Mon, March 24, 2025

KUMI NAIDOO and PEOPLE'S CLIMATE SUMMIT

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMARCH  24th 2025Produced by Vivien LangfordKUMI NAIDOO and PEOPLE'S CLIMATE COP at UTShttps://www.philanthropy.org.au/news-and-stories/an-australian-cop31-should-be-a-peoples-cop-with-community-at-its-core/  Guests Kumi Naidoo - Head of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treatyhttps://fossilfueltreaty.org/australia-report-pr Professor Anne Poelina - Traditional custodian of the Martuwarra/Fitzroy River. Film Maker and Academichttps://www.100climateconversations.com/anne-poelina Tui Shortland - Director of  Te Kopu- Pacific Indigenous and Local Knowledge Centrehttps://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/protecting-worlds-biodiversity-tui-shortland Greg Mullins AO - Founder of the Eergency Leaders of Climate Action - Fire fighter and Member of the Climate Councilhttps://www.climatecouncil.org.au/2025-critical-climate-election/ David Crosbie - CEO of Community Council for Australiahttps://communitycouncil.com.au/2025/03/13/wheres-the-community-in-climate-action/ Alopi Latukefu - CEO Edmund Rice Centrehttps://www.erc.org.au/the_edmund_rice_centre_response_to_the_2025_2026_budget Song "My Child" from Small Island Big Sound Guy Retani - Part of the Haka at Newcastle Protestival at the biggers coal exporting port in the world puttingn us on a higher footing

Mon, March 17, 2025

DON'T BURN OUR FUTURE.

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien Langford17th March 2025D O N ' T   B U R N   OUR   F U T U R E“The PM’s Climate Speech we’ve been waiting for” from the SLF 2025 Join climate activists Violet CoCo, David Spratt and Mark Carter to view and reflect on the speech — that we all want to hear. They ask the government to safeguard the wellbeing of all Australians by responding at emergency speed to an honest, evidence-based, risk-averse assessment of our climate predicament. The panellists will discuss what that response could actually look like, why it is now necessary, and how it can provide climate-concerned Australians — those now despairing at current, demonstrably ineffective, national climate policy and actions — with a future they can demand.Remember with an election coming up:Pick your battles, Don't go alone, The Time is Now! Music by  James Brook featuring Violet Coco "Peoples' uprisinghttps://jamesbrook.bandcamp.com/album/yandoitViolet Coco https://greenagenda.org.au/author/violet-coco HEADLINES showing CLIMATE ACTION WORLDWIDE Our energy bills are torching the planetMarch 04, 2025 by Extinction RebellionActivists from Extinction Rebellion North and Axe Drax staged a banner-burning action on the day that tree-burning power station Drax announced earnings of over one billion pounds in 2024. The action called for an end to public money to burning trees for electricity. A spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion said: “Even the government’s own advisors say we need to end burning trees in power stations by 2027. So the fact that the government has committed billions of pounds of public money so Drax can keep doing this until 2031 doesn’t make sense. This decision needs to be urgently revisited.”  International Year  of Glacier Presrevationhttps://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159236#:~:text=2025%20key%20initiatives,engaging%20youth%20and%20local%20communities.  Lakenheath UKhttps://extinctionrebellion.uk/2025/02/26/join-xruk-at-lakenheath-alliance-for-peace/Join XRUK at the camp organised by Lakenheath Alliance For Peace, culminating in a blockade of the largest US airbase in Europe:Where: Outside RAF Lakenheath, SuffolkWhen: 14–26 April 2025Militarism and climate change are catastrophically linked. Weapons-related activity causes significant emissions, and over half of the most climate-vulnerable nations are already in conflict.RAF Lakenheath is the largest US airbase in Europe and supports operations across the globe, hosting aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons with over 20 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb. The base is now getting ready to receive US nuclear weapons, putting the UK in the nuclear front line. CYCLONE AlfredDr Joelle Gergis connects the cyclone with the coal oil and gas which are warming the oceans to intensify storms. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/could-cyclones-become-a-new-norm-for-northern-nsw/105033536 https://www.echo.net.au/2025/03/leading-global-climate-scientist-based-in

Mon, March 10, 2025

The fight against climate disinformation in the media

The Climate Action ShowMarch 10th 2025The fight against climate disinformation in the mediaProduced by Hélène Goyat Interview with Eva Morel, co-founder of Quota Climat(Interview recorded on the 25/02/2025) During her role as parliamentary assistant in France, Eva Morel discovered the role media and journalists play in bringing climate issues to the political agenda. In 2022, she co-founded the organisation called Quota Climat, which works to improve media coverage of environmental topics through national, European, and international advocacy, outreach and data production.   “Our freedom of expression shouldn’t contradict our right to good information”, Eva Morel (E.M.), co-founder of Quota Climat.   “Climate change is a really particular and efficient topic to polarize opinion because it pushes on specific fears and values” (E.M.) "We know for example that people are afraid to lose their individual freedoms, so it is easy for people trying to polarize the debate to push on those specific topics, and this is what they are doing" (E.M.) "These actors are also trying to defame and discredit the voice of environmental defenders, scientists, NGOs, political leaders that are positioned on environmental subjects and propositions." (E.M.) "The difference between facts and opinions should prevent these narratives from emerging because it allows for specific regulations to be put in place. [...] We don't restrict freedom of speech and other values we are attached to, but try to position regulation in this difference." (E.M.)   To find out more about Quota Climat's work:  - https://www.quotaclimat.org/qui-sommes-nous   Other links: - The Digital Services Act: https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en - The Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition: https://caad.info/ [Editor's note: at 10mn55s, the fine to CNews amounted to 20 000 euros, Source: https://vert.eco/articles/eva-morel-de-quotaclimat-cnews-est-lembleme-de-la-polarisation-de-lopinion]   Interview with Alfie Chadwick, PhD student at CliComm (Interview recorded on the 06/03/2025) Alfie is a PhD student at CliComm (Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub). With a background in software engineering, he brings a technical perspective to the study of climate communication, blending data-driven approaches with societal insights. Before beginning his PhD, Alfie spent several years at CliComm working on groundbreaking projects designed to detect and debunk climate change misinformation. This experience deepened his commitment to combating misinformation and inspired his current research into the role of media in shaping public understanding of climate issues. Nowadays, Alfie’s PHD research focuses on the automated analysis of climate change coverage in Australian news media.   "With misinformation nowadays, it's a lot about creating confusion, so being able to have a clear narrative helps cut through the fog [

Mon, March 03, 2025

CLIMATE MORALITY

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordMarch 3rd 2025C L I M A T E   M O R A L I T Y+ Focus on Papua New Guinea "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any". Alice Walker Polly Hemmings from The Australia Institute speaks at the Climate Integrity Summit.https://australiainstitute.org.au/expert/polly-hemming/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etR2MXInies MUSIC FOR A WARMING WORLD new album Only One way ahead by Simon Kerrhttps://www.musicforawarmingworld.org/ Dr Gianluca Grimalda in conversation with Nick Breeze at Zurich courtesy of Climate Genn.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYE-s5Oh85A Gianluca Grimalda, a climate change researcher, lost his job after he refused to fly back from fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. Gianluca has been “slow travelling” for decades. He thinks his former employer tried to make an example out of him because of his climate activism. It’s one of those stories that reveals the madness of the world—he was sent to research how vulnerable communities are responding to climate change as the seas consume their villages, and then told he could no longer continue that research if he did not commit an act of harm.Subscribe: https://www.planetcritical.com/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Guardian December 31st 2024Rebecca Bush in Port Moresby"As well as fishing, many in the province earn a living from coconut and betel nut farming. In recent years, residents say the tides have been rising and weather patterns have shifted, making it harder to grow crops or fish in the oceans, and affecting their livelihoods.“Many are moving to the mountaintops in Kerema town, while those who have land [further inland in nearby] Murua have moved there,” Trevor says.“We need a proper count of the population in the area to come up with a way to address it, all land are customarily owned so authorities can’t just relocate people,” she adds. Papua New Guinea is in the process of conducting its first census in many years, which experts say may reveal the population of the Pacific country to be far higher than current estimates of about 10 million people."https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/31/moving-to-the-mountaintops-rising-seas-displace-tens-of-thousands-in-papua-new-guinea

Mon, February 17, 2025

COLLISION COURSE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWFebruary 17th 2025Produced by Vivien Langford C O L L I S I O N   C O U R S E  from The Sustainable Living Festival 2025 Guest speaker: David Spratt with Emily Rice from The Breakthrough Foundation “The very act of trying to look ahead and to discern possibilities and offer warnings is in itself an act of hope.” – writer Octavia Butler  This is  the idea which guides David Spratt's unflinching look at the collsion course we are on towards an unliveably climate changed world.This is an edited version of the talk he gave to the Sudstainable Lioving Festival on 11th February. The MC was Emily Rice from the Breakthrough Foundation. He desribes the tipping points and the unpredictability of the future unless we draw down current emissions.If Saudi Aramco says we should "abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas", we need to know how to push back, keeping in mind at least seven of the generations of all species that we hope will follow us.For the slides and full report : https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/collisioncourse Many Climate Action Radio listeners will be impatient to take action and David Spratt looks at the political context within which we must act. The guiding idea here is: “Political reality must be grounded in physical reality or it’s completely useless.” – Prof. Hans Joachim SchellnhuberWe hear about  a risk report commissioned by the Albanese Government. It was presented in 2022 but will "never to be seen again" as the risks documented make a nonsense of current policies to subsidise and permit new coal and gas projects. Checkout Slide 8 to see how the proposed development at Fisherman's Bend will look as sea level rise and tidal surge swamp it.file:///C:/Users/61424/Downloads/2502%20Collision%20Course%20NSF%20events-1.pdf“Australia’s largest urban renewal project … by 2050 will be home to approximately 80,000 residents and provide employment for up to 80,000 people with a plan for parks, schools, roads, transport and community facilities and services to ensure liveability as the precinct grows over the next 30 years … supported by a suite of evidence-based research reports, strategies and plans.” (fishermansbend.vic.gov.au)

Mon, February 10, 2025

Deep Sea Mining in 2025: A Critical Year for the Pacific | Marine Species on the Move

Deep Sea Mining in 2025: A Critical Year for the Pacific | Marine Species on the Moveby Hélène Goyat Anne-Sophie Roux, Deep-Sea Mining Activist and Ocean scientist Our oceans plays a vital role in the regulation of our climate and harbor a whole world underneath their surface that we still know very little of. Anne-Sophie Roux explained why protecting these marine ecosystems is vital to our survival and how deep-sea mining could destroy habitats that are already so fragile and still largely unknown. Backed by scientific consensus, Anne-Sophie campaigns against deep-sea mining to raise awareness and spread the word on the disastrous consequences it would have for marine biodiversity, our climate and humanity.She emphasized the importance of individuals taking part in these campaings and the powerful impact that collective small actions have had in winning campaings against deep-sea mining so far.A critical decision on the future of deep-sea mining in the Pacific region will be made in July 2025, potentially allowing the industry to begin if there is no pushback. Anne-Sophie calls for Australia to join the moratorium against deep-sea mining to protect our oceans. Find Anne-Sophie Roux on social media: https://www.instagram.com/ansroux/  Professor Gretta Pecl, Marine Ecologist and Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology at the University of Tasmania.  With ocean temperatures rising due to climate change, species distribution are shifting worldwide. Professor Gretta Pecl studies these changes in marine ecosystems to better understand their impacts biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and human health, well-being, and culture.Her research focuses on species redistribution - such as the decline and disappearance of kelp populations - and how marine ecosystems respond to climate change. She explores the interactions between ecological and social aspects of marine conservation and management, using socioecological approaches to adapt natural ressource management for changing climates.Professor Gretta Pecl's work highlights the effects of species shifts on fisheries, Indigenous communities that rely on local fish populations, and more broadly, on all of us. She emphasizes the importance of sustainable fisheries management and how it can help mitigate these changes.Beyond her research, Professor Gretta Pecl's love for the ocean brought her to actively engage in raising awareness about marine life and ecosystems, by advocating for citizen science, science communication and public engagement.She was a also lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report. To know more about Professor Gretta Pecl's work: https://discover.utas.edu.au/Gretta.Pecl/aboutState of the Climate Report: http://www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the-climate/2024/documents/2024-state-of-the-climate.pdfRedmap program: https://www.redmap.org.au/about/redmap-team/Reef Life Survey: https://reeflifesurvey.com/ Song: Warrior by Meraki Mae

Mon, February 03, 2025

Landfill Methane, More Mines and Pacific Diplomacy

Climate Action Radio ShowProduced by Vivien LangfordMonday February 3rd 2025 Less Landfill Methane, More coal  Mines and Pacific Diplomacy GUESTSLeigh Naunton - Move Beyond Coal on the three new coal mines set to be approved by Tanya Plibersek ou Minister of the Environmenthttps://www.movebeyondcoal.com/labors_climate_betrayal Alopi Latukefu and Rosaline Parker - Edmund Rice Centre - Pacific Calling PartnershipMelting ice caps reveals the scourge of colonialismBy ‘Alopi Latukefu. Published on The Interpreter, a daily by The Lowy Institute. https://www.erc.org.au/melting_ice_caps_reveals_the_scourge_of_colonialism Florian Amlinger -  An agronomist and director of Compost – Consulting & Development (Austria)The COP29 Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic Waste will push for national climate policies that set concrete targets to reduce methane from waste and food systems, aligning with the 1.5°C goal. Methane contributes to half a degree of current warming and has 80 times the warming effect of CO2 over 20 years.

Mon, December 16, 2024

NEWCASTLE 2024 PROTESTIVAL RISING TIDE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWDECEMBER 16TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford NEWCASTLE 2024 PROTESTIVAL WITH RISING TIDE Recorded on the beach and at the Protestival village, you will hear voices from many climate action groups and concerned citizens.After a week of informative quiet and peacefulworkshops and a concert with Peter Garrett the Sunday morning opened on  a day of arrestable action in the shipping lanes of the greatest coal port in the world.I had sat throught the supreme court case weeks before, which only suceeded in making the event more newsworthy and risky. There was a lot of media there but I am not sure they will convey to you just how well informed, strategic and committed this diverse group is. You will hear:A 16 year old girl tearful about the cruel future we are creating. A 90 year old woman who kayaked out  fpour times into the shipping lanes and was disappointed that the police just kept towing her back.Sunday began with a Maori climate warrior taking us up a notch with the haka.Julie Fraser a unionist from Darwin speaks about a shift in priorities from subsidising coal exports, to supporting the care sector in all its forms. A Doctor for the environment and former ecologist spoke about th unexpected consequences of bush fires and floods. June Norman intoduced Oldies Rising Dr Roger Smith spoke of the peaceful nature of this gathering and a woman in Turquoise explained the urgent need for our government to tax the coal exports and support a workers transition. NSW MP Sue Higginson described what had happened in  the Supreme Court and how the NSW Premier Minns had tried to stop this very determined protest against new coal and gas projects. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/24/climate-activism-rising-tide-protest-newscastle-coal-port  Greens Leader Adam Bandt was there, fielding questions about our international reputation and the folly of our government continuing to open new coal and gas projects.https://www.instagram.com/adambandt/reel/DCv2iPtzp6C/  Federal MP David Shoebridge praised the people of Newcastle and those who have come from all over the country to protest this ongoing trade. Zack Schofield the media spokesperson from Rising Tide deftly handled "gotcha" questions from the media asserting that surely an industry that ruins a safe climate for future generation is criminal. Two intrepid knitting nanas who have locked themselves on to logging machinery because saving the forests is climate action, tell us a circus story. It features Barnaby Joyce, Tanya Plibersek and Anthony Albanese with a tiny wind turbine and  a giant submarine stuffed down his pants. As in all circus acts there is a tight rope and in this case "the tightrope of our future" is navigated by a two year old child, her mother and grandmother. Bev Smiles from Mudgee Coal Alert speaks about how  coal  mine expansions will endanger the underground water resource. Bob Brown once called Bev a true patriot and a national treasure as she keeps up

Mon, December 02, 2024

AZERBAIJAN - COP29

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW -  DECEMBER 2ND 2024  Produced by Vivien Langford                         AZERBAIJAN - COP29  Guests:Michael Oyta - President of the Australian Azerbaijan Association Harjeet Singh - Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty https://cen.acs.org/environment/climate-change/Low-income-nations-slam-COP29/102/web/2024/11 Mia Mottley - Prime Minister of Barbados Antonio Guterres -  Secretary General of the United Nations As António Guterres,  “The world must pay up, or humanity will pay the price. Climate finance is not charity, it’s an investment.” Chandni Raina - Representative from the Indian Delegation - in the last session revealed the inequity of the finance deal. The banners outside said "Trillions not Billions.""This has been stage managed, and we are extremely, extremely disappointed with this incident" followed by joyful applause as the truth is spoken. https://thewire.in/environment/we-have-seen-what-you-have-done-india-accuses-cop29-presidency-un-of-stage-managing-decision https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/26/how-late-deal-left-a-sense-of-dissatisfaction-and-betrayal-at-cop29-baku

Mon, November 25, 2024

Darebin Hard Rubbish Heroes;

Mon, November 18, 2024

CLIMATE ACTION IN KOALA PARK and NEWCASTLE COAL PORT

Climate Action Show Produced by Vivien LangfordNovember 18th 2024CLIMATE ACTION IN KOALA PARK  and NEWCASTLE COAL PORT Rising Tide Protestival Register now - https://www.risingtide.org.au/blockade-rego Rising Tide Protest organisers outside NSW Court this week- Photo Wendy Bacon at Michael West media Speakers at the Bob Brown Foundation Rally in Sydney to Protect Native ForestsMark Graham - "Our forest are our future. They keep us safe"Phil Zylstra - Associate Professor at Curtin University, and as Honorary Fellow at the University of Wollongong.Alex the Astronaut - https://www.youtube.com/c/AlextheAstronautKate Carol - National Parks association - Citizen ScienceEmily Mitchell   - Rising TideTO REGISTER - https://www.risingtide.org.au/blockade-regoThe courtcase : https://michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-climate-protestival-to-go-ahead-despite-court-ruling/Little Green - https://littlegreenmusic.com/homeUncle Bruce Shillingsworth - https://www.facebook.com/mundagutta/Video: Bob Bown and Alexa Stuart :  From saving the Franklin to shutting down the world's largest coal port      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqvHnYt0aNg PLUS : Rising Tide Spokeperson Zack Schofield****************************************************************************************************Rising Tide climate ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court rulingby Wendy Bacon | Nov 9, 2024 | Government, Latest Posts"NSW Police argued that the risks to safety outweighed the right to protest. Rising Tide barrister Neal Funnell told the court that the group did not deny that there were inherent risks in protests on water but pointed to evidence that showed police logs revealed no safety concerns or incidents during the 2023 protest.Although he accepted the police argument about safety risks, Justice Fagan acknowledged that the “organisers of Rising Tide have taken a responsible approach to on-water safety by preparing very thorough plans and protocols, by engaging members of supportive organisations to attend with outboard motor driven rescue craft and by enlisting the assistance of trained lifeguards."In his judgement, Justice Desmond Fagan affirmed that protesting without a permit is lawful".NSW Council for Civil Liberties is one of more than twenty organisations that supported the Rising Tide case.In response to the prohibition order, its Vice-President Lidia Shelly said, “Rising Tide submitted a Form 1 application so that NSW Police could work with the organisers to ensure the safety of the public. The organisers did everything right in accordance with the law. It’s responsible and peaceful protesting. Instead, the police dragged the organisers to Court and furthered the public’s perception that they’re acting under political pressure to protect the interests of the fossil fuel industry.”

Mon, November 11, 2024

plans for action - Liz Boulton, Mark Howden, Emma Bacon

Mon, November 04, 2024

PLIBERSEK WHAT THE HECK

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien Langford November 4th 2024WHAT  THE  HECK  PLIBERSEK! "It's wishful thinking that gas miraculously moves overseas without emissions".ROBERT HOWARTH - Famous Ecosysystem Scientist at Cornell University As the minister for the Environment and climate change Tania Plibersek approves new coal and gas projects these groups push back: Frack Free NT - Louis Boyle Bryant in an interview about Tamboran Resources and the Beetaloo Basin Gas in NT Get up! -  CEO Larissa Baldwin at Darling Harbour First Nations Defenders - Aunty Rhonda Dixon, Gadrian Hoosen from Boroloola NT, Raymond Bubbly Weatherall from Gomeroi Country who chaired the meeting out side Plibersek's Nature Positive Conference. NSW Greens - MP Sue Higginson- "People right now are standing up against logging of precious Bulga State Forest and its enfdangered species" Lock the Gate Alliance - Nic Clyde AYCC - Natasha Abhayawickrama Nature Conservation Council Jaqui  Mumford "NSW is a global hotspot for biodiversity destruction"Plus Move Beyond Coal, Knitting Nanas, XR Drummers ACTION ALERT-  Rising Tide Protestival at NewcastleSign the petition      https://www.risingtide.org.au/To ensure Australia is doing its fair share for a safe climate, we call on the Government to:1. Tell Australians and the rest of the world when Australia will stop approving new coal mines.2. Tell Australians and the rest of the world when Australia will stop approving new oil and gas projects.3. Stop offsets being used to justify new fossil fuel projects.4. End native forest logging.Rising TidePart 1: The People’s Blockade VENUE: NOBBY’S BEACH, NEWCASTLE Saturday /Sunday 23/24th NovemberJoin thousands stopping coal exports from the world’s largest coal port for 50 hours, including 2 full nights! Workshops, speeches, kids activities, live music & floating dance parties - climate action has never been so fun!VENUE: PARLIAMENT LAWN, CANBERRA Wednesday 27th NovemberAfter rolling Blockade media coverage, we‘ll ride the wave of media attention to Canberra. At Parliament House we’ll demand the PM answer: “When will you stop new coal and gas?” in a peaceful, fun vigil.  Sydney Environment Institute Stories are the toolbox seriesPreventing more climate chaos is one thing. Being prepared for the consequences is another.The second item is courtesy of the Stories are the toolbox podcasthttps://shows.acast.com/the-sei-podcast-seriesThis episode shows a Blue Mountains neighbourhood preparing for bushfire.Disaster-affected communities frequently emphasise the need to ‘know your neighbours’ – know who they are, what their needs and plans may be and what skills and resources they have. This vignette demonstrates how for some communities this takes the form of warden or street facilitator networks; people who understand the lay of the land, can serve as a point of contact for advice and organise street-level disaster preparation and readiness activities.

Mon, October 28, 2024

Waste Incinerators and decommissioning Gas mining

Angie Carr, Jane Bremmer, Ella George and Charles Street outline the problems associated with burning municipal waste, not least by setting a climate bomb. The oppose the planned waste incinerator for Lara, between Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria.Stanley Woodhouse from Friends of the Earth spoke about gas infrastructure to be remediated.

Mon, October 21, 2024

Climate protectors - Mother*s Rebellion for Climate, John Seed, Susie Russell

Mon, October 14, 2024

No Northern Incinerator; Letition, Habitat Burns

Mon, October 07, 2024

CLIMATE MELTDOWN

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 7th 2024 Produced by Vivien Langford with Simon Walker in UK"CLIMATE MELTDOWN" Antonio Guterres As England closes its last coal fired power plant,  UK Just Stop Oil keeps up the pressure to stop licensing new oil and gas projects. The jail sentences  for acts of non violent civic action are extreme. UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk described the sentences as "deeply troubling".[14] Michel Forst, the United Nations special rapporteur for environmental defenders, attended two days of the trial and was critical of the proceedings, stating that such severe sentences for non-violent protest are "not acceptable in a democracy"Good News -very late in history for UK and far in the future for Australia.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-30/last-coal-fired-power-plant-in-uk-officially-closes/104378430 Guests1. From the United Nations:Mia Mottley -Prime Minister of Barbados " Prayers and hopes are not strategies that can tackle the climate crisis"Antionio Guterres- Secretary General of the UN - "We are in a crisis of Climate Meltdown" 2. Courtesy of Democracy Now :Amy Goodman and Nermeen ShaikhWe host a roundtable discussion on the climate crisis and the Democratic Party’s response with Ojibwe lawyer and founder of the Giniw Collective Tara Houska; climate organizer Collin Rees, who was part of the ExxonMobil action at the DNC; and climate scientist Michael Mann. Professor Michael Mann - https://thebulletin.org/2024/08/project-2025-the-right-wing-conspiracy-to-torpedo-global-climate-action/Collin Rees - Oil Change US - https://oilchangeus.org/Tara Houska - https://healingmnstories.wordpress.com/2023/08/17/labor-management-strife-at-mn350/ 3. From Simon Walker in UKDr Kush Naker - https://juststopoil.org/       https://fossilfueltreaty.org/Discuss the Whole Truth Five including Roger Hallam who face 4 years in prison.https://novaramedia.com/2024/07/19/the-whole-truth-five-refused-to-be-silenced-and-theyre-heroes-for-it/ 4. From Sydney Environment Institute - Stories are the ToolkitEpisode 1: Coordinating the BoatsFlood-affected communities do not remain idle when the need is urgent. This vignette covers one way in which community members organised a system of tracking and coordinating boat rescues to save lives and to minimise the substantial risk taken by those on the water.New South Wales communities have faced devastating bushfires and floods, intensified by climate change. In response, communities have mobilised, organising crucial response and recovery efforts that have saved lives, provided support, and built long-term resilience. Storytelling is an invaluable tool in risk reduction planning, serving as a powerful means of conveying complex information, fostering community engagement, and preserving cultural heritage.  These narratives often highlight local knowledges, which are crucial for understanding and addressing unique risks and challenges faced by specific regions.

Mon, September 23, 2024

TAKING CLIMATE TO THE WORLDS HIGHEST COURT

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordSeptember 23rd 2024 TAKING CLIMATE TO THE WORLD'S HIGHEST COURT -  THE TALBOT ORATION "Will it take losing all our islands before the world listens to our stories? Still today slowly the once beautiful island that some of my relatives and family call home is being eaten away day by day by the sea"Cynthia Houniuhi, President of the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC)To find out more and lend support : https://www.pisfcc.org/icjao Internationally renowned Pacific climate champion, Cynthia Houniuhi, tells her story of fighting for change in the world's highest court.Following her address, Cynthia was joined by a panel of fellow climate campaigners, including ABC presenter and popular television personality, Craig Reucassel, and International Director at the Smart Energy Council, Richie Merzian, in a discussion hosted by 10 News First presenter Narelda Jacobs OAM. As President of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC), Cynthia led a team of activists to agitate for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to define the responsibilities of nations to combat climate change, and the legal consequences of failing to do so. Born and raised in the Solomon Islands, Cynthia is witnessing first-hand the devastating impacts of climate change in the Pacific and is committed to ensuring nations around the world understand their obligations to take positive climate action. Cynthia and PISFCC are powerful examples of how the work of youth activists is safeguarding the world for generations to come.

Mon, September 16, 2024

SLICK - PEAK OIL

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWSEPTEMBER 16TH 2024PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD   SLICK by Royce Kurmelovs and PEAK OIL by Peter Sainsbury "Slick" suggests the oil slick spilling out of broken tankers and covering sea birds but Royce Kurmelovs takes us to the Industry conferences and the Climate Conferences where the slick operators of the oil industry are delaying the transition to  a zero emissions world. He also takes us into the thinking behind direct actions like Disrupt Burrup Hub ( Woodside) and Blockade Australia who want whole system change plus more fire fighting helicopters. Peter Sainsbury explores what will happen if we reach peak oil in 2025. Will the graph look like Mt Everest with a sharp descent or more like the Blue Mountains with a leisurely platueau to cross? https://johnmenadue.com/environment-peak-oil-is-close-but-the-descent-will-be-slow/

Mon, August 19, 2024

Talking Shop - How to Cover Climate Activism

We hear journalists Keerti Gopal, a New York City-based reporter covering activism and grassroots mobilisation in the climate movement, and author educator and environmentalist Bill McKibben discussing coverage of climate activism.  These recordings are from a webinar ‘Talking Shop - How to Cover Climate Activism’ moderated by Kyle Pope from Covering Climate Now.

Mon, August 05, 2024

ENERGY. ARCHITECTURE + BRAVERY AGAINST A RISING TIDE

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordAugust 5th 2024ENERGY, ARCHITECTURE +BRAVERY AT RISING TIDE GuestsDr Peter Sainsbury - Climate&Environment writer at Pearls and IrritationsSimon Knott and Deb Adams - B_K_K ArchitectsDavid Rovics - Song "Humanitarian Pause"Polly Hemming - Director of the Australia Institute's Climate and Energy Programme at the launch ofThe People’s Blockade Tues Nov 19 — Thurs Nov 28Protestival: Fri 22 - Sun 24Everyone invited . To register :https://www.risingtide.org.au/blockade-updates#:~:text=The%20People's%20Blockade%202024%20will,Muloobinba%20(Newcastle)%20on%20Awabakal%20andAs Polly Hemming says if it is lack of bravery which got us into the dire climate situation we are in, it is BRAVERY which will get us out. She was talking to a committed group preparing for the big blockade of Newcastle Coal  Port in November. Please consider coming up to Newcastle.Polly Hemming on Gas v Green Manufacturing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aInmJ7SkqVg Peter Sainsbury talks about the shift away from the right in French  and British elections. The importance of a forward looking climate policy in USA and India and the rise of China in renwable energy.https://johnmenadue.com/author/peter-sainsbury/ Simon Knott and Deb Adams talk about trend in architecture to retrofit buildings to save on energy including the gold standard of the Passive House. The photo above is of a Sydney building called Quay Quarter Tower which  retains over 65% of the original structure (beams, columns, and slabs) and 95% of the original core, resulting in an embodied carbon saving of 12,000 tonnes (the equivalent of 35,000 flights between Sydney and Melbourne). https://3xn.com/project/quay-quarter-tower-2 “Mid and late 20th century towers are reaching the end of their usable lifespans. We know that we can no longer demolish and build the way we have in the past – that we must instead extend the life and potential of the buildings we already have. This is the most essential definition of sustainability in architecture – and the driving force behind Quay Quarter Tower."Kim Herforth Nielsen, Founder and Creative Director at 3XN Architects

Mon, July 29, 2024

ROSS GARNAUT

CLIMATE  ACTION  SHOW (Rpt)July 29th 2024Produced by Vivien Langford ROSS GARNAUT -  SUPERPOWER  TRANSFORMATIONKAY WENNAGEL  - ELECTRIC VEHICLE BULK BUY Guests ROSS GARNAUT -  Professor Emeritus in  Economics at Melbourne University. His recent book isThe Superpower Transformation  - Making Australia's Zero Carbon Future.https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/superpower-transformation(link is external)Ross sees two disruptive events in 2022. The election of the ALP in Australia and the disruption of oil and gas exports to Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine. He says "Europe hesitated then COMMITTED decisively to the new economy" Will Australia make the same committment?We talked about :Regional transformations, such as making agricultural UREA with green hydrogen instead of importing 92% from countries where it is produced using coal  or gas as feedstock. Industrial Transformations, such  as helping China lower its costs of decarbonisation by producing GREEN STEEL here with local iron ore. Methane Transformations by stopping subsidies to new coal and gas projects and mandating the strict prevention of FUGITIVE METHANE EMISSIONS from leaky pipes and mines. A more thorny problem for us, if we want to manufacture zero carbon goods with our superpower resources of wind and solar energy,  is how to extract the TRANSITION MINERALS  here and abroad without riding rough shod over precious ecosystems and sacred places? Ross argues that they are essential for  zero carbon modern medicine and modern life but as a quarry nation we have a huge responsibiliy NOT to continue extracting here and overseas in a damaging way. We did not discuss the alternatives of a post extractivist, steady state economics but we welcome any contributions next year to discuss this VITAL matter. Ross talks about the recent savaging of training for geophysics and mettalurgy specialists. Australia  once had a proud reputation in this field but more money now  goes to moon research  than to manage the use of the transition minerals so much in demand! He says the jobs summit made some headway but a lot more needs to be done to protect the environment and  insists that engaging  indigenous people at the forefront of these transformations is essential.https://www.neweconomy.org.au/nena-hubs/sector/post-extractivism/https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/Jobs-and-Skills...    KAY WENNAGEL - interviewed by Michael Staindl.https://smartenergy.org.au/industry-directory/the-good-car-company/The Good Car Company is a social enterprise dedicated to decarbonising transport and has been working with community groups and local councils across Australia to accelerate the take-up of affordable electric cars through community bulk buys. Australia wide+61 361214624www.goodcar.co  MUSIC - The coal owner and the Pittman's wife sung by Robert Farmer This ballad is believed to date from the Durham strike of 1844 and to have been written by William Hornsby, a collier of Shotton Moor, Durh

Mon, July 22, 2024

SAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJuly 22nd 2024 PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDS A V I N G   F O R E S T S   I S   C L I M A T E   A C T I O N (rpt)Immediate protection of Australia’s native forests is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate and biodiversity crises. Our Federal government could do it. NZ has banned Native forest logging since 2002. Why are we logging the Great Koala National Park? Video 11mins with Mark Graham, Gumbaynggir man Uncle MIcklo Jarrett and Environmentalist Meredith Stantonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQu-8Y05bWkUpdate : https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-10/nsw-forestry-court-decision-logging-nefa/103300986  Guests:Mark Graham -  Meet the team: Mark Graham, ecologist — The White Bluff Project(link is external) Dorothee Babeck - Bob Brown Foundation Campaigner NSW End Native Forest Logging Now - Bob Brown Foundation  Sue Higginson - MLC NSW Parliament. Former CEO of Environment Defenders OfficeSaving Forests is Climate Action - Sue Higginson MLC(link is external)“I have been on the frontline of forest defence myself and I have represented countless other forest defenders through the courts as they seek to protect the environment from senseless destruction.NSW has the highest rates of extinction in the country and the Forestry Corporation is directly driving these extinctions through destruction of habitat in forests that are either struggling to recover from the 2019/20 bushfires or are the last remaining unburnt areas in the landscape." Dr Kim Loo - Doctors for the Environment ABC: Scientists say WA government’s prescribed burns targets have no scientific basis - DEAChats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF-Australia | Chats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF Australia Senator Dr.Mehreen Faruqui - Green Party Federal Government- Animal Welfare PortfolioEnvironmental activists rally in Sydney to end native forest logging (cityhub.com.au)(link is external)“We know that it is reckless regional forestry agreements, and weak and broken federal environmental laws that have allowed native forest logging to go on indiscriminately, which has put our wildlife at the brink of extinction,”  An Environmental Activist Has Been Killed Every Other Day for the Past Decade (globalcitizen.org)(link is external)At least 1,733 environmental activists and land defenders have been killed for their work over the past decade, according to a new report from the nonprofit Global Witness. That means that a person defending the environment is killed every other day, a harrowing statistic especially in the context of the worsening climate and biodiversity crisis. To take climate action with a focus on human rights AI might be the group for you : Environmental Crisis - Amnesty International Australia. You can receive  urgent action requests which give you all you need to write in defence of environmental activist round the world. GROUPS YOU CAN SUPPORT TO BAN NATIVE FOREST LOGGING1. LEAN -  A_National_Forest_Protection_and_Wor

Mon, July 15, 2024

DON'T FRACK THE NT - TAMBORAN AGM IN SYDNEY and PACIFIC WARRIORS IN GOMEROI COUNTRY

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJuly 15th 2024 (repeat)PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordTAMBORAN AGM - "DON'T FRACK THE NT"andPACIFIC CLIMATE WARRIORS TOUR GOMEROI COUNTRYGUESTS:Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Madden - Welcome to countryTamika Sadler and Larissa Baldwin-Roberts - Get UpMilima May -Larrakia  and Bradley Farrar- Alawa   from Beetaloo  who travelled from NT to this AGM of TamboranDr Emma Skowronski - Doctors for the EnvironmentThanks to organisers from 350.org, AYCC and Get Up!Pacific Climate Warriors Gabriel Veigaunavinaka in FijiJacybnta Fa'Amau in Australia In early November, Gomeroi and Gamilaraay traditional owners, Pacific Climate Warriors and activists, school strikers, local farmers, Move Beyond Coal community members and more came together on Gomeroi country in north-west NSW. Together, we shared stories of resistance and resilience, built deeper relationships and stood in solidarity with Gomeroi & Gamilaraay custodians - whose land is being exploited by fossil fuel companies such as Whitehaven Coal and Santos.This is a recount of what happened over the course of that special weekend - the stories that were told, the fights that were shared, and the solidarity built between communities. (Thanks to Move Beyond Coal)When country expands beyond what your eyes can comprehend, melting into the horizon, it’s beyond beautiful, and quite indescribable. This is what I experienced as I watched the landscapes change towards our destination, the colours of the trees and land changing every so often. I knew from this point, that the trip to Narrabri on Gomeroi country, where devastating coal and gas extraction projects are widespread, would be one to remember. On arrival, we were welcomed by Gomeroi custodian Karra Kinchela and her family, by the Namoi river, as the wind rustled through the trees and soon after, embraced the young dancers and Karra’s cousin, Clinton Lamb, who led the welcome to country. The stars eventually dressed the night sky as the night crept in, whilst the Pacific Climate Warriors thanked those who welcomed us with their own traditional fijian kava ceremony. Joy and laughter filled the campsite of our initial meeting place, which would reflect the real essence of the people who were fighting for Gomeroi country in Narrabri.Our second day on Gomeroi country, Karra showed us around, first at a site in the Pilliga Forest where water is filtered through to the underground water and finds its way to sea. She talked about how even on country that is considered freshwater, it is still connected to saltwater, and that whatever happens on her country is inherently connected to all countries. This lit up the fire in many people and for some, only added wood to the fire. There were direct connections being made between the effects coal and gas companies like Whitehaven Coal and Santos had on Narrabri and those close by, but also to the ocean and the Pacific Islands.Karra continued the tour by taking us to the front gates of Santos’ Lee Wood gas facility..

Mon, July 08, 2024

DON'T LOOK AWAY

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJULY 8TH 2024PRODUCED BY VIVIEN  LANGFORD D O N ' T    L O O K   A W A Y.FROM PLUMES OF SMOKE IN THE FOREST, FROM FUGITIVE METHANE NEAR GAS WELLS AND FROM STARVATION IN PALESTINEGuests: Dr Philip Zylstra - Curtin University and UNSW -Expert at nipping bushfires in the bud.https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/prescribed-burning-could-be-making-...(link is external) Piper Rollins Climate Campaigner from Australian Conservation Foundation https://www.acf.org.au/australia-dramatically-underreporting-gas-and-coa... David Rovics with his new album Notes from a Holocaust https://davidrovics.bandcamp.com/album/notes-from-a-holocaust(link is external) Don't look away from Palestine - Rovics Concerts this week in MelbourneNorthcote July 12th - 7pmhttps://www.songkick.com/concerts/41688463-david-rovics-at-black-spark-cultural-centreBallarat July 14th  2024 -2pmhttps://www.songkick.com/concerts/41688466-david-rovics-at-ballarat-trades-hall Don't look away from actual Bushfire BehaviourAssociate Professor Philip Zylstra, from Curtin University, said: “If they’re too tall to catch fire, plants calm bushfires by slowing the wind beneath them. If disturbance kills those taller plants, replacements regrow from the ground and add to the fuel. Prescribed burns are a fire mitigation tool used with the aim of reducing fuel load to minimise the intensity and severity of fires.  However, while prescribed burns can sometimes decrease flammability in the short term, the way they disrupt forest ecosystems can create longer periods of additional flammability.  “Very frequent burning close to homes or control lines could create defendable spaces, but large, remote and infrequent burns maintain the landscape at maximum fire risk because they undermine the natural controls that forests place on fire," Associate Professor Zylstra said. The remote areas that burn have often been extensively logged eg Eden NSWRECENT MESSAGE FROM BOB BROWN FOUNDATION JULY1STAn end to native forest logging should have happened more than a decade ago but this list is another killing plan to feed export woodchippers, Malaysian timber company Ta Ann, and Victorian sawmills that have no social licence,” Jenny Weber, Bob Brown Foundation’s Campaigns Manager said.“Kilometres of new wilderness-destroying roads will be slashed into ancient forests that have never seen a chainsaw, including taxpayer-funded roads into untouched Takayna rainforests and 6km into the Wentworth Hills near Lake St Clair. Clearfell operations in areas essential to the critically- endangered migratory Swift Parrot have been drafted despite the threat that poses to the species,” said Erik Hayward, Bob Brown Foundation Campaigner. “Lines on maps have been drawn that carve up some of the most remarkable natural landscapes this globe has to offer. For the defence of our natural world we will remain committed and defiant in the face of this complete abandon,” said Erik Hayward.“Over the last six weeks, hundreds of Au

Mon, July 01, 2024

BLASTED SEA and DESERT JUNGLE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWPRODUCED  by Vivien Langford and Rosie GaninoJuly 1st 2024 BLASTED SEA    and   DESERT JUNGLE Guests:Tomothy Erik Strom -  Editor of Arena on linehttps://arena.org.au/blasted-sea/ Professor Laurie Laurenson - Clean Ocean Foundation OCEAN activists care of We are Explorers- Act Local https://weareexplorers.co/act-local/Jeannie Baker - Author of Desert JungleDavid Rovics singing "Land and Freedom"Jono Row - Uniting Church Advocacy :This is a disappointing distraction from the urgent need to transition our country to clean and affordable renewable energy- Rev. Mata Havea Hiliau  The Moderator of the Uniting Church Synod of NSW/ACT, Rev. Mata Havea Hiliau, is calling for urgent, real and meaningful action on climate change in the wake of the Federal Opposition’s reckless nuclear energy proposal yesterday.“This is a disappointing distraction from the urgent need to transition our country to clean and affordable renewable energy,” Rev. Mata Havea Hiliau said. “The proposal announced yesterday, which appears very light on detail, will only further delay the transition to renewables and lock us in too many more years of reliance on harmful fossil fuels, that are already proving devastating to our planet.“If this proposal actually eventuates – in a decade or two, and longer – our communities will be suffering from ever more dangerous extreme weather events and islands in the Pacific will be inundated by rising sea levels.“As a faith leader, and a daughter of the Pacific, I know what’s at stake if we don’t address this climate crisis urgently.“We are seeing in real time, the unfolding impacts of the climate crisis, not only for our communities here in Australia but for the people of the Pacific, whose livelihoods, homes and culture are under immediate threat.“Realistically, today’s proposal would mean another 20 years of climate inaction which will prove absolutely devastating for our climate and those on the frontlines of this climate crisis – First Nations and Pasifika communities.“These are the communities that contribute the least to this issue, but will be harmed first, hardest and longest by climate change and today’s proposal will lock them into this fate.“Climate change remains one of the most important social and moral challenges in human history and we have lost too much time on pointless political debate,” Rev. Mata Havea Hiliau said.Uniting NSW.ACT’s Head of Media and Advocacy Alice Salomon said: “We strongly support moves for COP 31 in 2026 to take place in Australia and the Pacific. And the world will be watching us.“I urge our communities not to get distracted – we need climate action now and the solutions to a safe climate future are within our grasp.“We have readily available, reliable and cost-saving renewable energy solutions.“We have the blueprint and the tools to help safeguard a positive and hopeful future for all – right now, today “We must transition without delay to clean, cheap renewable energy in Australia – we

Mon, June 17, 2024

RETROFITTING THE PUBLIC HOUSING TOWERS

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJune 17th 2024Produced by Vivien Langford and Rosie GaninoRETROFITTING THE PUBLIC HOUSING TOWERSGuests:Chris Barnett – The Australian Institute of ArchitectsGeorge Avraam – Peddle Thorp Architects Melbournehttps://pta.com.au/our-people/Simon Knott - B_K_K Architects - https://b-k-k.com.au/projects/tower-turnaroundReimagining the 44 public Housing towers set for demolition inMelbourne would result in a boon for the climate. We discuss theembodied carbon in these buildings and the carbon emissionssaved in NOT demolishing them.It has been estimated that with demolition, about 70% of the currentresidents would never return. A key benefit of retrofitting would beto keep communities together.Reimagining these inner city homes with services nearby, muchmore amenity and a huge carbon saving would address thehousing crisis and the climate crisis in one go.The Supreme Court of Victoria dismissed a class action by tenantsto defend their human right to shelter. Both Government andindustry know that we need Net Zero Emissions and buildings likethese are being retrofitted for thermal comfort all over Europe.Mentioned in the podcast:The French firm is Lacaton and Vassal. This is an example of theirs butthey’ve done many similar.https://www.lacatonvassal.com/index.php?idp=80The Housing All Australians Report is herehttps://housingallaustralians.org.au/what-we-do/give-me-shelter/

Mon, May 20, 2024

EXTREME HEAT- The full story from Ecoshock

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordMAY 20TH 2024"O Artifical Saviour" Re- broadcast by permision of Radio EcoShock. You can tune in to Radio Ecoshock every Sunday 6am at 3CR or get it here: https://www.ecoshock.org/EXTREME HEAT 2023 – THE FULL STORYSarah Perkins-KirkpatrickIn 2023, extreme heat waves rolled across Earth’s surface so fast and so long – who can remember? In some places heat up to 9 degrees C or 16 Fahrenheit hotter than normal.  Summer-level heat waves struck in winter, again in spring, followed by simply astounding heat on every continent but Australia.  Twenty twenty three wasn’t just the hottest year ever recorded.  It was a year when forests burned, cities cooked, and crops died.Let’s patch together the heat headlines, including many you did not see.  Our guest Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick led an international team of scientists, publishing their global overview paper “Extreme terrestrial heat in 2023”.Dr. Perkins-Kirkpatrick is with the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, in Canberra – and the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather at Australian National University. EARTH AT RISKCharles (“Chip”) Fletcher“The climate crisis is now well underway”That is according to a group of well-known scientists.  Their big picture overview was just published in a PNAS paper titled “Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future”.  Is it really that bad? Is there any way out of a hot-house disaster?From the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, we have reached scientist and interim Dean, Dr. Charles Fletcher, often known as “Chip”.  “Propelled by imperialism, extractive capitalism, and a surging population, we are speeding past Earth’s material limits, destroying critical ecosystems, and triggering irreversible changes in biophysical systems that underpin the Holocene climatic stability which fostered human civilization.”– from “Earth at Risk” AbstractAs Canadian author Leslie A. Davidson said:  “We are not lost, we are going in the wrong direction.”  We know a lot of what to do about climate change, but we continue on the wrong path – toward a world 3 degrees C hotter or worse.  As the paper says: “Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions set a new record in 2023, rising an estimated 1.1%, the third annual increase in a row since the COVID-19 recession.”Several co-authors of this “Earth at risk” paper will be familiar to Radio Ecoshock listeners as guests.  Beyond William Ripple, originator of the Second Scientists’ Warning, we find famous scientist  Michael Mann, science historian Naomi Oreskes, British climate advisor David King and one of my favorite experts on how heat kills, Camilo Mora from the University of Hawaii.This team writes: “The authors of this review believe that humanity stands at an inflection point in human history that will determine many characteristics of future life

Mon, May 13, 2024

RISE UP FOR SMART ENERGY. PUSH BACK AGAINST COAL&GAS

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien Langford May 13th 2024 RISE UP FOR SMART ENERGY   /    PUSH BACK AGAINST COAL&GAS Rise up at Kirribili House. Smart Energy Conference in Sydney. ETU secretary Interviewand why Australia has missed the boat for nuclear power in this energy transition Music by ECOPELA CHOIR Natasha Abhayawickrama AYCC leader at the Rise Up Gadigal  Rally  May 8th  https://www.aycc.org.au/This was part of 12 days of action nation wide before the budget to demand no hand outs to coal and gas. No permits to new fossil projects.https://www.movebeyondcoal.com/rise_up John Grimes  CE of Smart Energy Council at their Conference and Expo https://smartenergyexpo.org.au/in-person/ Christine Milne  is praised for her huge contribution to getting the right support for the massive energy transition we are achieving. She became part of the Smart Energy Council "Hall of Fame" Allegra Spender at the Smart Energy Council Conference on her People Powered transition and against the Nuclear Trojan Horse. Danny Kennedy https://www.dgfi.unsw.edu.au/danny-kennedy on why this budget must invest in  batteries and infrastructure for the energy transition. Simon Holmes A Court  https://smartenergy.org.au/our-people/simon-holmes-a-court/At the Smart Energy Conference he gave a  detailed argument on why  Nuclear Power in Australia  has missed the boat for this energy Transition and why we should put all our efforts into the Renewable energy transition. Michael Wright - National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union on why this Industrial Revolution has to be different that the first one. " Less Oliver Twist". Annie Mc Loughlin from Stick Together discusses the dangers for unqualified or unsupervised workers in remote solar or wind projects. Michael also spoke at the Smart Energy Conference where they have a big focus on upgrading trade certification.

