Our Earth Week Returns 10-16 November 2025
Now in its 4th year, WFM and other community radio stations across the UK and beyond are joining forces for a ground breaking week of climate and nature-themed content.
For the first time this year, broadcasters from abroad are featured, including from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Philippines and Australia.
This year’s focus: Water—our most precious, threatened resource.
Floods to draught - low water levels on the Mersey at Northenden
Why Water?
• The UN warns that by 2025 half the world’s population could be living in water-stressed areas.
• In the UK alone, sewage spills into rivers and seas have soared, threatening wildlife and public health.
National organizations including Surfers Against Sewage, Greenpeace, River Action the Rivers Trust, as well as campaigners like Chris Packham, UN Patron of Oceans Lewis Pugh, and Mike Berners Lee are partnering with the Community Radio Environment Network to amplify urgent environmental messages direct to listeners throughout the week.
Why Community Radio? Community radio’s local knowledge and flexibility make it a powerful force for climate action—informing, empowering, and connecting people to both local and global issues in relatable ways, that are interesting, informative and even fun!
Our Earth Week enables us to harness our collective imaginations to go beyond what is, to dream of what could be.
“Water is life. By uniting community radio stations, we’re not just sharing stories—we’re inspiring action to protect our planet’s most vital resource,”
Penny Southgate, environmental campaigner and founder of Our Earth Week
Last Year on Our Earth Week...
Wythenshawe FM's News Hour featured contributions on the environment from David Cox, Roz Johnson, Mick Freed, Johnny Robinson, Deepa Thomas Sutcliffe and Sky's FYI show. Click below to listen...
Throughout Our Earth Week 10th to 16th November 2025 tune into into Wythenshawe Radio on 97.2 FM, DAB, online and via your Smart Speaker, to find out more.
Photos courtesy of Martin Miles.
