, the real cost of cheap food and connecting with nature. Discover pioneering local projects, the passionate people behind them and be inspired to take steps towards community led climate action. The show hopes to inspire positive change – both for our own health and for the environment and be curious about the things we have in common within and across communities.

Publisher

Frome FM

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Apr 2026

Latest episode

12 May 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 11 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Real Cost of Cheap food

   GP Dr. Helen Kingston, Registered Dietitian Leslie Harper, food journalist Hugh Thomas, and Tasha of Land Food and Medicine discuss the true health and environmental costs of cheap food in this interview.

2. 

   12 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Optimising Medication

   GP Dr. Georgie Kirby, Pharmacy Technician Laura, and Project Sustainability Lead Dan discuss Frome Medical Practice's innovative projects that reduce medication's environmental impact while enhancing patient care.

3. 

   12 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Women's Health

   Host Charlotte interviews Dr. Neha Baghi, Matisse Lack, and Suzie Christenance, exploring the interconnectedness of women's health, environmental factors, and systemic support.

4. 

   12 May 2026

   Our Homes and our Health

   GP Dr. Helen Kingston and Lead Pharmacist John Digman interview Healthy Homes Advisor Caroline Wajsblum about how home environments impact respiratory health and the planet.

5. 

   12 May 2026

   River and Water Health

   Host Charlotte and Jez interview Richard Podmore, Gemma, and Lizzie Benning about the impact of human activity on River Frome health and community engagement.

6. 

   30 Apr 2026

   Global and Local

   Dr. Georgie Kirby and Dr. Louise Farquharson discuss how global climate change impacts local human health in this interview hosted by Sue Palmer and Charlotte Carson.

7. 

   30 Apr 2026

   Young people and climate action

   Host [Host Name] interviews members of Frome's Young People Climate Action Group about their community-led environmental initiatives and practical tips for a healthier, greener life.

8. 

   30 Apr 2026

   The Power of Community

   Host Sue Palmer interviews community champions Julie Carey-Downs and Will Palmer about fostering community-led health and climate action projects.

9. 

   30 Apr 2026

   Moving More

   Physio Natali Jones and Emma Parker from Frome Community Bike Project discuss the benefits of increased physical activity in this interview.

10. 

    30 Apr 2026

    Self Care

    Dr. Rebecca Hall, Becky Lovegrove, and Jo Fordham discuss the intersection of personal well-being and environmental health in this interview episode.

11. 

    30 Apr 2026

    Nature Connection

    Dr. Tim Rigg, Barbara Gonzalez, Tom Veck, and Asia Prydja discuss nature connection and its impact on personal and community well-being in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

The Real Cost of Cheap food

Published 12 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So that's why I'm here. I'm Leslie Harper. I'm a registered dietitian at the ICB, the Integrated Care Board in Somerset. And I feel really passionately that, yeah, food is, it's often, it's often put to the bottom of the pile and but there is overwhelming evidence about actually what we put in our mouths actually really matters what we eat you know has a has an effect on our particularly on our on our short-term and our long-term health and um yeah and i think that you know that for me the The gut microbiome is kind of a thing that underpins so many of the conditions that we see today. About 90% of conditions, Western metabolic diseases that we see today are linked with changes in the gut. […]

Who has been a guest on Green & Healthy

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tasha
• Leslie Harper
• Dr Helen Kingston
• Hugh Thomas
• Dr Georgie Kirby

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