Mon, May 06, 2024

Palestine - The climate impacts of war and occupation

Climate Action Radio showProduced by Vivien LangfordMay 6th 2024PALESTINE - The climate impacts of war and occupationGuestsProfessor Mazin Qumsiyeh - Bethlehem University - Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability. https://www.bethlehem.edu/ic/pmnh/ Nina Lakhani - Guardian Journalist- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-changeHadeel Ikhmais - Palestine Environmental Quality Authority documenting the climate crisis.Interviewed by Nermeen Sheikh and Amy Goodman Courtesy of Democracy Now!  Fahimah Badrulhisham and  Iqbal Barkat  from the Muslim Collective. Authors of  "Decolonise and Decarbonise Every River and Every Sea". This is a touring exhibition exploring the intersectionality of problems arising from the climate crisis. They look throught the lens of women, water, food, health, biodiversity loss, greenwashing, and the threat from fosill fuel expansion eg the Tamar Gas field just off the coast of Gaza. They reach us not just through facts but through poetry and an appeal to our humanity.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aDbJ5rxFrmukI-hVpbbO9IWjgswtV-8-/view?usp=sharing

Mon, April 29, 2024

IT'S LIFE OR DEATH FOR OUR DREAMING

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 29TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford "IT'S LIFE OR DEATH FOR OUR DREAMING" Gurridyula WangguPROTECTING THE DOONGMABULA SPRINGS IN THE QLD SUPREME COURTandThe real cost of burning our future with guest researcher Sarah Biermann Becker from Global WitnesGuests:Adrian Burrugubba - Senior Custodiuan Wangan and Jagalingou People Gurridyula Wanggu - Environmentalist of the year 2021- https://bobbrown.org.au/about/bbf-awards/ Alison Rose - Ninox law dedicated to Human Rights cases  especially for First Nations people protecting country. Sarah Biermann Becker -  Global witness- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/schools-close-and-crops-wither-as-historic-heatwave-hits-south-east-asia This item is courtesy of Alex Smith and Radio Ecoshock

Mon, April 22, 2024

VETERINARIANS FOR CLIMATE ACTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordApril 22nd 2024 First broadcast on October 23rd 2023VETERINARIANS FOR CLIMATE ACTIONhttps://www.vfca.org.au/volunteer Guests: Dr Ron Glanville Former Chief Veterinarian Officer for Queenslandtalks about livestock and the increase of vector borne diseases in floods and rising heat. Biosecurity consultant says Victorian farmers need to be more aware of mosquito-borne viruses - Vets for Climate Action (vfca.org.au) Dr Michelle Marquardt - In the Blue Mountains talks about caring for your dog in a heatwave,preventing your cat becoming a pest and rescuing wildlife from bushfires.Do Birds Pant Like Dogs? - Vets for Climate Action (vfca.org.au) Music by Flume A call to Nature The Environmental Music Prize – Amplifying the voices of artists who inspire action for climate and conservation.(link is external) Watch this to see beautiful birds of the Northern Rivers Inspiration from HEAT by Jeff Goodall -‘The Heat Will Kill You First’ is a chilling book — and a warning | Grist(link is external)Check out his chapter :The Mosquito is my vector

Mon, April 15, 2024

RISE UP AGAINST MORE COAL AND GAS

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 15TH 2024PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDRISE UP AGAINST MORE COAL AND GASGuests:Gavan Mc Fadzean - Climate and Energy Programme Manager AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION Court Case 2024 (acf.org.au) Natasha Abayawickrama - Australian Youth Climate Co alition- Rise Up! 12 Days of Action: 29 April - 10 May - Move Beyond Coal David Rovics -  "Land and Freedom" a song from his new album Notes from a holocaust Notes From A Holocaust | David Rovics (bandcamp.com)King Coal is opening up what they call "greenfields sites" in this country. And they are green sometimes when the rains come, and they are already inhabited. The Doongmabulla Springs in Wangan and Jagalingou country are a sacred place and should be sacred to all of us, but Adrian Burrugubba, who is a senior custodian is taking the Qld Government to the Supreme  court on human rights grounds. The Adani company has already overstepped the environmental limits imposed to protect the springs. In a statement I received Mr Burrugubba said "If water extraction and pollution from the Adani mine are allowed to continue, the springs will be destroyed forever. [ermanently breaking our spiritual connection to our ancestors and creation stories." On April 29th we will hear their legal council Alison Rose explain their case. Meanwhile if you care about these people on a front line of climate change,trying to stoip a coal mine, trying to preserve a water source in this dry continent please donate to their legal fund W&J Nagana Yarrbayn Cultural Custodians Legal Defence Fund | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising Also on April 29th you can join the "Rise up like the flood and flames"  action organised by Moive beyond Coal Rise Up! 12 Days of Action: 29 April - 10 May - Move Beyond Coal

Mon, April 08, 2024

MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE REVISITED

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWAPRIL 8TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford "MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE"-  REVISITEDGuests:Part 1. A dramatisation and discussion of the scene in the novel where the manager of the Ministry is held hostage by a distraught survivor of  an horrific climate event in India. Millions have died and he demands she does more.Mark Spencer - Podcaster and Founder of Climactic Collective. https://www.podchaser.com/creators/mark-spencer-107Zzj7JFC Meg Clancy - Actor, Dancer and  Major Contributor to NITV Lyn Bender - Psychologist and former Manager of Lifeline Melbourne . Recent journalism https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/critics-of-glazers-oscars-speech-prove-the-relevance-of-the-zone-of-interest,18451https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/israeli-propaganda-bordering-on-absurdity,18396 Part 2 :By kind permission here is  recent interview with Kim Stanley Robinson by Radio Ecoshock Host Alex Smith .As Alex says: Following the publication of “The Ministry of the Future”, Robinson toured internationally not to promote the book but to discuss it. He an ambassador for a novel – and for a future. Big Capitalists like Bill Gates blogged about Robinson’s book. The Financial Times reported his meetings with bankers, investors and even the military. Yet many of Kim’s books search for alternatives to Capitalism. Does Capitalism have to go, and is there any alternative? We discuss in the interview.https://www.ecoshock.org/2024/03/climate-sci-fi-gets-too-real.html

Mon, April 08, 2024

MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE REVISITED

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWAPRIL 8TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford "MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE"-  REVISITEDGuests:Part 1. A dramatisation and discussion of the scene in the novel where the manager of the Ministry is held hostage by a distraught survivor of  an horrific climate event in India. Millions have died and he demands she does more.Mark Spencer - Podcaster and Founder of Climactic Collective. https://www.podchaser.com/creators/mark-spencer-107Zzj7JFC Meg Clancy - Actor, Dancer and  Major Contributor to NITV Lyn Bender - Psychologist and former Manager of Lifeline Melbourne . Recent journalism https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/critics-of-glazers-oscars-speech-prove-the-relevance-of-the-zone-of-interest,18451https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/israeli-propaganda-bordering-on-absurdity,18396 Part 2 :By kind permission here is  recent interview with Kim Stanley Robinson by Radio Ecoshock Host Alex Smith .As Alex says: Following the publication of “The Ministry of the Future”, Robinson toured internationally not to promote the book but to discuss it. He an ambassador for a novel – and for a future. Big Capitalists like Bill Gates blogged about Robinson’s book. The Financial Times reported his meetings with bankers, investors and even the military. Yet many of Kim’s books search for alternatives to Capitalism. Does Capitalism have to go, and is there any alternative? We discuss in the interview.https://www.ecoshock.org/2024/03/climate-sci-fi-gets-too-real.html

Mon, April 01, 2024

DON'T LOOK AWAY

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWAPRIL 1ST 2024Produced by Vivien Langford D O N ' T    L O O K   A W A Y.FROM PLUMES OF SMOKE IN THE FOREST, FROM FUGITIVE METHANE NEAR GAS WELLS AND FROM STARVATION IN PALESTINEGuests: Dr Philip Zylstra - Curtin University and UNSW -Expert at nipping bushfires in the bud.https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/prescribed-burning-could-be-making-aussie-forests-more-flammable Piper Rollins Climate Campaigner from Australian Conservation Foundation https://www.acf.org.au/australia-dramatically-underreporting-gas-and-coal-methane-emissions David Rovics with his new album Notes from a Holocaust https://davidrovics.bandcamp.com/album/notes-from-a-holocaust Don't look away from actual Bushfire BehaviourAssociate Professor Philip Zylstra, from Curtin University, said: “If they’re too tall to catch fire, plants calm bushfires by slowing the wind beneath them. If disturbance kills those taller plants, replacements regrow from the ground and add to the fuel. Prescribed burns are a fire mitigation tool used with the aim of reducing fuel load to minimise the intensity and severity of fires.  However, while prescribed burns can sometimes decrease flammability in the short term, the way they disrupt forest ecosystems can create longer periods of additional flammability.  “Very frequent burning close to homes or control lines could create defendable spaces, but large, remote and infrequent burns maintain the landscape at maximum fire risk because they undermine the natural controls that forests place on fire," Associate Professor Zylstra said. The remote areas that burn have often been extensively logged eg Eden NSW Don't look away from methane :  An investigation by ACF and the global non-profit Clean Air Task Force last year detected methane escaping from more than 100 sources at 35 industrial sites in Queensland and NSW.  “When it comes to rapidly reducing Australia’s most potent climate heating pollution, cutting methane emissions from the coal and gas industry is low hanging fruit.”Methane emissions are believed to account for about 30% of the global temperature rise since the industrial revolution. Don't look away from PalestineDavid Rovics' new album of songs was composed between October and December 2023He says "  I wrote them to bear witness to the genocide of the Palestinian people that continues by the hour as I publish this album."Hear the drones above your headWhat were the last words that she saidBefore she joined the thousands deadAs the bombs rain down

Mon, March 18, 2024

FOREST PROTECTION AND COP 28

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 18TH, 2024FOREST PROTECTION AND COP 28 GUESTS;MARK GRAHAM - Ecologist in the Gondwanaland forests of Northern NSW- Great Koala National Park areaDORO BABECK - Bob Brown Foundation organiser of the March in March AT COP28 on Transforming the food system KIRTANA CHANDRASEKERERKELLY DENT, ARNOLD PADILLA

Mon, March 11, 2024

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - ARTISTS FOR CLIMATE ACTION

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 11TH 2024Produced by Vivien LangfordINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY- ARTISTS FOR CLIMATE ACTIONGuests:Kerrie LeishmanJanet Laurence BUSHFIRES AND FLOODS- HOW TO BE PREPAREDFreja Leonard interviewed by Sean O'Shannessy - Environmental as anything

Mon, March 04, 2024

TOXIC RHETORIC . SOCIAL LICENCE and TARKINE OPTIMISM

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMARCH 4TH 2024Produced by Vivien LangfordTOXIC RHETORIC . SOCIAL LICENCE  and TARKINE OPTIMISM"The  future  is  shaped  by  those  who  can  see  it." Guests:John Grimes - CEO Smart Energy CouncilDr Freya Croft - Blue Futures Lab at Wollongong University - https://www.uow.edu.au/ancors/blue-energy-futures-lab/Dr Colette Harmsen - Bob Brown FoundationTOXIC RHETORIC"Turbines make us sick" was a farm gateway sign ten years ago in regional Victoria. We interviewed Dr Simon Chapman who was turning himself inside out giving evidence to senate inquiries. He was  contesting  the organised narrative of illness around windfarms and opponents are still organised. Now Coalition MPs and their allies appear at Reckless Renewables rallies. Their hostility, even to wind farms 10kilometres offshore, is building up as renewable Energy Zones are declared. We speak to John Grimes from the Smart Energy Council. SOCIAL LICENCEThen we go to Wollongong University, where Dr Freya Croft is working on how to create  social licence for the energy transition that is roilling out too slowly. Plus an historical reminder:In 1903 there were 3623 horsedrawn buses in London and 13 motor busesIn 1913 there were 3522 motor buses and only 142 horse drawn buses"The future is shaped by those who can see it." TARKINE OPTIMISMForest Action is profound Climate Restoration, so we go to Tasmania. Dr Colette Harmsen is a veterinary scientist. In this exclusive interview she speaks to us about how she and Bob Brown were arrested recently and why taking climate action is an antidote to depresssion.As Bob Brown said : "Change doesn’t happen when we are in our comfort zone. It is uncomfortable by nature. If it’s not uncomfortable, then check again – is anything actually changing, or are we just re-arranging the deck chairs? The higher the stakes, the greater the risks that need taking. As leaders, we must take risks. We must find a way to quieten the voice of fear and doubt and back ourselves against the inevitable barrage of resistance."Meanwhile Protesters have gone back to the Styx Valley to  peacefully interrupt logging.“While fellow forest defender Ali Alishah is in jail today, we are defending these forests from destruction. The fact that peaceful protesters are being gaoled and face severe penalties for standing up against this destruction will not deter us. It is the native forest logging that is criminal in a climate emergency and extinction crisis,” said Dr Lisa Searle, Campaign Organiser with BBF.“This logging of ancient forests in southern Tasmania is absolutely disgraceful. The government should be ashamed for sanctioning this devastation. We will continue to take action and defend these precious forests until we see a commitment from our leaders to end native forest logging. There is an opportunity right now for Tasmanian voters to make a choice: vote for protecting forests and wildlife or more logging destruction,” she said.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-04

Mon, February 26, 2024

GOOD FOR THE GONG Episode 2. Building our Future

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWFEBRUARY 26TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford GOOD FOR THE GONG Episode 2 - BUILDING OUR FUTUREGuests:

Mon, February 26, 2024

GOOD FOR THE GONG Episode 2. Building our Future

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWFEBRUARY 26TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford G O O D   F O R   T H E   G O N G Episode 2 - BUILDING OUR FUTUREGuests:Abigail Boyd - NSW Parliament -  Greens MLC  We talk about getting the Energy sector back into Public hands as we make the big transition from centralised utilities to a multiplicity of providers. Denmark leads the world in Wind Power with publicly owned energy. In the Netherlands it is illegal to privatize water or energy networks. A Rally against Reckless Renewables  was held outside the Federal Parliament on its first day of sitting. Figures like Barnaby Joyce called for a suspension of wind and solar farms.  They want to end the ban on nuclear energy in Australia. John Grimes from the Smart Energy Council called out the toxic rhetoric and said "Its outrageous that David Littleproud is calling for a moratorium on renewables putting more than 60,000 Australian Renewable Energy Jobs under threat". We will delve into this some more next week.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/17/canberra-reckless-renewables-rally-donald-trump-conspiracy-theories Tim Buckley - Director Climate Energy Finance at IEEFA in converstaion with Sean O'Shannessy on Environmental as Anything : https://environmentalasanything.podbean.com/ Please support his podcast. The IEEFA 2023 Roundup Report referred to in the conversation is here:https://createsend.com/t/y-E062C6EA8740F5392540EF23F30FEDEDFar from the idea of reckless renewables Tim Buckley's topics are :Bowen turbocharges renewablesThe Net Zero Act in NSW and the move to renewables in Victoria and Queesland mean we are rocketting ahead.China is zooming with 20 GW installed every month in new wind and solarUSA is spending $1 trillion to stimulate decarbonisation. Music : Xavier Rudd - "Stoney Road"- Winner of the Environmental Music Prize 2023

Mon, February 19, 2024

GOOD FOR THE GONG

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWFEBRUARY 19TH 2024Produced by Vivien LangfordG O O D   F O R    T H E    G O N GILLAWARRA OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTGuests:Darryl Best - Ex coal minerKristen Mac Donald -  Rewiring Australia and Good for the GongMartin Cubby - NTEU Rep at Wollongong University

Mon, December 11, 2023

NEWCASTLE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE. EPISODE 2

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWDECEMBER 11TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford NEWCASTLE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE - EPISODE 2 Guests:Sue Higginson MP in NSW Parliament on achieving 75% emissions reduction by 2030+100%by 2035 Dominique Jacobs from the Knitting Nannas  reporting on the arrests after Newcastle Blockade Sinead Francis-Coen on the Transition of Hunter Valley Coal miners into new training and jobs. Sarah Ellyard RN - Psychiatric Nurse from Frontline Health Workers on heatwaves and other disasters Dr Nicole Sleeman - Doctors for the Environment on the value of collective action v climate anxiety Graham Wood - Engineer and writer "Their Future is in your hands" Gawaine Powell-Davies - Head of NSW Buddhist Council on Meeting MP Chris Bowen Thea Ormerod - CEO Australian Religious Response to Climate Change on prayer, pressure and care. Christ Bowen Federal MP and Minister for Climate Change challenged by  Adam Bandt Federal MP and Leader of the Greens Party on why Australia continues to approve new coal and gas projects for export profit.

Mon, December 04, 2023

NEWCASTLE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE - EPISODE 1

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWDECEMBER 4TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordNEWCASTLE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE - EPISODE 1 GuestsManjot Kaur -  SAPNA South Asian Climate Solidarity Sapna South Asian Climate Solidarity (sapnasolidarity.org)Grant Howard - Coal Miner + Climate communicatorDr  John Vander Kallen Doctors for the Environment- Doctors for the Environment Australia - DEASenator Janet RiceSenator Barbara PocockACT Environment Minister- Rebecca VassarottiNSW Greens MP Sue HigginsonDr Peter Sainsbury - Environment: 1.5 degrees of warming in 10 years (johnmenadue.com)

Mon, November 27, 2023

CO2 REMOVAL- HOT TOPIC AT COP28

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 27TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien Langford CO2 REMOVAL- HOT TOPIC AT COP28DR KATHRYN HAYHOE AND SIR DAVID KINGCOURTESY OF COVERING CLIMATE NOW What’s the difference between “carbon dioxide removal” (CDR) and “carbon capture and storage” (CCS)? And what role might each play in decarbonizing the global economy fast enough to avoid climate breakdown? CCNow held a press briefing on November 9 to get journalists up to speed on the complicated, sometimes confusing technologies of CDR and CCS, both of which are expected to be major points of contention at COP28.PANELISTSDr. Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy and Distinguished Professor at Texas Tech UniversitySir David King, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and former chief science adviser to the UK governmentMark Hertsgaard, CCNow’s executive director, moderated the conversation.

Mon, November 20, 2023

TAMBORAN AGM DONT FRACK THE NT and PACIFIC CLIMATE WARRIORS TOUR GOMEROI COUNTRY

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 20TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordTAMBORAN AGM - "DON'T FRACK THE NT"andPACIFIC CLIMATE WARRIORS TOUR GOMEROI COUNTRYGUESTS:Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Madden - Welcome to countryTamika Sadler and Larissa Baldwin-Roberts - Get UpMilima May -Larrakia TO and Bradley Frarrar- Alawa Beetaloo TO who travelled from NT to this AGM of TamboranDr Emma Skowronski - Doctors for the EnvironmentThanks to organisers from 350.org, AYCC and Get Up!Pacific Climate Warriors Gabriel Veigaunavinaka in FijiJacybnta Fa'Amau in Australia In early November, Gomeroi and Gamilaraay traditional owners, Pacific Climate Warriors and activists, school strikers, local farmers, Move Beyond Coal community members and more came together on Gomeroi country in north-west NSW. Together, we shared stories of resistance and resilience, built deeper relationships and stood in solidarity with Gomeroi & Gamilaraay custodians - whose land is being exploited by fossil fuel companies such as Whitehaven Coal and Santos. This is a recount of what happened over the course of that special weekend - the stories that were told, the fights that were shared, and the solidarity built between communities. (Thanks to Move Beyond Coal) When country expands beyond what your eyes can comprehend, melting into the horizon, it’s beyond beautiful, and quite indescribable. This is what I experienced as I watched the landscapes change towards our destination, the colours of the trees and land changing every so often. I knew from this point, that the trip to Narrabri on Gomeroi country, where devastating coal and gas extraction projects are widespread, would be one to remember.  On arrival, we were welcomed by Gomeroi custodian Karra Kinchela and her family, by the Namoi river, as the wind rustled through the trees and soon after, embraced the young dancers and Karra’s cousin, Clinton Lamb, who led the welcome to country. The stars eventually dressed the night sky as the night crept in, whilst the Pacific Climate Warriors thanked those who welcomed us with their own traditional fijian kava ceremony. Joy and laughter filled the campsite of our initial meeting place, which would reflect the real essence of the people who were fighting for Gomeroi country in Narrabri.Our second day on Gomeroi country, Karra showed us around, first at a site in the Pilliga Forest where water is filtered through to the underground water and finds its way to sea. She talked about how even on country that is considered freshwater, it is still connected to saltwater, and that whatever happens on her country is inherently connected to all countries. This lit up the fire in many people and for some, only added wood to the fire. There were direct connections being made between the effects coal and gas companies like Whitehaven Coal and Santos had on Narrabri and those close by, but also to the ocean and the Pacific Islands. Karra continued the tour by taking us to the front gates of Santos’ Lee Wood gas facility.. S

Mon, November 13, 2023

MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE - Radio Drama

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 13TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordARE LEADERS JUST 'ACTING' ON CLIMATE ON THE WAY TO COP?THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE Guests:Mark Spencer - Podcaster and Founder of Climactic Collective(link is external)Meg Clancy - Actor, Dancer and  Major Contributor to NITVLyn Bender - Psychologist and former Manager of Lifeline Melbourne Hope lies beyond latest climate shock therapy (eurekastreet.com.au)(link is external)Greta Thunberg - Founder of Fridays for Future and Cassandra to the Climate Movement  (229) Austrian World Summit 2021 - Greta Thunberg Speech - YouTube(link is external)Kim Stanley Robinson and Naomi Klein at Rutgers University Institute for  Earth, Ocean and Atrmospheric Sciences.Kim Stanley Robinson Special Event - Rutgers EOAS(link is external)Music "Nada:" a tango from La Tabu. This is a theatrical and intense episode. We use KS Robinson's novel as a springboard to explore the themes of being overwraught with insufficient leadership. What are the  many ways forward?It starts with a dramatised reading of the chapter where the head of the ministry, Mary Murphy, is kidnapped by Frank. He is a man traumatised by the great Indian heatwave which left millions dead. As he paces her Zurich apartment she thinks"His presence in her kitchen was all too much like one of her insomniac whirlpools of thought, as if she had stumbled into one of her nightmares while still awake, so that she couldn't get out of it."Then the actors and I discuss with psychologist Lyn Bender how leaders must  accept these messengers from the climate frontlines and act with urgency, while remaining confident and resolute that we can repair the damage.The second item is Greta Thunberg at the 2021 Vienna Climate Summit. She tells leaders that they are pretending to change, pretending to take the science seriously, pretending to wage war on fossil fuels while opening up new oil pipelines, gas fields and coal mines.She says " The audience has grown wary, the show is over"Thirdly we go to Rutgers University to hear the author, Kim Stanley Robinson , talking about  the hard things he had to say. The needle in the eye moments. Naomi Klein calls him a "possibilist" and talks about the sort of dystopian and escapist narratives we are  hard wired  for.  Are we fascinated by the billionaires aiming to colonise space because we were brought up on Noah's Ark? (229) Why Jeff Bezos’ Space Dream is Humanity's Nightmare | George Monbiot - YouTube(link is external)We learn about geo-engineering, how capitalism must change and how modern monetary theory can be used for good.If  you haven't read the novel yet do try now. It is an easy way to look at the future and all the paths we could follow once we wake up.Breaks for tango dancing courtesy of La Tabu.

Mon, November 06, 2023

KIM STANLEY ROBINSON - THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 6TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordKIM STANLEY ROBINSON - THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTUREInterview with Kim Hill Courtesy of Radio NZ  Guests:Kim Hill from Radio New Zealand  in a recent interview with author Kim Stanley Robinson.Their subject is THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE   and  The High Sierra: A Love Story Climate Action ahead:School Strike4 climate Friday November 17th.Nov 17 | SS4C Australia (schoolstrike4climate.com)Gadigal Land/ Sydney Belmore Park at 12 noonNaam/Melbourne - Flagstaff Gardens 1 pm The Peoples Blockade  of the World's largest coal port Newcastle  November 24th-27th Register to help - Rising Tide Extinction RebellionGlobal Newsletter #80: People Power Stops Oil in Ecuador! (rebellion.global)November 7th Sydney (20+) Drown out the Drums of War: March on the Naval Expo | FacebookNovember 18th Melbourne (20+) Mothers Rebellion for Climate Justice - Southbank - VIC - Action | Facebook 350.0rgSign the perition : Our Islands Our HomeFix Our Climate Laws: Protect Water - 350 AustraliaNovember 7th SYDNEY 9am at 60 Margaret St Double Action: Tamboran AGM & Minister Plibersek (actionnetwork.org)

Mon, October 30, 2023

PLAYING GOD WITH THE CLIMATE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 30THProduced by Vivien Langford PLAYING GOD WITH THE CLIMATE "Artificial Intelligence and the latest technological innovations start with the notion of the human being with no limits, whose abilities can be infinitely expanded thanks to technology, a paradim which monstrously feeds upon itself" Pope Francis Laudate Deum.Guests:Thea Ormerod - Chair of ARRCC- ARRCC Winton Higgins - Author, Holocaust scholar and secular BuddhistRevamp Writings on Secular Buddhism — Winton Higgins This show is dedicated to the late Professor Saleemul Huq OBE. He was a friend of this show always willing to do an interview and a major figure in the world of climate action.Once he was on the phone from Dhaka and in the 3CR studio with me was a Dutch expert on flood control.Dr Huq was so enchanted that he invited the Dutchman to a conference in Bangla Desh there and then.Later he showed a deep compassion inspired by his Muslim reverence for life, when talking of the Rohyngia refugees stumbling at that time in from Myanmar. He said we will find a place for them . Each of those children has a future.I think he was on the same page as Pope Francis and was not afraid to call out the climate criminals who  continue to export and expand the use of coal oil and gas.  He saw their callous disregard for humanity. At the COP meetings he networked among the climate vulnerable nations to get an agreement on loss and damage. He said this was not foreign or adaptation aid. It was a payment from the world to compensate the losses they were suffering daily.He was proud of the adaptation measures taken by Bangla Desh. They used to lose thousands in cyclones or floods but now they have shelters on high ground where people can go with their livestock. Students are assigned to elderly or disabled people to assist them to the shelters and volunteers with loud hailers alert everyone. He said after the recent European floods that we could all learn from Bangla Desh to read the signs and take protective action. I have learned a lot from his example, His death at 71 is a great loss to all of us who try to keep our feet on the ground, promoting climate actions that have justice and care at their core.Hear his voice here:Bangladesh revisited | 3CR Community RadioBANGLADESH - DR SALEEMUL HUQ | 3CR Community RadioLOSS AND DAMAGE and MOVING BEYOND COAL | 3CR Community RadioRead the Letter signed FRANCIS here:Laudate Deum": Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis (4 October 2023) | Francis (vatican.va)

Mon, October 23, 2023

VETERINARIANS FOR CLIMATE ACTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordOctober 23rd 2023VETERINARIANS FOR CLIMATE ACTION Guests: Dr Ron Glanville Former Chief Veterinarian Officer for Queenslandtalks about livestock and the increase of vector borne diseases in floods and rising heat. Biosecurity consultant says Victorian farmers need to be more aware of mosquito-borne viruses - Vets for Climate Action (vfca.org.au) Dr Michelle Marquardt - In the Blue Mountains talks about caring for your dog in a heatwave,preventing your cat becoming a pest and rescuing wildlife from bushfires.Do Birds Pant Like Dogs? - Vets for Climate Action (vfca.org.au) Music by Flume A call to Nature The Environmental Music Prize – Amplifying the voices of artists who inspire action for climate and conservation. Watch this to see beautiful birds of the Northern Rivers Inspiration from HEAT by Jeff Goodall -‘The Heat Will Kill You First’ is a chilling book — and a warning | GristCheck out his chapter :The Mosquito is my vector

Mon, October 16, 2023

LIVING WONDERS LOSE IN COURT

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 16TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford "LIVING WONDERS" LOSE IN COURT The Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek was not in court to defend the challenge to her approval of two coal mine extensions. On her side were barristers for MACH Energy and  WHITEHAVEN coal. Justice Mc Elwaine dismissed the case. He said "Ultimately (this)...... raises matters for parliament to consider"   Environmental Justice Australia said "Unless it is appealed, today's judgement effectively clears the way for the minister to ignore climate change in her risk assessment of all new coal and gas projects on her desk- of which there are 25" I interviewed the president of the Environment Council of Central Queensland, Christine Carlisle about the impact on Australia's living wonders of more coal exports into the 2040's. Even now the Narrabri mine is leaking three times the climate changing  methane it claimed. If the extension is approved it will only add fuel to the climate chaos we are now experiencing everywhere. If you haven't see the Living Wonders project ,which ECoCeQ presented to Tanya Plibersek, please look at it now and check which of the living wonders  that you cherish will be imperilled. Explore the Evidence - Living Wonders Despite a promise to escape the climate 'naughty corner', the government just scored a win against environmentalists - ABC News Fine article by Michael SlezacLiving Wonders: Calls for law change after Federal Court ruling | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site Our "breaking News" interview will be followed by  a repeat of our 2022 show exploring the living wonders project featuring Professor Jakelin Troy and Lawyer Holly Kerwin. One of the wonders we look at is Lake Albacutya - Living Wonders.The hope we had then has had a setback in court. We had a new Environment Minister and Australia had overwhelmingly voted for Climate Action, but now state capture has been made obvious. Just as when our Former government passed around a shiny piece of laquered coal  and told parliament "Dont be afraid", now the Environment Minister is lined up with the coal companies who are defending her right to approve their mine extensions into the 2040's. That's the reality which should motivate a great deal of climate action. I think we must insist the reforms of the EPBC Act, promised for the end of this year, contain a climate trigger . Meantime, let us know if you are campaigning to delay the 25 projects.CLIMATE ACTIONOctober 29th SYDNEY- XR Zombie Walk  Events - Extinction Rebellion Australia (ausrebellion.earth)December 5-10th MELBOURNE -XR December RebellionNovember 17th - School Strike4Climate - Focus on stopping Fossil Fuel SubsidiesNov 17 | SS4C Australia (schoolstrike4climate.com)November 24-27- NEWCASTLE People's Blockade of the Coal PortPeople's Blockade — Rising Tide

Mon, October 09, 2023

Mark Diesendorf ; SUSTAINABLE CIVILISATION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 9th 2023Mark Diesendorf : SUSTAINABLE CIVILISATION As the world’s ecosystem and climate is collapsing around us, due to humanity’s uncontrolled carbon emissions, is a transition to a civilisation that is sustainable, socially just, healthy and less militarised even possible? Associate professor Mark Diesendorf and science journalist Rod Taylor think so, and they have recently published a book about how we will do it: ‘The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation’.In this podcast interview courtesy of journalist Mik Aidt, Mark Diesendorf describes what is wrong with our current political system, and then he makes a coherent argument for how it can be transformed.Diesendorf calls for citizen-based environmental, social justice, public health and peace groups to form alliances in order to challenge the overarching issues of state capture and flawed economic ideology.Former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt once told a delegation: “OK, you have convinced me. Now get out there and make me do it!”In other words, says Diesendorf, pressure from voters is needed to make government action politically feasible. Otherwise why would governments free themselves from state capture and discard the growth economics ideology?“The solution is to build a social movement to apply overwhelming pressure on government and big business, weaken the power of vested interests, and strengthen democratic decision-making,” Mark Diesendorf explains. “However, building enormous pressure on politicians will require a broader strategy than lobbying.”“Technological change is necessary but not sufficient. We must also struggle for substantial socioeconomic and political change, as discussed in the book. Consider the nonviolent strategies used to obtain votes for women, civil rights for black Americans, the expulsion from India of the colonial power of Great Britain, and the nonviolent removal of dictators in Argentina and the Philippines.”Mark Diesendorf is Honorary Associate Professor in the Environment & Society Group, School of Humanities & Languages at UNSW Sydney. He has written the book ‘Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change’ (Routledge-Earthscan, 2014) and six other books.Rod Taylor is a freelance science writer and journalist. Rod is co-editor of Sustainability and the New Economics (Springer, 2022). His book, ‘Ten Journeys on a Fragile Planet’ (2020), received strong positive reviews.

Mon, October 02, 2023

STOP COAL SEAM GAS RALLY AT NSW PARLIAMENT Gomeroi, NSW Farmers ,Unions NSW and Climate activists defend the Pilliga against Santos Gas

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 2ND 2023Produced by Vivien Langford STOP COAL SEAM GAS RALLY AT NSW PARLIAMENT  " If the LNG build out continues in USA, Canada and Australia - its sheer size will overwhelm our efforts to rein in global warming" Bill Mc Kibben Speakers :  Gomeroi, NSW Farmers ,Unions NSW and Climate activists defend the Pilliga against Santos GasBernie Hobbs M.C.- Knitting Nannas Gomeroi People from the land where Santos Gas Project threatens the Great Artesian Basin watersRaymond Bubbly WetherallSue-Ellen TigheKara Kinchella Parliamentarians in support of stopping Coal seam gas projects affecting Liverpool plains farmlandRoy Butler - MP for Bowen (Narrabri, Broken Hill, Cobar)Cate Faehrmann - Greens MP in NSW Upper HouseDr Joe Mc Gurr - MP for Wagga WaggaJeremey Buckingham - Member of the NSW Legislative Council and Legalise Cannabis Party Farmers defending the food bowl against the contamination of Coal seam GasXavier Martin - President of the NSW Farmers FederationDoug Friend - FarmerJoy Beves - Prsident of the Country Womens' Association Unionists defending Gomeroi People, workers and a safe climate for all of usVanessa Seagrove - General Secretary of Unions NSW OVERSEAS NEWSFrance wants to replace gas, fuel heaters with heat pumps - minister | ReutersThe Biden Administration’s Next Big Climate Decision | The New Yorker  by Bill Mc Kibben  QUIZ send your 5 answers to: vivienlangford6@gmail.com. If you include your postal address a book prize will arrive.1. How much gas does Australia export?2. Where do we export gas to?3. Export terminals where are they in Australia?4. Where is Shell's half kilometer long Prelude Gas processing facility? Clue it's floating.5. What do Tunisia, France, Quebec and Victoria have in common with regard to fracking? TO GET INVOLVED CONTACT  LOCK THE GATE ALLIANCESYDNEY RALLY - Stop Coal Seam Gas: Save the Pilliga and Liverpool Plains - Lock the Gate

Mon, September 25, 2023

WHY WE NEED CLIMATE AMBITION SUMMIT

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 25th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford "TIME TO WAKE UP AND STEP UP" Antonio Guterres at climate ambition summit.Antarctica melting/ Libya flooding/ Corporations v Co-ops Guests:Antonio Guterres - Former Socialist  PM of Portugal and defender of East TimorSir David King in conversation with Nick Breeze - from Climate Genn in U.KNoam Chomsky in conversation with Dru Oja jay from Breach Media in CanadaNissa Beck in Libya in conversation with Juan Gonzales from Democracy Now

Mon, September 18, 2023

RISING TIDE - The People's Blockade

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 18th 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordRISING TIDE - THE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE Recorded at Redfern Town Hall  at the end of the Rising Tide speaking tour to call people to the People's Blockade of Newcastle Port. About Us — Rising Tide Speakers :M.C. Fahimah Badrulhisham - Australian Religious Response to Climate Change + Sean Murray -Rising TideIan Dunlop - Australian Security Leaders Climate GroupRev Moni Taumoepeau - Uniting Church Mission and Education Unit and proud TonganJenny Leong - Greens Member for Newtown NSW ParliamentClover Moore - Sydney Lord MayorAlexa Stuart -  Young climate activist from Rising Tide Newcastle.FACEBOOK EVENT: bit.ly/blockade2023-fb Invitation to come up to Newcastle NSW for November 24th to 27th 2023How you can participateYou dont need to go on a kayak. There is a huge diversity of roles, skills and support required to build this movement and we need everyone who cares and is able to play a part. Taking the pledge means that you will be supported to find a way that you feel comfortable to contribute. Joining this movement does not require you to quit your job or studies, or to get arrested, but it does involve more than verbal, financial or social media support. The Rising Tide climate defence movement only includes nonviolent actions. Pledge — Rising Tide

Mon, September 11, 2023

SAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 11th - 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDSAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTIONImmediate protection of Australia’s native forests is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate and biodiversity crises. Our Federal government could do it. NZ has banned Native forest logging since 2002. Guests:Mark Graham -  Meet the team: Mark Graham, ecologist — The White Bluff Project(link is external) Dorothee Babeck - Bob Brown Foundation Campaigner NSW End Native Forest Logging Now - Bob Brown Foundation Open letter Please sign Sue Higginson - MLC NSW Parliament. Former CEO of Environment Defenders OfficeSaving Forests is Climate Action - Sue Higginson MLC(link is external)“I have been on the frontline of forest defence myself and I have represented countless other forest defenders through the courts as they seek to protect the environment from senseless destruction.NSW has the highest rates of extinction in the country and the Forestry Corporation is directly driving these extinctions through destruction of habitat in forests that are either struggling to recover from the 2019/20 bushfires or are the last remaining unburnt areas in the landscape." Dr Kim Loo - Doctors for the Environment ABC: Scientists say WA government’s prescribed burns targets have no scientific basis - DEAChats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF-Australia | Chats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF Australia Senator Dr.Mehreen Faruqui - Green Party Federal Government- Animal Welfare PortfolioEnvironmental activists rally in Sydney to end native forest logging (cityhub.com.au)(link is external)“We know that it is reckless regional forestry agreements, and weak and broken federal environmental laws that have allowed native forest logging to go on indiscriminately, which has put our wildlife at the brink of extinction,”  One Environmental Activist Has Been Killed Every Other Day for the Past Decade (globalcitizen.org)(link is external)At least 1,733 environmental activists and land defenders have been killed for their work over the past decade, according to a new report from the nonprofit Global Witness. That means that a person defending the environment is killed every other day, a harrowing statistic especially in the context of the worsening climate and biodiversity crisis. To take climate action with a focus on human rights AI might be the group for you : Environmental Crisis - Amnesty International Australia. You can receive  urgent action requests which give you all you need to write in defence of environmental activist round the world. GROUPS YOU CAN SUPPORT TO BAN NATIVE FOREST LOGGING1. LEAN -  A_National_Forest_Protection_and_Workforce_Plan_for_Australia_LEAN.pdf (nationbuilder.com)2. NORTH EAST FOREST ALLIANCE -Time to stop Logging Koalas to Extinction - North East Forest Alliance (nefa.org.au)3.  SOUTH EAST REGION CONSERVATION ALLIANCE INC. – A record of the endeavours to save the native forests of south east NSW from logging.

Mon, September 04, 2023

EDEN /MONARO - A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOREST

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW SEPTEMBER 4TH 2023A REPEATEDEN /MONARO A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FORESTPRODUCED BY ANDY BRITT IN 2020 AFTER THE MEGA BUSH FIRESINTERVIEWS BY VIVIEN LANGFORD  GUESTS:DAN MORGAN - YUIN MAN AND EXPERT ON CULTURAL BURNINGPETER HAGGAR - "CAFE EVOLVE" IN BEGA. PHILOSOPHICAL HEART OF THE RESISTANCEVIVIAN HARRIS - CLIMATE ACTION NOW ACTIVIST AT WEEK 71 OF HER REMINDER TO BEGA AUTHORITIESJO DODDS -  BUSHFIRE SURVIVORS FOR CLIMATE ACTION /EMERGENCY LEADERS FOR CLIMATE ACTION.ROUNDTABLE A new relationship with the forest is emerging after fires worse than those in the Amazon spread the length of The Great Dividing range in 2019/2020. The Eden Monaro By election in July, polarised people into the old blame game about hazzard reduction. Some blamed greenies for not wanting any, others blamed loggers for creating hazzards with the debris and flammable new growth they leave behind.  At the Emergy Leaders for Climate Action Summit, Greg Mullins said "We need to stop being such control freaks and develop trust. Climate change is drying out the land and making everything worse." We need to put resources behind the  traditional knowledge holders without trying to control them. We hear from Dan Morgan who explains how cultural burns start slowly so the birds and insects can smell the smoke. Then he talks about learning to read the message from the indicator species . In the video you will see land he has helped protect near Tathra. When the major bushfire went through Tathra, the land that had been managed in the traditional way were not detroyed.See Dan in this ABC video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM72NtXxyLs(link is external)https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-14/traditional-owners-predicted-bushfire-disaster/11700320(link is external)https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/land/aboriginal-fire-management(link is external) Locals told me "Go to "Cafe Evolve" it's the centre of the resistance. Peter Haggar, the owner takes us on a deep dive into the philosophy behind a new relationship with the forest. We talked about the quote on their wall which said"When our worldview is nolonger compatible with our knowledge of the world, isn't it wiser to alter our worldview rather than altering the facts?"Peter talks about local people still in shock, living in tents, un sure how to make themselves safe in the future. He says they have had an existential shock and although many voted for the old solutions, many more are seeking something new. He was influenced by an Australian Philosopher Val Plumwood who wrote "Feminism and the mastery of nature"Peter Haggar sees pluralism as the way forward. So even for city people, any stand for the plurality  of gender, race or class is part of the same battle for the diversity of  nature. The cultural management of land involves learning about hunderds of bio regions and how to deal with them, so learning to read the land like this is urgent climate action. .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Plumwood

Mon, August 28, 2023

SAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAUGUST 28TH 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDSAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTIONImmediate protection of Australia’s native forests is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate and biodiversity crises. Our Federal government could do it. NZ has banned Native forest logging since 2002. Guests:Mark Graham -  Meet the team: Mark Graham, ecologist — The White Bluff Project Dorothee Babeck - Bob Brown Foundation Campaigner NSW End Native Forest Logging Now - Bob Brown Foundation Open letter Please sign Sue Higginson - MLC NSW Parliament. Former CEO of Environment Defenders OfficeSaving Forests is Climate Action - Sue Higginson MLC“I have been on the frontline of forest defence myself and I have represented countless other forest defenders through the courts as they seek to protect the environment from senseless destruction.NSW has the highest rates of extinction in the country and the Forestry Corporation is directly driving these extinctions through destruction of habitat in forests that are either struggling to recover from the 2019/20 bushfires or are the last remaining unburnt areas in the landscape." Dr Kim Loo - Doctors for the Environment ABC: Scientists say WA government’s prescribed burns targets have no scientific basis - DEAChats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF-Australia | Chats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF Australia Senator Dr.Mehreen Faruqui - Green Party Federal Government- Animal Welfare PortfolioEnvironmental activists rally in Sydney to end native forest logging (cityhub.com.au)“We know that it is reckless regional forestry agreements, and weak and broken federal environmental laws that have allowed native forest logging to go on indiscriminately, which has put our wildlife at the brink of extinction,”  QUIZ after listening to the podcasta)How long have koalas been in Australia?b) Do Koalas prefer Tallowwood leaves or Magnolias?For a book prize send your answers to : vivienclerc@hotmail.com An Environmental Activist Has Been Killed Every Other Day for the Past Decade (globalcitizen.org)At least 1,733 environmental activists and land defenders have been killed for their work over the past decade, according to a new report from the nonprofit Global Witness. That means that a person defending the environment is killed every other day, a harrowing statistic especially in the context of the worsening climate and biodiversity crisis. To take climate action with a focus on human rights AI might be the group for you : Environmental Crisis - Amnesty International Australia. You can receive  urgent action requests which give you all you need to write in defence of environmental activist round the world. GROUPS YOU CAN SUPPORT TO BAN NATIVE FOREST LOGGING1. LEAN -  A_National_Forest_Protection_and_Workforce_Plan_for_Australia_LEAN.pdf (nationbuilder.com)2. NORTH EAST FOREST ALLIANCE -Time to stop Logging Koalas to Extinction - North East Forest Alliance (nefa.org.au)3.  SOUTH EAST REGION C

Mon, August 21, 2023

SECURITY RISKS OF CLIMATE INACTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAUGUST 21ST 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD THE SECURITY RISKS OF CLIMATE INACTIONGUESTS: Senator David Shoebridge - Federal Greens Party Portfolio :Defence and veterans affairsIan Dunlop - Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration. Veteran Climate Warrior and former head of The Australian Coal Assciation David Spratt's briefing is the basis of our discussion   Read it here HOME | Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration (breakthroughonline.org.au)Essential Viewing:Are consultancies creating a security risk in our public service?Shadow State: How consultants infiltrated government - ABC News Music ; Helen Clark in a vintage song Dont take my darling boy away.

Mon, August 14, 2023

GO BACK - Lobbyists - GE in Bangladesh - Fossil fuelled AMOC

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW AUGUST -14TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien Langford GO BACK Lobbyists in Canberra - GE in Bangladesh - Fossil fuelled AMOC in the Atlantic Go Back! We don't approve! These are the words from Bangladeshi artists in the ELECTRIC BANGLADESH exhibition in Boston Bangladeshi Artists Paint A True Picture of GE's Greenwash by Market ForcesGuests: Munira Chowdhury from Market Forces visited the place where  a new gas project is proposed by GE. In Chattorgam alone these projects would double the emissions of  the whole of Bangladesh. GE , which has signed up to the NetZero2050 pledge and is also one of the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturers needs to get behind the Electrify Bangladesh banner. As  one local put it" Only Landowners will be compensated. Us fisherfolk and salt workers will get nothing" Ismail Pascha - Crab farmer from Chattorgram.Bangladesh is already exposed to climate disasters, like cyclone Mocha this year which killed over 100 people. Billions of dollars in economic loss and a national goal of 40% renewable energy by 2041 means they need our support to  electrify not the expansion of gas projects.“Bangladesh, a country with its unique cultural tapestry and vibrant heritage, is an embodiment of resilience and strength.” Debashish Chakrabarty. ArtistPlease tag Market Forces on social media posts, and provide art titles and artists' names for the artworks. All artist names and titles available here: https://stories.marketforces.org.au/bangladeshi-artists-ge Antonio Guterres - Secretary General on the United Nations 2023 August speaks of the poisoned heart of the climate crisis -  fossil fuels Bing Videos Senators David Pocock, Monique Ryan and Kate Chaney speak about the number of lobbyists in Canberra. They are on no register and they can infuence politicians as no ordinary citizens can.  Senator Ryan proposed urgent reforms to this as well as to the rotating door between industry and parliament which is also a security risk.Dr Monique Ryan MP 7.8.23 Simon Walker's interview with Professor Susanne Ditlevson on the AMOCProfessor Susanne Ditlevsen is a professor in the department of Mathematical Sciences in the University of Copenhagen. Their latest study, along with Prof. Peter Ditlevsen of the University of Copenhagen, warns of the fragility of the (AMOC) Atlantic meridional overturning circulation - a system of currents that circulates water within the Atlantic ocean, bringing warm water north and cold water south. It is an important component of Earth’s climate system Their findings suggest that the AMOC could collapse within this century, earlier than reports made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and would be a tipping point for disastrous effects on weather patterns, ecosystems, and food security.  Music:    In Love With This Place // Jess Ribeiro – The Environmental Music Prize I’m in love with this place, if I could show you your heart would change.WHY I WROTE THIS SONGBummed out by the current st

Mon, August 07, 2023

KICK PROFITEERS OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAugust 7th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford KICK PROFITEERS OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT FORESTRY, COAL AND  OUR FUTURE Guests :Professor Christopher Wright - Sydney University co author of Organising Responses to Climate Change 'The barriers to climate action today aren't technological. They're political. Read this book to understand how polluters have created obstacles to the task of decarbonization and how we can fight back.' Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Pennsylvania State University and author of The New Climate WarOrganising Responses to Climate Change by Daniel Nyberg, Christopher Wright, Vanessa Bowden - 9781009266949 - Dymocks Miree Leroy - Move Beyond Coal on their win for people power. NAB says no to financing Whitehaven Coal - Move Beyond CoalAustralia has a big coal problemAustralia is one of the world’s largest exporters of coal – the number one cause of climate change. Right now, corporations are planning to dig more new coal projects in Australia than anywhere else on the planet.It doesn't matter where Australia's coal is burned, people everywhere are facing the impacts here and now, with catastrophic floods, bushfires, heat waves, droughts, and more extreme weather events.We have a responsibility to act.  Dorothee Babeck - Bob Brown Foundation on AUGUST URGENT  NATIONWIDE campaign to Protect our forests Action - Defend the Giants - August 12th in Sydney at Addison Rd Centre Marrickville                                           - August 12th in Melbourne 11am Parliament steps + 10 other cities In the year of THE VOICE, First Nations people's voice is being strong armed off the scene. Watch this video and weep. (671) Gumbaynggirr Forests 50fps - YouTubeThis is the authentic voice of Gumbaynggirr elders as police move them out of Newry State forest and allow loggers in.https://nit.com.au/31-07-2023/7001/elders-physically-removed-from-sacred-land?fbclid=IwAR1uuNF_y4HG-uMpZ7GoqaX5r_h42Cc-aj_EUSPI5eXFHwUAWuP9gIqhPSM We know that native forest logging in New South Wales is economically wasteful, costing the taxpayer millions of dollars each year to prop up a loss-making industry. What’s worse, is that these subsidies are paying for ecological destruction, the loss of our critical carbon stocks, and the extinction of species like the Koala and the greater Glider.Our native forests can be most beneficial to us by being protected and being allowed to continue to grow, to store carbon and to provide healthy ecosystems for people and animals alike.We call on the Treasurer to stop prolonging the inevitable. We want to see a rapid and ambitious end to native forest logging outlined in the next Statement of Corporate Intent.

Mon, July 31, 2023

COLLAPSE

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJULY 31ST 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordC O L L A P S EEpisode 4 : SYSTEM CHANGE NOT  CLIMATE CHANGE Guests:Professor Jem Bendell - BREAKING TOGETHER – a freedom-loving response to collapse – Professor Jem Bendell He speaks from Bali to the Meer Forum on deep adaptation. The late Professor Will Steffan - The Climate Council- He's back: what the return of El NiÑo means | Climate CouncilProfessor Julia Steinberger - IPCC author and expert on the behaviour of ther fossil fuel industry . With permission from  Nick Breeze at Climate Genn who is a penetrating interviewer. Dr Julia Steinberger - The hour before dawn is always the darkest - ClimateGenn Music - Small Island Big Song Ta’u Tama // Small Island Big Song – The Environmental Music PrizeWhat will we tell our children?First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you.... and then  you win .Will the present system collapse? It's killing us. Who would you like us to interview?Send us a message at Radio 3CR : 03 94198377

Mon, July 24, 2023

ECO-SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVES  FROM CANADA

CLIMATE  ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordECO-SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVES  FROM CANADAEpisode 3 - SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPLUSFIREANTS ON THE MOVE interview by Simon Walker When the young Blockade Australia person, dangling over the container port of Brisbane, said "I don't have all the answers, but others are surely working on the system change we need", it was a challenge to us to go and find the thinkers. Derrick O'Keefe in Vancouver thinks we need to be far more ambitious. Instead of wanting to protect our children and grandchildren we need to believe in a future which is safe for at least the next seven generations. He wants to see writers and creative people put their minds to the future we can work towards. Some of the ideas we discuss are from The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Simon Walker found out about  the march of  Fireants from Reece Pianto. If you are wondering what is the connection with climate change you will be astounded. You can also get involved. The invasive Species Council invites  you to be a citizen scientist Insect Watch: Red imported fire ant (invasives.org.au)Red fire ants now 12km north of Queensland-NSW border prompting calls for funding injection, checkpoints - ABC News Guests:Derrick O'Keefe - EcoSocialist and Founder of Ricochet News in CanadaDerrick O’Keefe is a cofounder and editor of Ricochet Media and is the author of Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil? and A Woman Among Warlords (coauthored with Malalai Joya). Derrick is a longtime political organizer in Vancouver, BC.Imagining the End of Capitalism With Kim Stanley Robinson (jacobin.com)Oil sands lobby group facing Competition Act complaint over false and misleading claims | Ricochet Reece Pianta - Save Australia from fire ants - Invasive Species CouncilReece Pianta is a spokesperson for the Invasive Species Council, an environmental organisation dedicated to strengthening the biosecurity of Australia and reducing the threat of invasive species. Since 2001, fire ants have maintained strongholds in and around Brisbane despite government efforts to eradicate them. With funding due to end in December 2024, federal and state agricultural ministers are convening to decide the fate of the eradication program. As the climate continues to warm, the spread of fire ants across Australia could bring disastrous results.  Fears fire ants on march as eradication funding stalls | Riverine Herald A separate review of the eradication strategy found at least $3 billion would be needed over the next five years."We've essentially agreed to the plan going forward, but most of the jurisdictions have yet to go through their budget process to secure the funding," Senator Watt said."I couldn't really put a dollar figure on how much we'll spend over the next few years."More than $140 million was set aside in June by the NSW and Queensland governments.Fire ants are considered one of the world's most invasive species.

Mon, July 17, 2023

THE EXTINCTION CURVE

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJULY 17TH 2023PRODUCED By Vivien Langford with guest interviewer Simon Walker THE  EXTINTINCTION CURVEEPISODE 2 in the  SERIES : SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPlus REWILDING BENEATH THE EARTHAuthors of The Extinction Curve: Growth and Globalisation in the Climate Endgame, John van der Velden and Rob White argue that the climate crisis is happening now and they are proposing a radical solution to alter the global warming trajectory: democratic nationalisation. How has green capitalism failed and what does this alternative provide? Is it really too late to stop global warming? Following the daring direct action of Blockade Australia we explore what System change is possible and how to achieve it. Here is one option. We welcome your suggestions on other approaches. GuestsJohn van der Velden is an independent socialist writer living in Canberra, Australia. Activist and author, he writes on matters of political economy, class structure and the climate emergency.Rob White is  Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Criminology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Considered a pioneer in the field of green criminology, he has particular interest in transnational environmental crime and eco-justice. His published books include Crimes Against Nature (2008), Transnational Environmental Crime (2011), Environmental Harm (2013) and Climate Change Criminology (2018). Dr Heidi- Jayne Harkins - Conservancy International and University of Cape town.‪Heidi-Jayne Hawkins‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬World’s vast networks of underground fungi to be mapped for first time | Fungi | The Guardian

Mon, July 10, 2023

HOPE LIES IN RESISTANCE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW  JULY 10TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford HOPE LIES IN RESISTANCEYou'll die waiting for a climate election Guests:Blockade Australia's Munro, Wenzel and Jem who arrested the flow of commerce in the ports of Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane over the last week of June.Videos Archives - Blockade Australia Professor Emeritus Rob White - University of Tasmania. He is an expert in Transnational Environmental Crime His recent book with John Van der Velden is-The Extinction Curve- Growth and Globalisation in the Climate Endgame. The Extinction Curve | Emerald InsightWe talk about Eco socialism and regaining democratic control of the essentials for survival, energy, water, land. The blockaders have thrown down the gauntlet. The banks and government subsidies are accelerating climate change. Is it unthinkable that they could be brought under democratic control?We explore how capitalism is the root cause of climate chaos. Rob describes democratic nationalisation  and how we  can produce and consume only what we need.  Dr Elizabeth Boulton  - Security Theorist. Her work, based on her experience in military logistics, sees the climate emergency as the central threat of our age. Destination Safe EarthShe says " It’s no use propping up a broken model. In the way that explorers of old set sail for unknown lands, it is now time for Humanity to break off the trajectory, and forge out a new path… to Destination Safe Earth.However, instead of setting out to plunder, take and destroy… this time, humanity sets out, enmasse, to repair, rebuild and protect…" Music : Warrior by Meraki Mae Warrior // Meraki Mae – The Environmental Music Prize  Do watch this video featuring the Bentley Blockade and the Lismore Floods

Mon, July 03, 2023

THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET .Blockade Australia and Fear and Wonder

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW  JULY 3RD 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordFear and Wonder produced by Michael Green for The Conversation THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET Blockade Australia and Fear and Wonder - What is fair? Guests:Niabh -  She abseiled off a bridge in Melbourne with  Blockade Australia.They blocked 6 lanes of traffic leading to the port  Aida Diongue-Niang - Senegalese meteorologist  and IPCC Author on Loss and damageGueladio Cisse -    Mauritanian public health expert on water Throwing down the gauntletAt the end of June Blockade Australia had a week of action stopping the flow of commerce into the ports of 4 major cities in Australia. In Newcastle they drew attention to the exported coal which is fuelling climate chaos.. In BRisbane, Sydney and Melbourne climbers were suspended over  container ports. They are throwing down the gauntlet to our system based on high carbon lifestyles and consumerism. We talk to Niebh to learn why.About - Blockade Australia Fear and Wonder produced by Michael Green and Dr Joelle Gergis for The ConversationThe concept of "loss and damage" was debated at the United Nations COP27 climate summit in Egypt in November 2022 – which resulted in an historic agreement to establish a loss and damage fund to compensate countries that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In our final episode of Fear & Wonder, we hear from Senegalese meteorologist Aïda Diongue-Niang, who called us from COP27. She explains how African nations are already highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. She also takes us inside the gruelling final approval session of the IPCC's Synthesis Report. Her behind-the-scenes account reveals the dedication and determination of the scientists involved. We also hear from Mauritanian public health expert Guéladio Cissé, who details how more intense rainfall is already increasing the risk of water-borne and vector-borne diseases. Finally, we recap what we've learned throughout this podcast. We reflect on how the event that sparked its creation – the Australian Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20 – has inspired survivors to fight for climate action.Humanity's Moment by Joelle GergisIf you'd like to support the Climate Council and receive your free copy of Joelle's book Humanity's Moment, click here: https://bit.ly/40sQ4BP.

