In this inspiring episode of Sustainably Speaking, we sit down with the visionary behind The Wellbeing Farm, Celia Gaze. From burnout to barnyard, Celia shares the remarkable story of how a simple idea blossomed into a multi-award-winning venue rooted in sustainability, community, and joy.

We explore:

• 🌱 The origins of The Wellbeing Farm and its mission to bring wellbeing to the forefront of rural enterprise
• 🏅 The journey to achieving B Corp certification and what it truly means for a business
• 📅 The launch of a brand new national awareness day—and why it matters
• 🌾 The principles of regenerative farming and how they’re being put into practice
• 🕊️ The importance of legacy, purpose, and creating a business that gives back

Whether you're a changemaker, entrepreneur, or simply curious about sustainable living, this episode is packed with insight, heart, and a few surprises from Celia and the Wellbeing Farm.

To find out more about Sustainable Energy First, or any of the topics we cover, you can follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter or visit our website sefirst.com or alternatively you can visit the Energy Advice Hub at energyadvicehub.org, our free information resource that breaks down complex policy and empowers UK organisations to raise their climate ambitions.

Hello listeners! 🍃🗣️🎙️

Along side our main Sustainably Speaking podcast we are introducing a brand-new addition to the series: "Spotlight" 💡

In this series, we’ll be shining the light on Sustainable Energy First clients, partners, and green tech collaborators to highlight real-world sustainability success stories, case studies, and industry insights.

Whether we're speaking to a business that is making great strides in their sustainability efforts or one of our tech partners that does amazing work with us to help us inspire and empower others to raise their climate ambitions.

In our first Spotlight Series episode, we are introducing Puja Balachander the CEO and co-founder of UpGreen.

UpGreen are a retrofit finance and implementation platform accelerating the net zero journey for property owners and investors. UpGreen supports landlords in meeting UK MEES regulations by turning retrofit projects into investable propositions—combining AI-enabled business case analysis, project management, and post-retrofit performance data.

We also welcome our friend and colleague, Head of ESG, Phil Richards from Sustainable Energy First. He breaks down what ESG means to businesses and discusses the energy efficiency compliance issues with MEES and goes into detail on why we're looking to achieve improvements in terms of energy performance ratings.

To find out more about Sustainable Energy First, or any of the topics we cover, you can follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter or visit our website sefirst.com or alternatively you can visit the Energy Advice Hub at energyadvicehub.org, our free information resource that breaks down complex policy and empowers UK organisations to raise their climate ambitions.

Hello again listeners! This is the fifth episode of the Sustainably Speaking Podcast!

In this episode we have Lee Petts, a straight-talking PR and marketing maven, who founded his company Fifty2M (the agency with balls) on 19th June 2002. Since that time they've worked in lots of different sectors and with every type and size of business and charity imaginable.

Lee is a fountain of knowledge on everything marketing and PR and is passionate about helping businesses and charities to flourish. He is also no stranger to the world of sustainability, waste and recycling, winning the IoD’s Director of the Year Award for Corporate Responsibility in 2016.

Listen in to this podcast to hear some top tips and insights into marketing your businesses sustainability efforts effectively as you can!

To find out more about Sustainable Energy First, or any of the topics we cover, you can follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter or visit our website sefirst.com or alternatively you can visit the Energy Advice Hub at energyadvicehub.org, our free information resource that breaks down complex policy and empowers UK organisations to raise their climate ambitions.