For the last 16 months on 'The 17' podcast, host Kate Hutchinson (Founder - Yorkshire Sustainability Festival) has been talking to sustainability experts about the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. To celebrate our 17th episode, we're putting together a two-part 'Best Of' - featuring all our expert guests. The result is a powerful overview of the challenges facing the planet and the best ideas on how to progress.

This episode is Part 1, with the second part to follow in September.

Featured guests and SDG's in this episode:

SDG 6 - Clean Water & Sanitation - Niki Roach (Planet Possible)

SDG 8 - Decent Work & Economic Growth - Tim Frenneaux (Economist)

SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure - Eve Roodhouse (Local Government Expert)

SDG 12 - Responsible Production & Consumption - Andrew Ostcliffe (Oxfam)  and Josie Warden (Volans)

SDG 13 - Climate Action - Clover Hogan (Climate Activist) & Areeba Hamid (Greenpeace)

SDG 2 - Zero Hunger  - Dev Sharma (Food Activist and Youth MP), interviewed by guest host and Digital Changemaker Lella Halloum

SDG 15 - Life On Land - Dr Wayne Visser (Nature Expert and Futurist)

The 17 is a podcast themed around the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. A new episode is published on the 17th of each month, and explores a different one of the 17 goals in detail or discusses a topic linked to sustainability.

The UN SDGs represent an all-encompassing plan to protect the future of our planet, it is our responsibility to know what they are, understand them, and make sure that we are doing our bit to help.

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