Mon, June 26, 2023

Bangladesh revisited

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 26TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordBANGLA DESH REVISITED IN THE GREAT ASIAN HEATWAVE 2023 This is a repeat of the 2020 radio show taking us to Bangladesh. In the wake of Cyclone Mocha this year and the Asian heatwave which has caused many deaths we revisit these resourceful people to learn about courage.GUESTS: Runa Kahn - Founder of Friendship The Mangrove Project is Very Important: It Shows Things Can be Done - Friendship NGO- Cyclone Mocha makes landfall; Bangladesh spared mass destruction - Friendship NGODr Saleemul Huq - He has published hundreds of scientific as well as popular articles and was recognized as one of the top twenty global influencers on climate change policy in 2019 and top scientist from Bangladesh on climate change science. Recently he has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to combating international climate change. Bangladesh rocked by power cuts as cyclone hits gas supply | Reuters ‘Alarming’ heat wave threatens Bangladesh’s people and their food supply (mongabay.com) Asia's heatwave prompts climatologists' warning amid UN report on rising global temperatures - ABC NewsImage from Climate VisualsPOULTRY FARMER AFFECTED BY EXTREME HEATPoultry farmer Mohammad Korban Ali is depressed. During a heatwave earlier in the summer one third of his chickens died from heat stroke. In August a flood drowned half of the hens that had survived the heat. - It has been a bad summer, he says. The low lying areas of Bangladesh are regularly flooded by the melting glaciers of Himalaya. They also suffer regularly from drought caused by warmer weather. With rising sea levels the farmland gets destroyed by salt water intrusion.Our research showed that authenticity matters. By far, the strongest finding from our discussion groups was that participants disliked staged photos.Authentic images were both more convincing and more compellingCountry: Bangladesh01/09/2007Photographer: Orjan Ellingvag / Alamy Stock PhotoAgency: AlamyRights ManagedMandatory Credit: Orjan Ellingvag / Alamy

Mon, June 19, 2023

MOTHER EARTH......PALLIATIVE CARE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 19TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordMOTHER EARTH? ....PALLIATIVE CARE A comment made  by a nurse in the human chain around the NAB Sydney HQ hit like a depth charge.Her placard showed Mother Earth with a thermometer in her mouth. I said  "She looks like she's in intensive care". "No, said the nurse, she's palliative".It chilled me because palliative suggests no more heroic measures, just smooth the dying pillow. This week watching videos of  Blockade Australia people hanging in harnesses above the Port in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, I thought something is indeed dying. Our economic system of infinite growth is leading to ecological collapse. We need to let it go.One of the young people livestreaming his comments said " People recognise the system is not broken. It is designed this way and it is tearing away our future"They were not disrupting the export of coal and gas, which has a long history. They were interrupting the flow of goods that fuels consumerism.Another dangling  person said" We're digging ourselves a hole and the port is a big part of the shovel. We need to put that shovel down. We are here for life, for earth and all her peoples".There are so many ways to take Climate Action. Today's show highlights  people taking on the financiers of climate failure. It also introduces us to international energy experts in the fine Fear and Wonder podcast sponsored by The Climate Council Cooperation with the US could drive Australia’s clean energy shift – but we must act fast | Climate Council Guests:Move Beyond Coal group taking action as a human chain around the NAB HQ in SydneyCan you take some action at a NAB branch near you ? Deliver the 'Banking Climate Failure Report' - Move Beyond CoalWho we are - Move Beyond Coal Market Forces : Their report reveals just how loopholes are used for NAB to go on financing Whitehaven Coal and other  companies that are fuelling the climate crisis. Banking Climate Failure 2023 - Market Forces"In the last two years, the big four banks loaned a combined $13.1 billion to the fossil fuel industry. The banks also arranged $2.2 billion through the bond market for fossil fuel companies during this period".  Fear and Wonder Episode 6 Solutions“The problem is getting worse,” explains Greg Nemet, a Canadian renewable policy expert and IPCC author. “But we’ve got solutions now that are so much more affordable than they were.”After studying advances in solar technology, which has seen rapid expansion and price reductions, he’s optimistic about our capacity to avert the worst possible climate outcomes.In this week’s episode of our climate podcast Fear and Wonder, we speak to Greg about the pace of change in the solar industry and whether it can be replicated for other technologies. We also hear from fellow IPCC author and Algerian energy policy expert Yamina Saheb, about the emission reductions that are possible by adopting age-old sustainability concepts. She explains the idea of “sufficiency”,

Mon, June 12, 2023

RADIOTHON : STAY TUNED . STAY RADICAL

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW JUNE 12th 2023PRODUCED  in the Studio at 3CR by Juliet and RachelINTERVIEWS  by Vivien LangfordRADIOTHON : STAY TUNED . STAY RADICALGive generously to community radio. Here is how: GiveNow - Community Radio Federations Donations Fund GUESTSPeter Bennett From his experience in the Emergency  Departments of busy hospitals Peter sees teamwork and training as essential. How are we training and creating the teamwork necessary to withstand the climate emergency?  Now, after a sojourn in remote communities, he takes climate action. He  was part of the Move Beyond Coal event that circled the NAB HQ in Sydney plus a dignified and meditative sit -in at their foyer. He sees that as long as they finance new coal and gas projects, they are detroying the health of all future generations. .Getting-to-know-our-rural-GPs.pdf (racgp.org.au) Coral Bleach Was  an "effluent" protester at the " Super Dirty Gas Awards" . Market Forces Analysis was shaming  the top superannuation companies :First Super Dirty Gas awards for Equipsuper, Colonial First State and REST - Market Forces  However Coral said “I’m here to applaud Equipsuper, Colonial First State and REST superfunds for their efforts to maintain their investments in Santos and Woodside. And to encourage them – and all uber wealthy superfunds – to staunchly resist the calls of greedy and selfish ordinary people wanting a stable climate. Believe me, gas, like smoking, is perfectly fine for people, and the planet!” Peter Sainsbury After a life in Public Health,  Peter now writes regularly for Pearls and Irritations. He knows the value of independent media and is a staunch friend of our radio show. We talk about his article Environment: Developing a better relationship with Nature (johnmenadue.com) Meraki Mei was a teenager when they went to the Bentley Blockade.This hypnotic song was a finalist  in the Environmental Music Prize and the video takes you to the Lismore floods 2022 and Back to Bentley. Warrior // Meraki Mae – The Environmental Music PrizeSent in by Lock the Gate Alliance another staunch climate action group and supporter of this show, Alex SmithHost of  Radio Ecoshock which you can hear 6am every Sunday on Radio 3CR. It is broadcast from over 100 community Radio stations, so Alex knows the true value of the independence we have. He is a real colleague and help to me, as we broadcast the sort of stories many people DO NOT want to hear. We talk about the widespread forest fires in Canada, where he lives and the Asian Heatwave which is breaking records but is rarely front page news in Australia. As he says the big corporations have trillions and yet all we are asking for is a few thousand dollars to keep radical voices on air. This episode is TRULY radical Why Make a World Nobody Wants? – RADIO ECOSHOCK -‘Endless record heat’ in Asia as highest April temperatures recorded | Climate crisis | The Guardian -Asia's heatwave prompts climatologists' warning amid UN report on rising global temp

Mon, June 05, 2023

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 5TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford WORLD   ENVIRONMENT   DAY- FOCUS ON PLASTICStories - Environment Day | United Nations Guests :Song :Warrior // Meraki Mae – The Environmental Music Prize : WATCH the video of Lismore floods. Tero Mustonen - Winner of the Goldman prize for Climate and Energy 2023. He is featured in this weeks episode of Fear and Wonder produced by Michael Green and Joelle Gergis for The Conversation Tero Mustonen, a Finnish scholar, fisherman and president of the NGO Snowchange Cooperative, brought together Sámi Indigenous knowledge holders, Western science, and community members to preserve culture and protect and restore massive areas of carbon-capturing peatlands.About 30% of the country’s surface is composed of peatland. Peat bogs have a layer of decomposed plant material that traps water and carbon dioxide due to the lack of oxygen. As a result, peatlands store a significant amount of carbon, making them crucial for regulating the Earth’s climate. However, peatlands grow slowly, about 1 meter (3 feet) every 1,000 years.In Finland, peat is burned to create energy, releasing these hard-won carbon stores into the atmosphere. Due to peat burning, Finland generates 23.8 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, making it the largest peat burner in the EU. And despite its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035, the country only intends to reduce peat use by half during that time frame.Meet the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners (mongabay.com)FEAR AND WONDER - LIFE ON THE MOVEIn this episode, hosts Michael Green and Joelle Gergis speak to Finnish fisherman and IPCC scientist Dr Tero Mustonen about the changes he has observed on the lake ice in his village of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland, and how his community has led a successful rewilding project.We also speak to Australian marine ecologist Professor Gretta Pecl, whose research has helped map the rapid redistribution of life on Earth. Through her dives off the Tasmanian coast, we learn that plants and animals are moving faster in the ocean than they are on land – with a little help from Nemo.

Mon, May 29, 2023

REWILDING + NAB BANKING CLIMATE FAILURE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMAY 29TH 2023PRODUCED by Vivien LangfordWith guest producer Simon Walker K N O W I N G   W H A T   T O  D O N A B    B A N K I N G    C L I M A T E   F A I L U R ER E W I L DI N G  - ANIMALS KNOW WHAT TO DO.  Guests: The Climate Congregation - In prayer and meditation at NAB HQ in Sydney. This is a group of eminent                                                    citizens  from the Budhist, Christian and Muslim faiths.  David Finnigan -  Writer and climate expert has a short piece about rewilding in the suburbs. You can see his play in Sydney SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA  at Belvoir Theatre until the end of JUNE.  (440) David Finnigan - How to fall in love with the world as it unravels - YouTube Oswald Schmitz  - Oastler Professor of Population and community ecology in the Yale University School of Environment.He is in Conversation with Simon Walker about how  Conserving Wildlife Can Help Mitigate Climate Change (yale.edu) " Solving the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis are not separate issues. Animals remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide each year. Restoring species will help limit global warming, new science reveals.                             Show NotesToday's programme takes us to a quiet Meditation Sit In to cut through the shouting around NAB who have increased their funding of the Fossil Fuel Industry!...... Its all through loopholes apparently.Imagine talking to the CEO. The police have been called but do they know who these people are?  Dear Ross Mc Ewan,Thank you for coming down. These people here are praying and meditating in order to connect with  you or the public or with something larger than all of us. You might like to know who they are.If you are stricken with a heart attack and rushed to the ED, one of these quiet people has spent his life being the calm knowledgeable centre of emergencies. He will know what to do.If there are racial tensions in your workforce and those workers are vital to you, one of these people is the head of a multi ethnic community group, and he will know what to do. There are skills involved and they start here with quiet meditation.If someone in your family is deeply unhappy and you have tried everything, one of these people has spent her life counselling, and she will know what to do.If you need an architect to renovate your house for energy efficiency and future proofing, she is sitting right here, and she will know what to do.In your world of high finance you also know what to do to keep capital flowing. But there is a bigger context than the economy for you to consider and I invite you to sit with us in this quiet place we have created. You are among people whose lives have been dedicated to the greater good. We are all depending on you to know what to do. BANKING CLIMATE FAILUREThe banners directed at the bank are simple : STOP FUNDING COAL, but in the Sydney HQ of the NAB Bank the calculations must be complex. Their policy is to reduce their exposure to coal yet they

Mon, May 22, 2023

SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMAY 22ND 2023 Produced by Vivien LangfordSCENES  FROM  THE  CLIMATE  ERAGuestsCarissa Licciardello - Director at Belvoir Theatre of Scenes from the Climate EraDavid Finnigan - Writer of Scenes from the Climate Era. (401) David Finnigan - When will the climate era end? - YouTube“We knew there was a mass extinction happening, we all felt bad about it. But you couldn’t think about it every second of every day. I had a bad breakup that year, I was trying to pay rent. We were just living our lives.”A frog, the last of its species, starts calling for a mate, but there’s no-one to hear.A group of friends reminisce about the last time they took a flight, before all that came to an end.Landholders in Borneo confront western environmentalists over who owns the forest.A scientist is coached on how to speak to the media in digestible soundbites.A family takes to the water, needing a new home, new hope…A remarkable, illuminating, shocking, wry, and sometimes inspiring piece of theatre, Scenes from the Climate Era is exactly what it says – over fifty small plays that catch the exhilaration, frustration and fascination of living in interesting times.Belvoir Theatre said:We read this and simply had to do it, we haven’t had a script that’s generated quite as much energy as this one. David is a climate expert as well as a playwright, and the sheer dramatic impact of his expertise is thrilling, frightening, invigorating. It’s not a play that wags its finger, it’s terrifically smart and human. If you’re looking for something about the big issues of this era, here’s a piece of theatre for you. – EamonSCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA - Belvoir St Theatre Fear and Wonder Episode 4   with kind permission from The Conversation Produced by Michael GreenFeaturing IPPCC Authors :   Joelle Gergis, Paola Arias in Colombia and Krishnana Ragavhan in India. "The wet gets wetter and the dry gets drier".That's one of the key messages from the chapter in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report on how climate change is impacting Earth's water cycle. And it's the topic of our latest episode.In case you're new here: Fear & Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by The Conversation. It takes you inside the United Nations’ era-defining climate report via the hearts and minds of the scientists who wrote it. The show is sponsored by the Climate Council, an independent, evidence-based organisation working on climate science, impacts and solutions.In this episode, hosts Michael Green and Joelle Gergis speak to scientists Paola Arias from Colombia and Krishnan Raghavan from India about how climate change is intensifying the extremes of wet and dry. They discuss the Australian floods of 2020 to the South Asian monsoon and the devastating Pantanal wetland fires in Brazil's Amazon.

Mon, May 15, 2023

HEATWAVES SCIENCE - EXTINCTION PREVENTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW MAY 15TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford HEATWAVE SCIENCE ------ EXTINCTION PREVENTIONUNITE TO SURVIVE Guests :Extinction Rebellion TV Live.(396) XR Big One. 21-24 April 2023 - YouTube The Big One featured 200 climate action groups gathered in London in April. A joyful crowd of 60,000 extra ordinary people swarmed  with more pageantry than the coronation. I extracted some comments to show the depth, education and ardour of these climate activists determined to turn the tide.. We hear from The Climate Media Coalition , XR doctors and nurses, Trade Unions, Engineers for climate action and a retired policeman on how Citizens Assemblies can cut through the futile battles in court. They did not disrupt traffic or glue themselves to banks. They did not disrupt the London Marathon and they did not get the ususual outraged media coverage that anger and disruption generate.They  created their own media and we will bring you more extracts from The Big One in the following months.The aim was to be inclusive, to "Unite to Survive".  TO TAKE ACTION AT THE END OF MAY -  join us at:Melbourne Action Occupy for Climate Melbourne 2023 - Extinction Rebellion Australia (ausrebellion.earth)Can Extinction Rebellion really be the new centre ground of the climate movement? | Ellie Mae O’Hagan | The Guardian Fear and Wonder  .   Episode 3 takes us to a Heatwave in Toulouse. The show is hosted by Joelle Gergis, a climate scientist and lead author for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and her friend Michael Green, an award-winning journalist.In this episode, we're unraveling one of the major shifts in the public communication of climate change – the attribution of extreme weather events to climate change. In the past, we knew climate change made extreme weather more likely, but couldn't say for sure if an individual weather event might've happened in a cooler world too. But scientists have now developed more sophisticated models to help determine how connected or influenced the shift in climate is on individual weather extremes.We speak to climatologist Fredi Otto about a rapid attribution study of a heatwave in Toulouse, France. Then scientists David Karoly and Tannecia Stephenson help us understand how climate models are built and what they can tell us about our changing weather.

Mon, May 08, 2023

SEA LEVEL RISE, GLACIERS AND OCEANS

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW MAY 8th 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordSEA LEVEL RISE, GLACIERS AND OCEANS Featuring : Fear and Wonder Part 2 Guests:Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John  on Woodside's contribution to the Safeguards Mechanism Bill(20+) Senator Jordon Steele-John | FacebookHe refers to the IPCC Sixth report. If you want to dip in try Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate — (ipcc.ch) Journalist Michael Green with part 2 of his series Fear and Wonder, courtesy of The Conversation.Today, IPCC author Joelle Gergis introduces us to an  Icelandic Glaciologist and a British Oceanographer who also plays music. We learn about the causes of sea level rise.Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the climate is changing (theconversation.com)Join the Climate Council | Climate Council Music : David Rovics "Kiss behind the barricades from his new album  Killing the Messenger | David Rovics (bandcamp.com) As  you listen to this podcast consider supporting the Greenpeace Crew on the Rainbow Warrior.Rainbow Warrior docks in Fremantle as Greenpeace labels Woodside's Scarborough project a 'major threat' to WA - ABC News Their new campaign Whales not Woodside aims to stop the emissions from Woodside's project and thus take one source of ocean warming out of the mix. They will preserve the habititat for whale migrations too. For CampaignersA NEW VISUAL LANGUAGE FOR CLIMATE ACTIONCheck out About Climate Visuals - Climate Outreach which I discovered this week. If you are a campaigner or need climate images that help, have a look. Images are free to use with attribution under creative commons. They say  "All too often, the climate change imagery the world sees is ineffective at driving change – it may be aesthetically pleasing and illustrative but not salient or emotionally impactful. Our Climate Visuals evidence base and experience proves that imagery needs to embody people-centred narratives and positive solutions, and must resonate with the identity and values of the viewer – not just environmentalists. Only then can we truly drive engagement and promote positive action against climate change."

Mon, May 01, 2023

UNITE TO SURVIVE +Fear and Wonder Part 1

CLIMATEACTION SHOWMAY 1ST 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordUNITE TO SURVIVE +Fear and Wonder Part 1 MAYDAY is an internationally recognised radio word to signal distress.Our MAYDAY show highlights the 4 day Extinction Rebellion event in London. The Big One.Their banner on Westminster Bridge said "UNITE TO SURVIVE".The distress already felt by workers is shown in thiscomment by NHS Spokesperson Holly Blackler:"We've experienced a pandemic and a heatwave that took us to the limits of our endurance. These two issues are intertwined. The climate crisis unfolding in front of us... and we are deeply concerned for our patients. For that reason XR has our unfailing support" FEAR AND WONDER Episode 1By kind permission of The Conversation we bring you interviews with climate scientists. IPCC Author Joelle Gergis is our guide in this episode created by journalist Michael Green. We meet paleoclimatologist Kim Cobb underwater with the corals and learn about modelling and citizen science from Ed Hawkins.

Mon, April 24, 2023

GREENPEACE TAKES ON THE CLIMATE CRIMINALS

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 24TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordGREENPEACE TAKES ON THE CLIMATE CRIMINALS GuestsDavid Ritter - CEO Greenpeace Australia/PacificChristine Rose -  Lead Climate Campaigner Greenpeace Aotearoa/New Zealand A thrilling case study in successful climate actionPower Play: Transforming Australia's biggest climate polluter | A Greenpeace Documentary - Bing video Brilliant video from the victims of floods and landslides in NZ North Island 2023.The Fonterra Company is their greatest climate polluter. They returned the debris from Cyclone Gabrielle to the sender and surrounded Fonterra's HQ with climate crime scene tape.Flooding Fonterra - Bing video

Mon, April 17, 2023

BOB BROWN - NSW STOP NATIVE FOREST LOGGING

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 17TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford BOB BROWN -  NSW ! STOP NATIVE FOREST LOGGINGRecorded at  Pitt St Uniting Church Sydney, saved by Jack Mundey's Green BansGuests:Wendy Harmer - M.CJustin Field, Sue Higginson and Alex Greenwich - Members of NSW ParliamentSusie Russell - NE Forest Alliance - Bulga Blockade - Forest ProtectorTekeza Frank - South Coast Conservation Group - Tree sitter Brumen State ForestMark Graham - EcologistJoin the campaign to Protect Native Forest Australia’s Native Forests - Bob Brown Foundation Quotes from Ecologist Mark Graham “I have extensively and intensively surveyed these forests and can categorically state that Forestry Corporation NSW are currently destroying the very last bastions of the globally significant forest biota known to depend upon these forests.” “As good recent example of Forestry Corporation NSW shifting their operations at their leisure:  Bagawa SF was listed on Plan Portal as "Completed" until recent days. They then changed it to "Suspended" which means that they can go back in at any stage and grab the few remaining fragments of the globally significant Koala habitats that remain there.  Contact Forestry Corporation - Home Quote from MP Alex Greenwich who has a pivotal role in the NSW Parliament “Keeping our native forests intact is vital to stopping a biodiversity crisis through mass extinction of endangered species like the koala and erosion of much needed carbon sinks. Native forest logging runs at a loss that taxpayers subsidise only to produce low value products that have sustainable alternatives. The state will be in a better environmental and economic position if we transition to plantation timber. New jobs in eco-tourism and eco-timber with a transition package will ensure forestry communities are protected. There is no reason not to move forward.” You can contact him to give him your support:  ElectorateOffice.Sydney@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Mon, April 03, 2023

HUMANITY'S MOMENT BY JOELLE GERGIS

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWApril 3rd 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordHUMANITY'S MOMENT BY JOELLE GERGIS Guests: Joelle Gergis, CHristie Wilson and Charles Le FeuvreJoëlle Gergis – Humanity’s Moment : A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope is the first in our PSC in Conversation series for 2023. Begun in 2022, the series is designed to invite deeper conversation about the emotional and existential dimensions of climate change, looking at some of Australia’s most interesting thinkers on this topic. Dr Joëlle Gergis is an award-winning climate scientist and writer. She is an internationally recognised expert in Australian and Southern Hemisphere climate variability and change who has authored over 100 scientific publications. Joëlle is a lead author on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report — a global, state-of-the art review of climate change science.Joëlle will be talking with PSC’s Charles Le Feuvre, about her latest book, Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope.In Humanity’s Moment, Joëlle takes us through the science in the IPCC report with unflinching honesty, explaining what it means for our future, while sharing her personal reflections on bearing witness to the heartbreak of the climate emergency unfolding in real time. But this is not a lament for a lost world. It is an inspiring reminder that human history is an endless tug-of-war for social justice. We are each a part of an eternal evolutionary force that can transform our world. Joëlle shows us that the solutions we need to live sustainably already exist – we just need the social movement and political will to create a better world.

Mon, March 27, 2023

Violet CoCo . Alan Glover . and the Phantom Ambulance

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW MARCH 27th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford VIOLET COCO,  ALAN GLOVER  and the  PHANTOM AMBULANCE"It's time for Courage" Violet CoCo"Be sand, not oil in the wheels of the world " Gunther Eich Rally outside Downing Centre Court 16th March 2023Lill, Nat -Maritime Union of Australia, Tonique, Deanne Coe, David Shoebridge -Greens MP, Rachel Evans S.A candidate, Bonnie, XR Drummers, Knitting nanas Unionist ARRCC, 350, Green Left. Press Conference after the court restored freedom to Alan and VioletViolet CoCo, Alan Glover - Fireproof AustraliaSue Higginson MP NSW Parliament Eddie Lloyd - Edwina (Eddie) Lloyd - Harm Reduction AustraliaBrenda Dobier - Psychology For A Safe Climate MusicMiguel Heatwole - Anthem Stand up proud you singers allSerge Quadrado - Heroes' March

Mon, March 20, 2023

HELL ON EARTH

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW March 20th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford H E L L  O N  E A R T HAccording to Australian Climate Scientist , the late Professor  Will Steffen, we are risking billions of deaths and hell on earth. Tipping points are tipping and this generation will determine the fate of life on earth in all its bio-diversity. Let's convince Super funds that there is nothing better to invest your money in than the continuity of life. Tell them how to vote at the next bank AGM.  Guests :Pablo Brait  - Market Forces- https://www.marketforces.org.au/were-your-retirement-savings-used-to-block-climate-action/Fahimah, Chris, Bubbly and Manjot -  Move Beyond Coal - https://www.movebeyondcoal.com/who_we_are(link is external)Naomi Klein - The Intercept on Cop 27https://theintercept.com/2022/10/04/cop27-egypt-climate-summit/(link is external)https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/18/greenwashing-police-...(link is external)Ineza Grace from Rwanda - The African COP -https://theelders.org/news/loss-and-damage-financing-will-mean-there-hop...(link is external) Birdsong from Botswana and Ballad sung by Robert Farmer: The coal owner and poor pitman's wife.News from  Environs Kimberley and The Beetaloo Basin WHITEHAVEN AGM /MOVE BEYOND COALORIGIN MOVES SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM GASThe Climate Action groups co operating with Move Beyond Coal are  the best of civil society. Some of those working for years to alert  us to the danger of new coal and gas projects  are 350 Pacific, Pacific Climate Warriors , lock the gate alliance, School strike4Climate, SAPNA South Asian  Climate Solidarity, Green Left, Doctors for the Environment, ARRCC, The sum of us and many more. They gathered outside The Mint in Sydney on Oct 26th for the Whitehaven Coal Company's AGM. Proxy shareholders inside proposed that Whitehaven use windfall profits  to manage down its mines and ensure the transition of the workforce. Later that day Market Forces sent us a message that MANY more shareholders this year supported the resoluion. Pablo Brait  explains  how this happened.Meanwhile Origin Energy is withdrawing from its gas exploration in the Kimberley WA according to Environs Kimberley and from the Beetaloo Basin in NT according to ABC.https://www.environskimberley.org.au/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-20/nt-origin-quitting-beetaloo-proje...(link is external) As Pablo says the trend away from coal at least is clear but it is all too slow. If  you are a member of a Superannuation Fund it will have shares in the big banks. It's a simple thing to ring your fund and ask them to support the Market Forces resolution at this year's AGM for NAB, Westpac or ANZ.CHECK it out here: https://www.marketforces.org.au/were-your-retirement-savings-used-to-block-climate-action/CBA shareholders have mostly voted against the resolution already so  lets pull out the stops: https://www.marketforces.org.au/tag/cba/

Mon, March 13, 2023

TRENDS TOWARDS THE GREEN TRANSITION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMARCH 13TH 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD TRENDS TOWARDS THE GREEN TRANSITION GuestsGiles Parkinson and Tim Buckley in Conversation at the ReNEW Economy WebinarGile Parkinson is the Editor of ReNew Economy News and analysis for the clean energy economy (reneweconomy.com.au)Tim Buckley is the  Director of  Climate Energy Finance  Alex McInTosh and Nick Zeltser chatting about startups and technology predictions for 2023from A Positive Climate, This is part of  an uplifting podcast about tackling climate change - it is an inspiring look at the products, people and technologies making a real difference. If you would like to hear more :Episodes | A Positive Climate Music by Kangaroo Vindaloo -  Song for JohnI recorded this with a group of friends for our "brother" John, who at the time was on his death bed. John was a friend, father, brother and lover of life.I wanted to capture the sound of a place - that place is Lake Haridas in Fryers Forest, Victoria Australia. I wanted the song to come from the bush.

Mon, March 06, 2023

THE CLIMATE DIPOSSESSED

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 6TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford T H E  C L I M A T E   D I S P O S S E S S E DGuests:Teall Crossen - Author of  The Climate Dispossessed (bwb.co.nz) Environmental lawyer at   environmentaljustice.co.nz  Dr Peter Sainsbury - Author of "Sunblock for Planet Earth" and many more articles in the independent Online Journal Peartls and Irritations. Sunblock for Planet Earth (johnmenadue.com)Are the climate dispossessed refugees in the eyes of the law?Teall Crossen, an Environmental Lawyer from Aotearoa NZ, says "No".She says  "NZ is stealing from the people of the Pacific. We are stealing their land, their homes. their water and possibly we may recolonize their future". Dr Peter Sainsbury asks "How can we best  reduce GHG emissions? Stop burning coal, eat less meat or block out the sun? He investigates  the latest IEA report and  asks should citizens  bail out the  9,000+ coal burning  commercial generators which are slowing down the transition to clean energy worldwide?

Mon, February 27, 2023

PRESS BRIEFING  THE CLIMATE STORY IN 2023.

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWFEBRUARY 27TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford PRESS BRIEFING  THE CLIMATE STORY IN 2023. This is an  edited version of the  webinar from COVERING CLIMATE NOWPress Briefing | The Climate Story in 2023 — Covering Climate Now Thanks to :Mark Hertsgaard -  American journalist and the co-founder and executive director of Covering Climate Now.  author of seven non-fiction books, including Earth Odyssey (1998) and Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth (2011). Dr Saleemul Huq - International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Dhaka, BangladeshTaxing air travel could fund climate victims | International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Bill Mc Kibben - Author and Co Founder of 350.org. and  Who we are - Third ActFrom Climate Exhortation to Climate Execution | The New Yorker Dr Marcia Rocha - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris Did you know that the average household in the United States has a new “bank account” of $8,000 to spend on clean energy, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act?Or that irreversible tipping points, notably in the Amazon rainforest, are approaching much faster than scientists had expected? And that 2023 will bring much more extreme weather, as El Niño turbo-charges climate change?Or that the world is making surprising progress on loss and damage compensation to the highly vulnerable countries bearing the brunt of climate impacts? Or that positive tipping points offer reasons for hope?These are some of the takeaways from  Covering Climate Now press briefing, “The Climate Story in 2023.” Three leading climate experts addressed journalists from around the world:Below are highlights from the event. McKibben  reports that The nonprofit "Rewiring America" has calculated that, “in essence, the IRA creates an $8,000 bank account for every American household” to buy things like heat pumps, window retrofits, and electric vehicles.McKibben also shared that climate activists this year plan to increase pressure on banks financing fossil fuel companies, starting with a day of protests on March 21. This will be March 27th in Melbourne Don't NAB our future: March from NAB Headquarters - Move Beyond Coaland online Digital storm targeting NAB bank decision makers online - Move Beyond CoalMarch 19th Heading for Extinction (and what to do about it). Online talk, 19 March 2023 - Action Network In Brazil, local deforestation and global warming are “driving the Amazon to a … self-perpetuating drying cycle,” said Rocha. “Almost 70% of the Amazon is … eating itself. It’s effectively dying much more than growing.”  Dr Marcia Rocha added that “The good news is that effective policy” could reverse this trend before the world’s biggest rainforest reaches an irreversible tipping point. Deforestation fell by 70% from the early 2000’s until 2016, she noted, before surging under then-president Jair Bolsonaro. The newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, vows to halt

Mon, February 20, 2023

PACIFIC PEACE TALKS DUNEDIN NZ

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 20th 2023PACIFIC  PEACE  TALKS  DUNEDIN  NZ "NO ONE IS FREE 'TIL EVERYONE IS FREE " Father Walter Lini- First PM VanuatuINTERVIEWS AND SPEECHES FROM THE NUCLEAR  CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE AT OTAGO UNIVERSITY IN AOTEAROA NZ Speaker bios - Nuclear Connections (mailchimpsites.com) As Cyclone Gabrielle fuelled by  a marine heatwave,  brings more floods and damage to Auckland NZ, we watch anxiously in February 2023In November 2022, I was invited to a conference by climate activists in Otepoti Dunedin.Nuclear Connections Across Oceania (November 2022) | Te Ao O Rongomaraeroa (otago.ac.nz)  I wanted to hear about climate action from Pacific people. There are three interviews and a speech but honestly most of the people found it hard to focus on  climate action with the immediate problem of Fukushima waste water about to be discharged into their part of the world The Pacific. They are worried too about the militarisation of the Pacific through RIMPAC military exercises every two years which have a climate impact also. Behind this is a colonial mentality which is prepared to discount their lives and culture. The islands, which were coaling stations for  steam ships are now essential fuel  depots for a massive amount of trade. Some are still occupied like W.Papua or tied to the colonial powers like Tahiti. Supporting their struggles is something we can do to liberate them for climate action.Pacific Islands Forum and Japan deliver differing statements on plans to dump nuclear wastewater in ocean - ABC Pacific Report from Nic Mc Lellan February 9th 2023We Bleed Black & Red - YOUNGSOLWARA PACIFICTake Action (ourislandsourhome.com.au) Petition“My new home was a dream come true – then climate disaster struck” – Virginia, activist taking on Shell at sea - Greenpeace Aotearoa- DonateIn reality the climate action most needed is from countries like Australia, which are still profiting from the export of climate changing coal, oil and gas.N.Z Writer and Environmental Lawyer Teall Crossen had the  humility to say " New Zealand is stealing from the people of the Pacific. We are stealing their land, their homes, their water and possibly we may recolonise their future".GUESTS:Hinamoeura Cross from TahitiHinamoeura CROSS is a Polynesian woman.  Between 1966 and 1996, there were 193 nuclear tests in so-called French Polynesia. She refers to them as bombs as "test" hides the real meaning of what was unleashed.Since 1980, her family has been affected by thyroid cancer, first her great gradmother, grandmother, and in 1990 her aunty and her Mom. In 2000 her Aunty got a breast cancer also. In 2013, it was her turn: leukemia. In 2019, she spoke in front of the United Nations 4th Committee to denounce the nuclear legacy on her people. She shares the story of her family as an example of what thousands of Polynesian families face as a result of nuclear weapons. In June 2022, she was one of the two Polynesian invited to part

Sun, February 12, 2023

Love letter to what sustains us

Presented and produced by Carly Dober Guest: Julia Symons Julia is a psychologist and climate activist. I chat to her about the mental and emotional benefits to engaging in activism. Guest: Juliete LamontJuliete is a documentary maker and currently on the frontlines defending Bulga Forest in NSW.https://savebulgaforest.org/SONGS:  Arctic Monkeys- there better be a mirrorballFirst Biege- moon motion

Mon, February 06, 2023

AOTEAROA/NZ  - Climate Action beyond Ardern

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 6th 2023 AOTEAROA/NZ  - Climate Action beyond Ardern When I visited New Zealand before Christmas I was enchanted by its beauty and the friendly welcoming spirit in Dunedin.  I met a regular listener to our podcast and several of the people who are taking constant climate action there. When I told them how impressed I was at the Ardern Labor Governments achievements they told me not to be so starry eyed, that there was a long way to go. In fact they are part of the civil society that made offshore oil drilling unacceptable. They stood up against Nuclear armed ships in their ports and I was invited to a Nuclear Free Pacific conference to meet Pacific Leaders (Those interview on February 13th)Like Australians, New Zealanders are lying down in front of coal trains and lobbying politicians. Indeed as Rosemary Penwarden said the only way you can catch a train the length of the South Island now is if you are a lump of coal. They want to restore passenger rail and get people out of cars. They want the sheer number of livestock to be reduced. Without Ardern's climate leadership on the international stage, NZ may go quiet for a while. They may want to consolidate the framework her government put in place with a  Climate Change Commission, established to advise and monitor progress to Zero Emissions. However, the generation that Ardern listened to will not be deterred.  The people  you will hear in this podcast  are the kind who will accelerate that process and I hope we will hear more from them.On The Global Stage, Jacinda Ardern Was a Climate Champion, But Victories Were Hard to Come by at Home - Inside Climate News GuestsRosemary Penwarden - Veteran Climate Campaigner - Keen listener to this podcast! -Activist for Stopping Oil drilling in Otago and Restoring Passenger Rail.All aboard for disruption | Otago Daily Times Online News (odt.co.nz)Oil Free Otago | People of Otago organising to prevent deep sea drilling off our coasts Jack Brazil -  Community Organiser - Conscientious objector to the Colonial Mindset - defender of Land back to Traditional custodians and ardent climate protector.(20+) Facebook Live | Facebook Stopping coal used by Powdered Milk Company  Jana Althea - From the School strike4 Climate generation.  Extinction Rebellion and Restore Passenger Rail. Home - Restore Passenger Rail Alva Feldmeier - Executive Director of 350.Aotearoa - 350 AOTEAROAHow can we accelerate the uptake of meaningful Climate Action (350.org.nz)Homegrown Energy (350.org.nz)Open Letter to Minister Nash and Minister Shaw (350.org.nz)

Mon, January 30, 2023

THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW- January 30th 2023First broadcast July 25th 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT "We are living like aliens in this country" Richard Swain  As the State of the Environment report says " caring for Country is far more than environmental management – it is caring for Country as if land and seas are kin." Richard Swain, who features in a film set in the Kosciusko National Park, says there is a real yearning among some Australians to be connected to country. He invites us all to care for country. One place to start is getting rid of feral horses on the NSW side of the Alpine Park Region. Victoria has made progress to protect the fragile Bogong high plains from feral horses whereas NSW protects them under the 2018 Wild Horses Heritage Act .  He is the Indigenous Ambassador for the Invasive Species Council.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhtc-pnUjUw&t=21s(link is external)https://www.riverguide.com.au/about.html(link is external)https://invasives.org.au/our-work/climate-change/ https://www.frontyardfilms.com.au/wherethewaterstarts/(link is external)https://reclaimkosci.org.au/Christine Milne is the other Ambassador for the Invasive Species Council as well as for the Global Greens. She is working for an integrated regional and global response to invasive species in the Asia Pacific area.She says the climate movement has been focussed on the Energy Transition with less attention to the biodiversity loss which is also driving emissions.https://invasives.org.au/how-to-help/take-action/stand-up-for-kosciuszko/ Peg Putt co ordinates the Forest Biomass and Climate working group. She tells us about the destruction of richly biodiverse forests in the US Southern States. The forestry Industry worth $300 Billion in the US is positioning itself as offering climate solutions through the burning of wood pellets for electricity. Environment groups accuse The Nature Conservancy of promoting this as a  "false climate solution".The European Union's 2020 climate and energy program classifies wood pellets as a carbon-neutral form of renewable energy, and European companies have invested billions to convert coal plants to plants that can burn wood pellets.Peg explains the whole of landscape solutions needed to prevent logging fro energy causing more destruction here. As the SOE says " Human activities associated with intensified land use over the past 250 years have substantially depleted soil organic carbon (Figure 21) and contributed to global climate change. Australia is listed as number 3 (behind China and the United States) among countries with the highest loss of soil organic carbonContact Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. (02) 9379 0700Tanya.Plibersek.mp@aph.gov.au(link sends e-mail)1. Ask her to delete wood pellets from the list of renewable enrgy sources allowed as offsets etc.2. Ask her to work with the NSW government to eradicate the invasive species in National Parks eg the wild horse in Kosciusko.Let

Mon, January 23, 2023

SEEDS, SOLIDARITY and a SEAT at the table.

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWJanuary 23rd 2023 First broadcast March 21st 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD SEEDS , SOLIDARITY AND SEATS AT THE CLIMATE TABLE GUESTS CAMILLA BECKET - Film maker of The seeds of Vandana Shiva  SCREENING AT TFFThe Seeds of Vandana Shiva - A documentary film (vandanashivamovie.com)(link is external)Enquire about a screening - The Seeds of Vandana Shiva (vandanashivamovie.com)(link is external) GEORGE WOODS -  Poet and Lock the Gates Alliance campaignerhttps://www.facebook.com/Lock.The.Gate.Alliance/(link is external) TACK DANIELS - with AMELIA GOONERAGE  . A Maori perspective on negotiating. Keep our shared future front of mind. As people at the top flounder, local climate solutions can be found in farming, flood preparedness and at high level negotiations where indigenous perspectives are sidelined or misunderstood. It's urgent that we let local people and First Nations protectors lead the way in climate adaptation.  Vandana Shiva knew this when she paid attention to the Chipko women in India hugging trees to preserve forests. She listened again when village women gave her their diverse seeds to preserve resilience against the monoculture "seeds of suicide" from Monsanto.   George Woods knows this after decades campaigning against fossil fuels in the coal and gas regions of Australia. She says the social capital built up for example in the battles for Bentley, Bylong and Gloucester have created a love and solidarity that is now being tested by historic floods. Her poem voicing the flooding emotions we feel about coal's ongoing dominance  is in the  anthology - The Tide will Take it.:  https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-tide-will-take-it/(link is external)   Tack Daniels  in N.Z. knows this from a lifetime of high level negotiations. He talks to Amelia who was a youth delegate to COP26. His Maori perspective insists that indigenous people must retain control of their knowledge. He is confident that non-indigenous people can  learn a lot about power sharing and keeping the focus on our shared future.

Mon, January 16, 2023

LIVING WONDERS & Minister Tanya Plibersek

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW January 16th 2023  First broadcast: August 1st 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordL I V I N G   W O N D E R S  &  MINISTER TANYA PLIBERSEK “I’m going to make a decision on any project that comes before me based on the information and the science that I have before me at the time…” Tanya Plibersek, Environment Minister . The Environment Minister’s decisions this year could shape the next thousand.   GuestsNgarigu woman Professor Jakelin Troy - Sydney University and Friend of The Living  Wonders Project. Meet the client - Living Wonders Christine Carlisle - President of The Environment Council of Central QueenslandHelp fund a landmark climate legal intervention #beforeitsgone | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising(link is external) Hollie Kerwin - Lawyer at Environmental Justice Australia Our living wonders - Living Wonders The LIVING  WONDERS website is a vault of information on the climate impact of 19 coal and gas projects. Proposals for these 19 projects are sitting on the desk of Tanya Plibersek, minister for Water and the environment.The dramatic question is HOW can she approve a new gas or coal project if she digs into this vault of living wonders and sees  the climate disruptions caused by more coal and gas?  A small group called The Environment Council of  Central Queensland has started a legal intervention under a rarely used section of the National Environment laws, to ask Tanya Plibersek to reconsider the 19 proposals. Through their lawyers at Environmental Justice Australia they have made it easy for the minister to access scientific research, much of it paid for by the Government. Environmental Justice Australia (envirojustice.org.au)Environment Council of Central Queensland at Queensland Conservation CouncilJakelin Troy | ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions

Mon, January 09, 2023

METHANE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW  - SUMMER SEASONJANUARY 9th 2023. First broadcast February 2nd 2022Produced at Radio 3CR by Vivien LangfordM E T H A N E COP26:111 countries signed a pledge to slash methane by 30%. Australia didn't signMethane is bubbling up from the permafrost on land and sea. There is nothing we can do about that according to Dahr Jamail except slow the climate disruption which is melting the Arctic.In this season on accountability we look at the COP26 Methane pledgeGuestsUrsula von der Leyden - President of the European Comissionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgkwfWiH_ic(link is external) Dahr Jamail -The End of Ice - Author and winner of the Martha Gelhorn prize for investigative journalismhttps://theintercept.com/2019/05/04/climate-change-book-end-of-ice/(link is external)  Mark Howden -  interviewed by guest producer Amelia GoonerageDirector, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University. https://theconversation.com/australias-refusal-to-sign-a-global-methane-...(link is external) Music From dusk til dawn by Lapland Element orchestra A night with a midnight sun comes. The sun does not set under a horizon at all. Nature of a north polar region. The countless animals and plants which basked in the sun not setting shine in summer. Aurora covers the sky in the woods of silver frost in winter. People call it Lapland.According to the journal Nature  February 2022"The growth of methane emissions slowed around the turn of the millennium, but began a rapid and mysterious uptick around 2007. The spike has caused many researchers to worry that global warming is creating a feedback mechanism that will cause ever more methane to be released, making it even harder to rein in rising temperatures." ‘Dangerously Fast’ Methane Increase Suggests Feedback Mechanism May Have Begun - The Energy Mix(link is external)Methane emissions are rising dangerously fast. Methane  is a short lived gas but affects the climate many more times than CO2. In terms of climate action cutting methane in agriculture and the fossil fuel industry is  the low hanging fruit we need to cut down with urgency and determination. Canada committed to reducing oil and gas methane emissions by 75% by 2030. What could Australia do?.We are a gas producer, and here is an idea from the Centre for global developmentOil and gas producing countries could volunteer to apply remote sensing (satellite) technology to measure—and fiscal policies to disincentivize—methane emissions from wasteful gas flaring (following Nigeria’s example), and also volunteer to implement existing gas monetization technology (following the example of Norway). Egypt (COP 27 chair) and Indonesia (G20 chair) could take leadership roles in this initiative;  https://www.cgdev.org/blog/practical-proposal-methane-2022-climate-pledg...(link is external)https://www.newscientist.com/article/2295810-cop26-105-countries-pledge-...(link is external)https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-

Mon, November 28, 2022

PACIFIC ISLAND ELDERS - ANOTE TONG and TOMMY E. REMENGESAU

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWNOVEMBER 28TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford PACIFIC ISLAND ELDERS -  ANOTE TONG  and TOMMY E. REMENGESAUCourtesy of Pacific Elders Voice, Edmund Rice Centre and The Australia Institute GuestsHis Excellency Former President of Kiribati - ANOTE TONGHis Excellency Former President of Palau - TOMMY E.REMENGESAU JnrIn conversation with Ebony Bennett and Richie Merzian at The Australia Institute 13/09/22

Mon, November 21, 2022

THE MODERATE FLANK and LOSS and DAMAGE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW NOVEMBER 21st , 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE MODERATE FLANK    and LOSS and  DAMAGEGuestsMark Hertsgaard from Covering Climate Now on Loss and Damage at COP27Interviews with Nicolas Haque in Senegal and Lagipoia Cherelle jackson from Samoa. Nick Breeze from Climate Genn  on "The Moderate Flank"Duscussion with professor Rupert read and  Culture Change Strategist Paddy Loughton

Mon, November 14, 2022

Humanity's Moment with Joëlle Gergis

Produced & presented by Carly Dober   Webinar hosted by The Climate Council, facilitated by Dr Simon BradshawGuests: Dr Joëlle GergisShe is an internationally recognised expert in Australian and Southern Hemisphere climate variability and change who has authored over 100 scientific publications. Her research focuses on focuses on providing a long-term historical context for assessing recently observed climate variability and extremes.Between 2018 and 2021, Joëlle served as a lead author on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report – a global, state-of-the art review of climate change science.  https://www.joellegergis.com/ https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/

Mon, November 07, 2022

HELL ON EARTH

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW NOVEMBER 7TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford H E L L  O N  E A R T HAccording to Australian Climate Scientist Professor  Will Steffen, we are risking billions of deaths and hell on earth. Tipping points are tipping and this generation will determine the fate of life on earth in all its bio-diversity. Let's convince Super funds that there is nothing better to invest your money in than the continuity of life. Tell them how to vote at the next bank AGM.  Guests :Pablo Brait  - Market Forces- https://www.marketforces.org.au/were-your-retirement-savings-used-to-block-climate-action/Fahimah, Chris, Bubbly and Manjot -  Move Beyond Coal - https://www.movebeyondcoal.com/who_we_areNaomi Klein - The Intercept on Cop 27 https://theintercept.com/2022/10/04/cop27-egypt-climate-summit/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/18/greenwashing-police-state-egypt-cop27-masquerade-naomi-klein-climate-crisisIneza Grace from Rwanda - The African COP -https://theelders.org/news/loss-and-damage-financing-will-mean-there-hope-climate-justiceMusic from Egypt - Oum Kalthoum and Birdsong from BotswanaNews from  Environs Kimberley and The Beetaloo Basin WHITEHAVEN AGM /MOVE BEYOND COALORIGIN MOVES SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM GASThe Climate Action groups co operating with Move Beyond Coal are  the best of civil society. Some of those working for years to alert  us to the danger of new coal and gas projects  are 350 Pacific, Pacific Climate Warriors , lock the gate alliance, School strike4Climate, SAPNA South Asian  Climate Solidarity, Green Left, Doctors for the Environment, ARRCC, The sum of us and many more. They gathered outside The Mint in Sydney on Oct 26th for the Whitehaven Coal Company's AGM. Proxy shareholders inside proposed that Whitehaven use windfall profits  to manage down its mines and ensure the transition of the workforce. Later that day Market Forces sent us a message that MANY more shareholders this year supported the resoluion. Pablo Brait  explains  how this happened.Meanwhile Origin Energy is withdrawing from its gas exploration in the Kimberley WA according to Environs Kimberley and from the Beetaloo Basin in NT according to ABC.https://www.environskimberley.org.au/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-20/nt-origin-quitting-beetaloo-project-may-signal-gas-decline/101454668 As Pablo says the trend away from coal at least is clear but it is all too slow. If  you are a member of a Superannuation Fund it will have shares in the big banks. It's a simple thing to ring your fund and ask them to support the Market Forces resolution at this year's AGM for NAB, Westpac or ANZ. CHECK it out here: https://www.marketforces.org.au/were-your-retirement-savings-used-to-block-climate-action/CBA shareholders have mostly voted against the resolution already so  lets pull out the stops: https://www.marketforces.org.au/tag/cba/

Mon, October 31, 2022

ROSS GARNAUT

CLIMATE  ACTION  SHOW  OCTOBER 31ST 2022Produced by Vivien Langford ROSS GARNAUT -  SUPERPOWER  TRANSFORMATIONKAY WENNAGEL  - ELECTRIC VEHICLE BULK BUY Guests ROSS GARNAUT -  Professor Emeritus in  Economics at Melbourne University. His new book isThe Superpower Transformation  - Making Australia's Zero Carbon Future.https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/superpower-transformationRoss sees two disruptive events this year. The election of the ALP in Australia and the disruption of oil and gas exports to Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine. He says "Europe hesitated then COMMITTED decisively to the new economy" Will Australia make the same committment?We talked about :Regional transformations, such as making agricultural UREA with green hydrogen instead of importing 92% from countries where it is produced using coal  or gas as feedstock. Industrial Transformations, such  as helping China lower its costs of decarbonisation by producing GREEN STEEL here with local iron ore. Methane Transformations by stopping subsidies to new coal and gas projects and mandating the strict prevention of FUGITIVE METHANE EMISSIONS from leaky pipes and mines. A more thorny problem for us, if we want to manufacture zero carbon goods with our superpower resources of wind and solar energy,  is how to extract the TRANSITION MINERALS  here and abroad without riding rough shod over precious ecosystems and sacred places? Ross argues that they are essential for  zero carbon modern medicine and modern life but as a quarry nation we have a huge responsibiliy NOT to continue extracting here and overseas in a damaging way. We did not discuss the alternatives of a post extractivist, steady state economics but we welcome any contributions next year to discuss this VITAL matter. Ross talks about the recent savaging of training for geophysics and mettalurgy specialists. Australia  once had a proud reputation in this field but more money now  goes to moon research  than to manage the use of the transition minerals so much in demand! He says the jobs summit made some headway but a lot more needs to be done to protect the environment and  insists that engaging  indigenous people at the forefront of these transformations is essential.https://www.neweconomy.org.au/nena-hubs/sector/post-extractivism/https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/Jobs-and-Skills-Summit-Outcomes-Document.pdf     KAY WENNAGEL - interviewed by Michael Staindl. Save the date: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6th at Bundoora Secondary School 10am an initiative of Darebin Climate Action NetworkAre you keen to find out more about electric cars AND find one that you can afford? DCAN, in partnership with the Good Car Company, is very excited to invite you to register for our free upcoming program of information on the benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) and how you can find one that is more affordable.The Good Car Company is a social enterprise dedicated to decarbonising transport and has been working with community groups a

Mon, October 24, 2022

ON THE ROAD TO SHARM EL SHEIKH- Loss and damage

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW24TH OCTOBER 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordON THE ROAD TO SHARM EL SHEIKHLOSS AND DAMAGE AND FOSSIL FUEL NON PROLIFERATION FOR COP27 The Financial Times ' Camilla Hodgsen reports that "Many developing countries, such as the low-lying Pacific island states vulnerable to sea level rise, are stepping up their demands. They want to see the creation of an international loss and damage finance facility — a type of fund — at November’s COP27 UN summit, hosted by Egypt. “Wealthier countries bear a moral responsibility” to help poorer nations recover, adapt and build resilience to disasters, said António Guterres, UN secretary-general on Friday. “Let’s not forget that 80 per cent of emissions driving this type of climate destruction are from the G20.”The ARRCC multifaith Climate event at Parramatta Cathedral called on  Prime Minister Albanese to support the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty at Cop 27. To stop subsidies to fossil fuel producers and to prevent new coal and gas projects.Maria Timon  talks to us about her sacred places in Kiribati, including a cemetery now under water. She spoke about the repeated diplomatic pleas from Pacific Nations for Australia to stop fuelling climate disaster. This event was echoed all around the worldIn Indonesia, activists are biking across the country calling for an end to coal! In France, communities of faith will come together to boldly call for TotalEnergies to Stop Tilenga Oil Field and Stop EACOP. In Port Harcourt, Nigeria, faith leaders hosted a dialogue on gas flaring and visited communities bearing the burden of crude oil extraction. "We can't drink oil!" Despite intimidation and threats, 200+ people of various faiths took action in Uganda and Tanzania to stop the EACOP and Tilenga oil megaproject, calling out Total Energies and the governments involvedPeople of Diverse Faiths Call for an End to EACOP | GreenFaith Paul Newman speaks to us about really caring for country. The Venerable Bhante Sujato meditates with staff at CSIRO. He speaks of the distress they feel, giving  the the most accurate information to governments only to see insufficient action in response. Children are distressed too and he says No wonder. "We have burnt their future". His challenge to us is to recognise that we have created this world of emissions and not to see ourselves as victims of circumstance. We talk to Dorothy Guerrereo from Global Jutice Now about her parents in the Philippines moving twice to escape ever greater flooding in this most vulnerable nation of islands. She will report to us after attending the COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh and her hope is that the finances by then will be flowing.Paying for loss and damage is one sort of financing.Paying for the transition to energy efficient buildings, and renewable energy infrastructure is another. GuestsDorothy Guerrereo - Global Justice Now https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/cop27-climate-justice-mobilisations/https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/silence-and-

Mon, October 17, 2022

F.O.E. RUSSIA and SIBERIA MELTING

CLIMATE  ACTION  SHOW October 17th 2022produced by Vivien LangfordF.O.E. RUSSIA AND SIBERIA MELTING  "The first-ever climate lawsuit in Russia has been filed by a group of activists demanding that the the government take stronger action over the climate crisis.The group wants the Russian authorities to take measures that will reduce the country’s greenhouse emissions, in line with targets of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5C agreed under the 2015 Paris climate accords.Russia is the fourth biggest producer of carbon emissions worldwide, and its average temperatures have risen twice as fast as the global average. The country’s emissions are predicted to reach 2,212m tons of carbon dioxide by 2030." Waseem Mohamed - The Guardian We learn from Vitaly Servetnik that emissions from the oil and gas pipelines from Russia into Europe are greatly adding to Russia's status as fourth greatest emitter. Like Australia they have often received the Colossal Fossil award at UN conferences. But unlike in Australia, climate action in Russia is very risky. Vitaly tells us how they spent a year and a half talking to the great number of environmental groups to build a case for the Russian Government to radically change its climate policies and save thousands of lives.  GUESTSVitaly Servetnik - Russian Social Ecological Union/ Friends of the Earth Russiahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/13/first-climate-lawsuit-russia-emissions https://foeasiapacific.org/2022/09/16/russia-activists-file-first-climate-change-lawsuit/ https://rusecounion.ru/eng https://rusecounion.ru/eng/eng_publication  Angelina Davydova -Prominent Russian Environmental journalist -interviewed by James Whitmore (2020)Her most recent comments since the invasion of Ukraine forced her into exile.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DD1sLgO5k0  Music : A Siberian song by Otyken called Storm.https://otyken.ru/?lang=en#:~:text=%D0%9Etyken%20is%20a%20Siberian%20indigenous,arrangement%20will%20definitely%20entertain%20you! More about the Saami people who are part of the group taking Russia's government to court for destruction of their future.The Sámi are the only recognized Indigenous people within the European Union. Their traditional lands include regions in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola peninsula of north-western Russia.  https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/10/foreign-correspondent-oct-20.html https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/27/russia-ukraine-war-saami-indigenous-arctic-people-norway-sweden-finland/

Mon, October 10, 2022

ECOCIDE and CARBON RATIONING

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - OCTOBER 10TH 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordECOCIDE and CARBON RATIONINGGuests Professor Danielle Celermajer - At The Australian Earth Laws Alliance event "Ecocide laws in Australia. What's Possible? Danielle said "We live within legal systems where the destruction of beings other than human is completely normalised for our political and economic system"She is the author of "Summertime" A reflection on our vanishing future. She speaks about the 3 billion+ animals dead in the 2019/2020 bushfires and the fact that ecocide has become common now. Professor Kevin Anderson -In this interview with Nick Breeze ,courtesy of  Climate Genn, Professor Anderson says "Methane is indeed a transition fuel if you want to reach 4 degrees C of global heating! He also talks about the European energy crisis where rationing of gas and oil needs to be implemented instead of seeking new supplies to maintain the  energy wastefulness we think is normal.https://genn.cc/ Breaking NewsThe French Government  has launched "Energy Sobriety". The president is calling on all citizens to get behind a 10% drop in energy useage as they quickly wean themselves off Russian oil and gas. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne says "It's a new way of thinking and acting"https://www.foxnews.com/world/france-pushes-energy-sobriety-ahead-possible-winter-enrgy-shortage  Music: "Our Song" by Tambah Project

Mon, October 03, 2022

Blockade IMARC, Shaun Tompkins & EPA update

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests: Nadia- Blockade IMARCNadia is an activist and campaigner from Bloackade IMARC Melbourne. The Blockade IMARC Alliance fights against the mindset that IMARC represents: the mindset that disregards communities and the environment in favour of profits and growth. They believe there are alternatives to the structural exploitation fuelled by competition and greed that exists today.https://blockadeimarc.com/ Shaun Tompkins - Hip V HypeShaun is a sustaianbility advocate, and is working on a project to ensure his apartment is as energy efficient as can possibly be. Follow his instagram page for project updates.He also works at Hip V Hype  an ethical, socially conscious and environmentally focused property developer, sustainability consulting practice and work share provider.https://www.hipvhype.com/instagram @380__albert Environmental Protection Agency updatesEnvironmentalists are urging the Victorian Environmental Protection Agency to follow its NSW counterpart and declare the industrial release of carbon dioxide as a pollutant to be regulated.NSW has become the first state to move towards a system that would eventually require companies across the state to curb emissions or potentially face fines. MUSIC SMASHING PUMPKINS - BEGUILEDDEFTONES- ENTOMEDALEXISONFIRE- SWEET DREAMS OF OTHERNESS

Mon, September 26, 2022

LOSS AND DAMAGE and MOVING BEYOND COAL

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - SEPTEMBER 26TH 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDLOSS AND DAMAGE AND MOVING BEYOND COAL As we move towards COP 27 in Egypt the focus is on loss and damage. Since Cop 26 failed to deliver the finance to countries reeling from climate breakdown we have had more extreme events. Think Lismore floods with all its images of loss and then multiply that for Pakistan when over 7 million have been displaced. Then the  relentless drought in Mexico,China and Somalia plus heatwaves in Europe. Yet emissions are rising and  people all over the world are protesting. One urgent message is to stop  fossil fuel subsidies, bank finances and new projects . The other urgent message is to provide finance for countries devastated by loss and damage. As Dr Saleemul Huq tells Nick Breeze ""Vulnerable Countries Left Glasgow with Tears In Their Eyes". We  need to mobilise our government to defend their rights at the next conference.The Secretary General of the UN after visiting Pakistan's flooded provinces says they are drowning not only in water but in debt and need debt relief as a matter of urgency. Meanwhile, a new coalition of climate action groups called MOVE BEYOND COAL has launched the "Not one more dollar" campaign. They are targetting NAB branches to persuade them they have no social licence to  bankroll Whitehaven Coal Co. From London we hear about tactics from Extinction Rebellion. They have had seasons of stopping the traffic and now they are door knocking and building a groundswell of people to shift the dial on lethargic and insufficient climate action. According to  Erica Cherowyth who has infuenced their tactics: “Numbers really matter for building power in ways that can really pose a serious challenge or threat to entrenched authorities or occupations,” Chenoweth says – and nonviolent protest seems to be the best way to get that widespread support.Once around 3.5% of the whole population has begun to participate actively, success appears to be inevitable. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world  Guests:Fahimah Badrulhisham - ARRCC and Move Beyond Coal campaignerMove Beyond Coal  and  https://www.arrcc.org.au/ Introducing the Not one more dollar campaign to adopt ypour local NAB branch and persuade them they have no social licence to lend to Whitehaven Coal Co. Dr Saleemul Huq and Nick Breeze from Climate Genn on Loss and Damage "Vulnerable Countries Left Glasgow with Tears In Their Eyes" says Professor Saleemul HuqNick Breeze from UK says  "If ,as Saleem says, the rich countries continue to bully the poorer nations while consuming the remaining carbon budgets, then our own moral integrity is what is in question. At what point do we say 'no more'?"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-saleemul-huq-vulnerable-countries-left-glasgow-with/id1515390847?i=1000543087564 Dr Antonio Guterres - Secretary General of the U.N - "We are in peril and yet we are paralysed. We cannot go on like this"

Mon, September 19, 2022

AUSTRALIA'S GREEN EXTRACTIVISM AND SACRIFICE ZONES ABROAD

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW  - SEPTEMBER 19TH 2022 Produced by Vivien LangfordAUSTRALIA'S GREEN EXTRACTIVISM AND  SACRIFICE ZONES  ABROAD? While  the climate  movement focusses on  going beyond coal, oil and gas, big business is driving a rush for  the rare earths and critical minerals needed for the transition to  Renewable energy with  storage. The Australian Mining Industry  claims to have standards that are world's best  practice. However, sacrifice zones are already being created  as they mine for  Lithium in WA and Copper in SA. What  will be the environmental consequences on our water  and how will they deal with radioactive waste?  Overseas,  Malaysians are protesting the radioactive waste from Australian Rare  earths processed over there  by Lynas. In Ecuador, the front line is to protect a cloud forest  of immense biodiversity from Gina  Rinehart's copper mining. In  Chile  they wanted a new constitution that  would have placed restrictions on mining making it more expensive to do business. When the constitution was rejected the headline in  Canada was "Business  can  now continue for  Canadian mines based in Chile".  The urgency to  decarbonise must not   allow mining companies and governments to greenwash themselves while leaving behind new areas of devastastion... the  same sort of sacrifice zones we know from fossil fuels extraction. There  is an exponential growth in demand  eg  300-700% for Lithium used in batteryb storage.https://aidwatch.org.au/alternatives-to-green-extractivism/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLV3KalvfFs Duncan Wood - Wilson Centre on the Geopolitics of critical minerals We explore the alternatives with our guests Guests:Federico Fuentes -  talking about Lithium in Chile and Copper in Brazil.He is  a Green Left Journalist and Author of  America's Turbulent Transitions - Liz Downes -  Talking about Green Extractiviusm  from Rainforest Action Group :https://rainforestactiongroup.org/in-the-news/ Scroll down and note the number of 3CR programmes that have been covering this story in Ecuador. Natalie Lowery -  Explaining Degrowth and what's at stake. AIDWATCH https://aidwatch.org.au/who-we-are/  and https://yestolifenotomining.org/ Music : Violeta Parra "Que Pena sienete el alma" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz53dE3ohj8

Mon, September 12, 2022

THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT GREEN OPTIMISM

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW  SEPTEMBER 12th 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT GREEN OPTIMISM I was alerted to the new gold rush for critical minerals by Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering at RMIT University. We must not make the transition to renewable energy and electrifying everything without putting far more regulation on global mining. As Carlos Zorilla says from Ecuador"The voices calling for careful considerations of the impacts of a transition to ‘clean’ energy are drowned by the misplaced optimism of a green future. Few are asking commonsense questions that, if not answered now could easily create a worse environmental disaster later – and even compound the climate crisis. The elephant in the room few want to acknowledge is the destruction of people and the environment that will result from the hunger for so-called green energy minerals – mainly copper, cobalt, nickel and lithium."In Chile Lithium is called the "white gold" Lithium Mining Is Leaving Chile’s Indigenous Communities High and Dry (Literally) | NRDCand in Ecuador   our own Gina Rinehart is determined to extract copper from a fragile mountainous cloud forest.Rinehart's Roadblock in Ecuador - Friends of the Earth Australia (foe.org.au)Meanwhile the Climate Campaigners focussed on  stopping  new coal exports from Australia are very grateful to the Wangan and Jagalingou people.The Adani Carmichael mine is 9 months into operation with a huge slag heap rising up off their land and underground water already being sucked out to wash the coal. But they are not lying down on the rail tracks. Their dignified year long Waddanangu Ceremony is attracting indigenous and other visitors from all over the country.W&J have shown their intent to continue the ceremony and take their land back - you can sign up as a monthly donor to keep the sacred fire burning here. Moving news from EcuadorCarlos Zorilla won the Equator prize for  the protection, restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems that help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. He speaks to us from the Cloud Forest in Ecuador where  they are protecting  a wonderland of biodiversity.They have made two foreign mining companies back down but now are defending their land against the ravenous appetite for critical minerals used in electric vehicles and all the machinery of the renewables transition we have to make.One of the companies HANRINE is connected to Australian Gina Rinehart. Carlos Zorrilla | The EcologistThe dirty truth about clean energy by Carlos Zorrilla — Local Futures | by Local Futures | Local Futures — Economics of Happiness | Medium Thrilling news from Colombia: New anti extractivist Government promises strong climate action.The Vice President  Francia Marquez is already a veteran environmental warrior. She was awarded the "Green Nobel" Goldman Prize in 2018.Green Left Latin America expert Federico Fuentes puts a bit of a brake on Vivien's enthusiasm by explaining how difficul

Tue, September 06, 2022

Just Stop Oil and Scarborough Gas Action Alliance

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests: Emma Brown- Just Stop OilEmma is an activist and campaigner from Just Stop Oil. Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to ensure that the government commits to ending all new licenses and consents for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK.https://juststopoil.org/ Maddy - Scarborough Gas Action AllianceMaddy is an activist and campaigner from WA based Scarborough Gas Action Alliance. They're taking action against the Woodside-led, heritage-destroying Scarborough gas project.WA's Scarborough gas: lighting the world on fire with 1.7 billion tonnes of CO2. https://www.facebook.com/scarborough_gas/

Mon, August 29, 2022

NATURE BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS = INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWAugust 29th, 2022 NATURE BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS = INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS Produced by Vivien Langford and Amelia Goonerage First broadcast April 25th. Since then The State of the Environment in Australia Report shows continued massive landclearing. The new Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek needs urgently to protect the Tarkine forest . To join the Bob Brown Foundation Spring Offensive Join our frontline actions - Bob Brown Foundation THE FOREST AGREEMENT Episode 3 in series on COP26 AccountabilityGlasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org)(link is external) GUESTSAMELIA GOONERAGE -  Guest interviewer and  youth delegate to COP 26 TISH KING - Torres Strait Islander from SEED MOB TIANA JAKICEVICH -  Maori youth representative at Cop 26 GIACOMO FEDELE - Swiss authority on Mangroves and adaptation to Climate change Conservation International. 3 myths about carbon offsets, busted (conservation.org)(link is external) BRONSON GRISCOM - US scientist in Panama. He leads Conservation International Nature Based Solutions science team.Bronson Griscom (conservation.org(link is external) MANDY KING - Australian Documentary film Maker, member  of the Order of East Timor for her contribution to their liberation. Where The Water Starts Official Trailer - Bing videoFanForce | Where The Water Starts (fan-force.com) Only three months to go until COP 27 when we expect to see much more accountability for the pledges made to cut methane and deforestation. It is hard to get an overview but in this spirit we go to the Torres Strait Islands, New Zealand, Panama and Belgium. A clear message comes through that indigenous people have a much deeper interest in preserving their mangroves, forests and livelihoods. It is not just about carbon sequestration for them. However, valuing the carbon in living forests as opposed to dead wood may tip the balance in  all our favour. The COP 26 signatories including Australia must be held accountable.On carbon credits:  "Research has(link is external) repeatedly(link is external) shown(link is external) that land under stewardship of Indigenous peoples tends to have far better conservation outcomes — This is a powerful reason to strengthen, not weaken, Indigenous land rights. Also, saying that the only way forward for offsets is corporate control and that Indigenous peoples are going to suffer is problematic. How? This perspective depicts Indigenous peoples as helpless by diminishing their agency and autonomy. It’s also deeply cynical, implying that humanity has learned nothing from the entire history of the conservation movement and is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.  The fact is, high-quality carbon offsets are necessarily built upon the full and informed participation of Indigenous peoples and local communities, who have much to gain from the financial and technical benefits that carbon offset projects can prov

Mon, August 22, 2022

TIPPING POINTS - PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW -  AUGUST 22ND 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordT I P P I N G  P O I N T S - IN NATURE AND SOCIETY Guests:Music by Tom Hume - "Petition" and Tambah Project " Our Song"- https://environmentalmusicprize.com/ Erica Chernoweth with Shankar Vedantam  - https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-to-change-the-world/ August 7th Climate Rally in Sydney organised by Knitting Nanas and Water for Rivers Alison Boyd - Greens MLC NSW Parliament Rilka   -   Blockade Australia Paul Keating - Sydney Branch Secretary of Maritime Union of Australia Paddy Gibson - Workers for Climate Action &  Jumbunna Institute https://www.uts.edu.au/research/jumbunna-institute-indigenous-education-and-research David Spratt - Research Director for Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restorationhttps://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/climatedominoes Nick Breeze - Producer of Climate Genn. Please check out these fine podcasts from UK https://genn.cc/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9wB0P3Y5d0 TIPPING POINTS IN NATURE AND SOCIETY The burning question is what forms of Climate Action  work? Are the harsh new anti protest laws a sign that Government fears the huge changes demanded by campaigners?  Is  ABC  RN turning up at a Blockade Australia safe place a sign? I was delighted. It was daring for the ABC. Geoff Thompson's Background Briefing is well worth a listen, though 3CR has been reporting on this movement for ages.  We are looking for social tipping points when the majority of people understand that direct action is needed.  Nature understands the tipping points of hot house gasses, the Antarctic Ice shelf just crumbles..... and you know the rest.PODCAST :  https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/inside-the-climate-activists-plan-to-shut-down-australia/101324992  In search of what climate action works, I quote from Erica Chernoweth's study on how Non Violent Action has more lasting effects than Violent revolution, especially if we all get behind it. Then I go to the Sydney Climate Rally of August 7th. The harsh new anti protest laws and imminent opening of new gas wells are upermost in our minds.Paddy Gibson talks about the hopes of the Gommeroi people that the new government will stop the Santos Gas project in the Pilliga. Yet Santos is attempting to overide their Native title to establish  850 gas wells in the Pilliga Forest.Paul Keating and Abigail Boyd voice the massive opposition from unions and civil society groups to the new police powers over protesters and Rilka speaks about how harshly they had been applied to Blockade Australia. Then we hear from David Spratt talking to Nick Breeze about climate risk. He says that the IPCC is giving policy makers the wrong message.   For him the only question is "What is the worst that can happen and what do we need to do to prevent it? Breaking news : Paul Gilding's comments on changing our focus from reducing emissions to slowing the RATE of warming by cancelling methane."Much of the climate deba

Mon, August 15, 2022

RECALIBRATING THE MILITARY TO DISARM THE CLIMATE HYPERTHREAT  AND ITS FOSSIL ALLIES

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWAUGUST 15TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford RECALIBRATING THE MILITARY TO DISARM THE CLIMATE HYPERTHREAT  AND ITS FOSSIL ALLIES GUESTSEskimo Joe - Song "Say Something" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtWeAspTz0gThe Singing Revolution - Music from Estonia - https://singingrevolution.com/ Dr Elizabeth Boulton, a former army major in the ADF has published Plan E with the US Marine Corps University in Virginia. Her expertise in logistics and experience in East Timor and Iraq has shown her the flaws in our preparation for threats of a conventional nature. She calls for a Climate Emergency Peace Treaty to give us time to focus on the hyperthreat that makes present day conflicts pale in comparison.  She is shocked that there is no plan to disarm the climate hyperthreat. Armies of the world are sent to protect the supply lines for oil, coal and gas yet these are at the core of  the hyperthreat. Police are used to intimidate and imprison protestors blockading the system that is overheating the earth. This is outdated thinking and dangerous.  Governments, financiers, military and intelligence services are rocketing our ecosystems to "hothouse Earth". However, what is presently legal will soon become criminal ecocide. Imagine  an oil well being dismantled by workers and attacked by mercenaries from the black market in Oil.Or imagine  a forest with  Indigenous protectors being terrorised by illegal loggers. Or fisheries or water supplies that need to be conserved for the common good. Or miners opening up an illegal coal mine. It's hard to imagine it now, but calling in the troops to protect this work might be necessary if all other peaceful negotiations fail. There is a lot of compassion for veterans traumatised by what they have done and seen and this plan  re deploys them in building and land regeneration.  Mobilising the 18 million people displaced by climate chaos would give them jobs as earth citizens. Dr Boulton's  fast and furious plan is that Global security forces will be deployed to help us survive.Related news articles: Alumna Dr Elizabeth Boulton addresses the ‘hyperthreat’ of climate change, UNSW Canberra, 26 July 2022 Climate Change Isn’t a Threat Multiplier. It’s the Main Threat. Defense One, 2 July 2022. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2022/07/climate-change-isnt-threat-multiplier-its-main-threat/368814/ Applying war theory to the hyperthreat of climate and environmental change, Independent Australia, 25 May 2022.  https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/applying-war-theory-to-the-hyperthreat-of-climate-and-environmental-change,16399  Byline Times, journalist Nafeez Ahmed: Defence Agencies ‘Accelerating’ Risk of ‘Hothouse Earth’ US Military Study Warns, 23 June 2022 https://bylinetimes.com/2022/06/23/defence-agencies-accelerating-risk-of-hothouse-earth-us-military-study-warns/  The theoretical paper was published within JAMS:  Here: https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/JAMS_Spring2022_13_1_web

Mon, August 08, 2022

Working Together to Solve the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change

Presented and produced by Carly Dober This panel discussion hosted by University of Queensland, and the UQ Mental Health in Climate Change Transdisciplinary Research Network discusses communities’ mental health affected by extreme weather events. Hear from field experts and academic researchers as they share key insights and observations.  Guests Associate Professor Fiona CharlsonSchool of Public Health, The University of Queensland, The UQ Mental Health in Climate Change Transdisciplinary Research Network Collin SivalingumState Emergency Services Manager, Australian Red CrossSelena GomersallChief Advocacy Officer / Founder, Outback FuturesBen NorrisManager Mental Health Drought and Disaster Team, Queensland HealthDr Jo LongmanSenior Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney Dr Rebecca PatrickSenior Lecturer, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Sustainable Health Network  Associate Professor Karen McNamaraSchool of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland,  The UQ Mental Health in Climate Change Transdisciplinary Research Network ContactLiz Shaw, Research Network Managerliz.shaw@uq.edu.au

Mon, August 01, 2022

LIVING WONDERS & Minister Tanya Plibersek

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAUGUST 1ST 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordL I V I N G   W O N D E R S  &  MINISTER TANYA PLIBERSEK “I’m going to make a decision on any project that comes before me based on the information and the science that I have before me at the time…” Tanya Plibersek, Environment Minister . The Environment Minister’s decisions this year could shape the next thousand.   GuestsNgarigu woman Professor Jakelin Troy - Sydney University and Friend of The Living  Wonders Project. Meet the client - Living Wonders Christine Carlisle - President of The Environment Council of Central QueenslandHelp fund a landmark climate legal intervention #beforeitsgone | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising Hollie Kerwin - Lawyer at Environmental Justice Australia Our living wonders - Living Wonders The LIVING  WONDERS website is a vault of information on the climate impact of 19 coal and gas projects. Proposals for these 19 projects are sitting on the desk of Tanya Plibersek, minister for Water and the environment.The dramatic question is HOW can she approve a new gas or coal project if she digs into this vault of living wonders and sees  the climate disruptions caused by more coal and gas?  A small group called The Environment Council of  Central Queensland has started a legal intervention under a rarely used section of the National Environment laws, to ask Tanya Plibersek to reconsider the 19 proposals. Through their lawyers at Environmental Justice Australia they have made it easy for the minister to access scientific research, much of it paid for by the Government. Environmental Justice Australia (envirojustice.org.au)Environment Council of Central Queensland at Queensland Conservation CouncilJakelin Troy | ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions

Mon, July 25, 2022

THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWJULY 25TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT "We are living like aliens in this country" Richard Swain  As the State of the Environment report says " caring for Country is far more than environmental management – it is caring for Country as if land and seas are kin." Richard Swain, who features in a film set in the Kosciusko National Park, says there is a real yearning among some Australians to be connected to country. He invites us all to care for country. One place to start is getting rid of feral horses on the NSW side of the Alpine Park Region. Victoria has made progress to protect the fragile Bogong high plains from feral horses whereas NSW protects them under the 2018 Wild Horses Heritage Act .  He is the Indigenous Ambassador for the Invasive Species Council.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhtc-pnUjUw&t=21shttps://www.riverguide.com.au/about.htmlhttps://invasives.org.au/our-work/climate-change/ https://www.frontyardfilms.com.au/wherethewaterstarts/https://reclaimkosci.org.au/Christine Milne is the other Ambassador for the Invasive Species Council as well as for the Global Greens. She is working for an integrated regional and global response to invasive species in the Asia Pacific area.She says the climate movement has been focussed on the Energy Transition with less attention to the biodiversity loss which is also driving emissions.https://invasives.org.au/how-to-help/take-action/stand-up-for-kosciuszko/ Peg Putt co ordinates the Forest Biomass and Climate working group. She tells us about the destruction of richly biodiverse forests in the US Southern States. The forestry Industry worth $300 Billion in the US is positioning itself as offering climate solutions through the burning of wood pellets for electricity. Environment groups accuse The Nature Conservancy of promoting this as a  "false climate solution".The European Union's 2020 climate and energy program classifies wood pellets as a carbon-neutral form of renewable energy, and European companies have invested billions to convert coal plants to plants that can burn wood pellets.Peg explains the whole of landscape solutions needed to prevent logging fro energy causing more destruction here. As the SOE says " Human activities associated with intensified land use over the past 250 years have substantially depleted soil organic carbon (Figure 21) and contributed to global climate change. Australia is listed as number 3 (behind China and the United States) among countries with the highest loss of soil organic carbonContact Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. (02) 9379 0700Tanya.Plibersek.mp@aph.gov.au1. Ask her to delete wood pellets from the list of renewable enrgy sources allowed as offsets etc.2. Ask her to work with the NSW government to eradicate the invasive species in National Parks eg the wild horse in Kosciusko.Let us know her response.Contact us if you wish to speak on air about the State of the Environment report.https

Mon, July 18, 2022

Fossil Ad Ban, Cheaper Buy Miles, Rathdowne Records & Wombat Ridge

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests: Belinda Noble- Comms DeclareBelinda is the Founder of Comms Decalre- a group of around 300 individuals and 70 organisations from the PR, marketing and advertising industries that have pledged to not promote fossil fuels, high greenhouse pollution as 'business as usual' or spin around climate science. They've recently launched Fossil Ad Ban- encouraging the banning of fossil fuel advertising on the grounds of health impacts (much like tobacco)https://fossiladban.org/ Grant Miles - Cheaper Buy MilesOwner of Cheaper Buy Miles Grant chats to us about food wastage. Go check 'out the Naarm stores and get some silly savings on delicious foodhttp://www.cheaperbuymiles.com/Protest LetterA protest letter read by me on behalf of Rathdowne Records owner Joel Shortman advocating for the protection of old growth forests in Kulin Nationhttps://twitter.com/RathdwnRecords  Gregory Wilson - Wombat RidgeGregory Wilson put a covenant on some land area in NSW, nurturing biodiversity and woodland carbon in order to rewild the land.https://twitter.com/WombatRidgeResv  SONGS:Benee- LonelyFoals - Life is YoursPurity Ring- Graves

Mon, July 11, 2022

DISRUPTION

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW - JULY 11TH 2022 D I S R U P T I O NBlockade Australia on the streets and in parliamentProduced by Vivien Langford Guests :Sue Higginson MLC -  Sue has been responsible for high profile environmental litigation in Australia. She has represented communities challenging mining giants, proponents of environmentally harmful development and holding Governments to account for the environment. She has delivered environmental legal services to rural, remote and regional communities and First Nations communities across NSW.You can find the footage and audio of Sue speaking in support of Abigail Boyd’s disallowance motion in the NSW Parliament at this link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Aw3o0V1T5qG-D9kwjqqA__IVuwLPFAXE/view?usp=sharing Blockade Australia -  Members interviewed  in a safe location and also in their week of Non Violent Disruptive Climate Action in Sydney June 2022 Aunty Caroline Kirk - First Nations Ngemba Elder arrested at the B.A Camp Tom Hume  - Singing Petition for Dovetale:   https://dovetalemusic.bandcamp.com/releases As nurses and teachers were on strike outside, inside the NSW parliament they were consolidating the police state.Forty eminent and alarmed civil society groups  such as the Human Rights Law Centre, the MUA, Environmental Defenders Office and 350.ORG had petitioned the parliament in the accepted way. However, the government and opposition ignored their pleas and  voted against a disallowance motion to their harsh new anti protest laws.No wonder then  that non violent disruptive action seems to be the only way to stop our system fuelling more climate disruption. We interview some of the Blockade Australia people  who have come from all over the country to Sydney, where colonisation began and where the extractive and destructive system is most clearly seen.One person, whose own life has been disrupted by the Lismore floods, Mali,  said as a man swore and shouted at her, and she was locked into a car blocking a tunnel,  "To this man I would say I stand with you. It is for you, it is for your family that we do this. It's for everyone, people we love, that we take this stand. It is for all of us that we need our life support systems."Meanwhile climate events are disrupting the traffic, with flooded roads and landslides on rail tracks. What would it take for the parliament to send its hellicopters and dog squads to arrest the real climate criminals?To charge them with disrupting the traffic. To charge them with the massive costs they are inflicting on our homes and crops. To connect their profitable coal oil and gas export, their landclearing and  their global supply chains  with the over  heated  oceans turbo charging the flooding rains?Blockadia is making this thinkable, when will it be possible?https://theconversation.com/blockadia-helped-cancel-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-could-change-mainstream-environmentalism-155276We talk to the blockaders and to Sue Higginson lawyer and member of NSW Parl

Mon, July 04, 2022

LOCALIZATION

CLIMATE  ACTION  RADIO  SHOW  -  July 4th 2022 L O C A L I Z A T I O NProduced by Vivien Langford Guests:Helena Norberg- Hodge - Linguist, author and film maker, Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the international non-profit organisation, Local Futures, a pioneer of the new economy movement, and the convenor of World Localization Day. https://worldlocalizationday.org/filmWhat if Local and Diverse Is Better Than Networked and Global? NYTimes article https://www.localfutures.org/wp-content/uploads/NY-Times-Helena-Norberg-Hodge-Profile-1.pdf Naomi Klein - Author of This Changes Everything  and The Shock Doctrine-   Video from Salmon Country where she lives in Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP-42ddAYqU Dr Saleemul Huq -  Expert on Local adaptation to Climate change in the most vulnerable communities.https://www.icccad.net/dr-saleemul-huq-media/past-present-and-future-of-locally-led-adaptation/ Small Islands Big Song - Ta'u Tama  Musicians from Madagascar to Tahiti worked during the pandemic to exploire their worries about climate changes they are experiencing in the Indo Pacific countries : Please watch this video, it takes you to the island countries and  their musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWg1ryOK2eg Via Campesina -  https://worldlocalizationday.org/stories https://viacampesina.org/en/  Free trade Kills Farmers Kill Free Trade Seetha Ananthasivan - Bhoomi Network - "Global Economic System is like the Pied Piper who led the children of Hamelyn to their doom"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-4ARqS408&t=2s Robert Mc Lean  - Guest producer with his tribute to the late Phillip Sutton and their last interview.https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/climate-conversations/id1434632693

Mon, June 27, 2022

Port Augusta, Whyalla - Green Steel and Smart Energy

Climate Action ShowJune 27th 2022Produced by Vivien Langford PORT AUGUSTA, WHYALLA - GREEN STEEL AND SMART ENERGY Guests:Kurt Johnson -  Journalist with Renew Economy https://reneweconomy.com.au/green-dreams-managing-the-transition-from-rust-to-renewables/ John Grimes - CEO The Smart Energy Council At the Smart Energy Conference in May, soon to be PM and Environment Minister Albanese and Bowen were fascinated by a new Solar Company. On display were 5B Mavericks. Mr Albanese was enthusiastic because they were very close to his electorate, employed many people and had expanded to USA, India and Chile. We asked them what 5B stood for and it turned out to be for the Five Billion Years of sun power ahead of us. The Mavericks are solar arrays the size of a roof. they can be folded up and deployed elsewhere and their inventors are Chris Mc Grath and Eden Tehan. Since the election many are expecting a great acceleration of clean energy and John Grimes says that the targets taken to the election could be more than doubled by 2030.Then we go to Port Augusta  and Whyalla with Kurt Johnson who found there was such a boom for workers there he could hardly find a room for the night. There is a Renewable Energy Park there with wind , solar, ocean and energy storage.https://www.dpenergy.com/projects/port-augusta-renewable-energy-park/It's not a simple story however, and locals are somewhat resigned to big promises, booms and setbacks.  One problem may be the difficulty of finding skilled workers and here is Kurt's article investigating that : https://reneweconomy.com.au/could-a-skills-shortage-stall-the-renewable-energy-revolution/He talks about the Sundrop  Farm which uses solar power to desalinate the sea water from St Vincent's Gulf and grow acres of tomatoes.https://reneweconomy.com.au/good-taste-and-food-security-how-sundrop-rewrote-rules-of-tomato-crops/ - https://www.sundropfarms.com/our-facilities/TRAININGThe Smart  Energy Council already has certificate courses: https://smartenergy.org.au/training/https://nswliberal.org.au/Shared-Content/News/2021/New-Training-For-Renewable-Jobs-Revolutionhttps://www.premier.vic.gov.au/ensuring-women-are-part-clean-energy-revolutionWe have our ears out to report on other training opportunities to turbo charge this energy transition, so please let us know by calling 3CR -   (03) 94198377 - In France they do not have a Minister for Climate Change but a Minister for Energy Transition which sounds much more determined, and we hope to interview her soon. https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/three-women-to-steer-frances-new-super-green-ministry/

Mon, June 20, 2022

Fireproof Australia, Blockade Australia & Bob Brown Foundation

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests: Bonnie from Fireproof AustraliaBonnie is an activist and campainger from Fireproof Australia- a campaign of civil resistance proportional to the existential threat we face. Why Fireproof Australia? We’ve f**king burned, our lungs have filled with poisonous smoke, our houses have been burned and washed away and our country will be destroyed by climate breakdown if we don’t act.https://fireproof.news/  Jarrah from Bloackade AustraliaJarrah is an acitivist and campaigner from Bloakcade Australia. Blockade Australia coordinates mobilisations at economic bottlenecks and centres of political power. These mobilisations use centralised, sustained and disruptive action to force the urgent broad-scale change necessary for survival.https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/about-blockade-australia/blockade-australia-purpose-statement/  Scott Jordan from The Bob Brown FoundationScott Jordan is an activist and campaigner for The Bob Brown Foudnation. The Bob Brown Foudnation aims to help campaigns and activists who show real pluck and intelligence in protecting ecosystems, species and wild and scenic heritage. https://www.bobbrown.org.au/the_foundation SONGS:Clairo- BagsCannons- Fire For YouRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- Deep Dive

Mon, June 13, 2022

MEDIA downplaying climate action

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW 13TH JUNE 2022 RADIOTHON - https://www.givenow.com.au/cause442THE MEDIA How did they bury climate action when most voters had it as their top concern?Produced by Vivien Langford Guests: John Grimes in Canberra -  CEO of the Smart Energy CouncilDominic Geiger in Brisbane  - Media Co Ordinator for Lock the Gate Alliance Fahimah Badrulhisham in Sydney - Wentworth Campaigner for Australian Religious Response to Climate Change SUMMARYWhy did the media bury the subject of climate action when so many voters had this as their top priority?https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-10/climate-change-election-policies-scientists-give-verdicts/101020002 John Grimes was appalled that   parts of the media are now indulging the Nuclear Energy Solution while he predicts the ALP will surpass their own modelling of having 83% of our domestic energy from renewables by 2030. This interview is irresistably upbeat but we would like to know your response : climateaction3CR@gmail.comKetan Joshi found that while Legacy media de-prioritised Climate and the Environment, it was far and away the most discussed issed on Social Media. The 2022 Election result should not have been such a surprise to baby boomershttps://reneweconomy.com.au/the-political-and-media-establishment-ignored-climate-but-voters-didnt/ Dominic Geiger previously a journalist with the Dalby Herald in  QLD, tells us to go on Google Earth to see what damage the Fossil Gas Industry has done to beautiful farmland. The mainstreeam media might not be telling us about it but  he is not so worried by the Murdoch media monopoly in Qld,  because he says young people are all connected to social media and news on the Internet. However at Lock the Gates he is ardent to get us to realise that all the so called "gas basins.".. Seurat, Beetaloo and Bowen Basin are actually place where people live and where  there is an ecosystem to protect in this driest continent on earth. Journalists who blow in and refer to them as basins are doing the work or the gas and petroleium industry and a dis service to the heroic work of conservation by local people.https://www.lockthegate.org.au/energy_crisis_architect_santos_at_it_again_with_qld_coal_seam_gas_expansion Fahimah Badrulhisham  from ARRCC is enlivened by what can be achieved under the radar by social media. She realised that opiniion pieces in the Legacy media are only the opinion of one person. Social media allows the perspective of black and brown people, people in coal affected communities and people worried about the right being trampled on.  They communicate laterally and give each other heart. She participated in many actions in the Wentworth Electorate where a TEAL candidate, Allegra Spender,defeated the Liberal Party incumbent. The  community communication  at Forums and in social media  was way below the Legacy Media commentary and  was vindicated in her opinion by the change in government.https://www.arrcc.org.au/fahimahhttps://twitter.com/arrcc1/status/

Mon, June 06, 2022

FINANCING DESTRUCTION

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE  6TH  2022F I N A N C I N G  D E S T R U C T I O NProduced by Vivien Langford GuestsJulian Vincent and Pablo Brait from Market Forces | Your money as a force for good 350.org and Lock the Gate Alliance - Event outside the AFR Banking Summit NAB: Bank on our future - 350 AustraliaTeen cyclone survivor confronts bank boss | Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSW Extinction Rebellion UK- Money Rebellion- BREAKING: Climate groups bring Shell’s first UK AGM to a standstill - Extinction Rebellion UK FINANCING DESTRUCTIONOr  how to stop the flow of trillions to new coal,oil and gas Julien Vincent won the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize as founder of Market Forces. We interview him and his colleague Pablo Brait to tell the Market Forces story of divestment and shareholder action.  In Queensland, Coedi McEvoy up on Wangan and Jagalingou territory right opposite Adan's Carmichael coal Mine urges would be investors not to destroy his cultural heritage. In Sydney, we hear how a schoolboy, Chris Black, engaged with a Banking summit inside the Hilton Hotel. He told the head of National Australia Bank his story of bushfire flood and cyclone. His generation live in fear of a future being ruined by more investment in coal, oil and gas as it turbocharges climate chaos. This was livestreamed to the Financial Review audience but only we were outside to hear his moving letter  read by  Jean Hinchcliff ( Young Author of Lead the Way) In London the AGM of Shell Oil is disrupted by shareholders from Extinction Rebellion. We hear about the human rights and environmental destruction in the Niger Delta by Shell. Plus how financing more oil leads to unlivable wet bulb temperatures in Singapore and parts of SE Asia. Music from Rory Phillips is called The truth

Mon, May 30, 2022

A flood of emotions: climate anxiety and trauma in Australia

Produced by Carly Dober. In the aftermath of devastating climate disasters like Australia’s recent east-coast floods, how do communities – those at the centre of the crisis and those on the periphery – support each other emotionally during times of climate distress? Hear from climate emotions experts and residents of Lismore. – Maddy Braddon, community organiser – Professor James Bennett-Levy, mental health expert – Aidan Ricketts, academic and environmental activist – Samuel Savage, emergency services coordinator – Jeanti St Clair, journalism lecturer and storycatcher – Moderator: Dr Blanche Verlie, social scientist. The recording for this podcast is from a live Sydney Ideas online event, presented in collaboration with Sydney Environment Institute; held on Thursday 21 April, 2022. https://www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2022/flood-emotion-and-climate-change.html

Mon, May 23, 2022

LEADERS OF THE FUTURE

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMAY 23RD 2022"WHERE THE WATER STARTS" film about Kosciusko"I SEE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY" Michael White ETUProduced by Vivien LangfordGuests: Mandy King and Fabio Cavadini - Makers of "Where the water starts" To host a showing of the film :FanForce | Create Screening (fan-force.com)Support the Reclaim Kosci campaign to save the headwaters of our rivers now being damaged by feral horses and invasive species.  The  Snowy 2.0 emerges as $10 billion white elephant (smh.com.au) even though it is part of our nation's response to climate change.Sign the petition - Reclaim Kosci School Strike4 Climate Manjot Kaur on the Heatwave suffering in India and Pakistan Climate change is worsening heat wave in India and Pakistan - The Washington Post Michael White - Assistant Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union NSWStay electrically safe during flood clean up | WorkSafe.qld.gov.au Damien Davis Frank -  from The Nurses and Midwives Association Climate emergency a ‘national security’ concern, says Red Cross | Climate crisis | The GuardianNorthern NSW flood crisis takes an emotional toll on medical staff involved in rescue and recovery - ABC News Montaigne  - singing their song Ready .(1021) Montaigne - 'READY' live on The Set - YouTube Music from The Environmental Music Prize – Amplifying the voices of artists who inspire action for climate and conservation.Reverend Bones -  When the sky was blue Rory Phillips -  The truth

Sun, May 15, 2022

Fusion Party

Produced & presented by Carly Dober  GuestsKammy Cordner Hunt & Adrian Whitehead- Fusion Party candidates We chat to Kammy Cordner Hunt & Adrian Whitehead, who are both candidtates in this years Federal Election, representing Fusion Party. Fusion is a merger of parties working to improve Australia's future.Vote Fusion for action on the climate emergency, a federal anti-corruption commission, and a plan for the future.Check them out here https://www.fusionparty.org.au/ Song: Digital Afrika - GnawaSong: Digital Afrika- Ode

Mon, May 09, 2022

CODE RED - CRITICAL ELECTION 2022

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW MAY 9TH 2022Produced by -  Vivien LangfordCODE RED - CRITICAL ELECTION 2022 GUESTSChris Bowen -  Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy . Australian Labor Partyhttps://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/labor-mp-chris-bowens-huge-call-on-coalfired-power-stations/news-story/52efd18f3531705a4c0a0ab1f52143cd David Shoebridge - Greens Candidate for NSW in  the Senate. Former member of NSW Parliament . https://vimeo.com/696825901?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=4566840 Allegra Spender - Independent for the seat of Wentworth in Sydney . https://www.allegraspender.com.au/ Dave Sharma - Liberal Member for Wentworth - https://davesharma.com.au/ Daniel Lewkovitz - Candidate from the Liberal Democrats Party. CEO for  Security firm  "Calamity"https://www.ldp.org.au/bio_daniel_lewkovitz  Mia Mottley - Prime Minister of Barbados . Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN6THYZ4ngM Music  from .https://environmentalmusicprize.com/  Don't miss out on voting for your favouritesong/video1. Rory Phillips - The Truth https://environmentalmusicprize.com/2. Paul Kelly  -  Sleep Australia Sleep https://environmentalmusicprize.com/(Apologies for getting the name wrong on air) A lullaby with a sting.

Mon, May 02, 2022

TOUR DE CARMICHAEL and THE ANGELS OF LISMORE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMAY 2ND 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDGUEST INTERVIEWER ROBERT MC LEAN TOUR DE CARMICHAEL and  THE ANGELS OF LISMORE GUESTS:Coedie Mc Evoy -  and Fahimah Badrulhisham inviting us to the Family Friendly bike tour near Adani Mine.Tour De Carmichael - Cycle for Country 2022WHEN: Monday 23rd May to Friday 27th May, 2022WHAT: A 5 day guided cultural cycle tour on Wangan and Jagalingou Country to the Waddananggu cultural ceremonyWHERE: On Wangan and Jagalingou Country in Central Queensland, around a 13 hour drive north from Brisbane and 9 hours drive south from Cairns. The tour route will be along approximately 90 kilometres of public road to the Waddananggu ceremony, just 1.5km opposite Adani’s coal pit. *MORE INFO:* https://standing-our-ground.org/tourdecarmichael/*REGISTER:* https://bit.ly/TdC2022Rego Hanabeth Luke  - Interviewed by Robert Mc Lean for  Climate Conversations. Hanabeth teaches at the Lismore campus of the Southern Cross University and is campaigning as an independent candidate for the Federal Electorate of Page.Heroics at the 2002 Bali Bombing saw her labelled as the "Angel of Bali" and a humble Hanabeth said the traits she won praise for were repeatedly on exhibit during the recent floods in northern New South Wales - she believes people are intrinsically imbued with the traits for which she was honoured. https://www.hanabethluke.com.au/https://www.climactic.fm/show/climate-conversations/interview-hanabeth-luke-an-independent-candidate-for-the-federal-seat-of-page-wants-real-action-on-climate-change/

Mon, April 25, 2022

CARING FOR COUNTRY CARING FOR FORESTS

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 25TH 2022Produced by Vivien Langford with guest interviewer Amelia GoonerageCARING FOR COUNTRY CARING FOR FORESTS GUESTSTISHIKO KING   - She is the campaign director at Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network and took part in the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, where she also represented the Torres Strait island organization, Our Islands Our Home.[1][2] TIANA JAKECEVITCH - From Aotearoa : https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/448858/indigenous-knowledge-key-to-addressing-climate-change-rangatahi-activist GIACOMO FEDELE - Mangrove specialist Conservation  Internationalhttps://sitefinity.ciapps-aws.org/blog/meet-a-scientist-to-adapt-to-climate-change-this-expert-looks-to-nature BRONSON GRISCOM-  Conservation International . Griscom was the lead author of the 2017 landmark study that revealed natural climate solutions provide over 30% of the emissions reductions needed by 2030 to keep global temperature increases under 2 degrees Celsius. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, made worldwide headlines.https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2115218118#:~:text=We%20need%20biosphere%20stewardship%20that%20protects%20carbon%20sinks%20and%20builds%20resilience,-Johan%20Rockstr%C3%B6m%20%2C%20Tim&text=Earth's%20biosphere%2C%20its%20extraordinary%20and,life%20on%20Earth%20to%20thrive. MANDY KING - WHERE THE WATER STARTS  about conserving the natural landscape and indigenous heritage of the Kosciosko National park region :Film Maker https://fan-force.com/films/where-the-water-starts/ Only six months to go until COP 27 when we expect to see much more accountability for the pledges made to cut methane and deforestation. It is hard to get an overview but in this spirit we go to the Tortres Stae Islands, New Zealand, Panama and Belgium. A clear message comes through that indigenous people have a much deeper interest in preserving their mangroves, forests and livelihoods. It is not just about carbon sequestration for them. However, valuing the carbon in living forests as opposed to dead wood may tip the balance in  all our favour. The COP 26 signatories including Australia must be held accountable.On carbon credits:  "Research has(link is external) repeatedly(link is external) shown(link is external) that land under stewardship of Indigenous peoples tends to have far better conservation outcomes — This is a powerful reason to strengthen, not weaken, Indigenous land rights. Also, saying that the only way forward for offsets is corporate control and that Indigenous peoples are going to suffer is problematic. How? This perspective depicts Indigenous peoples as helpless by diminishing their agency and autonomy. It’s also deeply cynical, implying that humanity has learned nothing from the entire history of the conservation movement and is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.  The fact is, high-quality carbon offsets are necessarily built upon the full and informed partici

Sun, April 17, 2022

Extinction Rebellion Victoria protest against Exxon, and Kinglake Friends of the Forest rally against VicForests

Produced & presented by Carly Dober  GuestsJane Morton- Extinction Rebellion activist We chat to Jane Morton, clinical psychologist, climate actvitist and campaigner from XR Victoria about the recent Just Stop It! campaign Want to get involved with the JUST STOP IT! campaign? Sign up here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/new-campaign-callout-just-stop-it-no-more-coal-no-more-gas-no-more-oil?source=direct_link& Please donate to help fund the first wave of JUST STOP IT! and the next wave in September: https://gofund.me/15042e0b Join Extinction Rebellion Australia and connect with a local group in your area: https://ausrebellion.earth/get-involved Here is some Channel Nine News footage of the petrol tanker action Jane Morton was arrested in. It makes the link to the Just Stop Oil campaign in the United Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9QrGAH15_E Interested in how to talk about the climate emergency? This is the booklet by Jane summarising the research that shows that it is important to tell the truth about the catastrophic dangers we face and demolishes the myth that 'fear doesn't work': https://climateemergencydecalation.org/climatemessaging   Keep up to date with the powerful actions by Just Stop Oil in the United Kingdom: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=just%20stop%20oil Watch some of the courageous actions by Blockade Australia: https://www.facebook.com/BlockadeAustralia/videos/687216142594347 and read about the four month jail sentence for Max Curmi: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-28/port-botany-protest-four-months-jail/100945668 Find out about Fireproof Australia Fireproof Australia: who are the radical Extinction Rebellion splinter group? | Climate crisis | The Guardian and the three month sentence jail sentence for a young climate activist, Andrew George:  Protester jailed over NRL flare stunt (9news.com.au) Read about the draconian new anti-protest laws in NSW: NSW parliament passes new laws bringing harsher penalties on protesters - ABC News  Song: Portico Quartet - MonumentKinglake Friends of the Forest rally at ToolangiThe forest surrounding the renowned Tanglefoot walking track in Toolangi (on Melbourne's doorstep) is scheduled for logging. On April 9 at 2pm, community members organised and held a peaceful rally at the Tanglefoot Picnic Area to stand up for the place they love and say no to native forest logging https://kinglakefriendsoftheforest.com/(link is external) Song: Surpise Chef - Leave it, Don't Take It Plus Climate updates from our friends at Climate 4 Changehttps://www.climateforchange.org.au/

Sun, April 10, 2022

TRAINING FOR THE ENERGY REVOLUTION and LONG WALL COAL MINING THREATENS SYDNEY'S WATER

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW11th AprilProduced by Vivien LangfordSKILLING UP FOR THE RENEWABLE REVOLUTIONandNO MINING IN THE WATER CATCHMENTGuests:Antonio Guterres - Secretary General of the U.N. At the launch of the latest IPCC report  he said leaders in business, banking and government are fast tracking us to an unbelievable world of water shortages and disaster. He said Climate activists are portrayed as dangerous radicals but "the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels"On this show we bring you the voices of people who are getting us off that fast track.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8rlLaT8v4Q Kurt Johnson - Writer and researcher, asks industry insiders how easy it is to find the specialised and general labour to drive the renewable energy transition.He finds they are struggling."With an estimated $66 billion to be invested in renewable energy over the next 10 to 15 years, and a further $27 billion in rooftop solar and battery storage, the money and the ambition for a revolution are there, yet the risk of being unable to find workers may threaten the entire venture’s viability." https://reneweconomy.com.au/could-a-skills-shortage-stall-the-renewable-energy-revolution/  Sharon Pursell  - Community campaigner for Protect our Water Alliance in Wollongong NSWShe tells us that in Germany  there are people employed to keep the water out of old mines. They call it a "perpetual" cost. So why are we paying public money to subsidise new coal and gas projects?https://protectourwateralliance.org/The four active coal mines that dig beneath the catchment cause irreversible damage to creeks, rivers, and endangered upland swamps. This not only reduces the quality and quantity of water we need to drink, but ruins critical ecosystems and cultural heritage sites. The coal adds to the rising global emissions whether we burn it or export it.Watch the videohttps://www.facebook.com/protectourwateralliance/videos/238992334316017/ Fossil Fuel subsidies = $22,000 per minute according to The Australia Institute. Over $11 billion per year and rising since we have the gas led recovery. A small part of that is to rehabilitate old mines left behind by those who have made a profit. https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/P1198-Fossil-fuel-subsidies-2022-WEB.pdfhttps://reneweconomy.com.au/perverse-australian-fossil-fuel-subsidies-will-top-22000-a-minute-this-year/

Sun, April 03, 2022

LISMORE FLOODS + SCHOOL STRIKE FOR CLIMATE

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWAPRIL 4TH 2022 LISMORE FLOODS and  SCHOOL STRIKE 4 CLIMATE AT KIRRIBILLI Speaking from SS4CPhil Bradley - NSW Teachers 'FederationThomas Mayor - Maritime Union of AustraliaStudent from  Lismore - EllaStudent from Sydney - James Speaking from Lismore to The Juice Media's Giordano NanniSue Higginson - Former head of the Environmental Defenders Office and Lismore Local farmer.Like our forests we burnLIke our storms we rageLike our oceans we riseLike our planetWE FIGHT BACK With views of the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge thousands of school students gathered outside the Prime Minister's house. Ella, an 11 year old girl spoke about the Lismore floods which have made her a refugee for the moment. James spoke of his frustration with government  and  called on us to overthrow it to get change. Thomas Mayor from MUA spoke about the Uluru statement from the heart being ignored and how now the future adults of this country are being ignored. As a Zenadeth Kes man from the Torres Strait he knows the  real effects of our continued inaction.It was an energetic and ardent meeting strongly connecting  the profits made from fossil fuels with the devastation caused to people. #People before profits.In Sydney's Daily Telegraph for 25th March The IPA's Dr Bella D'Abrera called the strike "Outrageous"....." The National curriculum not only tells children that it's wrong to question climate change but it  also wants to turn them into left wing activists"....... "It's a damning indictment of our education system that children genuinely believe that Australian Government policy will make a difference to the world's climate".We also briefly hear from the court case Juliana v United States featured in the film "Youth V Gov. Renknowned Environmental lawyer Gus Speth says " This huge failure to rise to the moment, I think it's the greatest dereliction of civic duty in the history of the republic". Take note Sussan Ley. As I send this programme to community radio 3cr and Skid Row, a second huge emergency has been declared in the Northern Rivers of NSW, Lismore region. Instead of our show on the latest IPCC report, we are broadcasting, with permission, a brilliant interview which really takes you there.Sue Higginson, former head of the EDO is also a Lismore local and farmer. She is deeply aware of the connections between this devastation and the ongoing permits for coal oil and gas which turbo charge it. She tells about the heroism of this community which has a strong tradition of looking after each other. Sue comments on the DUTY ofCARE court case brought by young people against the minister for the environment.  Now Sue is going to the NSW Parliament to transform the laws. It is one of the rawest and best informed interviews you will hear and we thank Giordano and the Juice Media team. You can see their satirical Honest Government ad on the floods.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvFy2TuPDawand support them onwww.patreon.com/thejuicemedia Tho

Sun, April 03, 2022

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LEADING ON FOREST PROTECTION IN AOTEAROA, TORRES STRAIT, SURINAM AND AMAZONAS

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 25TH 2022Produced by : Vivien Langford and Amelia Goonerage  INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LEADING ON FOREST PROTECTION IN AOTEAROA, TORRES STRAIT, SURINAM AND AMAZONAS  GUESTSTish King - Seed Mob - Our Islands our Home.ACTION you can take: https://ourislandsourhome.com.au/send-a-postcard/ Tiana Jakicevich -  Advocate for Indigenous climate justice in Aotearoa New Zealand Giacomo Fedele - In Belgium - Conservation International Expert on climate adaptation and Mangroveshttps://www.conservation.org/blog/meet-a-scientist-to-adapt-to-climate-change-this-expert-looks-to-nature?utm_campaign=General&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&s_src=facebook&s_subsrc=General_2021Oct04 Bronson Griscom - In Panama - Conservation International Director of nature based climate solutions. https://www.conservation.org/press-releases/2019/08/26/conservation-international-names-bronson-griscom-senior-director-of-natural-climate-solutions

Sun, April 03, 2022

NATURE BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS = INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 25TH 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD NATURE BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS = INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS  THE FOREST AGREEMENT Episode 3 in series on COP26 AccountabilityGlasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) GUESTSAMELIA GOONERAGE -  Guest interviewer and  youth delegate to COP 26 TISH KING - Torres Strait Islander from SEED MOB TIANA JAKICEVICH -  Maori youth representative at Cop 26 GIACOMO FEDELE - Swiss authority on Mangroves and adaptation to Climate change Conservation International. 3 myths about carbon offsets, busted (conservation.org) BRONSON GRISCOM - US scientist in Panama. He leads Conservation International Nature Based Solutions science team.Bronson Griscom (conservation.org MANDY KING - Australian Documentary film Maker, member  of the Order of East Timor for her contribution to their liberation. Where The Water Starts Official Trailer - Bing videoto get tickets for SYDNEY listeners https://fan-force.com/screenings/where-the-water-starts-dendy-cinema-newtown/ Only six months to go until COP 27 when we expect to see much more accountability for the pledges made to cut methane and deforestation. It is hard to get an overview but in this spirit we go to the Tortres Stae Islands, New Zealand, Panama and Belgium. A clear message comes through that indigenous people have a much deeper interest in preserving their mangroves, forests and livelihoods. It is not just about carbon sequestration for them. However, valuing the carbon in living forests as opposed to dead wood may tip the balance in  all our favour. The COP 26 signatories including Australia must be held accountable.On carbon credits:  "Research has repeatedly shown that land under stewardship of Indigenous peoples tends to have far better conservation outcomes — This is a powerful reason to strengthen, not weaken, Indigenous land rights. Also, saying that the only way forward for offsets is corporate control and that Indigenous peoples are going to suffer is problematic. How? This perspective depicts Indigenous peoples as helpless by diminishing their agency and autonomy. It’s also deeply cynical, implying that humanity has learned nothing from the entire history of the conservation movement and is doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.  The fact is, high-quality carbon offsets are necessarily built upon the full and informed participation of Indigenous peoples and local communities, who have much to gain from the financial and technical benefits that carbon offset projects can provide. A major feature — indeed, much of the point — of carbon offsets is restorative justice: a wholesale transfer of wealth aimed at rewarding those who protect nature for everyone’s benefit by acknowledging their control of their lands. " 3 myths about carbon offsets, busted (conservation.org)

Mon, March 21, 2022

SEEDS, SOLIDARITY AND SEATS AT THE CLIMATE TABLE

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 21ST 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD SEEDS , SOLIDARITY AND SEATS AT THE CLIMATE TABLE GUESTS CAMILLA BECKET - Film maker of The seeds of Vandana Shiva  SCREENING AT TFFThe Seeds of Vandana Shiva - A documentary film (vandanashivamovie.com)Enquire about a screening - The Seeds of Vandana Shiva (vandanashivamovie.com) GEORGE WOODS -  Poet and Lock the Gates Alliance campaignerhttps://www.facebook.com/Lock.The.Gate.Alliance/ TACK DANIELS - with AMELIA GOONERAGE  . A Maori perspective on negotiating. Keep our shared future front of mind. As people at the top flounder, local climate solutions can be found in farming, flood preparedness and at high level negotiations where indigenous perspectives are sidelined or misunderstood. It's urgent that we let local people and First Nations protectors lead the way in climate adaptation.  Vandana Shiva knew this when she paid attention to the Chipko women in India hugging trees to preserve forests. She listened again when village women gave her their diverse seeds to preserve resilience against the monoculture "seeds of suicide" from Monsanto.   George Woods knows this after decades campaigning against fossil fuels in the coal and gas regions of Australia. She says the social capital built up for example in the battles for Bentley, Bylong and Gloucester have created a love and solidarity that is now being tested by historic floods. Her poem voicing the flooding emotions we feel about coal's ongoing dominance  is in the  anthology - The Tide will Take it.:  https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-tide-will-take-it/   Tack Daniels  in N.Z. knows this from a lifetime of high level negotiations. He talks to Amelia who was a youth delegate to COP26. His Maori perspective insists that indigenous people must retain control of their knowledge. He is confident that non-indigenous people can  learn a lot about power sharing and keeping the focus on our shared future.  ACTIONTo help flood affected people in the Lismore area of NSW 1. Lismore City Council - Flood Appeal Account - these donations are for the purpose of disaster recovery and community support and will be distributed to other organisations or persons for those organisations to use and distribute as needed. BSB: 062 565 Account: 10864633   2. RED CROSS FLOOD APPEAL – The Red Cross is committed to supporting the community through the next two years as we recover and rebuild. https://www.redcross.org.au/floodsappeal/   3. GIVIT – This platform specifically matches the need with the items being donated. It is recommended by Resilience NSW. https://www.givit.org.au/   4. Koori Mail has released a Go-Fund-Me for the Bundjalung communities and missions that have been effected by the recent floods. Please follow link for more details. Every dollar counts, no matter how small.  https://gofund.me/f2f61bd7

Mon, March 14, 2022

The best climate science you never heard

Climate Action Radio showProduced by Vivien LangfordMarch 14th 2022The best climate science you never heardThis is an edited  recording of the press briefing from Covering Climate Now and  Scientific American February 2nd 2022.It highlights a " little-known scientific development that carries paradigm-shifting implications for how people, especially young people, feel about the climate crisis and how governments and societies respond to it".The Best Climate Science You've Never Heard Of — Covering Climate Now We also hear responses to the recent IPCC report from Dr Kathryn Bowen and Dr Atul K Shah GuestsMichael Mann - Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State UniversityThe New Climate War | Book | Scribe PublicationsSaleemul Huq - Professor  at the Independent University Bangladesh Ten lessons on community-based adaptation | International Institute for Environment and Development (iied.org)Locally led adaptation: We can lead the world | The Daily StarMark Hertsgaard - Co-Founder of Covering Climate NowThe UN’s “Atlas of Human Suffering” Isn’t a One-Day Story — Covering Climate NowKathryn Bowen - Melbourne University Faculty of Medicine Deputy Director Melbourne Climate Futures - brief extract from a CAHA webinar about putting nature back at the core of our considerationsWomen leading the fight against climate change (unimelb.edu.au)Atul K Shah - University of London Professor of Economics - Brief Extract from an ARCC webinar about how Capitalism takes a chain saw to nature.

Mon, March 07, 2022

Ecopsychology & The Climate Crisis

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests: Julia SymonsPsychologist in Naarm/Melbourne working in the field for 27 years & Mandy Halabi, psychologist in Gadigal Land/Sydney working as a psychologist for the last 4 years are both passionate about the field of ecopsychology, it's emergence in Australia, and how it might support action in the climate space. In our first conversation about ecopsychology, we talk about what it is, what it looks like in the therapuetic relationship, and what it looks overseas. Part 2 will be about the evidence for this modality. For more about Julia and her work, check out the below:https://www.jspsychology.com.au/ For more about Carly and her work, check out the below:https://enrichinglivespsychology.com.au/

Mon, February 28, 2022

GREEN CLIMATE FUND and TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL

Climate Action ShowFebruary 28th 2022Produced by Vivien Langford GREEN CLIMATE FUND AND TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVALhttps://www.transitionsfilmfestival.com/program-2022/Guests Rita Leistner -  Director of TFF film Forest for the Trees. During this film " a forest is planted, a film is made but the logging goes on " We talk about the state of emergency in Canada and the lives of tree planters who sometimes become environmentalists.https://watch.eventive.org/transitionsfilmfestival2022/play/61b7341e71182600716daf57/61b1f66a108205004b6537e6 David Klammer -  Director of TFF film "Barricade" It's about the one year occupation of the Dannenrod Forest /  Winner of the Best Documentary at Snowdance film festival. We hear about the success of occupations such as at Hammerbach Forest where a coal mine has been stopped. Civil disobedience is hard in a capitalist society but  even defeats  build social capital and a new way of communicating to prepare us for the  future.https://watch.eventive.org/transitionsfilmfestival2022/play/61b730f35c1be500552be821/61b1f66a108205004b6537ec Dr Ruth Adler -  Former 3CR presenter and diplomat. She was the Australian Ambassador in Ireland and has served also in Brunei, Mexico and The Philippines. She is  now an  expert on the Green Climate Fund Her thesis is titled ‘Finance in the Paris Agreement climate regime: governance, legitimacy and prospects for justice’In this year of accountability we hear about how Canada and Germany are leading with a plan to deliver green finance to low income countries.https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2021/11/climate-finance-delivery-plan-co-led-by-canada-and-germany-highlighted-on-day-three-of-cop26.htmlWe talk about how the money must flow to local representatives and the difficulty for such people to have  a seat at the table. https://www.greenclimate.fund/projects Amelia Goonerage - Youth delegate to COP 26 and masters student at Melbourne University Music by Dee Yan Key. Song of the harp maidens/ Lied des Hafenmadchens Climate Activists  take note of how fossil fuel money may be buying attacks on democracy in Canada.https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/02/11/this-is-sedition-ottawa-insurrection-has-roots-in-pro-pipeline-pro-fossil-convoy/Good news from NSW The New South Wales (NSW) Government announced it would permanently end all offshore oil, gas and mineral mining in NSW waters. This means no more oil and gas rigs off the coast of Australia’s most populated state - FOREVER.Viv, this is a win for all ocean lovers, and the advocacy groups and communities who have rallied hard for years in a bid to protect their local marine ecosystems and avoid irreversible changes to the Earth’s climate.If this gets you excited, now’s the time to turn that energy into action!Message from Senator Peter Whish Wilson for the Greens

Mon, February 21, 2022

METHANE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWFEBRUARY 21ST 2022Produced by Vivien Langford M E T H A N E COP26:111 countries signed a pledge to slash methane by 30%. Australia didn't signMethane is bubbling up from the permafrost on land and sea. There is nothing we can do about that according to Dahr Jamail except slow the climate disruption which is melting the Arctic.In this season on accountability we look at the COP26 Methane pledgeGuestsUrsula von der Leyden - President of the European Comissionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgkwfWiH_ic Dahr Jamail - The End of Ice - Author and winner of the Martha Gelhorn prize for investigative journalismhttps://theintercept.com/2019/05/04/climate-change-book-end-of-ice/  Mark Howden -  interviewed by guest producer Amelia GoonerageDirector, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University. https://theconversation.com/australias-refusal-to-sign-a-global-methane-pledge-exposes-flaws-in-the-term-net-zero-170944 Music From dusk til dawn by Lapland Element orchestra A night with a midnight sun comes. The sun does not set under a horizon at all. Nature of a north polar region. The countless animals and plants which basked in the sun not setting shine in summer. Aurora covers the sky in the woods of silver frost in winter. People call it Lapland.According to the journal Nature  February 2022"The growth of methane emissions slowed around the turn of the millennium, but began a rapid and mysterious uptick around 2007. The spike has caused many researchers to worry that global warming is creating a feedback mechanism that will cause ever more methane to be released, making it even harder to rein in rising temperatures." ‘Dangerously Fast’ Methane Increase Suggests Feedback Mechanism May Have Begun - The Energy MixMethane emissions are rising dangerously fast. Methane  is a short lived gas but affects the climate many more times than CO2. In terms of climate action cutting methane in agriculture and the fossil fuel industry is  the low hanging fruit we need to cut down with urgency and determination. Canada committed to reducing oil and gas methane emissions by 75% by 2030. What could Australia do?.We are a gas producer, and here is an idea from the Centre for global developmentOil and gas producing countries could volunteer to apply remote sensing (satellite) technology to measure—and fiscal policies to disincentivize—methane emissions from wasteful gas flaring (following Nigeria’s example), and also volunteer to implement existing gas monetization technology (following the example of Norway). Egypt (COP 27 chair) and Indonesia (G20 chair) could take leadership roles in this initiative;  https://www.cgdev.org/blog/practical-proposal-methane-2022-climate-pledges-actionhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2295810-cop26-105-countries-pledge-to-cut-methane-emissions-by-30-per-cent/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00312-2BREAKING: Fossils Emit 70% More Methane than Governments Report: IEA Track

Mon, February 14, 2022

"Don't Look up" - "WhatcanIdoAustralia?" - "Climate Crimes"

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWPRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDFEBRUARY  14th -  2022 "Don't Look up" - "What can I do Australia?" -  "Climate Crimes" GUESTSWhat can I do, Australia?Mark Spenser - Founder of  the Climactic collective for podcasters:Episodes | Climactic . He chats with   Psychologist Felicity Jefferson about finding a "sit spot "  to connect with nature. She explores deep ecology to help people get active on climate. It's a gentle conversation about the shift in consciousness needed so we reconnect with nature rather than ravaging  it.Climate Action | What Can I Do? Australia (whatcanidoaustralia.com.au)Serially Curious | So... what can I do? | Climactic Don't Look UpTom Ballard and Emerald Moon discuss film Don't Look up. Watch Don't Look Up | Netflix Official Site They enjoy the film's savaging of the media which blocks and trivialises  climate action. It is good to know the enemy but they worry about the film's portrayal of a  demoralised and disempowered  population. Our civilization is creating  the climate crisisis. Whether it is too big for us or not, we will never know if we think we have no agency.Their regular podcast is SERIOUS DANGERSerious Danger: 07: Don't Look Up At The Means-Tested RAT (feat. Qld Senate candidate Penny Allman-Payne) on Apple Podcasts Crimes against nature, Capitalism and global heatingJeff Sparrow - excerpts from his new book Crimes against Nature - ( Capitalism and global heating) Crimes Against Nature | Book | Scribe PublicationsQuote:"No matter the banner under which the war on the environment takes place, the perception of nature as entirely distinct and separate from human society reflects an historical disempowerment of the population, an original act of violence perpetrated on working people". This takes us full circle to Felicity Jefferson and her efforts to cure this disempowerment.MusicAlasdare King , Anthony Woolcott and Miguel Heatwole  who is an ardent environmentalist. Raise a cheer for him. He turns up with various choirs at all sorts of rallies and gatherings to give heart to those taking action. Through Bushes And Through Briars | Song Brother | Miguel Heatwole (bandcamp.com)

Mon, February 07, 2022

BANGLADESH - DR SALEEMUL HUQ

Climate Action Radio ShowFebruary 7th 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordBANGLADESH - DR SALEEMUL HUQ  GUESTS:Professor Saleemul Huq - Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development Professor at the Independent University of Bangladesh. Professor Chris Field - Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Disha Shetty - Indian Journalist with a focus on health in the changing climate - www.dishashetty.inhttps://www.article-14.com/post/-climate-change-makes-the-hard-life-of-india-s-invisible-women-farmers-harder--61f0c2328a5behttps://www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/cop26-disappoints-youth-from-global-south/ Mark Hertsgaard -  Executive Director of Covering Climate Now- https://coveringclimatenow.org/about/ Music  - "Lazarus" by Jacob Richards - Puscha - https://puscha.bandcamp.com/music

Mon, January 24, 2022

Blockade IMARC & Sweltering Cities

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests:Emma Bacon - Executive Director of Sweltering CitiesEmma Bacon is the Executive Director of Sweltering Cities. Emma is an acitivist and campaigner passionate about sustainable and joyous cities for a world changed by a heating climate.Find out more:https://swelteringcities.org/SongLord Huron - Mine ForeverNato- Blockade IMARC Activist Nato is an activist and campaigner against extractivism and mining who shares with us how to get involved with this years Blockade IMARC January 31 in Melbourne, Australia.Find out more:https://blockadeimarc.com/SongLe Youth- AcquiverClimate updates from Climate for Changehttps://www.climateforchange.org.au/Divesthttps://www.marketforces.org.au/

Mon, December 20, 2021

WHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATER - YAAMA NGUNNA BAAKA

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - WHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATERYAAMA NGUNNA BAAKA (welcome to the river)December 20th 2021 (first broadcast 22/2/21)Produced  by Vivien Langford TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL : Now online. You can buy a ticket and then you have 72 hours to view the filmVirtual 2021 – Transitions Film Festival(link is external) REQUIEM was an art event at the Paddington Resrevoir. It was  curated by Janet Laurence during the Sydney Festival. Requiem - Sydney FestivalGUESTS1. Brittany App - Her film -"Where once there was water" looks at regenerative farming, building soil and the efforts of First Nations people in California to protect their rivers. One group's duty is to speak for the salmon and their quest takes them to New Zealand where they perform ceremonies with Maori water protectors.Where There Once Was Water | Where There Once Was Water & Oil & Water | Transitions Film Festival (eventive.org)(link is external)Her film is "A story about water. A song for the sacred in all of us. A documentary centered on solutions. Where There Once Was Water takes a look at the driest of places – California and the Southwest USA – and the deepest of spaces – our inner worlds. It presents an invitation to change our perspective and heal our relationship with water … one watershed, one meal, one raindrop, at a time." 2. Bruce Shillingsworth - Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroboree Tour organiser , teacher and artistIn 2019 Bruce took a convoy of city people to sit with the elders and meet the people of the Darling/baaka river. He invites us to develop a kinship with mother nature.Climate change seems to have made many people  more receptive to indigenous knowledge or is this a mirage?Climate action  means more than stopping coal and gas. It's about restoring water to the flood plains, rehydrating the soil and the plants which provide shelter.Much easier than reversing climate change would be preventing the water theft and mismanagement ;the speculation in water and hoarding  in privatre dams. This is a haunting talk inside an old water reservoir. Bruce told us not to worry about politicians. We must first get together and connect with the river and the land.We can all take action. His next Corroboree Tour will happen next year and he expects thousands.Bruce Shillingsworth - 2019 Corroboree Project - Yaama Ngunna Barka (Welcome to our River) - YouTube(125) When the River Runs Dry - Australian Doco - 2019 - YouTube(link is external)“First Nations People Are Bearing the Brunt”: An Interview With Water Activist Bruce Shillingsworth (sydneycriminallawyers.com.au)(link is external)  3. Kado Muir - Deputy Chair National Native Title Council Kado Muir talks about the completely different relationship first nations people have with the land. It's about kinship. Climate repair will be strengthened by engaging much more with traditional owners and remaking the provisions of native title law.(125) RESET.21 FORUM 3 | WRECKAGE TO REFORM ON COUNTRY: NATIVE TITLE REMAKE TO STRENGTHE

Mon, December 13, 2021

TALKING TRILLIONS - Climate Finance at COP26

Climate Action Show December 13th 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordTALKING TRILLIONS - CLIMATE FINANCE AT COP26 GUESTSFIONA REYNOLDS - CEO UNPRI- Principles of Reesponsible investment PRI podcasts | News & events | PRI (unpri.org) MELISSA KOWARA - EXTINCTION REBELLION -  INDONESIA NANCY TEMBO - MINISTER OF FORESTS AND RESOURCES IN THE GOVERMENT OF MALAWI NOAM CHOMSKY -  The Consequences of Capitalism with Noam Chomsky - YouTube Banksliding and CalPERSiflage - by Bill McKibben (substack.com) This article upholds divestment strategies as one of the best ways to stop the obfuscation and backsliding he now sees in the finance sector who signed up to the Global Financial Alliance for NET zero. RISHI SUNAK - CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER U.K. Cop26: Sunak pledges to 'rewire' global finance system for net zero - YouTube When the Tobacco lobbyists were excluded from health conferences there was a shift. How fast can we do the same for the fossils?Glasgow inundated by a flood of fossil fuel lobbyists - Climate & Capital Media (climateandcapitalmedia.com) Can we think our way forward to invest in India's transition instead of exporting more coal to them?Glasgow and the triple transition - Climate & Capital Media (climateandcapitalmedia.com)

Mon, December 06, 2021

CLIMATE JUSTICE FOR FIRST NATIONS

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW DECEMBER 6TH 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordCLIMATE JUSTICE FOR FIRST NATIONS The fall out from COP 26 means renewed determination to have a seat at the table and accountability to the people most affected. Meanwhile, despite 100 days of ceremony by the Wangan and Jagalingou people in the Galilee basin and going through all the formal channels, we are distressed that the Bravus- Carmichael mine continues to destroy.Elder Adrian Burruguba said  that  the area destroyed in December was " an ancient stone tool-making area that our people utilised for thousands of years,"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-07/bravus-carmichael-mine-cultural-heritage-concerns-dismissed/100679496You can reach out to these water and land protectors if you see that they are the front line against the opening up of a massive coal basin, flying in the face of global necessity to stop emissions from coal oil and gas.  Watch the video first:https://wanganjagalingou.com.au/donate/US bank BNY Mellon cuts ties with Adani’s Carmichael coalmine | Adani Group | The GuardianShowing the way forward we interview Karrina Nolan about the launch of the First Nations Clean Energy Network.  As one of their members, Tony Mc Avoy, a distinguished Native Title Silk says "Not only is  Australia failing to pull its weight internationally, but it's failing to ensure that the renewables boom is regulated in a manner that protects First Nations Rights and incentivises First Nations participation."We start with the resounding words of Barkindji Man Bruce Shillingsworth and the beautiful sounds of Samoan dancing. Then we hear about the Loss and damage negotiations in Glasgow with Siobhan Mc Donnel  and the youth voice at Cop 26 from Global Voices. You might also like to support the Pacific Calling Partnership.  https://www.erc.org.au/pcp None of these people is giving up and neither should we. The centrepiece of this podcast is the Clean Energy way forward explained by Karrina Nolan. Let's not let the next boom create as much injustice and environmental damage as the last one. There are so many First Nations people around the world holding the line for all of us. No time for despair. GUESTS:Nadina Dixon - Welcome to Gadigal country on global day of Climate ActionBruce Shillingsworth - Artist and leader of the Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroboree projectErima Dahl - MUA moderator -  Workers for Climate ActionClimate Warrior Mary Jane from SamoaKarrina Nolan - CEO of  First Nations Clean Energy NetworkAmelia  Goonerage, Emily Tammes & Bethany Shegog from Global VoicesSiobhan Mc Donnel - Lead negotiator on Loss and Damage for Fiji at COP26Mia Mottley - PM of Barbados "The site was an ancient stone tool-making area that our people utilised for thousands of years," elder Adrian Burragubba said.

Mon, November 29, 2021

COP26 - RESTORED FORESTS BY 2030!

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW NOVEMBER 29TH 2021 COP26 - RESTORED FORESTS BY 2030!Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) Australia did support this.COP26 : GLOBAL FOREST FINANCE PLEDGE. The Global Forest Finance Pledge - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) Australia didn't support this.Produced by Vivien Langford GUESTSPeg Putt -  Former leader of the Tasmanian Greens.Coordinator of the U.N.forest, climate and biomass working group of the Environmental Paper Network.  Elizabeth Wathuti -  Founder of the Green Generation Movement in Kenya. Following in the steps of Wangari Mathai and one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans about Us – Green Generation InitiativeIn Kenya, the United Nations warns some 2.4 million people are struggling to find food after a searing drought killed off livestock and led to widespread crop failures. Parts of northern Kenya have received less than 30% of normal rainfall levels.(Democracy Now Nov 19th) Mia Mottley - Prime Minister of Barbados and head of their Labour Party Mia Mottley Full Speech At COP26 Glasgow 2021 - YouTube Vanessa Nakate -  Ugandan climate activist. Uganda's Vanessa Nakate says COP26 sidelines nations most affected by climate change | News | WLIW FM 88.3 Dr Charlie Gardner - Durrell Institute of Conservation Ecology :Scientists Rebellion COP26 Glasgow: Scientist Rebellion stage another protest | Glasgow Times BONUS in the podcast. An extra half hour from COP 26At time spot 1:21:30 from Deomcracy Now!How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26 | Democracy Now!George Monbiot -  Top Journalist - Cop26 has to be about keeping fossil fuels in the ground. All else is distraction | George Monbiot | The Guardian Professor Kevin Anderson : Professor of Energy and Climate Change,  School of Engineering at the University of Manchester (UK) and  Centre for Sustainability and the Environment (CEMUS) at Uppsala University (Sweden).Wrapping up COP26 with Professor Kevin Anderson - YouTubeAt time spot 1:00:10 Minga Indigena Home — Minga Indígena (mingaindigena.org) At a side session in Glasgow  you will hear the voices of five speakers from Peru. Argentina, Amazonas and Brazil.  In their own languages as well as in Spanish their experience is translated. We hear what they are up against as they protect biodiverse places for all. Their motto is "The traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples at the service of all humanity."AT time spot 1:19:20 Dr Virginia Marshall - ANU A solicitor with special expertise in Aboriginal water rights. Virginia Marshall on COP26 - RegNet - ANUGavan Mc Fadzean -   Australian Conservation Foundation.  Climate Change and Clean Energy Program What is the Glasgow Climate Pact? - Australian Conservation Foundation (acf.org.au)

Mon, November 22, 2021

Healthy Futures

Produced & presented by Carly DoberGuests:Peter Nightingale - Doctor and Healthy Futures Activist Peter Nightingale is a GP Registrar in Victoria from 2022 with special interests in palliative care, improving healthcare delivery to disadvantaged communities and climate change.Annabelle Warren- Doctor and Healthy Futures Activist Dr Annabelle Warren is an Endocrinology clinical research fellow and PhD candidate at Austin Health in Melbourne, Australia.Find out more:https://www.healthyfutures.net.au/The Lancet Health and Climate Change reportshttps://www.thelancet.com/series/climate-and-health-2009Song: Thundercat - Dragonball DuragClimate updates from Climate for Changehttps://www.climateforchange.org.au/

Mon, November 08, 2021

Expert Panel Discussion- Climate Change and Mental Health

Produced and presented by Carly Dober. I attended an incredible panel discussion that the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) facilitated.The panel shared their knowledge about the issues surrounding the topic, as well as the solutions that exist. The event was facilitated by CAHA President Dr Rebecca Patrick, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University.Panelists included:Dr Cybele Dey - Child & Adolescent PsychiatristTamara Cavenett - President, Australian Psychological SocietyAssociate Professor Fiona Charlson - NHMRC Research Fellow at the Queensland Centre of Mental Health Research and School of Public Health, University of QueenslandProfessor Alan Rosen - Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong; Brain and Mind Centre, University of SydneyCarol Ride - Founder and Acting Executive Director, Psychology for a Safe ClimateGeorgia Langmaid - Planetary Health Project Officer, Enliven VictoriaPlease ensure to check out their website https://www.caha.org.au/ And the report referenced during the discussion for more context- How Climate Change Affects Mental Health in Australia  https://www.dea.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Report-How-Climate-Change-Affects-Mental-Health-in-Australia-v3-1.pdf

Mon, November 01, 2021

THE GLOBAL RACE TO ZERO

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - NOVEMBER 1st 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordGLOBAL RACE TO ZEROON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW - EPISODE 5   Guest Quotes: Antonio Guterres -  UN Secretary General  " We are on the edge of the abyss. The time for diplomatic niceties is over. We need to speak the unfiltered truth"Press Conference with UN Secretary General António Guterres — Covering Climate Now  Nigel Topping - UK Climate Champion - At the Global race to zero conference organised by the Smart Energy Council. "Australia is confusing everyone.... you are in a great position to benefit from the race to zero. It's very serious..... It's not just an environmental race.. it's an industrial race."Global Race to Zero Summit 2021 - Nigel Topping - Smart Energy Council Professor Johan Rockstrom - Director of research at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research . "Irreversible changes are ahead... To reach Net Zero we must maintain land and ocean sinks. Agriculture must transition from emittor to sink... This is the Nature/Climate COP....... Media  has a huge responsibility for the mismatch between what citizens demand and what Goverments are doing"He referred to  2021 Home - Production Gap to guide us towards The End of Coal? | UNFCCC an orderly phase out with dates and an end followed by oil and gas.Global Race to Zero Summit 2021 - Prof Johan Rokstrom - Smart Energy Council Dr Virginia Marshall - Indigenous People's Organisation.She is on her way to Glasgow. This is an extract from a  Conversation with Councillor Cathy Oke at Melbourne University.Study shows Indigenous lost 99% of land to colonization | GristWhat does COP26 mean for non-state actors? - Whooshkaa Dr Anika Molesworth - Farmers for Climate Action - marvellous description of her country in Western NSW. She says indigenous peopole are suffering loss and grief. "They remember metre long cod in sparkling water. we must get that back.Global Race to Zero Summit 2021 - Anika Molesworth - Smart Energy Council Alok Sharma - President of  COP 26 in Glasgow- Exclusive press briefing to Covering Climate Now."What we’re trying to achieve at Glasgow is, in many ways, harder than Paris… After six years, we still have some of the most difficult questions to answer. And we’re effectively in the last half hour of the exam."Press Conference with COP26 President Alok Sharma — Covering Climate Now Julia Zamiro - " We don't like talking about politics...... people are uncomfortable facing facts.... We need to be more French about it and talk politics....... We're killing the planet and we want to go to space."Speaking to the Global Race to Zero Summit 2021 - Julia Zemiro - Smart Energy Council Music - Miguel Heatwole and Ecopela choir singing Stand up tall you singers all Thanks to Home — Covering Climate Now. We will broadcast more of their coverage from Glasgow.Thanks to The Smart Energy council - 2021 Global Race to Zero Summit Archives - Smart Energy CouncilThanks to James Whelan from CANA for Brown Bag Lunhc with Dr Vir

Mon, October 25, 2021

WOMEN CLIMATE LEADERS in Law,Trade Unions, Media, First Nations and Youth

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 25TH 2021 - Produced by Vivien Langford WOMEN CLIMATE LEADERS inLaw, Media, Trade Unions, First Nations and YouthGuests:Professor Jacinta Ruru -  Co-Director, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research ExcellenceNga Pae o te Maramatanga. Otago University Aotearoa.Article : If the hills could sue: Jacinta Ruru on legal personality and a Māori worldview | The Spinoff Amy Goodman - Journalist and founder of  Democracy Now! | Democracy Now! Irene Hong Ping Shen -  Trade Unions for Energy Democracy – Energy Democracy Project Amelia Goonerage -  Global Voices who will be attending COP 26 in Glasgow Amelia Telford - Seed Mob - We are Seed Mob - Bing video Osprey Orielle Lake -  Director of WECAN . You can watch all six days of the Women and Earthn Alliance conference2021 Women's Climate Assembly | WECAN International Kae Guajajara - Song Essa Rua e Minha from Brazilian Amazonas Kaê Guajajara e Nelson D - Essa Rua é Minha (webclipe) - YouTube Mama Mihirangi and the Mareikura -  Māmā Mihirangi & the Māreikura - Live Backstage in the Caravan Bluesfest 2019 - YouTube“Mama Mihirangi & The Mareikura were an outstanding trio of fierce, fiery and friendly Maori women from New Zealand." Breaking NEWS from UN Secretary Antonio Guterres at a COP 26 briefing for media "The carbon pollution of a handful of countrieshas brought humanity to its knees and they bearthe greatest responsibility."

Mon, October 18, 2021

ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 3 . Amazon Manifesto

Climate Action Show October 18th 2021Produced by vivien Langford ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 3"The Earth is not Ours" Amazon Manifesto at Brasilia September 2021 Guests:1. Ane Alencar - IPAM Amazônia -Amazon on Fire : 2019 - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW5omLNYxt0  Greenpeace Media Archive 2. Peri Dias -  350.org – Latin AmericaUK to push plan to ‘halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030’ at Cop26 | Cop26 | The GuardianAMAZON WATCH » Thousands of Indigenous Women Will March in Brazil This WeekPRIMAVERA INDÍGENA: Acampamento luta pela vida continua - YouTubeThe UK’s environment minister, Zac Goldsmith, told a House of Lords committee this week that developing countries urgently needed new funds to keep their forests standing. “We know we need to massively increase finance for nature,” he said. “There are some highly forested, low-deforestation countries we are incredibly grateful to, but we can’t take that for granted, because any change in regime could easily change that equation. This is the Manifesto of Indigenous Amazonians. "The Earth is not ours" A message for COP26INDIGENOUS SPRING: permanent mobilization for life and Democracy | APIB (apiboficial.org) 3. Suzette Rodoreda  -  Big Deal Q&A Fundraiser with Craig Reucassel - Victorian Greens(393) Big Deal - Official Trailer - YouTube - 4. Liz Newell and Jenna Bateman XR Western Sydney - Don't NAB Our Future (dontnabourfuture.com)  Music - Guardioes da Floresta by Wera MC and Jason Tupi. Watch the video to see the beautiful Amazon and its people (393) Guardiões da Floresta - Wera MC feat. Jason Tupi e Pedro Karaí [music prod. Joel gv - YouTube IPAM Amazônia - | “Urban Cities, Countryside and Forest Have Always Been Connected”, Says Matsipaya Txucarramãe

Mon, October 11, 2021

Climate Geoengineering Part 2

Climate Action Radio Show -  October 11 2021 Climate Geoengineering Part 2Produced byKay Wennagel GuestsProf Raymond PierreHumbertDr Daniel Harrison Julian Lennon song - Saltwater In Climate Geoengineering Part 1 David Spratt provided a comprehensive understanding of what geoengineeing is all about as well as the geoengineering options. Climate Geoengineering Part 2 delves into more specific issues scientists have with geoengineering options.   Prof PierreHumbert discusses the problems with the climate and solar radiation management. He talks about the carbon reduction as the the way forward in adressing climate change.    In the second half Dr Daniel Harrison who is the chief scientist in the cloud brightening experiment on the Great Barrier Reef, describes the stages and learnings so far.  As Daniel says this experiment is the first of its kind globally and there is a lot to learn at each stage.    ImagesThanks to the following for the images:https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1364032113008460-gr2_lrg.jpghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032113008460#f0010https://gbrrestoration.org/program/cooling-by-cloud-brightening/

Mon, October 04, 2021

ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 2

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW - OCTOBER 4TH 2021Produced by Vivien Langford ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 2 Guests:Violet CoCo and Sasha Steindl from Extinction Rebellion - RECLAIM OUR FUTURE this October - Action Network A/Professor Rob Eisenberg - from Vote Earth Now - Vote Earth Now Rebecca Byrnes from The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (fossilfueltreaty.org) The pressure is on for politicians in the month we have before COP 26 in Glasgow.  If you have never contacted the PM or your MP before, now is the time , according to all four of our guests. Extinction Rebellion will be  escalating actions in Canberra as our Parliament sits. Their campaign is called (20+) Reclaim Our Future | Facebook Even if you are in lockdown you can phone  MPs,  Contact Your PM | Prime Minister of Australia or phone Scott Morrison's office on  (02) 6277 7700. At a webinar from The Climate and Health Alliance I learned that . "Health professionals are far more concerned about climate change than the general public. They feel frustrated, outraged and sad when thinking about it".  Apparently midwives are among the most alarmed. They want to talk about climate change but feel insufficiently informed . It was pointed out to us by Rebecca Huntley, that fossil fuel lobbyists are not so shy and that armed with information and support ,medical professionals are the most trustworthy messengers to convey positive messages about the health benefits of climate action.The "Real Urgent and Now" survey of Medical Professionals is worth reading and passing on RUN_Survey__September_2021c.pdf (d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net)Meanwhile in London Doctors protest outside JP Morgan offices to demand they end fossil fuel investments — Doctors for Extinction Rebellion (doctorsforxr.com)‘It’s my duty as a doctor’: XR medics glued to bank demand end of fossil fuel investment | The Independent We speak to Rob Eisenberg whose day job is as an Ear Nose and Throat surgeon and  A. Professor in Public Health at Ndewcastle University. He was motivated to create Vote Earth Now by his belief that we must make our government more accountable.Just one click and you can send a message to the political parties that you are a climate voter Vote Power - Vote Earth Now . Let them know you are watching how they ramp up their climate plans before Glasgow. At a global level there will also be pressure on Fossil Fuel Producing nations to wind back their industry.  The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (fossilfueltreaty.org) is a breath takingly well connected new organisation. They will be at Glasgow arguing that it's not just getting emissions down we need,  but phasing out the production of coal oil and gas. The UN Report  about the production gap between Paris committments and what  the fossil fuel industry is actually planning will put out a new edition before Glasgow.2020 Home - Production Gap report shows that global fossil fuel production needs to fall by 6% each year from 2020.Meanwhile the industry i

Mon, September 27, 2021

Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action & Extinction Rebellion

The Climate Action Show  - September 27 2021Produced by Carly Dober Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action & Extinction Rebellion VictoriaGuests:Jo Dodds - Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action PresidentBushire Survivors for Climate Action arte a group of bushfire survivors, firefighters, local councillors – and they have joined together to demand the Government take immediate action on climate change. The group recently had a win in court- with the landmark case finding that the NSW EPA must take steps to safeguard against climate change.Find out more here: https://www.bushfiresurvivors.org/The decision is here: Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Incorporated v Environment Protection Authority - NSW Caselaw EDO media release is here: Bushfire Survivors Hail Landmark Legal Win On Climate - Environmental Defenders Office (edo.org.au) The EDO’s paper on what the EPA should do next is here: Empowering the NSW EPA to Prevent Climate Pollution - Environmental Defenders Office (edo.org.au) Brad Homewood & Laresa Kosloff - Climate Campaigners and Activists from Extinction Rebellion VictoriaWe chat to Brad & Laresa who are working on varioous campaigns (NAB & Duty of Care), and chat about different groups such as XR Families & XR Muslims.Find out more here: https://rebellion.global/groups/au-australia/#groupsAnd here on ig @xrvic_ausXR Vic Families: https://www.facebook.com/groups/xrfvicIf you would like to support Extinction Rebellion please donate to the following link: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/extinction-rebellion-victoria-fund-raiser?source=direct_link&fbclid=IwAR0NqIy61v05mkWRgm5YBdUdQd6GbaWgrUcCBQNE5evDDrCHDOoP2kqXB2kDonate to the children's legal defence fund SHARMA VS MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENThttps://chuffed.org/project/sharma

Mon, September 20, 2021

ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW part 1

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWSEPTEMBER 20TH 2021ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW -  Part 1Produced by Vivien LangfordOn the road to Glasgow we will ask HOW the world can turn global civilization away from the 3 degrees of warming which our current nationally determined contribution project. Analysis: Despite “Code Red” on climate, target update momentum at a standstill | Climate Action TrackerPresidency Programme - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) John Grimes and Wayne Smith talk about how the annual $7billion Coal Keeper subsidy is holding us back. How we must aim much high with 1000 per cent renewables for Australia? ARENA boss says that is the goal | RenewEconomyNigel Topping says he was the son of a coal miner. When he went to Cambridge and studied mathematics he fell in love with systems. He outlines the systems that will help us prevent climate chaos if we stick together, fly in the same direction and allow for flexibility. It is well illustrated in the video behind his Ted Talk.Violet CoCo has become know as the lady with the burning pram. She tell us us about Extinction Rebellions "Reclaim our future" event from Octiober 16th in Canberra. Wherever you are in lockdoiwn you can also still bombard your government representative to tell them they DO have a duty of care to our children and future generations. XR says " your greed is killing us" and offer us all a way to help.Events - Extinction Rebellion Australia (ausrebellion.earth) GuestsJohn Grimes (CEO) and Wayne Smith (Manager of Government relations) at The Smart Energy CouncilEvents - Smart Energy Council. Don't miss their Global Race to Zero Summit 21st October. Nigel Topping - UN Climate Action Champion. (323) Nigel Topping: 3 rules for a zero-carbon world | TED - YouTubeOne of his rules is illustrated by a flock of starlings, They stick together, they keep enough distance between them for flexibility and they are flying mostly in the same direction. It's a magic picture of how he wants business, government and civil society to fly to zero carbon.Climate repair: three things we must do now to stabilize the planet - Race to Zero & Race to Resilience (unfccc.int)He gives the example of how A. civil society ran the court case Shell ordered to slash emissions 45% by 2030 in historic court ruling (climatechangenews.com) and  B. A big shipping company responded to customer demand for more  sustainable supply chains.https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2021/02/17/maersk-first-carbon-neutral-liner-vessel-by-2023  Meanwhile C. the EU put a price on carbon.It illustrates how change happens quickly when business and policy plus civil society flock together like the startlings in Topping's Ted TalkThe breakthroughs we need to achieve net-zero emissions | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Violet CoCo  from Extinction Rebellion invites us to Reclaim Our Future (rebellion.global) Canberra Escalation from October 16thIt's time for deeds not words. They ask us to do wha

Mon, September 13, 2021

Climate Geoengineering Part 1

Climate Action Radio Show -  September 13 2021 Geo-engineering Part 1Produced byKay Wennagel Guests: David SprattWill I Am song - SOS  1. What is geo-engineering?2. What types of geo-engineering are there?3. How do they work?4. What areas could they cover if implemented?5. Why should we care?6. Who will pay for them to be implemented?7. Are there any international rules to cover geo-engineering?8. What governance issues are there?9. Who will be the most affected? Listen to David Spratt, climate-policy analyst, and co-founder of the Carbon Equity network, and director of the Breakthrough - National Centre for Climate Restoration explain the fundamentals of geoenrgineering and the issues of the climate emergency our planet is facing.

Mon, September 06, 2021

CENTRAL AUSTRALIA and THE 14 PACIFIC NATIONS. IPCC/2.

Climate Action Radio ShowSeptember 6th 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordIPCC REPORT- Part 2 IMPACTS ON CENTRAL AUSTRALIA AND THE 14 NATIONS OF THE PACIFIC Guests:Bruce Robertson - Institute for Energy Economics and Financiual Analysis on collapsing LNG markets,record METHANE emissions even in a covid year, and the IEA proclamation of NO NEW GAS.Home - The Juice Media Carbon Capture and Storage Satire Larissa Baldwin -  First Nations' Justice Campaign Director  at Get UP!GetUp! - Origin: Don't Frack the NT Rev Lennox Yearwood : “Stop This Madness”: Rev. Lennox Yearwood Calls to Divest from Fossil Fuels Amid Climate Disasters | Democracy Now! David Rovics - Song "New Orleans." In sympathy with all those suffering Hurricane Ida  16 years later in the same place and on the same date as Hurricane Katrina. Dr Nikola Casule - Greenpeace Australia Pacific- Head of research and investigations. Read his report with Climate Warrior - Genevieve Jiva. :GREENPEACE PacifTe_Mana_o_te_Moana-The_state_of_the_Climate_in_the_Pacific_Report_2021.pdf Dr George Crisp - Doctors for the Environment Australia - Current Campaigns and Projects - DEADr Crisp tells us that all the advances in health achieved in the last 100 years are set to be wrecked unless we stop the advance of  Global Heating. Even with 1.1 degrees of warming, look at all the stress on our emergency services around the world, the stress on water supplies, sanitation and nutritious food. All of these underpin our health and are under threat with each fraction of a degree we continue to heat the atmosphere. Dr Simon Quilty  - How a rethink of emergency care is closing the gap, one person at a time (theconversation.com)Dr Quilty also spoke to me during the week about the IPCC report. The  projected temperatures expected in Central Australia, exactly where the gas will be exported from, will be 30+ days beyond 40 degrees. He says we do not need any more research. It's not a biomedical solution. "For frequent presenters to Katherine Hospital, poverty and illness go hand in hand. When you are living in an over-crowded house, and the A$20 power card feeding the air conditioner expires on a 43℃ tropical day, when your heart, lungs and kidneys are chronically malfunctioning and the insulin in the fridge slowly warms, the only free number you can call for help is “000” for an ambulance trip to hospital." It was the most memorable thing I learned  in the week. COVID has been  a wake up call to fix the gaps in our society regarding secure housing,  and effective communication to all groups. Life as we knoiw it demands  that we build back better, not led by gas, oil, coal or landclearing. I hope to bring you that interview in the future. Rachel Collis - Song "Meet me there"  To support this independent musician in COVID lockdown check out her chirpy message and become a Friend of Rachel (268) What's happening! - YouTube HEADLINESBrazil: Indigenous Fight Against Destruction of the Amazon (theintercept.com)Paris speed lim

Mon, August 30, 2021

THE IPCC REPORT 2021

Climate Action Show – August 30th 2021. Produced by Vivien Langford The IPCC report 2021Greenpeace, Get Up! And Extinction Rebellion  Violet CoCo –Rebelling against destroying our children’s future.  Guests:Professor Will Steffen - The Climate Council David Ritter - CEO of Greenpeace AustraliaExtinction Rebellion Canberra - The Duty of Care ActionRichard Denniss - The Australia InstituteJosephine Baker - Singing "Reves" ,Admitted to the French Pantheon of National Heroes The appalling scenarios in front of us, shown by the extensive work of the IPCC scientists, prompt action.You might feel overwhelmed but the worst thing to do is act as if it's too late. Please put your toe in the water by listening to this podcast and passing it on to a friend. 1. Extinction Rebellion is organising for action in October.Events - Extinction Rebellion Australia (ausrebellion.earth) 2. So are the School Strike 4 Climate people. Home | School Strike 4 Climate Australia3. Get UP! has a "Code Red Climate Blitz" in the ten weeks leading up to the UN conference in Glasgow. They send you a text message to take one action each week for 10 weeks.GetUp! - Sign up: Code Red Climate Blitz4. Greenpeace Campaigns: AGL launches legal battle against Greenpeace over climate change campaign5. If these types of climate action do not appeal to you have a look at the list of Climate Action Network Australia groups. our members - CANA Further Reading/ ViewingClimate Action group : Bushfire survivors win landmark climate change case against NSW EPA - ABC News  Burning a pram in front of parliament a b rilliant article by Paul Gregoire: “Hell on Earth”: Extinction Rebellion’s Violet Coco on the Urgency of Climate Activism (sydneycriminallawyers.com.au)  David Ritter article :Empire of the Dead: The Fossil Fuel Order and the clean-energy rebellion – Arena  The IPCC Report August 2021 :AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis — IPCC  Richard Denniss and Allan Behm : Double Game | Australian Foreign Affairs (263) Feeling the Heat - Australia Under Climate Pressure | Marion Wilkinson, Allan Behm & Richard Denniss - YouTube

Mon, August 23, 2021

Green Planet Protein and Stop Adani Melbourne

The Climate Action Show  - August 23rd 2021Produced by Carly Dober Green Planet Protein & Stop Adani MelbourneGuests:Luke Stevanja - Founder of Green Planet Protein Green Planet Protein is Australia's first carbon negative plant based protein start up that champions sutainability.Find out more here: https://greenplanetprotein.com.auAnd here on ig @greenplanetproteinClaudia Lang & Siobhan Neyland - Climate Campaigners and Activists from Stop Adani Melbourne We chat to Claudia and Siobhan who recently went up to Camp Binbee in QLD to blockade the Stop Adani worksite, and get into how important climate activism is throughout pandemic restrictions, and how you can get involved in the important work to #StopAdaniFind out more here: https://www.stopadani.com/And here on ig @stopadanimovementMusic "Texas Sun" from Khruangbin feat. Leon BridgesClimate updates from Climate for Change https://www.climateforchange.org.au/Donate to the children's legal defence fund SHARMA VS MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENThttps://chuffed.org/project/sharma

Mon, August 16, 2021

HABITAT CORRIDORS HOLDING CARBON

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW AUGUST  16TH 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordEpisode 4 of our series based on "The Ministry for the Future"by KS RobinsonREWILDING THE HABITAT CORRIDORS  Guests:Professor James Watson -  Conservation Science at University of Queensland and former head of The Climate Programme at the Wildlife Conservancy. 3 global conditions – and a map – for saving nature and using it wisely (theconversation.com) Dr Amy Kamarainen - Salmon Coast Field Station on the Great Marine Heatwave  in 2021Heat Wave Kills Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures Off Canada's West Coast : NPR Professor Saleemul Huq - Prof Saleemul Huq | International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) commenting on the new IPCC report with Democracy Now.From Fires to Floods to Sea Level Rise, Human-Induced Climate Crisis Is Severely Disrupting Earth | Democracy Now! Readings from "This Changes Everything"  by Naomi Klein and "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley RobinsonMusic from the Heiltsuk Nation from British Colombia.(236) Heiltsuk Day Celebrates #LandBack - YouTubeFor wider listening go to Rewilding Earth Podcast by The Rewilding Institute

Mon, August 09, 2021

ARE OUR LEADERS JUST "ACTING " ON CLIMATE?

The Climate Action Show  - August 9th 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordARE OUR LEADERS JUST "ACTING "ON CLIMATE?Episode 3 Exploring "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson Guests:Mark Spencer - Podcaster and Founder of Climactic CollectiveMeg Clancy - Actor, Dancer and  Major Contributor to NITVLyn Bender - Psychologist and former Manager of Lifeline Melbourne Hope lies beyond latest climate shock therapy (eurekastreet.com.au)Greta Thunberg - Founder of Fridays for Future and Cassandra to the Climate Movement  (229) Austrian World Summit 2021 - Greta Thunberg Speech - YouTubeKim Stanley Robinson and Naomi Klein at Rutgers University Institute for  Earth, Ocean and Atrmospheric Sciences.Kim Stanley Robinson Special Event - Rutgers EOASMusic "Nada:" a tango from La Tabu. This is a theatrical and intense episode. We use KS Robinson's novel as a springboard to explore the themes of being overwraught with insufficient leadership. What are the  many ways forward?It starts with a dramatised reading of the chapter where the head of the ministry, Mary Murphy, is kidnapped by Frank. He is a man traumatised by the great Indian heatwave which left millions dead. As he paces her Zurich apartment she thinks"His presence in her kitchen was all too much like one of her insomniac whirlpools of thought, as if she had stumbled into one of her nightmares while still awake, so that she couldn't get out of it."Then the actors and I discuss with psychologist Lyn Bender how leaders must  accept these messengers from the climate frontlines and act with urgency, while remaining confident and resolute that we can repair the damage.The second item is Greta Thunberg at the 2021 Vienna Climate Summit. She tells leaders that they are pretending to change, pretending to take the science seriously, pretending to wage war on fossil fuels while opening up new oil pipelines, gas fields and coal mines. She says " The audience has grown wary, the show is over"Thirdly we go to Rutgers University to hear the author, Kim Stanley Robinson , talking about  the hard things he had to say. The needle in the eye moments. Naomi Klein calls him a "possibilist" and talks about the sort of dystopian and escapist narratives we are  hard wired  for.  Are we fascinated by the billionaires aiming to colonise space because we were brought up on Noah's Ark? (229) Why Jeff Bezos’ Space Dream is Humanity's Nightmare | George Monbiot - YouTubeWe learn about geo-engineering, how capitalism must change and how modern monetary theory can be used for good.If  you haven't read the novel yet do try now. It is an easy way to look at the future and all the paths we could follow once we wake up.Breaks for tango dancing courtesy of La Tabu.  Breaking news after our broadcast. Here are some Greenpeace responses to the latest IPCC report launched at 6pmJoseph Moeno-Kolio, Greenpeace Head of Pacific, said:“The IPCC’s latest report leaves no doubt that the fossil fuel companies actively driving the climate

Mon, August 02, 2021

Electric Vehicles and manufacturing in Australia

Climate Action Radio Show -  August 2 2021Produced by Kay WennagelCOULD ELECTRIC BUSES AND TRUCKS BE THE NEW MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA? Guests: Luke Todd, CEO True Green Mobility - https://truegreengroup.com/Missy Higgins song - When the machine starts up againBryce Gaton, Founder EVChoice - http://evchoice.com.au/about.html Ever since Sanjeev Gupta tried to build electric cars in South Australia but didn't, it seemed like the vehicle manufacturing industry was totally extinct in Australia. Slowly, quietly and successfully a number of companies have started manufacturing electric vehicles including buses, trucks, vans, motorbikes, utes and more. CEO Luke Todd discusses the work his company Truegreen Mobility is doing building electric buses, trucks and the opportunities there are for manufacturing in Australia. In the electric vehicle space a tsunami is coming and the federal government can't see it! Then Bryce Gaton EV Choice founder, talks about electric cars in Australia, what cars are available now and on the horizon including the electric ute options our Prime minister Scott Morrison said would never be viable. And how simple and cheap it is to sevice and maintain electric cars.Electric utes, no problems! Electric car towing, no problems! Range anxiety, no problems!

Mon, July 26, 2021

Rehydrating the Earth

Climate Action Radio Show -  July 26th 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordREHYDRATING THE EARTH  Episode 2 on Ministry for the FutureGuests: Michal Kravcik -    People and Water, Slovakia — The Flow PartnershipNicky Chirlian and Craig Carter - Upper Mooki Rehydration Project — NSW Landcare GatewayDidi Pershouse - About - REHYDRATE CALIFORNIA. / (191) Can We Rehydrate California? (Didi Pershouse & Walter Jehne at Paicines Ranch, 2018) - YouTubePeter Vandilevoo - Song Fight for the Trees.Molly - Reading from Ministry for the Future about Rehydrating California Soil carbon sponges, perennial grasses, slowing down creeks, we will find out how rehydrating the land affects the climate crisis.This is episode 2 of our series inspired by Ministry for the Future. There are many climate solutions dramatised by Kim Stanley Robinson and just this week flood waters have been wiping out towns in Northern Europe, India and  Inner Mongolia.Floods - The Watchers.In the novel Molly reads about rehydrating farm lands. I thought I would go back to Water Engineer Michal Kravcik in Slovakia. He is all about permeable pavements and slowing down creeks rather than big dams.Then we talk to Craig Carter about how 13 landholders worked together to rehydrate the Upper Mooki Catchment in Northern NSW. Nicky Chirlian is the chair of the landcare group that implemented regenerative farming prionciples over a wide area.In Vermont Didi Pershouse speaks to us about how all this rehydration has a big role in sequestering carbon. She talks about the soil Carbon sponge which is demonstrated in her video above. She is dedicated to building the sorts of communities that work together and learn from indigenous land carers. Water Protection Action you can take:A vital water source for the Wangan and Jagalingou People is the Doongmabula springs. The Adani Carmichael coal mine will threaten its existence by siphoning out and polluting great volumes of water. Here is a letter from Adrian Burrugubba. Please write an email as he suggests. Friends, I need your support.Today I have written to the Honourable Meaghan Scanlon MP, Minister for Environment, to call for an immediate stop work order on construction of the Carmichael mine.I have asked her to intervene and support our human rights by ensuring that our lands and waters, and our sacred Doongmabulla Springs, are protected from Adani.You can help strengthen our demands.Please write to Minister Scanlon expressing your support for the W&J cultural custodians and our call for immediate action to protect our sacred Doongmabulla Springs. Email her at environment@ministerial.qld.gov.au - and please Cc us at wanganandjagalingousog@gmail.com so we can see your messages too.The Queensland Government has so far failed to address our call for urgent action. We have raised the dire warning about the threat to our sacred springs - a place of profound cultural heritage to us. We fear that the very large volume of water extraction by Adani that is now evident

Mon, July 19, 2021

MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - JULY 19TH 2021PRODUCED BY  Vivien LangfordMINISTRY FOR THE FUTUREEpisode 1 - HEATWAVES(161) Gravitas: Canada heatwave: 1 Billion sea animals dead - YouTubeThe Marine Heatwave washing up millions of  clams, star fish and mussels dead on the beaches of Vancouver prompted me to call Alex Smith, the host of Radio Ecoshock. Then I called David Rovics about his new  song "116degrees in Portland Town". We discuss why the connection between our exported coal and gas and their exported oil and tar sands is not made front and centre in the present tragedy.Their raw response illustrates the urgent question motivating KIm Stanley Robinson's novel: What will motivate us to take the necessary climate action?   We start with Mark Spencer reading an extract from the first chapter of Ministry for the Future. He takes us to India, where the combination of heat and humidity creates a tragedy, which leaves the hero traumatised. The political effect of millions of deaths prompts a change of government .Lizzy Maddox reads part of  the chapter where a pilot describes his seven months of aerosol spraying to create something like the effect of  a Mt Pinatubo Volcanic eruption. This is speculative fiction, but in the current crisis we need  to draw on the imagination as well as the science. There are cameo appearances from Kim Stanley Robinson and Dr Liz Hanna. She explains why the combination of humidity and heat , the wet bulb effect, is such a killer.If you like this format of science, fiction and on the ground reporting please let us know at Radio 3CR - 21 Smith St Fitzroy. Victoria Australia GUESTS:Alex Smith -  2021 Radio Ecoshock Show – RADIO ECOSHOCKDavid Rovics - Download - New song: "116 Degrees" | PodbeanMark Spencer -  Publisher and Podcaster at  Climactic CollectiveLizzy Maddox - Musician, teacher and climate warrior.Dr Elizabeth Hanna - World expert on Heatwave impacts on Health Climate Media Centre | Dr Elizabeth (Liz) HannaKim Stanley Robinson -  (161) Kim Stanley Robinson on his book "The Ministry for the Future" - YouTube The US is experiencing 'wet bulb' heat, which can be deadly even to healthy people (msn.com) Marine Biologist Chris Harley “If we don’t like it we need to work harder to reduce emissions”Nowhere is safe, say scientists as extreme heat causes chaos in US and Canada | Climate change | The Guardian World ‘must step up preparations for extreme heat’ | Climate change | The Guardian A doctor in Pakistan describes how it feels. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2021/jul/04/in-karachi-hot-weather-is-normal-but-44c-feels-like-youre-going-to-die  Referring to the heatwave in the north-west, President Biden said the US needed stronger infrastructure to prepare for extreme weather. Katharine Hayhoe, a Canadian climate scientist at Texas Tech University, said human emissions had loaded the climate dice by making heatwaves earlier, longer and stronger. She cited studies and government reports showing Canada w

Mon, July 12, 2021

Daniel Bleakley on Coal Miners Driving Teslas

Activism in new places- Coal Miners Driving TeslasCarly interviews Daniel Bleakey, an engineer, activist and electric vehicle enthusiast who is spearheading a new project to change the conversation around Australia by getting coal communities into his Tesla one drive at a time.Daniel is on a mission to travel across the country filming people's reactions and talking about a clean tech, post carbon economy for Australia. He wants to do this full time from present day up to the next Federal election. Links for Coal Miners Driving Teslas Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0JcHf7dSYHlsnUNDgmTww Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinersInTeslas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoalMinersDrivingTeslas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CoalMinersDrivingTeslas  We also hear a little about my monthly online yoga fundraisers that champion a different climate group each month, get involved and check out more on Instagram @yoga_for_climate_action Finally, we hear from Greta Thunberg and her speech at the Austrian World Summit.

Mon, July 05, 2021

TRANSITIONS for coal in COLLIE W.A, NEWCASTLE NSW and in SOUTH AFRICA

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW 5TH JULY 2021 PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDTRANSITIONS FOR COAL IN COLLIE W.A, NEWCASTLE NSW and in SOUTH AFRICAGuestsLuke Skinner - - Climate Justice Union WA - HomeWarrick Jordan - Hunter Jobs Alliance in NSWAaron Atteridge - Stockholm Environment Institute with his  Podcast: Futures Beyond Coal | SEI South AfricaMatt Bevan on ABC RN 1/7/21 - Infrastructure struggles to cope with record US/Canada heatwave - The Backstory with Matt Bevan - RN Breakfast - ABC Radio NationalTejopala Rawls - Thanks to the Climate Community Federal Court rejects ACCC's bid to allow Port of Newcastle to develop container terminal - ABC NewsHow can the Hunter Valley diversify its exports from Newcastle if it cannot build a container port? Are we condemning it to the export of coal? Joe Biden blames climate crisis for deadly heatwave in western US and Canada | Extreme weather | The GuardianWhy are we subsidising coal exports as they fuel the climate crisis?Australia. With exports of 249.4Mtoe in 2018, Australia is the leading coal exporting country in the world — accounting for 29% of the world’s total coal exports.Indonesia. Indonesia is the second biggest exporter of coal globally, recording 220.3Mtoe in exports in 2018. The country uses about 19% of its coal production for domestic consumption.Russia. Holding the world’s second-largest proven reserves of coal, Russia is one of the leading exporters of the fossil fuel.US. Despite being the world’s third-largest consumer of coal, the US is also among the top five exporters of it, with exports of 66.3Mtoe in 2018.South Africa. With 49.2Mtoe of exports in 2018, South Africa is the world’s fifth-biggest supplier of the fuel. However, its coal exports remained largely unchanged over the past decade

Mon, June 28, 2021

Transitions for Coal Communities

Climate Action Show-   28th June 2021 Produced by Vivien Langford  TRANSITIONS FOR COAL COMMUNITIES  Hunter Valley, Ruhr Valley, Romania and Greece.Investing in Renewal not fossil fuel subsidiesGUESTS  Professor Roy Green - Chair of the Port of Newcastle  Economists Richard Deniss and Rod Campbell from T.A.I. Interviewed for the Stockholm Environment Institute by Aaron Atteridge. Podcast: Futures Beyond Coal | SEI  Robert Farmer singing "The Coal Owner and the poor Pitman's wife"- (1848)  Warwick Jordan - Hunter Job's Alliance Hunter Jobs Alliance Calls for Reality Check on Responding to Economic Change — Hunter Jobs Alliance Amanda Cahill – The Next Economy Eco Exchange Expert - Amanda Cahill, The Next Economy: 2020 Richard Jones Memorial Lecture - Events | University of Tasmania (utas.edu.au)  Georgina Wood - Hunter Renewal and the Kentucky Coal MIners who toured here so "No one's left behind" Videos - Hunter Renewal  Christopher Sheldon - Energy and Transitions expert at The World Bank. Interviewed by Roumeen Islam Infrastructure Podcast | Coal Sector and ‘Just Transitions’ (worldbank.org)

Mon, June 21, 2021

Bruce Pascoe and Rebecca Cross on Regenerative Farming

Climate Action Show 21st June 2021 Regenerative Land Management - The Sustainable WayProduced by Kay Wennagel  GUESTSBruce Pascoe is an award winning writer, teacher, farmer, fisherman, lecturer, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker and editor. Bruce is a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian man. Dr Rebecca Cross is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences and a lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geosciences. Rebecca’s main focus is on documenting local knowledge, local narratives and local innovations to better understand the social and ecological functions that underpin sustainability and regenerative capacity of livelihoods and communities in rural, regional and remote Australia. Please donate to our RADIOTHON Appeal. We only ask once a year and we are an essential service. don't you think?Phone 03 94198377 or online  -  Donate | 3CR Community Radio

Mon, June 14, 2021

RADIOTHON- The NEW CLIMATE WARRIORS

Climate Action Show 14th June 2021                         RADIOTHON : THE NEW CLIMATE WARRIORS10 Action groups representedProduced by Vivien LangfordDonate | 3CR Community RadioGUESTSSeed Mob - Millie Telford at a  Sydney Snap rally: Don't Frack the NT!Lock the Gate Alliance - Nic Clyde- Find Supporter Groups - Lock the Gate Alliance350.ORG - Shani Tager - Australia – 350.org’s Fossil Fuel Watch projectNature Conservation Council - Jaquie Mumford and Chris  Gambian Kai (nature.org.au)The Animal Justice Party - Mark Pearson NSW Parliament Campaigns Archive - Animal Justice Party NSWThe NSW Greens - David Shoebridge - Fight for the future | Australian GreensThe Global Greens - Christine Milne AO- Global Greens ambassador International Greens Networks | Australian GreensVoices of Wentworth - Blair Palese and Osher GinsbergANU Institute for climate Energy and disaster Solutions - Dr John Hewson AM - Dr John Hewson | ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster SolutionsThe Climate Council - Nicki HutleyThe Red Cross - CEO Judy SlatyerMusicRobert Farmer - The coal Owner and the Pitman's wife , written in 1844Greg Barnett - Earthrise Please donate to our RADIOTHON Appeal. We only ask once a year and we are an essential service. don't you think?Phone 03 94198377 or online  -  Donate | 3CR Community Radio Quote from THE NEW CLIMATE WAR by atmospheric Scientic Professor Michael Manne"I've seen the enemy up close, in battle for two decades now. I know how it operates and I've been monitoring the dramatic shifts in its tactics. It is my intention to engage YOU as a willing soldier in this battle to save our planet from a climate crisis before it's too late"

Mon, June 07, 2021

Tom Lang on Science and Climate Communication

Carly interviews Tom Lang to get an idea of where all the discussion about climate went so wrong. Tom is a science communicator who has also performed sciencey comedy shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and designed (non-sciencey) boardgames. He co-hosts “Not Good Enough”, a weekly comedy podcast about Australian politics and climate. He and presenter Carly discuss effective climate communication. https://notgoodpod.com/https://heated.world/

Mon, May 31, 2021

STOP GASLIGHTING OUR FUTURE Striking. Leafletting and going to Jail

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW 31ST MAY 2021STOP GASLIGHTING OUR FUTURETypes of climate action : Striking, leafletting and going to jailProduced by Vivien Langford ,Robert McLean and the Climate Action Show collective GuestsSCHOOL STRIKE 4 CLIMATEAllen Hicks National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union. Gamillaraay Next GenerationPacific Climate Warrior from 350.orgPitt St Uniting Church :Youth, Pacific and Religious leaders EXTINCTION REBELLIONViolet Coco Lesley Mosby GET UP!Millie and Bondi Junction Volunteers who engaged the public in conversations about GAS. Music Greg Barnett - " Frog in a Pan " Pictures from the Sydney and NSW school strikeshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/ss4c/albums/72157719117836771

Mon, May 24, 2021

CAPE GRIM, TAKAYNA and KIRIBATI - frontiers of Climate Action

Climate Action Show May 24th 2021CAPE GRIM, TAKAYNA and KIRIBATI frontiers of Climate Action Produced by Vivien Langford, Alison Hanley ,Sean Marsh and James PerrinGuests:Jessie Boylan in conversation with Alison Hanley from Saltgrass (3mdr.com)Bob Brown in conversation with James Perrin from The Overview Effect Bob Brown & Scott Jordan see a protected takayna rainforest | Overview Effect with James Perrin (climactic.fm)'Insufficent Study of Listed Species' at Tailings Dam Site - Tasmanian TimesAnote Tong Former PM of Kiribati  Growing Concern with Seán Marsh (climactic.fm) - Watch the video interview here: https://youtu.be/BXBlh6MeNYkTonight three guest producers take us to the frontlines of climate action.CAPE GRIMThe C.S.I.R.O scientists at Cape Grim might not see themselves on the frontline. Yet the pure air they have gathered there for decades is a benchmark for the world. Artist Jessie Boylan went to Tasmania to find images of the long emergency exemplified by creeping parts per million of CO2 from 350 to 410.7 measured today at Cape Grim.She asks,  why is so much destruction of the Biosphere sold to us as advancement? TAKAYNABob Brown says "The Health of the Biosphere is in trouble". As the Amazon is now emitting more carbon than it sequesters we must not be bystanders.Protecting the half million hectares of Temperate forest as World Heritage would sequester carbon and slow the climate catastrophe.'Insufficent Study of Listed Species' at Tailings Dam Site - Tasmanian Times KIRIBATIFormer PM of Kiribati calls for a global moratorium on  new coal mines. He says politics is about local issues. Politicising climate change which is a global problem has been the greatest drag on progress. He says to us your leadershipm is not representing yoiu. Take responsibility .You cannot keep your emissions to yourself they are affecting us."People think they are a few rows back from the frontline, but once you're at the front it's too late" "Where will future generations go?"

Mon, May 17, 2021

TIM FLANNERY AT THIRROUL

The Climate Action Show17th May 2021 Produced by Vivien LangfordTIM FLANNERY AT THIRROULAN EXTINCTION REBELLION PICNIC GuestsProfessor Tim Flannery- The Climate Council, Author of  The Climate CureText Publishing — The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency Wollongong can prosper from a future without coal, Flannery says | Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSWMithra Cox -  Wollongong Councillor for the Greens, Musician with The LurkersSharon Posell and Craig Peritt - Protect our Water Alliance. POWAHOME | Protect Our Water Alliance | WollongongOlatunji - Poet at the picnicIKNAG - Illawarra Knitting Nannas against gas The Femmes Fatales - Wild brass band led by Mel WishartFuneral band Les Femmes Fatales performs feminist protest act at HONK! Oz - ABC NewsNaia Webb - Illawara Climate Action NetworkThe Illawarra Climate Coalition - Home | Facebook  THIRROULThis is coal country south of Sydney.The Illawarra escarpment looming over Extinction Rebellion's picnic is riddled with coal mines. Many of them are causing damage to the river beds and swamps above with losses to Sydney's drinking water catchment. DH Lawrence and Frieda stayed at Thirroul and they would have loved the celebration of life that XR brings to the contemplation of climate catastrophe. The brass band with its melodramatic funeral march,  the children making tomb stones for lost species and the serious speakers were not at all macabre.In the background you will hear cockatoos screeching home to roost and children pelting across the grass in sack races.Tim Flannery told us that the Earth's climate System sets the deadlines not politicians. He now lives in this community and is energised by the battle ahead, as they make the transition from coal and gas. Mithra Cox talked about being on council and how we must elect climate activists. Her long experience as a musician supporting many causes has given her the courage to be a leader. Craig Peritt from POWA has worked in the mines and has seen the water gushing in from cracks in the riverbeds. His dream is for green steel at Port Kembla. Will Twiggy Forrest make it a reality? He said our role as activists is to be informed, to be constructively angry, smart and well organised. Sharon Possel explained just what it took for this community to succesfully stop  an  extension of the Dendrobium Coal mine.Dendrobium coal mine expansion rejected by planning commission, John Barilaro vows to overturn ruling - ABC NewsMillions in federal budget for Port Kembla hydrogen-fuelled power plant | Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSWThere is so much more to this programme than the named leaders. You will hear the voice of a child of five and three quarters who witnessed the 2020 Bushfires, there's a poet and  many climate activists, young and old who are energetically making the transition away from the industries and jobs of the past.To take action consider lending your support to Protect our Water Alliance Protect Our Water Alliance (list-manage.com)Lea

Mon, April 12, 2021

TOUR de CARMICHAEL, CANA and KAROLY

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOW12TH APRIL 2021 Produced by Vivien Langford#The Tour de Carmichael to stop Adani, #The Climate Action Network Australia to unite our efforts, #Climate Conversations with Professor David KarolyGuests:Coedie McAvoy -  Wangan and Jagalingou People of the Galilee Basin and leader of the Tour de Carmichael Julie Anne Richards -  CEO of CANA  Professor David Karoly - Why more gas is crazy! from Climate Conversations by Robert Mc Lean This show dramatises three aspects of climate action: 1. Holding the line against more emissions.. In the lead  to stop Adani's Carmichael Coal mine are the Traditional owners who regard this land as sacred.Home | Tour De Carmichael (wixsite.com) 2. Policy and Pressure. J.A Richards talks about the Biden Climate Summit in April. Will Australia will be pressured to turn our ship around? She describes how the Glasgow COP this year will  feature  Loss and damage Reparations. This reprersentsd years of ardent work by NGOs and community climate campaigners! Would you like to take collective action?. our members - CANA 3. Public outreach and education; We see  how an eminent scientist like David Karoly is prepared to speak even at a small gathering in Shepparton and a keen radio journalist takes it to a wider audience. Climate Conversations (climactic.com.au) The ongoing disasterous climate impacts such as the floods here, in Indonesia and in East Timor must wake us up to the emergency our  gas and coal are creating. Cocktail of disaster': East Timor asks for Australian aid as floods trigger disease outbreak (msn.com) The Climate Action Radio Collective is being launched in Mid May. We want it to be a platform for the great diversity of people taking climate action. If you or a group you are involved with, would like to make a  regular contribution please contact Vivien atVivienlangford6@gmail.com Here is a message from Coedie about the Tour de Carmichael. ngadyu narri coedieMy name is coediengadyu dannga WirdiMy language is Wirdingadyu yamba nani wanggan yagalingguMy homelands are the wangan and jagalingoungaya wandu-na wadirra bama gayu wurba-gu ngadyu yamba naniI'm asking every man and woman to come to my homelandsyina dalgayu gundarra ngali gara banggaynThis is a big fight and we're not afraidngali wurba-naWe're comingAlong the journey we’ll be stopping and sharing about the significance of our Totems, Twin Hills, the Belyando, the Carmichael river and the importance of our sacred Doongmabulla Springs and other dreaming stories. You’ll be invited to the camp and ceremonial ground that I set up for a smoking ceremony in August last year where you’ll be part of some great yarns and teachings. Tour De Carmichael – Cycle for Country: May 3-7 on Wangan and Jagalingou land Registrations for the Tour are now open and close on Sunday 25th April. Sign up to learn how you can join the tour or help from home.For nine years we have said NO to Adani’s toxic coal mine that will rip the heart out of our Country and d

Mon, April 05, 2021

ONCE YOU KNOW - film makers

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW APRIL 5TH 2021"ONCE YOU KNOW"Produced by Vivien Langford What happens "once you know" about climate change? Two film makers from TFF show us the "spear in the chest moment", when a person with a platform becomes an activist. Once you KnowEmmanuel Cappelin had such a moment when he  realised we are heading for collapse. It is a  grenade word. When it explodes in your mind you need to find out what to do, to be transformed or to remain stuck.   He visits Joanna Macey in USA and Dr Saleemul Huq in Bangladesh. These people have been bravely facing the challenges for decades. He looks at Transition Towns, Citizens' assemblies and direct Action through Extinction Rebellion. It is an intellectually provocative discussion. Emmanuel talks about preparing for the "long future". When we are reeling from local climate shocks and shortages how will we maintain democractic and civilised behaviour? What must we save on the way down? Beyond ZeroNathan Havey film is  Beyond Zero – A feature length documentary from HaveyPro Cinema (beyondzerofilm.com) It brings us the story of a carpet company called " Interface" whose CEO, Ray Anderson, had a "spear in the chest moment" after reading a book by Paul Hawken. Ray saw that  industry needs to achieve far more than sustainability. It needs to sequester carbon, and prevent future environmental damage. In 2019, "the company officially announced the completion of Mission Zero and introduced the next mission, called Climate Take Back; an aggressive new strategy to sequester carbon in their products and make their factories perform the same functions as forests, sustaining and replenishing the ecosystem." Nathan says " You can't mandate a change like that. A cultural transition makes an environmental transformation possible." We talk about the Green New Deal, Biden's climate action promises and the caring economy. He says we "have to bring more people in to design solutions" and offers his film as a part of any Business Curriculum.Teach This Story – Beyond Zero (beyondzerofilm.com)To build a lasting community of workers with a stake in the future here is an online course from HarvardIntrapreneur Accelerator  If there's a tomorrow Song by David Rovics and friends Songbook – David Rovics -Singer/Songwriter

Mon, March 29, 2021

WINTON HIGGINS ALBERT CAMUS THE PLAGUE AND LAUDATO SI

March 29th 2021WINTON HIGGINS  ALBERT CAMUS THE PLAGUE AND LAUDATO SIThe story of LE CHAMBON  and how not to be a bystander in the climate emergency.PRODUCED  BY  VIVIEN  LANGFORD  and  ANDY BRITT Music by KAVISHA MAZZELLA  with her new album EMPTY SKY  Winton Higgins is a distinguished writer, Secular Buddhist teacher  and Holocaust scholar. He tells us the story of Le Chambon. In 1940 the writer Camus was sent there for his TB but while writing The Plague, he observed a conspiracy of goodness. The community was committed to saving the lives of many Jewish people and helping them escape to Switzerland. As plague force global emissions in our time are temporarily lessened by flights,cruises and industry being locked down for the COVID 19 pandemic, many are re reading The Plague. Winton discusses the novel with Vivien in terms of what strength we can draw from it as we face the truth of the climate emergency in our generation.He also  looks at Laudato Si!  by Pope Francis, to learn how not to displace our moral responsibility... How to be citizens rather than consumers. Naomi Klein warned us in Shock Doctrine,that predatory money will turbo charge the recovery if we let it. Will damaging the biosphere continue to be seen as a necessary trade off as workers are engaged in emissions intensive projects? Will we continue to be bystanders ? Kavisha Mazzella MusicEMPTY SKY (kavisha.com)This discussion is full of practical ideas although it is more philosophical than usual.Please pass the podcast on to friends.

Mon, March 22, 2021

Reset 21 Forum BEYOND ZERO 2030

The Climate Action Show22nd March 2021Edited with permission from Reset 21 Forums by Vivien Langford BELOW ZERO 2030EMERGENCY ACTION FOR NEGATIVE EMISSIONSThe dramatic shift in mainstream climate policy in support of a zero-emissions target is widely welcomed. But are we at grave risk of missing our intended outcome by attaching highly dangerous timeframes to this critical goal?The evidence is clear: any further emissions released from now will only jeopardise the ability to address the existential threat of climate change. Current emissions will have ongoing impacts, and temperatures will continue to rise even if all future emissions were prevented today. In addition for the need to address the question of immediate cooling, two actions critical for long-term climate repair include eliminating all further emissions, and large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.What are the leading tech disruptions, key innovations and economic strategies that could dramatically accelerate the transition to zero within the decade? What elements could make up an effective global drawdown program at the monumental scale and speed required?Saul Griffith – Founder and Chief Scientist, Rewiring AmericaHeidi Lee – CEO, Beyond Zero EmissionsJustin Borevitz – Professor of Plant Energy Biology, ANUModerated by Natasha Mitchell – ABC Broadcaster & JournalistrK50AJN5cX2Dwzg52fnK

Mon, March 15, 2021

Australia the Carbon Pariah

Over this past six months I have been closely watching the news - it has become clear that Australia's backing of fossil fuel exports are becoming increasingly untenable. The US has rejoined the Paris agreement, in October China vowed to reach net zero by 2060 - quickly followed by South Korea and Japan. This Asian tsunami away from coal is a huge proportion of our coal exports which accounted for over 55% in 2018.And where does this position Australia with our reliance coal and the prospect of a gas lead recovery? Tim BuckleyTim Buckley is the Director of Energy Finance Studies at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Tim is expertly placed to foresee how Australia's energy export prospects are likely to change as our export partners move away from coal and commit to net zero energy targets. Links from interview: Biden's Executive order on Climate change  Ross GarnautProfessor Ross Garnaut has been the most important climate policy strategist in Australia over the past 2 decades. His work reviewing the economics of a carbon price profoundly influenced the policy decision of the Rudd and Gillard governments. His 2019 book Superpower: Australia's Low Carbon Opportunity reframes the exhausted debate on climate change in Australia from necessary sacrifice to economic opportunity. His resent book Reset: Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession looks at Australia's recovery post-COVID.Links from interview:Superpower: Australia's Low Carbon OpportunityReset: Restoring Australia after the Pandemic RecessionJolene ElberthJolene Elberth is the Australian Conservation Foundation's Democracy campaigner. Jolene has a deep understanding of how democracy in this country is being undermined by money and influence from various industries - in particular the fossil fuel lobby - how this impacts the decision making process of our politicians.

Mon, March 08, 2021

WOMEN'S CLIMATE LEADERSHIP - IWD

WOMEN'S CLIMATE LEADERSHIPWHERE DOES IT TAKE US?8TH MARCH 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordGUESTS:Victoria McKenzie-McHarg - Women's environmental Leadership WELA and Chair of the Climate Action Network Australia CANALucy Manne - CEO of 350.org AustraliaJanet Laurence - Artist and Curator of REQUIEM at the Festival of Sydney 2021Kerrie Leishman - Painter on her exhibition "The New Beauty" featuring wind turbines at Waubra VicMusic : Montaigne with the song that launched the School Strike for Climate in Sydney 2019-  "Ready to Go!"and "Mother earth" composed by Aunty Ruby Sims to launch the Beyond Zero Emissions "Million Jobs Plan" sent to us by Dominque Hes The theme of international Women's day this year is Women in leadership.Victoria McKenzie-McHarg launches the show. Her IWD hero is Julie Lyford who, with Groundswell Gloucester fended off a gas company in their valley and then won a court case to stop the Rocky Hill Coal mine going ahead. Julie is a graduate of the Women's environmental leadership course. Victoria says it's obvious that the present political, societal and corporate leadership is failing on climate action. a more collaborative, diverse and supportive form of leadership is needed. She speaks about  Nicola Rivers who with young children could not see herself as a CEO but through mentoring came to the idea of sharing a CEO position which she now has as CoCEO of Environmental Justice Australia.WELA is there to open doors for women. They have established a giving circle to fund women led projects and initiatives for our envoronment.Women's Environmental Leadership Australia | The Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA) program is designed by and for women environmentalists to support women taking environmental leadership in Australia.  sign up for our monthly e-newsletter and join us on Facebook. To celebrate IWD we talk to two artists who lead us towards a change of heart around our connection to the land and  landscape.  They are Janet Laurence and Kerrie Leishman. Janet Laurence curated REQUIEM, a week of art events in an old Reservoir near Paddington Town Hall. As we descend into the sunken cathedral she invites us to lament and reflect on the black summer bush fires. It is a place of reckoning and the audience response in Qand A was all about "what can we do?"Art helps us to see what's invisible and Janet says blindness to nature breeds indifference. In front of her installation of waters made turbid by charcoal and dead matter left by the bushfires, many speakers such as Bruce Shillingsworth, urged us to think differently about mother earth and her lifeblood rivers. In an interview later Janet told me that the Art World did not easily accept her focus on climate change. But she does not want to plunge them into a defensive reaction and the sheer tenderness, the scale and the science behind her work is opening many minds.'I want you to linger': how Janet Laurence's art compels you to save the earth | Art and design | T

Mon, March 01, 2021

SOUNDING THE ALARM

SOUNDING THE ALARM FOR CLIMATE ACTIONMARCH 1ST 2021Produced by Vivien LangfordGuests:These are ARRCC members who are leading Sacred People Sacred Earth (arrcc.org.au)Tejopala Rawls  (Buddhist)  Fahimah Badrulhisham (Muslim ) Dr Byron Smith  (Christian)These are the film makers from the Transitions Film FestivalRob Innes Producer of the film YOUTH ONSTRIKE Maiysha - Yr 12 student and youth leader who vlogged for this fast paced film. Nathan Havey - Director of "Beyond Zero"Emmanuel Cappelin - Director of "Once you know" Action1. Please sign GreenFaith International's multi faith statement calling for a recovery from COVID which will help create a more just world order while tackling the climate crisis.It has been signed by hundreds of high-profile leaders of a wide range of faiths as well as regular people of faith and we'd love you to sign this and ask others to do the same. By March 11 we aim to have the signatures of thousands of religious leaders and individual people of faith and spirit.2. See the trailer  for Youth on Strike hereYouth On Strike! | Youth On Strike! & CitizenKid: Earth Comes First | Transitions Film Festival (eventive.org)Book your ticket to see it online at TICKETS & PASSES 2021 – Transitions Film Festival Millions of people from faith groups around the world will be sounding the alarm for Climate Action 11am on March 11th. It's the 11th hour and it heralds a year of action leading up to the UN Cop meeting in Glasgow in November. We'll talk to a Buddhist, a Muslim and a Christian and you may be surprised how radical they are.Then we go to the Transitions Film Festival. We'll hear about three films. Once you know, Beyond Zero and Youth on Strike.The long interview  will be with Rob Innes and Maiyesha but the other directors will speak to us at length in later shows.Climate Action is involving wider circles of people now. The students want to be at the decision making table not just because they are young but because we want to hear what they have to say about their future.

Mon, February 22, 2021

WHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATER

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - WHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATERYAAMA NGUNNA BAAKA (welcome to the river)FEBRUARY 22ND 2021Produced  by Vivien Langford TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL : Now online. You can buy a ticket and then you have 72 hours to view the filmVirtual 2021 – Transitions Film Festival REQUIEM was an art event at the Paddington Resrevoir. It was  curated by Janet Laurence during the Sydney Festival. Requiem - Sydney FestivalGUESTS1. Brittany App - Her film -"Where once there was water" looks at regenerative farming, building soil and the efforts of First Nations people in California to protect their rivers. One group's duty is to speak for the salmon and their quest takes them to New Zealand where they perform ceremonies with Maori water protectors.Where There Once Was Water | Where There Once Was Water & Oil & Water | Transitions Film Festival (eventive.org)Her film is "A story about water. A song for the sacred in all of us. A documentary centered on solutions. Where There Once Was Water takes a look at the driest of places – California and the Southwest USA – and the deepest of spaces – our inner worlds. It presents an invitation to change our perspective and heal our relationship with water … one watershed, one meal, one raindrop, at a time." 2. Bruce Shillingsworth - Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroboree Tour organiser , teacher and artistIn 2019 Bruce took a convoy of city people to sit with the elders and meet the people of the Darling/baaka river. He invites us to develop a kinship with mother nature.Climate change seems to have made many people  more receptive to indigenous knowledge or is this a mirage?Climate action  means more than stopping coal and gas. It's about restoring water to the flood plains, rehydrating the soil and the plants which provide shelter.Much easier than reversing climate change would be preventing the water theft and mismanagement ;the speculation in water and hoarding  in privatre dams. This is a haunting talk inside an old water reservoir. Bruce told us not to worry about politicians. We must first get together and connect with the river and the land.We can all take action. His next Corroboree Tour will happen later this year and he expects thousands.(125) When the River Runs Dry - Australian Doco - 2019 - YouTube“First Nations People Are Bearing the Brunt”: An Interview With Water Activist Bruce Shillingsworth (sydneycriminallawyers.com.au)  3. Kado Muir - Deputy Chair National Native Title Council Kado Muir talks about the completely different relationship first nations people have with the land. It's about kinship. Climate repair will be strengthened by engaging much more with traditional owners and remaking the provisions of native title law.(125) RESET.21 FORUM 3 | WRECKAGE TO REFORM ON COUNTRY: NATIVE TITLE REMAKE TO STRENGTHEN CLIMATE REPAIR - YouTube"The recent destruction of a First Nations heritage site of extraordinary historical and cultural significance in Western Australia has shone a major spotlight on a c

Mon, February 15, 2021

CLIMATE ACTION MEANS JOBS

CLIMATE ACTION MEANS JOBSFebruary 15th 2021Interviews by Vivien LangfordProduction help from Andy BrittAs the new US president hits the ground running with a dramatic shift in climate action, we talk to Heidi Lee about the opportunities and million jobs in Australia. We also talk to Bob Berwyn in Austria about surprising new reseach that shows we are not locked into generations of continued warming once we reduce emissions to zero.Heidi Lee - CEO Of Beyond Zero EmissionsBob Berwyn - Science Journalist based in AustriaDavid Spratt - Breakthrough Institute who briefed me on what a minefield this really is.

Mon, December 07, 2020

MALAYSIA,TORRES STRAIT and THE FESTIVAL OF LOVE AND RAGE

MALAYSIA,TORRES STRAIT and THE FESTIVAL OF LOVE AND RAGEDecember 7th 2020Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuestsSerena Everill and Rosaria Burchielli from Extinction Rebellion Victoria Sophie Marjanac and Grace Archibald from Client Earth UK(201) Our Islands, Our Home | Torres Strait Climate Justice Case - YouTubeYessie Mosbie and Lisa Vilamu Jamieson from Our Island Our home Campaign- 350.orgHere is why we are taking the Australian government to the UN over its inaction on climate change | Torres Strait Islands | The GuardianSharan Raj -  Climate Crisis Campaign lead for Socialist party of Malaysia 2020/21Jacinda Ardern - Prime Minister of New Zealand declares a climate emergencyJacinda Ardern declares 'climate emergency' in New Zealand – video | World news | The Guardian ActionFarmers for Climate Action | fca | Home Sign the petition against gas drilling on farmsClientEarth | ClientEarth Learn about their defence of the Torres Strait 8 and contributeExtinction Rebellion Victoria - Home | Facebook Register for the Festival of Love and Rage Deecmber 12th in Melbourne December 19th in Sydney. Avoid shopping  yourself to death, overproduction is costing us the earth.'Our Islands Our Home' Virtual Town Hall Tickets, Mon 14/12/2020 at 6:30 pm | Eventbrite December 14th Virtual town hall. Free booking Times: Vic and NSW 7.30pm/Qld- 6.30pm/ WA - 4.30 pm WatchingThe theme emerging from today's show is that indigenous people are protecting the biodiversity which is our life support system. This provocative video seems to be on the same track. What do you think?(201) Joaquin Phoenix, Amazon Watch & Extinction Rebellion partner on ‘Guardians of Life’ film - YouTube Learn about the Torres Strait islands. Our emissions are damaging their lives.Torres Strait climate justice case (ourislandsourhome.com.au)350.org - Our Islands, Our Home | Torres Strait Climate Justice Case | Facebook

Mon, November 30, 2020

Looking Forward to 2021

It will take years for the dust kicked up in 2020 to settle - for this show we will be looking forward at some of the most recent developments that are most likely to carry forward into Australia's future. Zali SteggallWe will be speaking with Zali Steggall the ex-Olympic skier and Warringah Independent MP who put forward the Climate bill earlier this month in an attempt to bring Australia to zero emissions by 2050.Links:www.climateactnow.com.auhttps://www.climactic.com.au/show/talking-in-this-climate/Giles ParkinsonWe will also be speaking with Reneweconomy's editor Giles Parkinson about Australia's potential as a renewable energy superpower - is this idea still relevant in a post COVID Australia?Links:https://reneweconomy.com.au/https://thedriven.io/David BarndenWe will also be talking with Equity Generation Lawyers' partner David Barnden - who has been working on three major cases that could change how the courts consider climate law. David's most recent case that won worldwide attention was that of Mark McVeigh against 57 billion super fund REST for not considering climate risks into their investment. Incredibly REST settled out of court. We speak with David about what this and other cases could mean for climate law in this country.

Mon, November 23, 2020

BRUCE PASCOE : PERENNIAL SOIL

BRUCE PASCOE; PERENNIAL SOILNovember 23rd 2020 Bruce Pascoe delivered a lecture on Indigenous farming and land management. The 'Dark Emu' author is also joined in a conversation with agricultural scientist Dr Angela Pattison. It has never been more important to be sharing Indigenous knowledge. So many solutions to the problems we face today can be found in that wisdom.It is impossible to overestimate the powerful contribution of Bruce Pascoe's work, in particular the seminal Dark Emu, which has inspired a number of projects here at the University, including the Indigenous Grasslands for Grain project.The detail and grace in Pascoe's research and writing has unlocked important conversations and reawakened knowledge. In this public lecture, Uncle Pascoe shared insights into sustainable farming and practices, with a keynote address on the idea of 'Perennial Soil'. Pascoe is also joined by Dr Angela Pattison, plant breeder and agricultural scientist from the University of Sydney. Pattinson is the research lead for the Indigenous Grasslands for Grain, a cross-disciplinary project that aims to regenerate the Australian native system for the modern food environment. It is a concept that brings together cultural and scientific knowledge, regional and urban centres, and sustainability with economic viability.Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver AM, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) chaired the event.The University of Sydney is pleased to be establishing an annual lecture on pre-colonial Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, made possible by a donation from Ron Winch and the Winch family.

Mon, November 16, 2020

THE YEARS OF REPAIR

THE YEARS OF REPAIRNOVEMBER 16TH 2020 PRODUCTION: Vivien Langford and Andy Britt GUESTS: Michael Lord - Research Lead at Beyond Zero Emissions on The Manufacturing  Jobs for the Years of Repair.https://bze.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Million_Jobs_Plan.pdf Senator Janet Rice - On Joe Biden, Zali Steggall and our Democracy Cathy Kenedy - Global Nurses United. The years of repair in health systems stressed by climate change Annie Leonard - Greenpeace USA - On changing the narrative of scarcity and weakness in the face of the repairs needed now. A short film by Avi Lewishttps://theintercept.com/2020/10/01/naomi-klein-message-from-future-covid/ The webinar : Utopia from the ashes: The years of repairhttps://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+utopia+from+the+ashes&docid=608003477887520652&mid=B61C5685186861B3CA4BB61C5685186861B3CA4B&view=detail&FORM=VIRE Headlines this week warn "Australia could be isolated over climate inaction after Biden Victory". Can our big parties learn that "Unity and ambitious climate policy CAN win elections"? We talk to Greens Senator Janet Rice who  saw a" landslide for democracy " and a "win against white supremacy and authoritariansm". She says it's a " win for science and the global fight against the climate emergency". It's a win for women and LGBTQI citizens , unions and civil rights groups who have been organising all through the pandemic. One of those groups is from Canada. The Leap has been conducting webinars on the Green New deal, linking people across all the civic and environmental groups and creating allies. We hear two talks from their recent Webinar called "Utopia from the Ashes: the Age of Repair".  Practical people like Cathy Kennedy talks about how nurses in many countries need protection. They are want to help the climate refugees fleeing famine and drought but see the inadequacies of their backup. As a professional association they also see the damage privatisation and insecure work conditions do to frontline workers.  Annie Leonard is now CEO of Greenpeace USA. She was in Melbourne a few years ago for the SLF showing her film The story of stuff. She says we need to repair our civic muscle. If we remember how strong we can be together we will challenge the voices that say we cannot afford the transition away from fossil fuels and industrial  agriculture. For her the once in a lifetime infusion of money for COVID Economic recovery must be spent on the sort of society which will help us survive. "No public money must be spent on   an industry that is both deadly and dying" Michael Lord from Beyond Zero Emissions has seen how new ideas can work fast. When he wrote "Rethinking cement" he was surprised how ready to decarbonise that industry was.He has been a witness to industrial transformations that are under many people's radar. The only pity is that the speed and scale are missing. When Industry pivots to fight a war or to rebuild afterward ,as with the Marshall Plan, no one says "Oh we will wait until the

Mon, November 09, 2020

SANCTUARY 30% protected by 2030

SANCTUARY 30% protected by 2030November 9th 2020 Produced by : Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuests: Professor James Watson - University of Queensland Director of the Centre for Biodiversity and conservation science and GREENFIRE science research. Contributor to the paper in "Nature"Area based conservation in the 21st Century" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2773-zThanks to Andrew Muller for the idea for this show. Murray MacDonald- Fisheries and Aquatic Living Resource Conservation Consultant. Experience in  establishing Marine Protected areas. Professor John Woinarski - Conservation Biologist with  Australian Wildlife Conservancy.  Deputy Director of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub, focusing on the ‘Red Hot Red List’ – Australian animals and plants at acute risk of extinction. A wonderful recent interview here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbS3uMi16M Links:Australian Wildlife Conservancy : https://www.australianwildlife.org/ Bush Heritage  https://www.bushheritage.org.au/ The Night Parrot Page :maps, calls and how to protect them : https://nightparrot.com.au/index.php/resources/ The Groundwork challenge : https://www.bushheritage.org.au/get-involved/fundraise/groundwork-challengeMake a daily commitment to walking, running or rolling -every day between 16 November and 16 December 2020.Our reserve managers are out there doing the painstaking work of protecting and revitalising our precious native landscapes. Get out there for them and see the country you love thrive Half Earth :https://www.half-earthproject.org/ E.O Wilson Redmap Citizen Science :https://www.redmap.org.au/about/what-is-redmap/

Mon, November 02, 2020

THE FRENCH CITIZENS ASSEMBLY ON CLIMATE

THE FRENCH CITIZENS ASSEMBLY ON CLIMATENOVEMBER 2ND 2020 Interviews  : Reema Rattan and Vivien LangfordProduction: Andy BrittGuests:Amandine Roggemann -  International Committee for the implementation of citizen recommendations https://www.conventioncitoyennepourleclimat.fr/ Sonia Randhawa - The Coalition of Everyone https://www.coalitionofeveryone.com/ Vincent Liegey - Author  with Anitra Nelson of "Exploring Degrowth". Can we be concerned about the end of the world and forget about justice?The French Citizens Assembly on Climate was a response to turmoil created by the yellow Vest Movement. As one protester said to President Macron " You are concerned with the end of the world, we are concerned about the end of the month". Citizens or Activists?150 citizens representing a cross section of France deliberated for 9 months and presented their recommendations in July 2020. As Amandine Roggemann tells us, they got massive media attention and their government is now  receptive to them. If they email the president of France or of the EU they get a reply straight away. Recently Greenpeace put a huge banner on a crane high above the reconstruction of Notre Dame saying "Climate, Act NOW! " and Amandine praises groups like GP and XR, which keep the pressure up for radical action, but, she says,  the 150 citizens are not activists. They are citizens with a responsibility to be informed and to represent many views. As a result the COVID economic recovery in France implemented many of their recommendations.  Climate action was at the heart of their 100 billion Euro Covid Economic Recovery. That is 30 billion for Ecological transition,9 billion for renewable energy and green hydrogen,7 billion for railways, and6.7 billion to retrofit buildings with insulation.The Prime Minister Jean Castex said " Our goal is clear, to become Europe's first major carbon free economy" Is DEGROWTH the only way to wind back emissions?French Engineer Vincent Liegey is delighted by the  Citizens' results.  Speaking from Budapest, he  says his left wing and degrowth friends were mocking , " How can a bunch of idiots, chosen at random,  solve this problem?" but now they have forgotten their opposition and want to see "degrowth"  embedded in this project. President Macron might have said " Degrowth is not a valid response to the climate challenge" , but Vincent points out that the citizens said they would be happy to live with less. They demanded regulation of advertising that promotes over consumption. They said " We realise that if we do not make up for lost time, many regions of the world will become uninhabitable. "He learned something as the safety manager of a major train station in France. "When there is a catastrophe, slow down and think". He said Europeans were moved by film coverage of the Australian bushfires with kangaroos leaping away and the scale of the damage  unimaginable. He said if we don't want to see these sorts of disasters reported to us every year  our civiliza

Mon, October 26, 2020

REQUIEM,REGENERATION AND RENEWABLE ENEGY PRECINCTS

REQUIEM, REGENERATION AND RENEWABLE  ENERGY PRECINCTSOCTOBER 26TH 2020PRODUCTION: Vivien Langford and Andy Britt and thnaks to Imogen Butler and Mark Spencer GUESTS:Dr Kita Ashman - Ecologist at WWF  and Jenny Gray from Zoos Victoria with the last Pipistrelle on Christmas IslandNicky Ison -                     WWFChris Arnott - CEO at Beyond Zero EmissionsMichael Lord -          at Beyhond Zero EmissionsSimon Currie -        Energy Estate REQUIEM,   REGENERATION and  RENEWABLES PRECINCTS It starts as a requiem for the lost trees and animals in our last terrible summer. As ecologist Dr Kita Ashman says "Nature needs us now" We honour the growing number of people who realise how  connected we are to the land. WWF did a listening project and Kita tells us of the large numbers yearning for a simpler life, to get back in touch with nature. As a result they are putting $1 million into a Bushfire Regeneration Challenge. They want people with projects that need support, such as indigeneous land management in itiatives or people with expertise, to contact them at WWF.org.au. Impactio.global/challenge. https://impactio.global/bushfire-regeneration-challenge/challenge-details They are looking for scalable solutions that communities can run with in species recovery, regenerative usesw of the landscape and fire risk management.To remind us of what is at stake we meet Jenny Gray from Zoos Victoria. She has a recording of the last Pipistrelle bat on Christmas island. Its the sound of extinction. Chris Arnott speaks to Kay Wennagle and Natalie Bucknall of the BZE Technology and Science radfo show. His background in water and catchment management included projects in Iran and Jordan as well as the Murray Darling back at home. He sees consumer and investor shifts which will speed up the transition to a decarbonised economy. When he has the ear of the politician he says he gives them a positive pathway, which is non partisan and technically sound. The key points must "jump off the page" for them so he's keen to re publish a lot of lour research for different audiences. Renewable Energy Industrial Precincts is the title of a briefing paper from BZE and WWF. We hear from Nicky Ison, Simon Currie and Michael Lord about manufacturing in Australia. They were talking at the Beyond Zero Emissions Discussion Group on 7th October. . In Europe these energy hubs are ecosystems of shared heat, electricity and training. The ideal locations here are deep ports with technically expert workforces, access to rail road and the grid. Demand for green hydrogen, green ammonia, green steel. is growing and places like Gladstone(Qld) , Port Kembla (NSW), Bell Bay (Tas), Whyalla (SA)and Kwinana (WA) give every state  a chance for new jobs and economic stability. Renewable Energy Precincts BZE and WWF Research paperhttps://www.google.com/search?q=bze+renewable+enrgy+precincts&rlz=1C1AVSK_enAU686AU695&oq=bze+renewable+enrgy+precincts&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i10i160.8167j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UT

Mon, October 19, 2020

The Battle for Beetaloo

Please join with us for this show where we will be heading deep into Ahrnem land to the Beetaloo basin - the location in Northern Territory where Origin and Santos have resumed exploration since a brief respite thanks to COVID. The Beetaloo basin is a massive site of shale gas that if tapped could seriously threaten Australia's ability to meet its commitments under Paris. Dan Robins spokesperson of Protect Country Alliance has been working for years in the Northern Territory to halt fracking. During that time PCA has had some stunning victories like the moratorium on CSG exploration in 2016.We will also speak with Mimal Land Management CEO Dominic Nicholls - whose organisation works with the Bulman and Weemol communities to manage a vast territory deep in Arnhem land according to indigenous principles. They also work to reduce climate emissions for Australia. Nicholls has also been an outspoken opponent of the Beetaloo Basin proposal. We will also be speaking with Emily Townsend - a former employee of NewsCorp that during the bushfires could not handle the dissonance between what Newscorp papers were writing and what she was experience with her own eyes, ears and lungs. She made the move to send an email to all 5000 staff members about her thoughts on climate change and how the paper was not responding to it. Show notes:Original Power: https://www.originalpower.org.au/our_teamMimal Land Management: http://www.mimal.org.au/Protect Country NT: https://www.protectcountrynt.org.au/

Mon, October 12, 2020

GREENWASH

GREENWASHOctober 12th 2020Production: Vivien Langford and Andy BrittInterviews: Kurt Johnson with Sandra Capone of Good On You fashion App. James Whitmore with Dr Ted Trainer of UNSW http://simplicityinstitute.org/  When the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell says "We cannot go faster than society. We cannot sell what customers don't want", we have to wonder who persuaded us to want oil?  IN Australia as COVID recovery plans promote gas we need to ask, Who filled our minds with the idea that gas is "cleaner", more modern, and the gas companies are a commmunity asset.? https://mumbrella.com.au/gas-billboard-claiming-to-be-cleaner-and-greener-pulled-by-watchdog-for-misleading-consumers-635364 The Guardian this year decided to refuse all ads for oil and gas. They were driven by the urgency of climate action reported by their journalists.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/29/guardian-to-ban-advertising-from-fossil-fuel-firms-climate-crisis Client Earth launched a complaint against BP's global advertising. Australian Lawyer Sophie Marjanac said  “BP is spending millions on advertising to give the impression that it’s racing to renewables, that its gas is cleaner, and that it is part of the climate solution.” BP is an oil and gas giant and historically the fifth most polluting fossil fuel company in the world."We ask should all fossil fuel ads be banned or should they carry a tobacco style warning from the IPCC? SANDRA CAPPONI talks to  Kurt  about  Good On YOU. : Greenwashed Fashion means that you may need this  app to buy ethically produced clothes.It is used globally and Emma Watson is their No 1 Supporter . She says" On the red carpet we’re often asked not what we are wearing but ‘who’. It’s as if the ideas behind the clothes – the label, the designer, the collection – have more meaning than the garment itself. But there’s something missing.........In truth, we can all play a part in driving fashion to be more sustainable and ethical. By choosing to wear clothes from labels that embrace transparent, creative and innovative production methods; and by re-wearing, recycling, swapping and thrifting.Good on You: https://goodonyou.eco/TED TRAINER repairs his own clothes and lives frugally. He talks to James about a life of simplicity and a radical reorganisation of society based on co operative communities. COVID may have made us more receptive to his ideas and we have had a taste of the alternatives in lockdown. Without  the delusions created by GREENWASH maybe we could take back some of our power as citizens instead of being powerless consumers. As Thoreau said:  "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach me, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”Thoreau. Waldenhttp://thesimplerway.info/ The article mentioned by Ted Trainer about decoupling is by Parrique et al https://eeb.org/library/decoupling-debunked/ Introduction to Sam

Mon, October 05, 2020

Scientists and Journalists. What's it like when climate action is your day job?

SCIENTISTS AND JOURNALISTSWHAT'S IT LIKE WHEN YOU'RE EXPOSED TO TOO MUCH CLIMATE CHANGE AND NOT ENOUGH ACTION?October 5th 2020.Production: Vivien Langford.Podcast : Andy BrittGuestsDr Joelle Gergis - Climate Scientist at ANU, Canberra. Author of Sunburnt Country and Witnesing the Unthinkable Prof. Johan Rockstrom - Earth Systems scientist at the Potscdam Institute for Climate Impact research, Berlin Nigel Topping - UK High level Climate Action Champion, London Marian Wilkinson - Esteemed journalist and author of The Carbon Club in conversation with Prof Bob Carr at the Institute for Sustainable futures, UTS Sydney Coral Wynter - Journalist , scientist and camp[aigner against Narrabri Gas project Music  Ode to Mother Earth by Aunty Ruby  recorded at a BZE event by Dominique Hes What is it like when your day job is "witnessing the unthinkable?"Joelle Gergis reads her article about the nightmare she has as a result of being exposed to the most horrifying tipping points in global heating. The Great Barrier Reef and its much attacked climate scientists comes to mind.Thanks to Mark Spencer at CLIMACTIC podcasts for his recording. Joelle's time as an IPCC author is so valuable I didn't want to bother her for an interview. Johan Rockstrom is an expert on Tipping Points.He says "we can no longer exclude crossing irreversible tipping points" at the  "We don't have time" global broadcast out of Sweden.He is energised by the Exponential Roadmap initiative, by serious commitments in the EU, China and potentially the USA(2021) as trillions are spent on an exponential leap in ambition and a low emissions COVID recovery.  Nigel Topping sees that we are already headed for ewxponential change as co alitions of businesses accelerate a zero carbon economy. Marian Wilkinson, during her time as a foreign correspondent in Washington amassed a pile of interviews with climate sceptics and others who she now calls The Carbon Club. She realised that they had to foster doubt around the climate science "to remove the moral imperative to act on climate change". She reveals how the carbon club mentored Australians who wanted to protect our carbon intensive economy from "so called climate alarmists", even though "these included the overwhelming majority of climate scientists" Coral Wynter briefly reports on the anguish of citizens who have been trying to protect the Great Artesian Basin water and productive farmlands of Northern NSW from a new gas project at Narrabri. It was breaking news as it had just received the green light from the "Independent" Planning Authority, despite over 90% of submissions from thousands of scientists, First Nations people and farmers who opposed  this climate wrecking project.LINKSJOHAN ROCKSTROMhttps://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/johan-rockstrom.jpg/12704150 JOELLE GERGIShttps://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2020/july/1593525600/jo-lle-gergis/witnessing-unthinkable#mtr MARIAN WILKINSONhttps://uts4climate.uts.edu.au/marian-wilki

Mon, September 28, 2020

FIGHT FOR PLANET A

FIGHT FOR PLANET AA BZE DISCUSSION GROUP September 28th - Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy Britt Guests: Craig Reucassel  - Director of the ABC Series Fight for Planet ADamon Gameau - Director and Producer of the film "2040"Jess Panegyres - Forest Campaigner and land use solutions expertImogen Jubb - Zero Carbon Communities manager for BZEAimee Mehan - Climate leader and Hunter Valley entrepreneurMusic by David Rovics - The flames of History The climate community is working overtime to influence the way  COVID Recovery funds are spent . It's a unique opportunity for  lasting, life enhancing and carbon reducing projects. It may seem to people outside this community that nothing much is happening, that emissions are still rising. However, community organisiing such as we saw on the Schoolstrike4climate at over 200 locations here and also globally means that a lot is happening. Quarry Vision is easy. Business as usual is comforting, Grappling with the transition of industries such as agriculture, manufacturing and transport are complex. But two film makers have gone out to find what the best solutions are and are here to discuss them. Damon Gameau says " You're watching an energy transition happen but you're also going to see one happen in other industries as well. It's a wonderful time to be alive. Keep up the hope, try to find the good stories. Our media is crowded with the negative stories . Outrage sells. Go beyond that. The hope is in the shadows, where people are doing amazing things."Jess Panegyres says " We need strong state land clearing laws. We actually know it's worked in the past to bring deforestation right down"This is a sparkling discussion filled with examples of Zero Carbon Communities leading the way. Thanks to Mark Spencer of Climactic Podcasts for help with audio https://www.climactic.com.au/ Thanks to Leigh Baker - Edit/Adaptation - find her at balance3.com.au ResourcesFind out what your local government issues are at: https://snapshotclimate.com.au/ (which comes with share options so you can engage with your council).Join (or start) climate action in your community with the help of BZE’s Zero Carbon Communities Guide https://bze.org.au/zero-carbon-communities/zero-carbon-communities-guide/ Explore the BZE Million Jobs Plan: https://millionjobs.org.au/ What’s Your 2040? offers resources for activating your own REGENERATION plan: https://whatsyour2040.com/activate-your-plan/ Tools from Fight for Planet A: https://www.goodforthehood.com.au/toolkits-and-resources/abc-fight-for-planet-a-toolkit/ And you can watch the full recording of the webinar here: https://vimeo.com/455657185 The innovation skills courses mentioned are:https://www.coursera.org/learn/design-strategy https://www.marsdd.com/e101-registration

Mon, September 21, 2020

COVID RECOVERY "Fund our Future" school strike4climate

COVID RECOVERYSCHOOLSTRIKE4CLIMATE " FUND OUR FUTURE- NOT GAS" September 21st 2020Production : Vivien LangfordPodcasts: Andy BrittGuests: Daisy Millpark - Schoolstrike4climatePenny Howard - Maritime Union of AustraliaMark Ogge - The Australia InstituteExtra items : Professor Andrew Blakers ANU in an interview with Fran Kelly ABC/RN  and Greta Thunberg in an interview with Steve Colbert at CBS COVID Economic Stimulus is a good way to see the difference between  countries serious about climate action and those  giving  public money to  coal oil and gas exploitation. We look at the Green Recovery stimulus in Europe v countries leading the recovery with more climate changing fossil fuels. The Europeans and NZ are leading the way with massive thermal retrofits for social and private  housing.https://www.vivideconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/200605-Green-Stimulus-Index-1.pdf The most exhilarating voice is a Year 9 student, Daisy Millpark, who tells us how the students are informing themselves beyond the classroom. She has talked  to First Nations people and Nurses Association members on the frontlines of climate change. Hearing their experiences she is confronted by the fact climate change is taking lives. She says that activism can be draining but they are not backing down because of COVID. There is an online rally phone jamming the government at every level.Please keep FRiday 25th September join in. The school students in Australia are calling on our Government to "Fund our Future not gas" You can join their actions on Friday September 25th wherever you are https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/buildourfutureThe School Strike 4 Climate movement demands no new coal, oil and gas projects, including the Adani mine, 100 per cent renewable energy generation and exports by 2030 and funding to create new jobs for all fossil fuel workers and communities. Penny Howard tells us why the MUA is actually on the front foot even through many of their members are employed shipping coal , oil and gas or supplying off shoregas wells. They are proud of getting the ball rolling on the jobs of the future and making the transition. They want to look the students in the eye and say we support you. Also the climate movement need to know how the jobs of the future need to be good quality, well protected jobs not like Tony Abbot's Green Army paid less than the minimum wage.We talk about zero carbon ships on the horizon. Could we manufacture them here? Penny describes low carbon jobs that reduce emissions from our economy taking care of people instead of damaging them. Her message to the students is that we have to keep organising, despite the pandemic. "Working people are behind you and want investment in public renewable energy."You can get your union to support this https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ci19nkT9rZiH4HFhoqawxECMBhfSQfTfQH6-gPWakq4/editMUA Campaignhttps://www.mua.org.au/campaigns/Build-Offshore-Wind-and-A-Just-TransitionCovid reveals how our supply lines

Mon, September 14, 2020

RUSSIA AND AUSTRALIA: A CLIMATE CONVERSATION

In this episode, James joins with Russian environmental journalist Angelina Davydova to host a conversation about Russia, Australia and climate change. Both countries have recently seen extreme summers, and people are increasingly awakening to the impacts of climate change. We also share large fossil fuel export industries, and governments recalcitrant to act. Featuring:Angelina Davydova - Angelina is the director of the NGO Office of Environmental Information (based in St. Petersburg, Russia), which works in the area of cooperation between Russia and other countries in the climate and environmental sectors. She is also one of the leading climate journalists in Russia, regularly contributing to Russian and international media. She also teaches at a number of universities in Russia.Dr Alexey Kokorin - Dr. Kokorin is Director of Climate and Energy Program of the WWF – Russia. He served for the World Wide Fund for Nature from 2000. From 1984 to 1999, Dr. Kokorin worked in the Institute of Global Climate and Ecology of Russian Hydrometeorology Agency and Academy of Science including as Leading Scientist (1997-1999). In 2007, he was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize in large group of authors of the IPCC reports. Professor Will Steffen - Professor Steffen is Emeritus Professor at the Fenner School of Environment & Society at ANU. He has a long history in international global change research, serving from 1998 to 2004 as Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), based in Stockholm, Sweden, and before that as Executive Officer of IGBP's Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems project. Will was the Inaugural Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute, from 2008-2012. Prior to that, he was Director of the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society. From 2004 to 2011 he served as science adviser to the Australian Government Department of Climate Change. He is currently a Climate Councillor with the Climate Council.

Mon, September 07, 2020

Eco-psychology

In this episode we examine how the human psyche and the environment interoperate. We will be talking with:Professor Glenn Albrecht - Former professor of sustainability at University of Newcastle, Glenn became famous for coining the term solastalgia - meaning to feel the loss at the destruction of one's home place. We will be discussing the complex relationship between the mind and place.Links:Glenn's blog: https://glennaalbrecht.com/Glenn's new book: 'Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World', Cornell University Press 2019 and a review on it: https://climatepsychologyalliance.org/explorations/book-reviews/372-garret-barnwellProfessor Lesley Hughes - Lesley Hughes is the professor for biology at Macquarie University who researches the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems. We spoke with her about the impact that denialism has on the mental wellbeing of climate scientistsLinks:When planetary catastrophe is your day jobThe milk of human geniusMark Allen - is the mindful activist. We spoke with him about how he balances climate activism with mental health as well as his passion for fighting city sprawl from encroaching on natural places.Links:Holistic Activism

Mon, August 31, 2020

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi farmer in CovidTimes (repeat)CLIMATE CRISIS FRONTLINESEpisode 1- BANGLADESH13th July 2020Guests:Runa Khan - Founder of "Friendship" floating hospitals in Bangladeshhttps://friendship.ngo/floods-in-bangladesh-and-friendships-response/(link is external)https://friendship.ngo/about-us/leadership/runa-khan-founder-and-executive-director/(link is external)Dr Saleemul Huq - Scientist and Director of International Centre for Climate Change and Developmenthttps://www.iied.org/climate-covid-19-collaboration-we-need(link is external)COP is no longer fit for purpose :https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1iUHL94bWo7kN34oPG6V_dny1BJ4hwEW&v=g3nuz1_Ani0(link is external)Music: Stand Up tall by Miguel Heatwole and the choirSound Effects : by Maqubul from Freesound "Be prepared" is the message from Bangladesh. Runa Khan describes the thousand rivers and silt islands in her country. She says  saving lives is not enough.  Her floating hospitals have expanded into , schools in the refugee camps, paralegal help, para veterinary help and training people to maintain the solar panels that connect them to government services. The secret of a long lasting project like this  is treating everyone with dignity. It is thrilling to hear how Runa imbues her volunteers and staff  with a deep respect for human rights. She speaks to European donors in the same way, wanting their empathy and understanding in a sustained partnership rather than just a guilty cheque. She says seeing the Rohingya refugee camps nearly broke her but she is undaunted. This is one of our best podcasts and should be a tonic for anyone feeling climate angst or despair. The motto of "Friendship" is "Think big, start small, begin now!". Dr Saleemul Huq spoke to an international audience about "Climate, Covid19 and the collaboration we need." He described how the recent Cyclone Amphan was supercharged by the elevated temperatures in the Bay of Bengal. It caused damage in the Sundarban Forests and over two million people were evacuated to safety with their lifestock. But his pride is in the fact that the death toll was low. Compared to the 140,000 killed in the 1990's, Bangladesh is now a model of early warnings and adaptation.The millions of volunteers who go around with loud speakers in the villages, warning of a climate emergency , now go round wearing face masks and giving a Covidsafe health message.  "Be prepared!" Dr Huq says that Covid19 is a rehearsal for the great climate crisis which will affect all of us. He says  governments and businesses who refuse to listen to scientists are acting unconscionably. Just as the pandemic crosses all borders so does the climate disruption we cause by our emissions. Listening to these two compassionate and energetic Bangladeshis will remind you of the moral vision of Martin Luther King. When I read  that Global Fossil Fuel  Subsidies are currently $5.2 Trillion and $29 Billion in Australia according to the IMF, I understand why the climate frontline states

Mon, August 24, 2020

UNIONS,FIRST NATIONS and STUDENTS

24th August 2020Produced by Andy Britt and Vivien LangfordUNIONS,FIRST NATIONS AND STUDENTS."IN STRUGGLE LIES STRENGTH"BUILD OUR FUTURE:CLIMATE JUSTICE AND JOBSGUESTS:Edie Shepherd - Original PowerGreg Mullins - Emergency leaders for Climate ActionElizabeth Maddox - Author "Category 5"Shoi Sengupta, Laura and Will from Students 4 Climate actionDave Kerin - Co Founder of Earth WorkerThanks also to Tim Davis Franks of TIPPING POINT and Annie Mc Laughlin and Michaela of 3CR for help The next school strike for climate will prove that  Lockdown is a perfect time to turn the tide on climate catastrophe.Keep the date Friday September 25th https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/buildourfutureSome students are preparing for final year exams, some unionists are out of work but the momentum to face the reality of the climate crisis is still building. September 25th is two weeks b efore our federal budget so this is a chance to push for COVID REcovery which turbo charges the jobs already being powered by clean energy,not new coal or gas. GREG MULLINS speaking to an audience of unionists and students,tells us of the fire seasons ahead. A couple of extra fire fighting planes wont do it. He wants proper financing of Forestry managers skilled in cultural burning and paid year round to manage the forests. He says the fire risk of 850 gaswells in the Pilliga Forest at Narrabri is disgusting. EDIE SHEPHERD talks about the National Covid Commission stacked with fossil fuel bosses and their gas agenda. The NT government wants a gas pipeline from the BEETALOO Basin to the coast despite consistent opposition from Indigenous people."We've been saying no to projects that hurt country"from the Gommeroi in NSW to the Boroloola mob in the Gulf of Carpentaria. She says "harm to our country is harm to us" and unions have a proud history of supporting indigenous struggles. For her the Right wing wont let a good crisis go to waste and  we have to meet the threat of a gas led recovery at scale. SHOI SENGUPTA took time from her year 12 studies to tell us all about September 25th. Its a day of action in Victoria and Qld and a strike in other states.https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/mp ELIZABETH MADDOX  explains how she witnessed  the build up of momentum in the school where she  teaches. First a few brave students spoke out at assembly, then they invited speakers and held letter writing sessions, then some of them led the big school strikes and now climate action is  mainstream in that school community and growing. She reads also from her novel "Category 5" which is about a French class excursion to the Pacific islands just as a  terrible storm sweeps the Pacific. DAVE KERIN is a builder of the future. It is not all about saying NO. He talks about Co Ops and the way collective ownership prevents the worst of capitalism.As the climate crisis  accelerates, He says of  unionist"We never leave our wounded behind" He is part of the  Powering Melbourne Cooperative Steering Committee -

Mon, August 17, 2020

TOURISM'S CARBON FLIGHTPATH

17TH AUGUST 2020Production: Vivien Langford. Podcast: Andy BrittInterviews: James Whitmore and Kurt JohnsonTOURISM'S CARBON FLIGHTPATHGUESTSDr Arunima Malik - Sydney UniversitySheldon Chanel - Senior journalist in FijiMaja Rosen - Founder of Flight Free in SwedenRoger Tyers - Southampton University We're all armchair travellers now so James, Kurt and Viv regaled each other with  favourite travel moments. James discovered antiquity in Italy. Kurt, whose terrific travel book The Red Wake took him to the ex Soviet nations, witnessed a rocket launch in Khazakhstan. Viv had an unforgettable experience when she stepped into the Zenana carriage on an Indian train.https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-red-wake-9780857987068 The Red Wake But since the Paris Climate Accord in 2015 left aviation and shipping to regulate themselves, the impact of tourism is now 8% of global emissions and rising.We look at how to travel better as James interviews Dr Arunima Malik. Her article in Nature Climate Change is called The carbon footprint of global tourism https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0141-x. Then Kurt takes us to the Pacific. Dependence on tourism means a lot of people out of work. 80% of their food is imported and with the tourist planes grounded many hotel workers have returned to their villages. However, their determination to get climate action is undiminished. Sheldon Chanel's  latest article is https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/11/pacific-states-face-instability-hunger-and-slow-road-to-covid-recovery-dame-meg-taylorAnd his original piece: https://blogs.griffith.edu.au/asiainsights/covid-19-delivers-a-body-blow-to-pacific-tourism/Viv considers how we have learned to stay at home for the common health good of others during the pandemic.   Staying on the ground for the common good of our survival is a hard conversation to have. We hear from Maja Rosen who started the FlightFree movement in Sweden and Roger Tyers who talks about offsets. His article "What the aviation industry really thinks about climate change will open your eyes. https://flightfree.co.uk/post/behind-the-veil-what-the-aviation-industry-really-thinks-about-climate-change/ The power of models like Greta Thunberg, who sailed to America and back, is to wake us up. Professor Kevin Anderson, who works in climate science between UK and Sweden is as famous for his train trips as his radical awareness. He speaks to people in the rich worlds for whom cheap flights and package cruises have become the norm. Now  that we have been slowed down by COVID 19 will the thought of the Ruby Princess and the Quarantine hotels force  us  to put our well educated minds to a new norm?The article that got us started is a long read. The story of the Komodo Dragon's unlikely saviour in COVID times is here as well as magnificent photos.https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/18/end-of-tourism-coronavirus-pandemic-travel-industry

Mon, August 10, 2020

KANGAROO ISLAND FIRES and ENERGY MINISTERS SUMMIT

10th AUGUST 2020Production: Vivien Langford  Podcast: Andy BrittKANGAROO ISLAND FIRES  and ENERGY MINISTERS' SUMMIT1. From the Embers/Glowing Island from CBAA. Produced by Lisa Burns and Sarah Mashman. Featuring the voices of Kangaroo Island residents : Kate Welz, Sabrina and Peter Davis, Jayne bates and Dana Mitchell.https://www.cbaa.org.au/fromtheembers 2.Smart Energy Council Energy Ministers summit. Featuring John Grimes and Wayne Smith. Energy Ministers Dan Van Holst Pelekaan S.A -   Bill Johnson W.A-   and Shane Rattenbury -A.C.T Climate Scientist Dr Joelle Gergis in her article "Witnessing the Unthinkable" says "We have arrived at a point in human history that I think of as the great unravelling". She is a lead author  with the U.N. and she talks about the emotional toll on scientists who seem to be unheard. When the Great Barrier Reef scientist Terry Hughs dived down to see the coral he felt like an Art Lover.."wandering through the Louvre as it burns to the ground". Dr Gergis asks. "Is this the end of fossil fuels or the end of life as we know it?" https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2020/july/1593525600/jo-lle-gergis/witnessing-unthinkable#mtr To dramatise this fork in the road, we bring you the experience of Kangaroo Island residents including beekeepers who saw the world's oldest bee sanctuary decimated by wildfire.  By contrast the energy minister of S.A speaks franakly about having to curtail the energy generated by solar roof owners. Apparently the grid cananot cope and he wants us to hasten slowly to the great consternation of Smart Energy Council industry members who see job losses ahead in this difficult time. Meanwhile in WA they are promoting battery manufacturing rather than just exporting the lithium. They have a separate grid from the eastern states and are planning to export hydrogen in great quantities. Another fork in the road. There is demand from Japan and S.Korea for Blue Hydrogen made from gas, but with emissions in mind we need to drive down the cost of renewable hydrogen so WA can export the 30 gigawatts it intends to, which is far more than the other states.There were 1000+ industry and climate action witnesses to this frank discussion of how each state is creating policies in the absence of a National Plan for Energy Transition. The chat box went wild with reminders that there is no budget left for fossil fuels and Blue Hydrogen is just "Fossil Fuel Industry Spin". It would be hard for the ministers to miss that they cannot have an energy discussion divorced from the need to decarbonise. Shane Rattenbury, ACT Energy Minister feared that the Federal Government would embed more gas in our energy system. This is another fork in the road as COVID recovery money flows to new projects. He said if we get more gas "They will fight like hell to protect their investments and they will influence government as other vested interests have done before" BREAKING NEWS came as I completed this prerecorded show. THE PREMATURE DEATH

Mon, August 03, 2020

EDEN-MONARO / A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOREST

EDEN- MONARO/   A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOREST3RD AUGUST 2020PRODUCTION BY ANDY BRITTINTERVIEWS AND EDITING BY VIVIEN LANGFORDGUESTS:DAN MORGAN - YUIN MAN AND EXPERT ON CULTURAL BURNINGPETER HAGGAR - "CAFE EVOLVE" IN BEGA. PHILOSOPHICAL HEART OF THE RESISTANCEVIVIEN HARRIS - CLIMATE ACTION NOW ACTIVIST AT WEEK 71 OF HER REMINDER TO BEGA AUTHORITIESJO DODDS -  BUSHFIRE SURVIVORS FOR CLIMATE ACTION /EMERGENCY LEADERS FOR CLIMATE ACTION.ROUNDTABLE A new relationship with the forest is emerging after fires worse than those in the Amazon spread the length of The Great Dividing range in 2019/2020. The Eden Monaro By election in July, polarised people into the old blame game about hazzard reduction. Some blamed greenies for not wanting any, others blamed loggers for creating hazzards with the debris and flammable new growth they leave behind.  At the Emergy Leaders for Climate Action Summit, Greg Mullins said "We need to stop being such control freaks and develop trust. Climate change is drying out the land and making everything worse." We need to put resources behind the  traditional knowledge holders without trying to control them. We hear from Dan Morgan who explains how cultural burns start slowly so the birds and insects can smell the smoke. Then he talks about learning to read the message from the indicator species . In the video you will see land he has helped protect near Tathra. When the major bushfire went through Tathra, the land that had been managed in the traditional way were not detroyed.See Dan in this ABC video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM72NtXxyLshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-14/traditional-owners-predicted-bushfire-disaster/11700320https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/land/aboriginal-fire-management Locals told me "Go to "Cafe Evolve" it's the centre of the resistance. Peter Haggar, the owner takes us on a deep dive into the philosophy behind a new relationship with the forest. We talked about the quote on their wall which said "When our worldview is nolonger compatible with our knowledge of the world, isn't it wiser to alter our worldview rather than altering the facts?"Peter talks about local people still in shock, living in tents, un sure how to make themselves safe in the future. He says they have had an existential shock and although many voted for the old solutions, many more are seeking something new. He was influenced by an Australian Philosopher Val Plumwood who wrote "Feminism and the mastery of nature"Peter Haggar sees pluralism as the way forward. So even for city people, any stand for the plurality  of gender, race or class is part of the same battle for the diversity of  nature. The cultural management of land involves learning about hunderds of bio regions and how to deal with them, so learning to read the land like this is urgent climate action. .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Plumwood Vivian Harris was on week 71 of her her stand in front of Bega valley Council and before that the loca

Mon, July 27, 2020

Coal: How did we get here and how do we get out?

We spoke with Professor Judith Brett who wrote the current issue of the Quarterly Essay called the Coal Curse. This fascinating piece of research examines how Australia came to rely so heavily on coal, how it came to influence our political system and how psychologically it has become a religion for much of the right wing in Australia. Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysts Tim Buckley's discussed the future of coal - why very quietly during the COVID crisis, while so much of the world was distracted financial institutions divested from coal. Was it shareholder activism or simply the realisation that as an investment coal is dead and could this be the tipping point away from coal we were expecting?We spoke with my mate Dr Tom Doig heading back with him to the Latrobe Valley with his recently released book Hazelwood. A ripping read and an integral piece of Australian history.

Mon, July 20, 2020

SIBERIA, THE PACIFIC AND HIDDEN WATER IN AUSTRALIA

CLIMATE FRONTLINES Episode 2SIBERIA, THE PACIFIC AND HIDDEN WATER IN AUSTRALIA20TH JULY 2020Production: Andy Britt and Vivien LangfordInterviews : James Whitmore, Reema Rattan and Kurt Johnson Guests: Angelina Davidova - Environmental Journalist in St PetersburgBradley Moggridge - Indigenous Water Scientist in CanberraDr Wesley Morgan - Pacific Hub at Griffith University Music: Thanks to Paul Sutyrin on balaleika and Gladky for the Russian bandIsa Lei was sung by the Suva Methodist Choir and thanks to Hilda and Bernie O'Brien who sang this often in my childhood.Thanks to Scolex for sound effects of underground water  and cyclones Episode 1 on BANGLADESH is here: https://www.3cr.org.au/beyondzero/episode-202007131700/bangladeshEpisode 2 takes us to the Climate Frontline in SIBERIA.  Angelina Davidova tells James Whitmore about the base of oil tanks cracking as the permafrost beneath melts and  there is a massive oil spill into the rivers. Plus wild fires since May and temperatures of 38 degrees C. She has been covering Climate Change for 10 years and notes that Russians used to joke about how good it would be for Russia. Now as the EU Green Deal will  create a border tax on imported gas, oil and coal, they are worried. Like Austrlalia they have low targets to reduce emissions and worry about  economic threats as the world moves away from fossil fuels. We both have melting poles behind us and fossil fuels blurring our vision. The next climate frontline is in Australia which is 70% arid .Changing rain patterns and frequent droughts have made us anxious about water. Reema Rattan wants to know why we are so ignorant of indigenous water management. The mega fires have humbled us to listen to indigenous fire managers but what about protecting the vast hidden water.?Bradley Moggridge is an expert in Hydro-Geology. He says we need to celebrate ancient knowledge not as myth but as science. "Don't mess with the springs" seems like a clear message yet The Great Artesian basin could go the way of the Great Barrier Reef if we frack it and pump out its waters for mines. THE PACIFIC contains hundreds of languages, cultures and bioregions. Kurt Johnson talks to Dr Wesley Morgan about the now frequent Category 5 cyclones that are wrecking the tropical idyll. Adaptation is expensive as they have to build much tougher roads and more resilient hospitals and schools now. He says that Pacific Islanders are a lot more climate literate than Australians and maybe could send us some reverse aid to get us up to speed. As Fijian PM Frank Bainimarama says "We're all in the same canow, it's leaking water and you can't fix a lealy boat with Kyoto credits"It may be unpalatable for the mainstream media to bring us stories that show Australia in a negative light. This is the beauty of the alternative media and I am very grateful to the two 3CR jourtnalists who did guest interviews from the frontlines and to Kurt who did an extra one because he knows this frontline well.As I learne

Mon, July 13, 2020

BANGLADESH

Bangladeshi farmer in CovidTimesCLIMATE CRISIS FRONTLINES Episode 1- BANGLADESH13th July 2020Guests: Runa Khan - Founder of "Friendship" floating hospitals in Bagladeshhttps://friendship.ngo/floods-in-bangladesh-and-friendships-response/https://friendship.ngo/about-us/leadership/runa-khan-founder-and-executive-director/Dr Saleemul Huq - Scientist and Director of International Centre for Climate Change and Developmenthttps://www.iied.org/climate-covid-19-collaboration-we-needCOP is no longer fit for purpose :https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1iUHL94bWo7kN34oPG6V_dny1BJ4hwEW&v=g3nuz1_Ani0Music: Stand Up tall by Miguel Heatwole and the choirSound Effects : by Maqubul from Freesound "Be prepared" is the message from Bangladesh. Runa Khan describes the thousand rivers and silt islands in her country. She says  saving lives is not enough.  Her floating hospitals have expanded into , schools in the refugee camps, paralegal help, para veterinary help and training people to maintain the solar panels that connect them to government services. The secret of a long lasting project like this  is treating everyone with dignity. It is thrilling to hear how Runa imbues her volunteers and staff  with a deep respect for human rights. She speaks to European donors in the same way, wanting their empathy and understanding in a sustained partnership rather than just a guilty cheque. She says seeing the Rohingya refugee camps nearly broke her but she is undaunted. This is one of our best podcasts and should be a tonic for anyone feeling climate angst or despair. The motto of "Friendship" is "Think big, start small, begin now!". Dr Saleemul Huq spoke to an international audience about "Climate, Covid19 and the collaboration we need." He described how the recent Cyclone Amphan was supercharged by the elevated temperatures in the Bay of Bengal. It caused damage in the Sundarban Forests and over two million people were evacuated to safety with their lifestock. But his pride is in the fact that the death toll was low. Compared to the 140,000 killed in the 1990's, Bangladesh is now a model of early warnings and adaptation.The millions of volunteers who go around with loud speakers in the villages, warning of a climate emergency , now go round wearing face masks and giving a Covidsafe health message.  "Be prepared!" Dr Huq says that Covid19 is a rehearsal for the great climate crisis which will affect all of us. He says  governments and businesses who refuse to listen to scientists are acting unconscionably. Just as the pandemic crosses all borders so does the climate disruption we cause by our emissions. Listening to these two compassionate and energetic Bangladeshis will remind you of the moral vision of Martin Luther King. When I read  that Global Fossil Fuel  Subsidies are currently $5.2 Trillion and $29 Billion in Australia according to the IMF, I understand why the climate frontline states demand justicehttps://reneweconomy.com.au/global-fossil-fuel-subsidies-reach-5-

Mon, July 06, 2020

ENERGIESPRONG

"ENERGIESPRONG" RETROFITTING AND BUILDING  ZERO EMISSIONS HOMES6th July 2020 Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy Britt HOW could we retrofit 100,000 buildings each year with no upfront costs?France is building 500,000 zero emissions buildings p/a. Could we do the same?CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, architect of the Paris Climate Agreement asked a largeBeyond Zero emissions audience Why is Australia not yet a leader in Renewable Energy? She praised BZE's One Million Jobs plan but said we need to create political excitement around it. She told us COVID 19 is maybe the " last chance for Australia to wake up and understand where your energy and especially your energy exports need to go".With accelerated  melting at both poles, we must have a plan.MICHAEL LORD- BZE LEAD RESEARCHERsays there are many ways to pay for a massive retrofit of buildings  with insulation, heat pumps, smart energy systems and solar panels. The average cost would be $30,000.In Europe you can get a managed Energy Service Agreement. ENERGIESPRONG, for example, retrofits your house then manages the system for a flat charge. They are paid for the solar energy you supply to the grid and eventually will be self financing.HEIDI LEE - BZE ONE MILLION JOBS PROJECTHEIDI gathers an expert panel to discuss such things as how to prevent condensation if you draft proof your house, how low income people can benefit from retrofitted rental housing, and how decent long term jobs and a stimulus to the training sector will flow from the massive roll out of zero emissions buildings. The panelCAROLINE PIDCOCK - LEADING AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTROB PRADOLIN - HOUSING ALL AUSTRALIANSSCOTT BOCSKAY - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA FUNDGODFREY MOASE - UNITED WORKERS UNIONKELLIE CAUGHT - AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Mon, June 29, 2020

Beyond Zero - Community

Mon, June 22, 2020

TREES, SOIL CARBON AND CARBON CREDITS

TREES, SOIL CARBON AND CARBON CREDITS Monday 22nd June 2020Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuestsJessica Panegyres - Wilderness SocietyWayne Wescott - GreenfleetLouisa Kiely - Carbon Farmers Australia

Mon, June 15, 2020

RISING FROM THE EMBERS

RISING FROM THE EMBERS15th JuneProduced by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuestsDr Bronwyn Gould AM - Sydney Wildlife RescueJames Link - Landcare AustraliaFrom the Embers Episode Home and housed . Produc ed by Alice AnsaraPart 1"A billion animals dead" was the headline. Were the worst fires in our history caused by arson, failed land management or the accelerant of climate change?While the focus of climate action is to rapidly reduce emissions, the quiet work of wildlife rescue and habitat restoration also plays a big part. Rising from the embers is like rising from the pandemic - huge mourning and a desire to build back better.Bronwyn Gould tells us about a possum called Phoenix, about de antlering trees to give a refuge to nesting species and what you can do to preserve wild life even in the city. Her photos of Phoenix and the Tawny Frogmouths in the link below will take your breath away.https://photos.app.goo.gl/V7RWddtj3B6PHNXm7  PHOENIXhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/FhbdbZz7T9WQfk5J9 MAKITA https://photos.app.goo.gl/jJqhX6VAAB2bAKct1 Tawny FrogmouthsBut when they are restored to the wild what are the rescued creatures to eat?Landcare Australia to the rescue. After the fires they have 600 groups weeding out exotics  and replanting food species, clearing water ways and doing citizen science. James Link tells us about ther 6000 groups caring for coastlines and inland places as well as in city creeks and spaces. They benefit from indigenous knowledge and local enthusiasm for place. Landcare Australia formed a partnership with WIRES to use the $1 million received in donations to fund the " community-led protection of habitat"  WIRES is actively supporting Landcare groups and networks, and other environmental community groups to improve the outcomes for wildlife and biodiversity.’https://www.echo.net.au/2020/04/wires-and-landcare-australias-1million-wildlife-partnership/Community groups like The Friends of the Leadbeater's possum can also have far reaching wins. The Federal court recently set a prec edent using federal threatened species protection laws to override state logging interests in their habitat. The carbon sequestered by not logging Leadbeater's habitat will be a lasting legacy of that community's tenacity and creativity.https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/franklin-dam-like-court-judgement-to-protect-victoria-s-endangered-species-from-loggers-20200528-p54xib.htmlPart 2The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia created a series of podcasts about the recent bushfires called From the Embers. This episode- Home and Housed is a brilliant audio record of the devastation and determination of that time. We hear froim wild life carers from WIRES, the ones who have to euthanase very injured animals and the people of Eurobodalla. Thanks to Alice Ansara and the team who produced it. https://www.cbaa.org.au/embers-podcast-radio-saves-day-ep-1

Mon, June 08, 2020

Food Security in the Time of Climate Change

We've all seen the empty supermarket shelves which are now thankfully full - we're just trying to figure out what it means. We have been assured by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources in a report hurriedly released that we in fact have nothing to worry about. The spin in the report and the speed with which it was released is a clear indication that the federal government is worrying itself. Yet the discussion surrounding food security has skewered some basic assumptions we have about food security in this country and how this relates to climate change. The models built on the past will not longer apply which means we can not look to the future with the same confidence we did. Former Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Air force John Blackburn AO who analyses the resilience in the Australian food supply chain as a national security issue.Writer Laura Jean McKay in NZ about how her decision to cut emissions while travelling opened up some new adventures and her new book THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY.Richard Heath the Executive Director of the Australian farm institute and co-author of Change is in the air: defining the need for an Australian agricultural climate change policy a report released in June last year about Australia's ability to confront climate change and it's predicted impact on agriculture.

Mon, June 01, 2020

HEALING THE EARTH - INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES

HEALING THE EARTH1st June 2020Producer: Andy Britt Interviews: Vivien LangfordGuests:Greta ThunbergDr Tjanara Goreng GorengRev Glenn LoughreyBruce ShillingsworthVanessa  PetrieRhys Anderson  "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced"  James Baldwin Greta Thunberg spoke to the EU parliament.. The speaker said "You meet politicians who take a photo with you and then do nothing." But make no mistake, "you are not at the white house with Donald Trump, you are not in Australia where the prime minister is  " climatosceptique" You are in Europe! We are making the Green deal ."But Greta tells  this huge assembly  how we are deluding ourselves that we are taking climate action. How we are all pretending,pretending,pretending."We notice the house is on fire yet we go inside, go to bed and do not even call the fire brigade. Our targets for 2050 are wrong. We should have targets for 2020 and each year after that until the carbon emissions are right down."It's a humbling moment and humiliating for us to hear that everybody knows what an obstacle Australia is.There was a standing ovation. For healing we then talk to Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng. She is a clinical psychologist and Songwoman.She has insights into endurance because Aboriginal people have already been through a holocaust. She wants transformational leaders brave enough to take bold climate action. She says " If you move beyond  being ego centric, you can reach a higher level of thinking. I discovered a number of things that were unique to Aboriginal culture so that a person can navigate to that higher level." Bruce Shillingsworth spoke at the Transitions Film Festival about saving the water in the Darling Barker river. Carbon emissions are behind the drought but unfair draining of the water brings preventable suffering to wildlife and communities. He makes an impassioned appeal for us to defend the river, to supply water tanks and filters to communities that feel abandoned. He invites us to the second great Corroboree tour in September October to go to Bourke and Menindee and listen to the people. The film is " When the river runs dry" by Rory Mc Leod Rev Glenn Loughrey spoke on a panel  about " Sustainable Nation". As a Wiradgeri man, minister and artist he talks about reading the land. It's had enough as the drought, fires and fish kills attest. We can notice these signs but how can we demand less and start the healing?. Vanessa Petrie CEO from BZE and Rhys Anderson water business leader  from Arup talk about working in communities  to  build water and energy solutions that will endure and not cause future damage.

Mon, May 25, 2020

ONE MILLION JOBS/ ZERO CARBON COMMUNITIES - 25th May

ONE MILLION JOBS/ ZERO CARBON COMMUNITIES25th May 2020. Produced remotely by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuests: Heidi Lee - Business and Industry lead at Beyond Zero EmissionsDr Heidi Edmonds- Communities investment lead BZE Eytan Lenko- Interim CEO at Beyond Zero EmissionsImogen Jubb- National manager Zero Carbon CommunitiesUrsula Hogben - Zero Emissions  Sydney NorthMichael Copsey- Banyule Clean Energy GroupMusic "Failed State" by David Rovics " Only a crisis produces real change. When that crisis occurs the actions that are taken depend on ideas that are laying around"* Post pandemic  there are so many ideas laying around.Will the old  ideas based on coal oil and gas receive stimulus spending? Will retrofitting buildings to require zero heating and cooling receive a boost? The French are doing that for 500,000 buildings per year.What ideas will underpin the transition to clean energy?How will heavy industry reduce its emissions to zero?Why are communities helping solar orphans? We take a look at the One Million Jobs plan which BZE launched at the Smart Energy conference. Heidi Lee tells us about Heavy Industry in Newcastle as they leapfrog gas. High energy users can actually become better citizens and make money out of balancing the grid.Dr Heidi Edmonds talks about  jobs on the land and the training in fire and water management  that Indigenous people are leading.We hear part of Eytan Lenko's talk at the Smart Energy Conference.He shows how one million jobs can accelerate positive trends already emerging. Behind the One Million Jobs plan are communities that BZE is assisting in the quest for zero emissions. Imogen Jubb find that COVID 19 has not slowed momentum. She tells us about the Snapshot you can find of your community's emissions.     https://www.snapshotclimate.com.au/ Two of the communities on the Zero Carbon path are in Sydney's  northern suburbs in NSW and Banyule in Victoria.Ursula Hogben and Michael Copsey are practical people. They talk together with Vivien on zoom about how they reduce confusion and lift confidence in making the transition.They both draw on the goodwill and expertise in their communities so that no one needs to feel that reducing emissions is just too hard. Many people have had an unhappy experience with solar power. Michael calls these the solar orphans and both groups are committed to connecting households and businesses with well regulated installers. * Naomi Klein on the Intercept uses Milton Friedman's comment to show that this i s no time to lose our nerve.   As many of you would have seen, our friends at BZE released their "Million Jobs Plan" today and the detail can be seen here: https://bze.org.au/the-million-jobs-plan/ Great Guardian article here too....

Mon, May 18, 2020

BUILDING THE BUSINESS CO-ALITION

BUILDING THE BUSINESS CO-ALITIONMay 18th. Produced by Vivien Langford  and Andy BrittGuests at the Climate Emergency Summit at Melbourne Town HallPaddy ManningIan DunlopPaul GildingHeidi LeeSimon Holmes a CourtThis lively panel discussion, recorded before the pandemic showed us how great shifts can happen suddenly, is even more relevant now. Right now the Climate community is zooming and publishing and trying to influence the stimulus spending towards a livable biosphere. The practical solutions from tonight's panel  shine a light on the path forward.  Ian Dunlop, with his depth of  experience in the fossil fuel industry, speaks of the " predatory delay and moral bankruptcy " of some business leaders,who had the best access to information and knew the risks of rising emissions. He says we must keep talking about the risks as CEOs have not accepted the urgency of emissions reduction. Paul Gilding says " If a country has a good plan, the business community will support it" Heidi Lee finds that " It's not enough to say No. We must find something to say YES to. She gives practical examples of BZE's work with four trade unions and the people of Collie W.A (Hear our broadcast of November 18th 2019). She is more sympathetic to the costs and difficulties faced by industry in transition and she received rousing applause. Her can do message was much appreciated by the well informed audience whose questions showed how the public is way ahead of the politics Simon Holmes a Court reported on the demand internationally for our Green Hydrogen. He asked "are there any transition plans apart from BZEs that see NO role for gas? " And this is highly relevant, as we ease up from the pandemic and the gas lobby is positioning us to depend on it far into the future even for making hydrogen. Paddy Manning was able to  guide the panel to deeply explore the realities we face. His new book "Body Count" show how aware he is of "the hopeless failure to convey the risks of accelerating emissions leads to confusion" Climate change now has its own body count in Australia which is highly exposed and must get better prepared. He said in a previous interview " After 30 years of debate it's not so much climate change that's killing us, It's ignorance and confusion" Thanks to the Sustainable Living Festival

Mon, May 11, 2020

WINTON HIGGINS, ALBERT CAMUS AND POPE FRANCIS

11th MayWINTON HIGGINS,ALBERT CAMUS AND POPE FRANCISLe Chambon and how not to be a bystander in the climate emergency. Music by KAVISHA MAZZELLA  with her new album Empty Sky.Interview by Vivien LangfordProduction by Andy Britt, Michaela Stubbs and  Raoul HernandezWinton Higgins is a distinguished writer, Secular Buddhist teacher  and Holocaust scholar. He tells us the story of Le Chambon. In 1940 the writer Camus was sent there for his TB but while writing The Plague, he observed a conspiracy of goodness. The community was committed to saving the lives of many Jewish people and helping them escape to Switzerland. As plague force global emissions in our time are temporarily lessened by flights,cruises and industry being locked down for the pandemic, many are re reading The Plague. Winton discusses the novel with Vivien in terms of what strength we can draw from it as we face the truth of the climate emergency in our generation.He also  looks at Laudato Si!  by Pope Francis to learn how not to displace our moral responsibility... How to be citizens rather than consumers. Naomi Klein warned us in Shock Doctrine,that predatory money will turbo charge the recovery if we let it. Damaging the biosphere will continue to be seen as a necessary trade off as workers are engaged in emissions intensive projects. Meanwhile,BZE has plans for One Million Jobs and  Zero Emissions Communities that embody a clear understanding of the climate emergency we are facing.  This discussion is full of practical ideas although it is more philosophical than usual.Please pass the podcast on to friends.You can Contact us: radioteam@bze.org.au Action this week: Friday May 15th Join the Schoolstrike4climate from 4pm til 8pm. It's interactive,It's online and we are all needed in support. Don't  be a bystander just because we are locked down.Check out their website for the zoom link.

Mon, May 04, 2020

Canberra People's Assembly

Canberra People's Assembly Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy Britt 4th May 2020  The climate community converged on Canberra as bush fire smoke still billowed over the lawns. It was a people's assembly to deal with the climate emergency that has now fallen out of the popular news. Emissions have fallen with a global shutdown but the tipping points have already been passed for our great barrier reef and terrestrial biodiversity.  Lest we forget.We hear from Veterinarians for Climate Action, moved by the drought affected livestock and wildlife they see. Indigenous leaders calling for water tanks and the fair allocation of water along the Darling/Baaka river. Extinction Rebellion, The Green Institute and Doctors Against War demanding leadership and citizen participation in our democracy to cut through the corruption and ideology.  We also hear from two politicians who stepped out bravely in front of this well informed crowd. One called us the conscience of the nation another was heckled with the cry; " No more Coal! The speakers are:Tim Hollo on getting more participation in our democracy.Bruce Shillingsworth on the empty Darling Baaka River.Mark Butler on ALP Renewables and jobs. Challenged by the assembly calling "No more coal".Adam Bandt on his first day as leader,taking climate change seriously.Senator Larissa Waters calling us the conscience of the nation.Dr Gundi from Vets for climate action about koalas emerging from bush fire zone dehydrated and desperate.Dr Michael Banyard from Vets for climate action on how farmers are changing as climate changes.David Maher on Rehydrating the land. He was planting as we spoke down near the Aboriginal tent embassy.Doctors Against War on taking some world leaders into psychiatric care.Jane Morton XR on Extinction and why rebelling is vital.Carmen Modjito Song: Your house is on fire.

Mon, April 27, 2020

Beyond Zero - Murray Darling Basin + COVID

We also spoke with Maryanne Slattery. Up until recently Maryanne was the senior water researcher at the Australia Institute. Before that she worked for the Murray Darling Basin Authority as the   for 12 years. Whilst there Maryanne didn't like what she saw. So much so she left and blew the whistle on them. We're going to find out about this and why the river system came to be in such bad health.We also spoke with University of Tasmania's school of social sciences Dr Natasha Chassagne. Dr Chassange wrote a piece connecting COVID and Climate Change. She also spoke about the South American social philosophy: buen vivir.

Mon, April 20, 2020

HOLDING A BRAVE SPACE and EMPATHY CAFES.

20th April. Interviews: Vivien Langford    Podcast: Andy BrittHOLDING A BRAVE SPACE and EMPATHY CAFEGUESTSRita Gyorrfy- The Empathy Cafe. Raven Karin Steiniger - Deep Ecology and XR Regenerative CultureRev Glen Loughry - Indigenous leader, minister and artist.Professor Helen Berry- Expert in public mental health during climate catastropheDr Sebastian Rosenberg - ANU Centre for Mental Health ResearchKavisha Mazzella - Italian songsThe pandemic has shown that a crisis can bring us together or push us apart. These interviews were recorded when the bushfires were still front of mind. At the people's climate assembly in Canberra with bushfire smoke billowing on the horizon, we heard about the  mental suffering of victims and firefighters as well as how resilience was sustained and supported.Helen Berry talks about community building as the foundation for Mental health.She says "people need to be encouraged in preparation for what is actually happening " not in denial. Checkout her article about how it can be done: The pearl in the oyster: climate change as a mental health opportunity. Sebastian Rosenberg says that pro active outreach to vulnerable people is essential. He describes the Christchurch Earthquake response as his shining example of reaching out effectively. Rev Glen Loughry is a Wiradjeri man and artist. He says we live in a reciprocal relationship with the land. If songlines are interrupted by a mine for example, indigenous knowledge transmission is ruptured. We cut the lands capacity to talk to us leading to dysfunction. He was speaking at an ARRCC forum on the Bushfires and the Climate Crisis at St Michael's Uniting church in Melbourne. Extinction Rebellion understands that activism is tough.People burn out, but in a regenerative culture emotional support is there for the asking.Raven learned about Deep Ecology from Joanna Macy and John Seed. I was moved in her workshop at how many young people were particularly grief stricken by the death of so many animals in the fires. You can't just move on from that. Raven talks about creating a sacred space where we can confront our fears,anger and grief to build a stronger community. The Shambhala  Warrior story  shows how we can dismantle the mind made weapons that are destroying our biosphere just as we can dismantle the fossil fuelled infrastructure.The tools are insight and compassion. Joanna Macy writes in Active Hope,  " There is no such thing as a self made person. When floods or fires sweep away our illusions of self sufficiency we are reminded how much we need each other. How much we depend not only on people but on the web of life......we treat the rest of life with a different kind of respect when we consider that without it, we wouldn't be here at all." The pandemic has only made these ideas more dramatic. Rita Gyorrfy tells us about non violent communication. When exhausted fire fighters or people who have lost everything cannot reach out, she gives us ideas about how to reach in.Her

Mon, April 06, 2020

PAUSE EMISSIONS! IT'S A PANDEMIC.

PAUSE EMISSION! IT'S A PANDEMIC.The Beyond Zero Emissions Community show produced by Vivien Langford and Michaela Stubbs. Broadcast at Radio 3CR in Melbourne  and  Radio Skid Row in SydneyGUESTSGilbert Rochecouste - Founder of Village WellChristine Milne - Greens International  AmbassadorJohn Grimes  - Smart Energy CouncilTragic times for many as hospitals and unemployment agencies are overwhelmed by Corona Virus.Challenging times for climate campaigners as this PAUSE in global emissions is a fork in the road.  CANA chat lunchtime webinars show we could  flatten the curve of emissions path we are on. The shutdown of industry in China is reportedly  yielding a 25% drop in emissions.Aviation and other transport is slowing and how happy will the elderly be to go on a cruise ship in the future? Could we achieve 700% Renewable energy and not only provision new green industries here but export green energy overseas?The lifting of some pollution means better health and blue skies. But will the global dimming effect of all that smoke mean a rise in emissions? Gilbert Rochecouste, fresh from an epiphany in the Tarkine, talks about pressing the reset button on the rat race.Climate action is often stymied by the elephant in the room which is consumption. How can we reset our lives,to relocalise and share, in the decade when emissions need to plummet? Citizens are leading a new narrative after the drought, the fires and now the pandemic. We  are at a tipping point in consciousness. We must not let the big institutions and corporations drag us back to the old paradigm which is destroying the biosphere. Christine Milne spoke to the Beyond Zero Emissions show at the Climate Emergency Summit. She is sure the fossil fuel industry was positioning itself for bail outs at Davos even before the pandemic was declared worldwide. "They are years ahead of in the strategy".  We must not supply thecinfrastructure them to o p en up the Gallee,# the Beetaloo and the North West Shelf. In a wide ranging analysis she says we must stop their subsidies. They are not too big to fail and there are many alternatives. John Grimes gave a talk to the People's Assembly on the first day of Federal Parliament in Canberra. Bushfire smoke was still billowing over the lawns and boxes of now rare face masks were on hand for anyone with trouble breathing.He was scathing about the lobbyists for coal,oil and gas who greatly outnumber lobbyists for clean energy solutions. They have far greater access and are a corrupting influence on our democracy. He is a true patriot and impatient for the climate emergency to turbo charge training in all the trades needed for 700% renewable energy.With leadership we could remain as an energy exporter instead of the" international parriah" holding out against the global shift a green economy. # The biggest coal reserve in the world.South Australia is already at 75% and ACT at 100%. But our present renewable energy target is zero.

Mon, March 30, 2020

THE NEW NEW DEAL

30th March 2020THE NEW NEW DEAL from the National Climate Emergency Summit in Melbourne Town Hall Produced by Vivien Langford. Broadcast at 3CR and Radio Skid RowIn the month since these speakers were talking about transforming the economy,we have seen an uncanny slowing of our economy and cooling of global emissions caused by the pandemic. Now more than ever, we need to know how to use this opportunity to make an economic transition. Miriam Lyons  Organising director from Get Up! Spoke on a vision for a safe climateJohn Altman from ANU on inviting Indigenous People to assist in zero emissions industriesBlair Palese from Climate Risk on Insurance and Green BondsCatherine Welles from ACF on Rationing, massive economic change and  governance needed to take us along.Simon Shaw - Song : This changes EverythingIdeas arising in this session are:Developing Northern Australia must be done in partnership with indigenous people. Bio diversity conservation and drawdown strategies need their expertise. JAAt 2 degrees of warming insurance risk goes off the charts. Homeowners need to demand access to data collected by Insurance companies.The ABC site " Looking at the rise of red zones" is a start. Look up your house and see how vulnerable it is to climate risk.BPAs the climate emergency intensifies, power will be more centralised.We can learn from the US wartime transformation of their economy. Rationing and other regulation will be more acceptable as destabilising climate events become the norm and it will be hard to maintain our democratic rights.CWThere is huge popular support for renationalising such things as transport.MLBZE plans are not the whole deal. The Drawdown industry will be bigger than coal,oil and gas combined.It will not be profitable in the time we have so it must be paid for by government.PS

Mon, March 23, 2020

Beyond Zero - Community - The Coral Gardener and the Greens

We spoke with Australian journalist Paddy Manning about his new book Inside the greens.Reefs worldwide are under threat from overfishing, industrial and agricultural runoff and of course climate change. Today the Great Barrier Reef is a boneyard in comparison to its former vivid glory. Yet Fiji are two decades into a reef conservation effort that draws on traditional indigenous knowledge and modern science. How are they doing? Very well it seems. Dr Austin Bowden-Kerby is The Coral Gardener who is an expert in both modern science and indigenous knowledge. The quality of the call was terrible there was such a lag so the traditional interview method didn't work but that was ok because Dr Austin was a great storyteller. I will explain each part - the first he talks about how the traditional Fijian idea of a tabu - a nofish area was rediscovered: here is the first part.

Mon, March 16, 2020

SNOWY 2.0 THE NUMBERS DON'T STACK UP

SNOWY 2.0 THE NUMBERS DONT STACK UPProduced by Vivien Langford for Beyond Zero Emissions at Radio 3CR and Radio Skid rowPodcast by Andy BrittGuests:Bruce Mountain - Director of Victorian Energy Policy CentreTed Woodley - Treasurer National Parks Association and Energy expertGary Dunnett -  EO National Parks Association and ecology specialist Could the Goverment's huge project called Snowy 2.0 be an expensive white elephant?These interviews were recorded in Sydney as the historic 2019/2020 bushfires raged. All the  people were concerned about the Kosciusko National park. But beyond this, they have gathered evidence that the pumped hydro project announced by PM  Turnbull will never be used as the battery of our nation. At the very least they are begging the authorities to STOP and reconsider yet Government people.  to paraphrase Henry Higgins, " listen very nicely, then go out and do precisely what they want".The jobs and stimulus to the economy are irresistible. But climate action isn't always glamorous.  If we want the greatest amount of stored renewable energy, there are many better and cheaper ways to get it. These experts are like the retired fire chiefs who were ignored at our peril. Please listen carefully, it's technical and I am not the Four Corners team, but this story is a scoop.

Mon, March 09, 2020

HEALING THE CLIMATE CHANGED MIND

HEALING THE CLIMATE CHANGED MIND9th March 2020Producer: Andy Britt  Interviews: Vivien LangfordGuests: Greta Thunberg,  Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng , Bruce Shillingsworth, Rev Glenn Loughry, Vanessa Petrie  and Rhys Anderson  "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced" James Baldwin Greta Thunberg spoke to the EU parliament just 4 days ago. The speaker said "You meet politicians who take a photo with you and then do nothing." But make no mistake, "you are not at the white house with Donald Trump, you are not in Australia where the prime minister is  " climatosceptique" You are in Europe! We are making the Green deal ."But Greta tells to this huge assembly  how we are deluding ourselves that we are taking climate action. How we are all pretending,pretending,pretending. We notice the house is on fire yet we go inside, go to bed and do not even call the fire brigade. Our targets for 2050 are wrong. We should have targets for 2020 and each year after that until the carbon emissions are right down.It's a humbling moment and humiliating for us that everybody knows what an obstacle Australia is.There was a standing ovation. For healing we then talk to Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng. She is a clinical psychologist and Songwoman.She has insights into endurance because Aboriginal people have already been through a holocaust. She wants transformational leaders brave enough to take bold climate action. She says " If you move beyond  being ego centric, you can reach a higher level of thinking. I discovered a number of things that were unique to Aboriginal culture so that a person can navigate to that higher level."Bruce Shillingsworth spoke at the Transitions Film Festival about saving the water in the Darling Barker river. Carbon emissions are behind the drought but unfair draining of the water brings preventable suffering to wildlife and communities. He makes an impassioned appeal for us to defend the river, to supply water tanks and filters to communities that feel abandoned. He invites us to the second great Corroboree tour in September October to go to Bourke and Menindee and listen to the people. The film is " When the river runs dry" by Rory Mc LeodRev Glenn Loughrey spoke on a panel  about " Sustainable Nation". As a Wiradgeri man, minister and artist he talks about reading the land. It's had enough as the drought, fires and fish kills attest. We can notice these signs but how can we demand less and start the healing?. Vanessa Petrie CEO from BZE and Rhys Anderson water business leader  from Arup talk about working in communities  to  build water and energy solutions that will endure and not cause future damage.

Mon, March 02, 2020

ECOSYSTEMS IN COLLAPSE

ECOSYSTEMS IN COLLAPSE2nd March 2020Presented by Vivien Langford from The National Climate Emergency Summit. Melbourne town hall.The speakers  are three top scientists:David Lindenmayer - Professor of Ecology at ANU on Forest conservationCharlie Veron- Marine  Scientist and world coral expert on a Noah's Ark scheme for coralsMichael Mann- Director of Earth System Science Pennsylvania State University, on Australia's extreme climate.Jo Chandler - Science journalist and author as Moderator.

Mon, February 24, 2020

FUTURE MAKERS and Transitions Film Festival

FUTURE MAKERS - Transitions Film Festival24th February 2020Andy Britt:Production , Vivien Langford: InterviewsGuestsCarmen Modjito and Nir Tsafaty singing "House on Fire"Deborah Hart  Author of Saving Eden on GLOBAL THERMOSTAT  a film by Arthur RiffletZelda Grimshaw from the Australasian Theatre in  Cairns on FUTURE MAKERSMark Pearson director of PILLIGA RISING

Mon, February 17, 2020

BUSINESS and TRANSITION FILMS

BUSINESS COLLAPSE and TRANSITION FILM FESTIVAL17th February 2020. Andy Britt -Production Vivien Langford - InterviewsPaul Gilding - Author of Climate Contagion 2020-2025Heidi Lee - BZE Business and Industry ManagerJulian O'Shea - Film "Solar Tuk" Bob Brown -  Film "Convoy"Bruce Shillingsworth - Film " When the rivers run dry"Christine MIlne - Ambassador for International GreensAt the Climate Emergency Summit 14/15th Feb, Paul Gilding showed that the threat of collapsing Fossil Fuel businesses will match the climate disruptions we are already facing. Ian Dunlop, whose association with Shell and the Coal Industry gives us an inside view , said they are engaged in "predatory delay" and must shut down within 2 years. Christine Milne saw signs at Davos of the corporations positioning themselves for bail outs.We ask : Are they too big to fail? Will we let them take us down with them? Please sign the declaration.Meanwhile Heidi Lee is helping business and industry to re imagine themselves using non fossil energy, yes even  green steel. She waxes lyrical over Arc Furnaces and takes us to where things are really molten.  As Simon Holmes a Court said "there is a war on for talent" as coal, oil and gas struggle to find young people who want to work on climate wrecking projects. Heidi is recruiting volunteer engineers to work on projects that leave something to be proud of.Transitions Film Festival starts this week and we speak to Julian O'shea about why he modified a second hand Tuk Tuk to make it go on solar power. He's just been on a tour in India and Thailand. It's a cheaper vehicle than most EVs and will reduce the urban pollution as it beetles about town at 50km p/h. The film Solar Tuk Tuk shows on opening night at the NOVAWe hear Bob Brown calling us to stop  the coal trucks, lock the gates against gas and get in the way of logging in the Tarkine. He calls us Bravehearts and the film "Convoy" celebrates the brave people putting themselves in the way of climate disruptors. He was on the platform beside Adrian Burrugubba of the Wangan and Jagalingou people in the Galilee.Bruce Shillingsworth comes from western NSW where the Darling/ Baarka river is being robbed of its waters. First Nations people feel abandoned and do not acccept the poor conditions that have left them high and dry and have caused widespread deaths of fish and wildlife. He wishes to unify Australians in the restoration of the rivers and the land. You can see it yourself and be part of the discussion, when the film "When the rivers run dry" shows at the  NOVA

Mon, February 10, 2020

Bush fires 2020

BUSHFIRES 2019/2020Podcast:Andy Britt.    Interviews and production :Vivien LangfordElise Papineau - Anthropologist and XR BrisbaneJamie Hanson - Campaign Manager-Greenpeace Asia pacificMark Ogge - The Australia Institute. author of  National Climate Disaster FundMusic - Rachel Collis "Wired and Awake" and Kavisha Mazzella -Italian songsNSW Parliament Item:Simon Clough- Lock the gate allianceAaron and Fiona - Bushfire victims 2019David Shoebridge - NSW MP and climate activist 2020 was the year we should have seen emission plummet. Instead the New Year bushfires from Qld all the way down the great dividing range and also in S.A have changed everything. A mortal blow for some families,for wildlife and livestock, for whole forests and many species.... In sorrow we will not forget you.The villains in the media and government have tried to deflect attention from the coal,oil and gas industries who have dried out the country and changed the weather patterns. The headline was "The blame game begins" but the question was not asked who is still profitting as koalas burn to death or die of dehydration caused by the climate emergency.We talk to Anthropologist Elise Papineau about the toxic behaviours that keep business as usual in place. Then we talk about who funds the recovery. Jamie Hanson says the Governments $2 billion recovery fund is a drop in the ocean and that citizens must NOT pay while profitable fossil fuel companies escape without paying tax. He sees much of the media as divisive when really we know what to do.Mark Ogge wants to shift the burden from citizens to global companies. With a $1 per tonne levy on coal and gas profits he wants A National Climate Disaster Fund to help as we face increasingly intense climate disasters. The real cost per tonne is more like $400.-We hear also from the November fire victims,Aaron and Fiona who had lost their home a few nights before, as they dumped a symbolic can of ashes in front of NSW Parliament house. Simon Clough spoke to the crowd who had come from far away to beg the government not to amend the law so that judges would not be required to consider climate change impacts in their decisions to apaprove new coal or gas projects. The outrage was palpable and the amendment has still not passed. We are proud of two legal decisions to stop a coal mine at Rocky Hill and Bylong Valley so public pressure on NSW MPs is recommended.David Shoebridge explains why the amendment is popular.  He was outside the Downing Centre court. He thinks  bringing in the riot squad was excessive as children protested the PMs holiday in Hawii as Australia burned. He talks about protecting the right to protest and the dangers of police over reach.

Mon, February 03, 2020

The Eco-Miser's Guide to Super

In the Eco-Miser's Guide to Super we are looking at all the ways you can make money and save the planet from Climate Change:We Speak toTom Swann: Tom is a research assistant at The Australia Institute on a project looking at opportunities and obstacles for fossil fuel divestment in Australia. He is also a spokesperson for the Fossil Free ANU Campaign and a student in the Master of Climate Change. Last year Tom Swann published the report High Carbon from a Land Down Under where he confronted the political talking point that Australia is a tiny carbon emitter.Dan Gocher:  Director of Climate and Environment at Australian Center for Corporate Responsibility. They specialise in shareholder activism a chance to confront decisions made in the interests of shareholders by those in the general public concerned about climate change.Maryanne Campbell: Principal Financial Adviser and Ethical Investment Specialist and founder of Gold Leaf Financial Services.

Mon, December 09, 2019

2019 The climate action year in roundup

2019 The climate action year in roundupProduction: Andy BrittInterviews by Vivien Langford and Kurt Johnson As we face over a hundred Bushfires in Australia, the Madrid Climate Conference carries on and some Extinction Rebels go on hunger fast in order to get commitments from parliamentarians, we look at some of the campaigns that are hot at the end of 2019. Vanessa Petrie CEO of BZE talks about Australia's first Zero Carbon Factory. What we could do with 700% renewable energy and the groundswell of job creation in coal country.  Naomi Hogan from Lock the Gate Alliance defends the Traditional Owners of the Beetaloo Basin in NT. They are protecting their land against gas fracking. We can stand up with them for our future, especially if we are customers of gas companies.  Rev Alex Sangster takes us to the frontlines of resistance to Adani. The sacred springs of the Wangan and Jagalingou people are now "owned" by Adani and she calls out to us to go up to the Galilee and stand with them.  Daniel Bleakley speaks to Vivien on the steps of parliament. Surrounded by 27 empty plates to symbolise the meals he has missed over 9 days he draws attention to the hunger already felt where the climate crisis hits   our most vulnerable people. Which politicians will stop and listen to this eloquent messenger? He is part of a global hunger strike by Extinction Rebellion.   Jacinda Ardern the Prime Minister of New Zealand says we must move beyond targets and deliver signs of action. She launched her Zero Carbon Bill to a standing ovation. Thanks to Mik Aidt for the audio.                  "Jacinda Ardern hails New Zealand zero-carbon law: 'On the right side of history'"  Mark Carter is the author of "The Elephant in th sky" and has just launched a new group. Flight Free Australia. We talk about the effect of Greta Thunberg sailing to the USA and back. In extraordinary times we take extraordinary action.Its an ethical challenge we can rise to.Tommy John Herbert is a member of the MUA and a Sydney Wharfie. He talks about the dead Turtles and Fish he saw as a Seafarer as he supplied the gas rigs off Broome. His vision is for strike action to protect workers as they transition to servicing off shore wind and other necessary jobs that give us a better life.Wendy Farmer represents Voices of the Valley. She talks to Kurt Johnson about the Penalties being imposed on Engie for the Morwell mine fire of 2014. The responsibility of mine owners to protect the health of the community comes through loud and clear. Thanks to all our guests who made this show happen, to Beyond Zero Emissions and to Radio 3cr... and a big thanks to all of our listeners. The team this year has been Erin, Adelle, Roger, Andy, Kurt and Vivien. For climate action during the holidays contact any of the groups we have highlighted during the year. As its an emergency their rebellion will swell.

Mon, November 25, 2019

CleanCo Queensland - the newest energy generator to enter the NEM

2019, Nov 25thPresenter/Producer: Erin JonesGuests:Maia SchweizerCleanCo QueenslandChief Executive OfficerTimestamp- 01:54https://cleancoqueensland.com.au/Maia was appointed CleanCo’s inaugural permanent CEO in September 2019. She has extensive global experience in theenergy and infrastructure industries, including as a management consultant in McKinsey & Company’s London, Houston,Shanghai and Sydney offices. Most recently Maia held general management roles in the gas and retail businesses of OriginEnergy. Harry Hartman- Constructionarium Australia - Executive DirectorTimestamp - 31:53https://www.constructionariumaustralia.com.au/Constructionarium Australia exists to help the next generation of infrastructure, engineering and construction professionals to gain skills and build networks by working on a real project. We talk with Harry Hartman about the energy storage technology of Water Batteries/Pumped HydroJohn Shiel - BZE - Energy Freedom Home WorkshopsTimestamp - 46:28https://bze.org.au/calendar/https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Experience/Events/Liveable-Homes-in-a-Changing-ClimateJohn Shiel is facilitating Energy Freedom Workshops in Melbourne - showing strategies that both renters, investors and homeowners can undertake to make their homes more comfortable and more efficient energy users. You is also speaking at the Liveable homes in a Changing Climate hosted by the Yarra Ranges Council on Dec 4th

Mon, November 18, 2019

Collie at the Crossroads

18th November 2019Produced by Andy Britt. Interviews by Vivien Langford Collie at the Crossroads is about a town 200 Kms from Perth where coal is on the way out.What will give new life and new jobs to this town whose identity is based on coal.Beyond Zero Emissions has researched a plan for the future beyond coal. James Kahn – A Noongar elder tells us about Collie in its heyday and his vision for Collie’s future. Jaime Yallop Farrant - Climate Justice Union. She has worked with the Collie locals to see what community led projects would fly. Retrofitting homes for energy efficiency is one. Implementing projects an.d building trust would be another.She tells us about English coal towns where the last coal was mined decades ago but the town retains its identity and the miners are honoured.If government genuinely listens to what the community is offering, BZE  has many options that fit their skills. Lachlan Rule - who was the lead author on the report gives us his policy recommendations for the WA goivernment.One of these is legislate 100% Renewable energy Target for WA by 2030 and maximise local industry participation. He sees potential in the mountains of fly ash at Collie and the red mud that can be used in low carbon concrete. He sees a growing ship BREAKING industry on the coast recycling the steel at Collie.Government contracts for recycled steel would help. The report will be launched in Collie and available at -  BZE.org.au Steven Mc Cartny - State Secretary of the AMWU talks about recyled steel, recycled lithium batteries and solar panels. These are all manufacturing opportunities for Collie. It could also be a hub for sustainble building materials like engineered timber. He is keen on training and laying the groundwork for Governments to take action based on a skilled workforce and a keen community. Collie needs a skills audit to start with. Greg Busson – Secretary of the WA division of CFMEU. How would a national Just Transition Authority help Collie’s 1200 coal industry workers? Who can do the mine rehabilitation as ground water is contaminated by WA’s 1137 “shut” mines? What part will this union play in negotiating workers to decent secure jobs in the decarbonised future? Greg Busson is positive about the future but wants to see legislation like Victoria' s to guide the transition. It must not be a chance to drive down wages and conditions.

Mon, November 11, 2019

HOW TO SURVIVE WITH REGENERATIVE CULTURE

HOW TO SURVIVE WITH REGENERATIVE CULTURE  11th November Produced by Vivien LangfordWith help from Leanne and Andy  at 3CR and Raul at Radio Skid Row Tonight we will meet climate activists talking about nurturing a new way of being together. Some have rallied and blockaded and written their body weight in submissions as emissions rise. Some are newly awake to the climate crisis we are causing and grieve the children they will never have. They realise we need a regenerative culture to prevent social collapse and extinction. We are all crew. We are here for the long haul. The media wants heroes and villains. They remind us often of the greed and egotism all around. This podcast reminds us of our more empathic and co operative nature. We meet a scientist, a novelist,and environmental expert, a man who briefed the PM, an  Extinction rebel from Germany and a nun from PlumVillage  Guests: Gail Bradbrook , UK Extinction RebellionJonathan Doig - Sydney Tom Colley and Trevor Woodward - XR SydneyRohan  reporting on XR in Germany and Ella in SydneySister True Dedication from Plum Village in France Music from Violetta Parra and Ecopella

Mon, November 04, 2019

Resist! Part 2

In this episode we looked at how climate movement embraced direct action. In the previous week  scenes spread over television screens across Australia of the IMARC Blockade was a manifestation of a movement that has collectively realised that the traditional avenues of power and influence have failed within this country at generating anything like meaningful action on climate change.  We talked to representatives of concentrations of direct action namely APSARA SABARATNAM from Blockade IMARC and Rilka Laycock-Walsh from the ADANI Blockade. We gained an understanding about what these activists hope to achieve, why they consider direct action so important and what life is like on the ground of these historically vital actions. As a change in tone we also spoke with Calum McFarlane: Calum is a father of two boys who has thought and written very deeply on the subject of climate change and being a parent. In particular his piece "IF YOU’RE FREAKING OUT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE (ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE A PARENT)…"

Mon, October 28, 2019

SACRIFICE ZONE: The story of gas from NORTHERN TERRITORY to NARRABRI

SACRIFICE ZONE: The story of gas  from  NORTHERN TERRITORY to NARRABRIProduced by Vivien Langford in Sydney. Thanks to Michaela and Andy,3CR in Melbourne and Raul at Radio Skid Row in SydneyThe Beetaloo Gas Basin and The Great Artesian Water Basin are remote from us but tonight we hear the authentic voices of Traditional Owners and farmers. They want our help to stop new gas projects which will have local health impacts such as low birth weight babies and contamination  of water. They came from so far away to tell us city people their story. Please take up the campaign to stop Origin Gas Projects in the NT and Santos Gas in Narrabri." Water is life"...... The Great Artesian Basin is a priceless national Treasure" ......"The fire risk from flaring doesn't make sense!".... "This is a national call to action".Speakers: At Angel Place outside ORIGIN AGMRay Dixon, Bradley Farrar and Naomi Wilfred from the Northern TerritoryThe MUA, CFMEU(Construction Division) Doctors for the Environment Dr Kim LooSeed Mob, Lock the Gate Alliance https://www.seedmob.org.au/ban_fracking   Sign the petitionSpeakers :At NSW ParliamentDavid Chadwick- Great Artesian Basin Protector https://www.gabpg.org.au/ Watch the film "Sacrifice Zone"Margaret Fleck - North West Alliance https://www.csgfreenorthwest.org.au/narrabri_gas?utm_campaign=narrabri_ipc&utm_medium=email&utm_source=lockthegateAnne Kennedy - Artesian Bore Users Association https://www.csgfreenorthwest.org.au/ See the filmRoy Butler MP for Barwon Electorate.  Dr Alistair davey - Pegasus Economics https://www.lockthegate.org.au/pegasus_economics_report_on_the_narrabri_gas_projectBruce Robertson- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.  http://ieefa.org/author/bruce-robertson/Music by Stuart Nuggett from the Beetaloo basin "Nyurni" sung in Jingali language. Only 5 native speakers. https://www.caamamusic.com.au/stuart-nuggett/ Message from Narrabri: "The Namoi region is in the grip of crippling drought like nothing we’ve ever seen. The land is suffering and so are the communities that depend upon it. The idea of letting a water-sucking, flame-flaring, aquifer-fouling, risk-taking coal seam gasfield drill under our precious groundwater is unthinkable. It is our only source of water.But they’re pressing ahead with it, and we need your help. Watch this video to find out why." https://vimeo.com/363466993 Methane made visible through a FLIR camera operated by Tim Forcey  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-jWcRzndw

Mon, October 21, 2019

Extreme Fires - The New Normal & ACE-EV

Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesGuests:Greg Mullins  - Climate Council - Councillor, Former Commissioner of Fire & Rescue NSWTimestamp- 00.07Greg Mullins is an internationally recognised expert in responding to major bushfires and natural disasters and developed a keen interest in the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events. He coordinated responses to many major natural disasters over more than 2 decades and retired as Commissioner of Fire & Rescue NSW in January 2017.During his 39 year career he served as President, Vice President and Board Chair of the Australasian Fire & Emergency Service Authorities’ Council, Deputy Chair of the NSW State Emergency Management Committee, Australian Director of the International Fire Chiefs Association of Asia, NSW representative on the Australian Emergency Management Committee, Australian representative on the UN’s International Search & Rescue Advisory Committee, and as a member of the NSW Bushfire Coordinating Committee. He is currently Chair of the NSW Ambulance Service Advisory Board.In 2004 he was invited to address the International Fire Science Conference in Ireland on the impacts of climate change on emergency services. As acting Chair of the NSW State Emergency Management Committee in 2005-6 he re-established a Climate Change Working Group focussed on adaptation and was a member of the NSW Government’s Climate Change Council from 2007-16.He worked with bushfire fighting authorities in the USA, Canada, France and Spain during a Churchill Fellowship in 1995, studied at the US National Fire Academy in 2001-02, and represented Australian emergency services at many international forums. Upon retirement he rejoined the volunteer bushfire brigade where he started in 1972, and also volunteers as a bush regenerator.We talk with Greg about the recent extreme fire conditions in Queensland and NSW - in the first week of Spring, and what the future of fire means in the context of climate changehttps://www.climatecouncil.org.au/author/greg-mullins/ Tim Chittenden - Queensland Rural Fire Service - South Western Regional ManagerTimestamp - 32:51Tim heads up a region that is larger than the state of Victoria and has 6000 volunteer fire fighters. We talk to Tim to get an on the ground perspective of what fire fighting in the age of a changing climate looks like, and when towns are running out of water. Greg McGarvie - ACE-EVhttps://www.ace-ev.com.au/ Timestamp - 52:47ACE -EV who will later this month start taking reservations on their Australian built electric vehicles, have just signed MOUs with Flinders University in South Australia to work on EV autonomy; and with The University of Queensland on the development of 'green plastics'https://www.ace-ev.com.au/latest-news/

Mon, October 14, 2019

Electrifying Transport - Charge Together EV Council & SEA- Electric Commercial Vehicles

Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesGuests:Behyad Jafari - CEO Electric Vehicle CouncilTimestamp- 03:44https://electricvehiclecouncil.com.au/https://fleets.chargetogether.org/We speak with Electric Vehicle Council CEO Behyad Jafari about the new tool - Charge together. Charge Together Fleets is a program to assist fleet and sustainability managers transition to electric vehicles and future mobility models.  Tony Fairweather - SEA Electric - Group Managing DirectorTimestamp - 29:53https://www.sea-electric.com/SEA Electric is a local success story - in the electrification of vans and light to medium commercial trucks. Having developed their SEA Drive in Victoria, they are rapidly expanding into international markets including North American, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand and Europe.They are expanding from they Dandenong HQ to also establish an assembly plant in the La Trobe Valley.  A great initiative for a community affected by the closure of old coal infrastructure.Also listen to our previous discussion in 2018 with Tony Fairweather from SEA Electric below:https://www.3cr.org.au/beyondzero/episode-201808061700/sea-electric-ace-ev

Mon, October 07, 2019

Resist! Extinction Rebellion, despair and the Pacific Climate Warriors

When we look back at 2019 I think it will be the moment the tide began to turn. From this year on we will no longer be tackling widespread apathy within the population but we will be directly taking on the system, the politicians and the corporations that are pushing us towards oblivion. Greta Thunberg - the woman of the moment has called out platitudes and empty gestures. Her uncompromising demand for action has rung out around the world and her demand for action has been heard by ordinary people with everything to loose.Following on from last week's show where Viv took us to the climate strike in Sydney - I chatted with Jane Morton a very eloquent spokesperson from Extinction Rebellion, I also had in the Studio Cindy Makabory from Pacific Climate Warriors who spoke at the strike about Australia's role in the potential cultural extinction of Pacific island nations - something we take very seriously on our show. Between each of the interviews I played some sound bites I got from the climate strike - ordinary people operating with great passion and conviction.But first on was journalist and academic Dr Marc Hudson who has monitored the climate movement for years. He has been documenting widespread despair amongst the academic and scientific community who have had to bear the weight of knowledge and look on as we accelerated toward the abyss.

Mon, September 30, 2019

SYDNEY CLIMATE STRIKE AND NT POWER OF COUNTRY TOUR

September 30thSYDNEY CLIMATE STRIKE Produced by Vivien Langford in Sydney. Thanks to Michaela and Andy in MelbourneSpeakers:Gadrian Hoosen – Garawa and Yanyuwa man from Boroloola, Pacific Warriors, Jean Hinchcliff, Tommy John Herbert MUA, President of Teachers’ Federation, ASU,PSA, ETU, CFMMEU, APHEDA, Parents and Grandparents and a Concerned Scientist .Music: Ready by Montaigne and New Orleans by David RovicsIt felt like an historic turning point. Not just the 100,000+ in the Domain but the new energy in the climate movement. One of the marshalls was Jenny, a climate activist I knew from 12 years ago. She reminded me of the street theatre we used to do down at Circular Quay, dramatising the climate emergency. I’d borrow a polar bear suit from a Greenpeace Giant and was glad of the disguise as I didn’t want to be recognised from my workplace. I had piles of fur around my ankles but Japanese Tourists would put their arms around me and want a cute photo. Most people didn’t understand at all that we were doing a “Die In” Climate Change was not mainstream. Now, Jenny said, she went to organising meetings and”it’s all new people”.The kaleidoscope has turned and a new coalition of students and workers, parents and professionals, has unified around the disbelief that we are still making profits out of an economy that is creating catastrophe.The media reported this as a children’s event and missed the fact that unions and churches were there in great numbers. The students have been making allies with unionists and have been on a steep learning curve about the  dire realities of striking for most workers in Australia. As I wove through the crowd I learned that many workers are affected by climate change already. You will hear from a ship builder working inside the metal hulk on a heatwave day, of the firemen and forest workers confronted by uncontrollable fires in areas where they are running out of water. Factory workers processing milk are losing jobs because of the drought. Electricians working on solar farm installations are horrified at unskilled casuals working for $10 an hour and no regulation of the work.  There were hundreds of stories there to be told As we walked past the parliament I imagined a cynical sign in the sky “....Tell someone who cares!” because this new climate awareness of workers and young people does not seem to be registering among our leaders. You can send this podcast to any of them in case they are trying NOT to hear the message from the streets. https://www.3cr.org.au/beyondzero POWER OF COUNTRY TOUR  at Sydney Town HallMusic by Stuart Nuggett in Jingili Language –Bundurru (food)Speakers:Millie Telford – Seed Mob, Indigenous youth climate movementStuart Nuggett – Jingili Musician from Beetaloo BasinNicole Hutton – Garrawa woman from BoroloolaNaomi Hogan – Lock The Gate Alliance/Stop Origin Fracking the NTJulie Lyford – Groundswell Gloucester. The town that said NO to AGL gas.“Now is NOT the time in history for Origin Energy

Mon, September 23, 2019

A GREEN NEW DEAL FOR AUSTRALIA

September 23rdA GREEN NEW DEAL FOR AUSTRALIAProduced by Vivien Langford at Radio Skid Row in Sydney. Thanks to Raoul, and Andy.Speakers:Naomi Klein – Her new book is On Fire- The Burning case for a Green New Deal Professor Peter Sheldon – UNSW Industrial Relations Research Centre “The Ruhr or Appalachia?”Jaime Yallop Farrant – Climate Justice union in W.AMichelle Maloney – New economics Network AustraliaProfessor Boris Frankel -  MSSI – “Fictions of Sustainability: The Politics of Growth and Post Capitalist Futures.”Natasha Heenan – Climate Justice Collective  Building a Green New Deal for Australia The Green New Deal is an idea in gestation. We explore the work that needs to be done in Australia to inspire a groundswell of civil society to take personal and collective responsibility for averting climate catastrophe. The CFMMEU asked Peter Sheldon to find out what’s best practice in the transition away from coal fired power. He says we do not have a good record on  structural adjustments . An Economy is not a Society as Dennis Glover shows in that book. And “workers usually get it in the neck “ according to Colin Long. So do we need a Just Transition Authority? If so which model will we follow Ruhr or Appalachia?Naomi Klein launched “The burning case for a Green New Deal at Seattle Town Hall” (Youtube) She wants us to fire up new energies in a transformational new deal for workers currently crushed by capitalism. As fires ravage forests in Australia and Brazil, she urges us to be on fire against the injustices which climate catastrophe is creating.”It’s going to take transformations of how we live in cities, how we move ourselves around, how we grown our food, where we get our energy from.... we live in a time of overlapping crises” All our energies and creativity are need for a green new deal. Jaime Yallup Farrant  says “It’s Up 2 Us” we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.                            She inspires behaviour change amongst corporations, civil society and organisations and talks to us from W.A about the coal mining town of Collie. How can a vision of what they really need energise the move away from coal mining?   She quotes Paul Hawken “ If you look at the Science that describes what is happening today and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t have the correct data. If you meet people in this unnamed movement and aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a heart” Michelle Maloney – Director of NENA doubts the Green New Deal if we do not have a complete change of management. Her local hubs to diversify regional economies are part of the solution. The focus of their Conference in Perth will be Collaboration to navigate the increasing complexity of our times. You can see the Green New Deal webinar with Tim Hollo and Prof Bronwen MorganTheir next NENA webinar is Futures thinking for a sustainable Economic Future from UTS. Natasha Heenan is  doing her Phd at Sydney university and with Anna Sturmer produced a working document called A GREEN NEW DEAL F

Mon, September 16, 2019

September 20th Strike for Climate. Episode 4

September 20th Strike for Climate. Episode 4 Interviews: Vivien Langford,Production :Andy Britt and Michaela Stubbs JAGVEER SINGH from the Students Strike4Climate group tells Vivien the logistics of getting as many people as we can to show up on Friday 20th September.  Research by Chernowith says that significant shifts can be achieved if 3.5% of the population are visible. The students have calculated that is about 850,000 Australians. Will you be one of them? Behind that there is a large group who know the urgency of climate action but cannot be there on the day. Can you use this week to invite as many people as you can to Treasury Gardens in Melbourne 2pm. 2-18 Spring St or the gathering that is nearest to you in one over 50 cities.  At 9.30 am if you can get to Brighton Beach there is a DEEP TIME WALK to give you an insight into the interconnectedness of all life. "We are in the thick of a climate crisis. Yet we just elected a Government that wants to open up the floodgates to new coal, oil and gas projects that put all of us at risk"     schoolstrike4climate.com  JASON JOHNS  used to present a radio show. He is a Uniting Earth Ministry Consultant with the Uniting Church. He admires the courage of the students. "The fact that they are taking action is great because action is the best way to avoid depression"From his background in  Ecology and Permaculture he has lots of ideas about the way forward. "As there is a correlation between wealth and emissions, on average our students (in church schools) will be among the highest polluters in Australia and the world."  They  are showing leadership. "The question is not whether the church should encourage students to "strike" They have already decided to...… ...….Surely at least we might go along to ensure their safety. Volunteer as marshalls. Take water for people. Show hospitality with some snacks."Support the student strikers/website/unitingearth.org.au  TEJOPALA RAWLS is an ordained Buddhist and keen Climate Campaigner. He discusses with Vivien the message  of The Shambhala warrior training by Akuppa and how to cultivate the great courage we require.  "Do not meet power on its own terms. Train in non violence of speech and mind. Work on your state of mind." It is a wide ranging conversation about how to endure, to sit with your fear, to know that anger is just energy but you can stop it polarizing people. So in a helpful state of mind let us https://the buddhistcentre.com/ The Shambhala warrior mind-training

Mon, September 09, 2019

Beyond Zero - Can we consume our way out of climate change?

In this episode we follow the question: Can we consume our way out of climate change? We talk with The Australia Institute senior Economist Richard Denniss where we discover if it's an economic question.Then we speak with Behavioural scientist Stefan Kaufman about Advertising and then with Kilian David and make an advert of our own.

Mon, September 02, 2019

Energy Startups Pt 2 Equity Crowdfunding Birchal, RedGrid, Planet Ark Power

2019, Sept 2 Presenter/Producer:Erin JonesGuests:Alan Crabbe - Birchal Timestamp- 00:50https://www.birchal.com/We speak with co-founder Alan Crabbe of equity crowdfunding platform Birchal about the evolution of crowdfunding. Richard Romanowski - Co-Founder & Executive Director of Planet Ark PowerTimestamp - 29:47https://planetarkpower.com/https://www.worldenergy.org/experiences-events/start-up-energy-transition-awardshttps://youtu.be/ajw1TQC8DZ8Planet Ark Power a Queensland based Energy Startup has recently won an award at the Start Up Energy Transition Awards in Berlin, GermanyStart Up Energy Transition Award 2019 winner in the category Intelligent Grids, Platforms & Cyber Security We speak with Co-founder Richard Romanowski about the ground breaking technology that ensures behind the meter voltage stabilisation, allowing upto 13x more solar to feed into the grid. Adam Bumpus - RedGrid - CEO & Co-FounderTimestamp -56:00https://www.birchal.com/company/redgridhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ALhDnEkQwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A66npAOS8WMRedGrid is building intelligent energy grids, that start within your home. The RedGrid platform gives intelligence to devices that produce and consume energy, allowing homes to be paid for automatically adjusting their usage during peak energy periods.RedGrid is another Energy Startup that is utilising equity crowdfunding to acclerate smart energy usage  - Building the Internet of Energy

Mon, August 26, 2019

Foodwaste & what Crowdsoured Funding can do for Impact Startups/ Save Westernport /BZE Research - Collee WA

2019, Aug 26 Presenter/Producer:Erin JonesGuests:Louise Page - Save Westernport Timestamp- 2:43 minshttps://savewesternport.org/We continue following the campaign against new fossil fuel developments in the RAMSAR listed wetlands of Westernport Bay in Victoria Lachlan Rule - BZE Project Lead - Repower Our Regions - Collee WATimestamp - 13:40https://bze.org.au/research/We have a prelude of the research due to be lauched in October looking at potential for energy tranisition in Collee, Western Australia Jane Kou - Bring Me Home - Founder & CEOTimestamp - 35:35Bring Me Home is a startup business that connects consumers with local cafes and restaurants to minimise foodwaste.  If foodwaste were a country it would be the 3rd highest CO2 contributor https://www.birchal.com/company/bringmehomehttps://www.bringmehome.com.au/

Mon, August 19, 2019

STRIKING FOR CLIMATE ACTION Episode 3: On the front lines

STRIKING FOR CLIMATE ACTION Episode 3 ON THE FRONT LINESPresenter: Vivien LangfordProducer: Andy BrittIndigenous people are on the front lines of climate action all over the world. If you strike or take action on September 20th let their example and words ring in your ears."The traditional rules and laws of indigenous peoples would never allow this stripping of resources from our traditional homelands on this planet at a net cost to future generations and to life itself."Lil 'Wat elder from Wisdom of the Elders by David Suzuki & Peter Knudtson Vincent Sicari from The Pacific Calling Partnership at the Edmund Rice Centre talks about how Australia needs to live up to its international obligations. Pacific peoples want to live in harmony with us as family. However as Anote Tong says "Your policy cannot be dictated by the coal industry". Listen here to an ABC Radio National interview with Anote Tong from the 19th of August 2019. Andy Paine speaks to us from Central Qld. Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) are putting their bodies on the line to stop land clearing for a new coal mine.  We hear also from two people who have come up to the camp because they do not want the climate disaster that more coal will fuel. On the lock on equipment the words "One life, one chance, resist and defend" tell you all you need to know. They would be happy if you came up to join them. https://www.facebook.com/FrontlineActionOnCoal/videos/vb.278978455548385/548878268979925/?type=2&theaterGrey Power Earth Protectors is one group going up to Camp Bindi : https://www.facebook.com/GreyPowerEarth/ Adrian Burruguba  was not able to speak on tonight's show but  we broadcast part of his speech  to the Canberra rally organised by Bob Brown Foundation https://wanganjagalingou.com.au/our-fight/To keep up to date with their struggle and lend them every support read this: https://wanganjagalingou.com.au/bankrupting-of-first-nations-leader-adani-sets-brutal-new-standard-of-corporate-behaviour/ Winona la Duke  is an Ojibwe Environmental Leader and the executive director of Honor the Earth. This is a Native environmental advocacy organization that played an active role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Tonight we hear part of her talk on Democracy Now! updating us on  five tarsands pipelines that have been stopped, held up in court or are still a frontline of protest. https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/7/winona_laduke_calls_for_indigenous_ledFor a more in depth look at her ideas check out this Conversation: Winona la Duke +Naomi Klein Land Rights and Climate Change Jan 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDo-KtOKYZE On the Trade Union FrontlineTim Kennedy  is the general secretary of the National Union of Workers and says their members  have climate change very much in mind. They include  farm workers and oil rig workers .The headline might be  "Dairy giant Fonterra blames drought ... 100 jobs to go." or  "Labour exploitation on farms" The NUW is in there finding a way through. So

Mon, August 12, 2019

STRIKING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE Episode 2: Trade Unions

STRIKING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: Episode 2/ Trade UnionsPresenter: Vivien Langford Producer: Andy Britt Trade Unions are responding to the global call for action on September 20th. Will you join them?This will be 3 days before the UN Emergency Climate Summit in N.Y. Greta Thunberg will arrive by sailboat bringing with her the hopes of many children unable to vote.Naomi Klein starts the show with a question "What are climate jobs?".Dr Colin Long answers. He is the Just Transition Officer for the Victorian Trades Hall Council. STRIKING in Australia involves harsher penalties than in any other OECD country. But workers from many unions are up for the task of a transition whose scale and cost is unprecedented. They want jobs they can be proud of but do not want to be abandoned as in previous restructuring.  Dr Janet Roden takes us to the coal and gas communities she visits for the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association. You will be horrified to learn of the impact on babies even born 200km away from the climate changing pollution. She finds community members confused because there is no clear transition plan. "It's just steam" they say. This is highlighted in her research report for the NSWNMA, "Muswellbrook: between eight coal mines and two power stations". We cannot see the climate impact of the emissions from coal stations and gas wells  but the effect on babies and children is witnessed by midwives and nurses every day. She explains why the NSW NMA wants to stand with the children on September 20th. Erima Dall was inspired by the Green Bans and AYCC when she was at university. Now a member of the MUA she drives a crane and is well aware of the tragedies caused by our emissions overseas. She is an eloquent speaker and tells us why  MUA members will join the strike on September 20th. Chris Breen is a teacher and member of the AEU. His article "Lessons we can learn from the last Climate Movement" takes us beyond the vague slogans of " Climate action" and "Just transitions". He wants the climate movement to be on the front foot as BZE is, to find where jobs can be created by a nimble government  e.g. building the first solar thermal plant at Port Augusta or kickstarting the export of renewable energy from the Northern Territory. Thanks to the MUA who hosted the meeting about the September 20th strike, where I met or heard about today's guests. Thanks to Stephen Langford for liaising.

Mon, August 05, 2019

STRIKING FOR CLIMATE ACTION. Episode 1 . Students/ Teachers

Presenter: Vivien Langford     Production: Andy Britt Students are calling on adults to strike for climate action on September 20th.We start with emotional voices from Melbourne City Council as they declare a Climate Emergency. As Mayor Cathy Oke says "If we don't, I don't think I could say, hand on my heart, that we have done enough".Vivien then talks to secondary students in Sydney, Daisy Jeffrey and Jean Hinchcliff.From Geelong, Australian Youth Climate Commission's Kai Bowie tells us how his knowledge about Climate Chaos and the ability to act was massively boosted by AYCC. He calls on teachers to permit a free discussion and sharing knowledge in the classroom. Uni students are represented by Cooper Forsyth whose objective in  striking on September 20th is not to leave workers behind.These students have been on a steep learning curve since the "climate election" and are determined that the transition to a zero emissions society is a fair one and urge all workers to join them in a strike for climate action on Sept 20th. They would also like teachers to make their education underpin the new climate realities. At the recent Education International conference in Thailand  Susan Hopgood spoke to teachers."Colleagues, no discussion of the future can be conducted outside the context of an emergency situation that touches us all....The most significant thing we've seen is the youth mobilisation.... their determination and commitment are exactly what we need at this crucial moment......Schools  must be spaces for learning about the power and privilege that a handful of humans are given to perpetuate climate injustice and stifle opposition." We speak to Inez Harker-Schuch from Copenhagen University. Her computer game "CO2peration" will bring more climate science into the curriculum and she's calling for teachers to test it in Australian classrooms.  Tarun Whan is a Science and Digital Technologies teacher from Caroline Chisholm school in Canberra. He is workshopping teachers to incorporate more relevant knowledge about climate change across the curriculum.Thanks to Mik Aidt and Jodie Green for Intellectual support and encouragement.Tune in to 3CR August 12th /5pm for Episode 2 ,where we will talk to Unionists about striking for Climate Action.

Mon, July 29, 2019

Kiribati and the Pacific

In the last few years, Kiribati has become one of the most potent symbols of climate change. The previous president Anote Tong toured around Paris in 2015 trying to get the message out that his island the unique way of life of his people are drowning, that is under existential threat due to climate change and rising seas. I have been to the tallest point of the South Tarawa is a paltry 3 metres above sea level.  Without the small dented sign there there would be no other way to know.We will spend the whole show today in the Pacific. We have Paul S. Kench, the Dean of science at Canada's Simon Fraser University. Paul has done some fascinating research on the nearby coral Islands of Tuvalu. His research might offer some hope for Kiribati - as the atolls that he had studied over multiple years appear to be dynamic structures actually expanding in area as sea levels rise. We will also ask him about the role of narrative within the climate change movement. We will also have Dr Aaron Jenkins on the show. Dr Jenkins is Sydney University's only graduate from the school of planetary health. In fact he;s the only one in the country. It was in a car ride through Fiji's capital Suva that Aaron told me about the School of planetary health's basic thesis - it brings together multiple disciplines like public health, climate change and environmental science to understand get a more holistic understanding of issues, ones you would never get with each discipline on it's own. But it would not make sense to have a show about Kiribati without talking to someone from there.  For this we have Pelenise Alofa. She is National Coordinator for the Kiribati Climate Action Network otherwise known as Kirican. We've had her on the program before to talk about Kiribati. I first heard about her when I went to see Bill Mckibbens talk. She is a very passionate speaker on the people of Kiribati but I think you will find her quite pragmatic as well. I chat to her about the future of her country and how Kiribati has served as a symbol in the climate change debate. I chatted with her over the phone and unforunately we got cut off before we could finish and I wasn't able to get back on - so the end is a bit abrupt but I thought it was still a good interview and worth playing to you.

Mon, July 22, 2019

Fully Charged Electric Vehicles, Formula E, Save Western Port, Victorian Solar Rally

July 22 2019Presenter: Erin Jones Today we have more interviews from my visit to the Fully Charged EV show in the UK, and look at more local issued in Victoria: Alexander Sims Formula E Drive for BMW/Andretti MotorSportJulian O'Shea - Solar TukLouise Page - Save WesternportJohn Grimes - Smart Energy Councilhttps://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshowhttps://fullycharged.show/podcasts/https://www.fiaformulae.com/https://solartuk.org/https://savewesternport.org/https://www.smartenergy.org.au/events/victorian-solar-rally

Mon, July 15, 2019

Electric Vehicles: an Australian Snapshot

Presenter: Erin Jones July 15 2019EVs a Snapshot Following my trip to the Fully Charged Show in the UK - we look at some of the current developments in the Australian EV space including: the first EV produced in Australia, fleet managers looking at EVs, and the national EV CouncilGuests:Tim WashingtonChair - EV Council & CEO JetChargeGreg McGarvieCEO ACE-EVRichard LovellExecutive Director - Investment -Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Mon, July 08, 2019

TRANSITION

TRANSITIONWhat next after you declare the climate emergency?Ian Dunlop- Advisory Board of BreakthroughOliver Yates and Giles Parkinson - Insiders Podcast at Renew EconomyMik Aidt - radio journalist at The Sustainable Hour Greta Thunberg - Austrian World Summit of leaders implementing the Paris climate AgreementEytan Lenko - Chairman of the Board at Beyond zero EmissionsThe Last  Shell AGM at  # story changeProduction : Andy BrittInterviews : Vivien Langford

Mon, July 01, 2019

TASMANIA

Beyond Zero Emissions Community                         1-7-19 Hobart Council is the first capital city council to declare a climate emergency. Will it be as exciting as dark Mofo? XR was there dressed in long red velvet gowns and deathly white faces. Vivien introduces you to the people who are taking climate action to a whole new level. Bill  Harvey - Hobart City Coumcil Tom Remenyi - Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem Cooperative Research Centre, David Hamilton - Climate Tasmania Greta Thunberg - At the Austrian World Summit of leaders implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. Music by Tiny Tim Team : Vivien Langford -  Interviews  Andy Britt  - Production

Mon, June 24, 2019

All About Adani

We chatted with Stephen Long who was the journalist on the ABC Four Corners program: Digging into Adani to get an idea for how the Adani Group operates and how it has performed financially, environmentally and legally in the past, particularly with its projects in India. Vivien recorded a speech by the Wangan and Jagalingou people about their battle upholding native title. And we spoke with Jenny Weber, the Campaign Manager at The Bob Brown Foundation, about the long running protest movement against the Carmichael mine that has come to define the climate change movement in Australia, about how it has evolved to combat changing tactics by the Adani group.

Mon, June 17, 2019

Smart Energy Show

Smart Energy Conference 2019  Vivien talks to Christine Milne about establishing Green Banks, financing the transition and her experience in Malaysia. She meets father of Taiwan's High Speed Rail and the mother of a start upcalled ZeroMow.

Mon, June 10, 2019

Radiothon

Beyond Zero Emissions Community show                   10-6-19                                    RADIOTHON 2019   Facing the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced, people are rising but so are emissions."The dangers that threaten life on earth do not come from extra terrestrial powers. They arise from our own choices and relationships" Twelfth Century prophecy.  .So we talk to a psychologist a politician and  a spiritual teacher as well as experts on soil, hospitals,media  plus campaigning heroes.The first 15 people responding to our appeal for donations to 3CR agreed to come on air to give us courage. We would like to thank all of you who believe in independent   radio. Beyond Zero Emissions receives a lot of praise in this show. Our research is shining a light on the path for communities recalibrating to the climate  emergency.     Our radio gives a platform to trustworthy experts and sturdy campaigners.If you would like to donate to 3CR ring the station on 03 94198377 or donate online at:Https://www.givenow.com.au/crowdraiser/public/BeyondZeroEmissionsRadio1Radio team tonight: Andy Britt, Jane and Rachel with Vivien Langford=============================================================In the spirit of speed dating we talk for 3mins each to:Lyn Bender- Psychologist for a safe climate and authorDr Forbes Mc Gain - DEA  on Hospital Emissions and Planetary HealthProfessor Justin Borevitz- ANU on Carbon sequestration in soilJohn Shiel -BZE Newcastle Group on Zero carbon Industry and building community awareness.Jolyon Bromley- on the Common Dreams Conference in Sydney 11th - 14th July with Matthew FoxNic Clyde - Lock the Gate Alliance on Saving  the pristine Bylong Valley from coalAnna Rose- Farmers for climate actionVanessa Petrie- CEO of Beyond Zero EmissionsGiles Parkinson - Editor: Renew Economy on why the media does not shine on climate.Christine Milne - Former leader of the Greens: On reclaiming our democracy LINKSHttps://www.psychologyforasafeclimate.org/Rage against the dying of the planet by LYN Bender 31.5.2019Https//commondreams.org.au/conference

Mon, June 03, 2019

"JOBS"

JOBSCan we cut emissions 10% each year? The scale and speed of the transition from coal oil and gas is hardly discussed yet. But think of the jobs it will create.GuestsLilly Barto -Frontline Action on coalReid Pierce - Extinction Rebellion NSWChris Briggs -  UTS Institute of sustainable futuresAbel Guttierez-  Ambassador from East TimorRobin Chamberlayne - Mura TechnologyBruce Shillingsworth- First Nations Educator and artist

Mon, May 27, 2019

Robert Llewellyn plugging in electric vehicles

Monday 27th May (repeat,Monday 4th March.)Monday 4th MarchPresenter/Producer: Erin JonesToday we have a special guest Robert Llewellyn - the founder of the highly successful Fully Charged Show on YouTube.Robert Llewellyn who is currently in Australia, talks to us about the evolution and adoption of Electric Vehicles, and of The Fully Charged YouTube channel which now has over 410,000 subscribers and over 50 million views. The Fully Charged ShowFully Charged is a weekly + series produced and hosted by Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge, Carpool). It's not only about electric cars, bikes, boats and planes but how we generate and even own the electricity to power these machines. From looking behind the myths of renewable energy, to seeking the truth about conventional generation Robert Llewellyn demonstrates what the future could have in store for us all. Barriers to EV adoptionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k7k3Mzknm8HONDA ePrototypehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfD67KCFxqI

Mon, May 20, 2019

GLOUCESTER NSW

Radio team : May 20th Vivien Langford -  InterviewsAndy Britt- ProductionGuests David Ritter  - CEO of Greenpeace " Get The MONEY out of politics"Amanda Cahill -CEO of Next Economy " Build on local communities"David Morris-Environmental Defenders Office NSW.  "The judge said if we stop opening coal mines,it is just as likely that other countries will follow" Major Kaur - Students strike 4 climate and founding member of Climate LeadersJoanne Mc Carthy  - Newcastle Herald journalist and Walkley award winner  Wang Djarri Dancers  - music The town of Gloucester is a hero because it challenged AGL's fracking and won.Then they challenged Rocky Hill Coal mine in court and won, setting a world precedent. The judge in the Land and Environment court said this was the wrong time in history for a new coal mine.Vivien went to the Sustainable Futures Weekend in Gloucester . Workshops were on Active Hope, A new Society Emerging right now, What does a future worth fighting for look like? Having a First People's heart and a Thriving Democracy.We were welcomed by the  Waang Djarri dancers and there was a song Raining on the Rock. Thank s to the young singer (I did not catch his name.) And thanks to Julie Lyford and the Groundswell Gloucester team who made us feel so welcome. This town is certainly the mouse that roars.

Mon, May 13, 2019

Beyond Zero - Community - Female Rights and Dirty Power

Part II of our exploration of DrawdownWe speak to Erica Berthelsen, international program director for the One Girl charity, Michael West Investigative journalist working on Dirty Power - a documentary film linking governments to the mining lobby & Dr Redmond is with Doctors for the Environment Australia.

Mon, May 06, 2019

DRAWDOWN - Top Tactics

DRAWDOWN "From this moment on despair ends and tactics begin". Radio Team 6th May :Vivien Langford and Kurt Johnson Interviews. Andy Britt -Producer.Sue Holmes - Former Assistant Commissioner with the productivity Commission and now on the board of Get Up!Lachlan Rule - Researcher at Beyond Zero Emissions talking about RefrigerantsJoshua Bishop - Head of Sustainable Food with World Wildlife Fund for NatureDrawdown, by Paul Hawken, ranks solutions to reverse global heating in the gigatonnes of CO2 saved.What are we emitting globally at the moment? According to the Global Carbon Project in 2018 we emitted 37.1 gigatonnes.We will ask Sue Holmes :What Economic policies are needed to take these practical tactics to global scale?.Are there plenty of jobs for everyone if we focus on the survival of the living world?We will ask Lachlan Rule to tell us how the world has a binding agreement to phase out climate changing refrigerants. It is called the Kigali Amendment . It's mandatory and there are sanctions. Why is the moment when you throw away your old fridge the most risky for the climate? What labels should you look for in a new air conditioner?We will learn from Joshua Bishop who spent 6 years in Mali, why food waste is different in countries that throw it away and countries where there is not enough. Joshua works directly with markets as a whole including beef, forest productions, palm oil, seafood and sugar cane.  DRAWDOWN solutions#1 A change in refrigerant chemicals used in air con and fridges could save 89.74 GIGATONNES.#3  Reducing Food waste at the source and by the consumer could save 70.53 GIGATONNESStudy GuideThis show is dedicated to Polly Higgins https://www.monbiot.com/2019/03/30/law-of-nature/Refrigeration https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/materials/refrigerant-managementYOUTube on Refrigerant management :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0y97pxkHvUYoutube Paul Hawken on Food waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb8rfJuG1wACarbon Taxes How they work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWM9gIVvm78Take the Quiz https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/04/specials/climate-change-solutions-quiz/index.htmlTop articlesBill Mc Kibben quoting Tim Buckley from IEEFA on stranded assets and fossil fuel trends : https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/04/04/future-without-fossil-fuels/George Monbiot  on civic rebellion on climate inaction "No one is coming to save us". https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/15/rebellion-prevent-ecological-apocalypse-civil-disobedienceIf you enjoyed this podcast consider donating to Beyond Zero Emissions to help keep out two shows on air.Beyond Zero Emissions is a volunteer-powered climate solutions think tank and our research is showing that Australia can rapidly move to a zero carbon emissions economy.If donating via direct debit, make the payment to:Beyond Zero Emissions FundBank: Bendigo BankBSB:  633-000Account:  139-914-402Enter your ‘name’ and ‘donation’ so it appears on the BZE bank statementTo set up

Mon, April 29, 2019

To suceed slowly is to fail

RADIO QUIZSend your answers marked Radio Quiz  to Radioteam@bze.org.au Finalists will be announced on RADIOTHON NIGHT, 10th June when prizes will be awarded.Who said this?1. "Ours is the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and ours is the last generation with the ability to do anything about it".2. "We'd extend the water trigger to bear on shale gas and other tight gas developments.....The gas sector needs to pay attention to their future emissions"3." We need a national plan to face the climate emergency......... effectively a green New Deal,"4. The Rocky Hill decision was " a victory for community power"5." There is a Green Bank consortium that helps green banks around the world"6."The Powering Past Coal Alliance is committed to no coal in the OECD by 2030 and no coal in the rest of the world by 2050. 80 countries have signed on and that includes the UK which will be coal free by 2025"7."There are no emergency meetings,no headlines,no breaking news. No one is acting as if we are in acrisis. Today we use 100million barrels of oil every single day. There are no politics to change that. There are no rules to keep that oil in the ground"EVENTS THIS WEEKFriday May 3rd at various locationshttps://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/supportus

Mon, April 22, 2019

LADAKH, LOCALIZATION AND THE GAS TIMEBOMB

LADAKH, LOCALIZATION AND THE GAS TIMEBOMB.April 22nd 2019 Presenter: Vivien Langford    Production: Huna at Radio Skid Row Guests:  Helena Norberg Hodge - Local FuturesDr David Shearman - Doctors for the environment Ancient Futures and The Economics of Happiness are the work of Helena Norberg Hodge. She says "  the more time I spent in Ladakh, the more I came to realize the importance of scale.........Ladakhis have an overview and can comprehend the structures and networks of which they are a part,seeing the effects of their actions and thus feeling a sense of responsibility. And because their actions are more visible to others,they are more easily held accountable".  She believes that localized  trade is less carbon intensive. It is at a human scale where we can act responsibly. Globalisation for example flies fish to China to be processed or Macadamia nuts to be cracked then flown back here. Her campaign INSANE TRADE alerts us to the system change we need to avert climate change.https://www.localfutures.org/programs/global-to-local/insane-trade-short-film-factsheet/ Dr  David Shearman and Dr Melissa Haswell have collaborated to alert us to the great danger of opening up new gas wells eg in the NT. WA and QLD . The methane that escapes is much more potent short term than the CO2 emissions, yet we are blithely opening new wells for short term profit. https://www.dea.org.au/the-world-may-be-nursing-a-giant-gas-bomb/ https://m.phys.org/news/2019-03-gas-threatens-climate-health.html Australians  know we are in a climate emergency with a decade to turn it round, but why are we not acting like it is an emergency? David talks about his childhood memories in London, how leaders were often on the radio encouraging the war effort and thoughts of the common good.  We need leaders now who will prevent the collapse of ecosystems and help us survivehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/climate-change-is-world-war-3-and-we-are-leaderless/10168962 The Doctors for the Environment Australia want no new gas wells and a stricter  regulation of existing wells. They want an independent  national  environmental authority to protect the biosphere. It is certainly "No time for games ",as our children's future is gambled away. https://www.amansw.com.au/no-time-for-games/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-14/climate-change-insects-life-support-species-extinct-shearman/10230188 The Economics of happiness filmhttps://www.google.com/search?client=tablet-android-telstra-au&source=android-browser&ei=aBm0XJeADceS9QOCzqCIDA&q=economics+of+happiness+film&oq=economics+of+happiness+film&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3..46i275j0i22i30l3.34004.37204..37683...1.0..0.214.1482.0j6j2......0....1.........0i71j41j0j46j33i160.utxoX--lyq8#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLSz9U3SEkvNiwxe8Toyi3w8sc9YSmbSWtOXmM04-IKzsgvd80rySypFNLgYoOy5Lj4pJC0aTBI8XAh8Xl2MbGFZaak5hcvYlUMyUhVcE3Oz8vPzUwuVshPU_BILCjIzEstLlYoA6sBAH9T9x-DAAAA

Mon, April 15, 2019

Port Augusta CSP, Michael Lord BZE - Head of Research, Shannon -My Extremely Long Walk for Climate

April 15 2019Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesPort Augusta - Concentrating Solar PowerWe speak to Dr Keith Lovegrove an expert in CSP about Port Augusta and the stalling of the Aurora projecthttps://itpau.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ITPComparisonOfDispatchableREOptions_web050718r-1.pdfMichael Lord - BZE Head of ResearchWe are sad to see BZE Head of Research Michael Lord leaving the organisation, but we talk of the progress the broader Climate movement, and the specific work the Michael has lead at BZE.  We wish Michael well, and look forward to the potential of future collaborations. My Extremely Long WalkShannon Loughnane is walking from Melbourne to Canberra to highlight the need for climate action.Checkout his journey and download a petition www.myextremelylongwalk.com

Mon, April 08, 2019

Climate Emergency - The Language and Psychology of Engendering Action

April 8 2019Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesClimate Emergency- Language and PsychologyIn recent time we have seen the language around Climate move from more passive language such as Climate Change or Global Warming, through to many organisations adopting the term Climate Emergency.In todays show we speak with Lyn Bender from Psychology for a Safe Climate about the change in language and the psychology behind moving people to from denial or inaction, to action - but not despair.https://www.psychologyforasafeclimate.org/https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resource/mythbusting/Save WesternportWe speak with Louise Page about the AGL threat of large scale industrial gas infrastructure potentially going into the Westernport Bay - a Ramsar listed wetlandshttps://savewesternport.org/

Mon, April 01, 2019

Beyond Zero - Community - Tathra

TATHRA- CLEAN ENERGY FOR ETERNITYApril 1st 2019Presenter: Vivien Langford , Producer: Adelle MillsGuests: Dr Matthew Nott- Clean Energy for EternityCouncillor Jo Dodds- Bega  Valley CouncilProfessor Andrew Blakers- ANUDr John HewsonLynn Mc Coll- Chamber of CommerceVIvien travels a long way  to Tathra in NSW to find out about the Bega Valley 100% renewable energy plan for 2030. Four Corners was also there.https://www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-news/climate-energy-battles-abc-four-corners/The crowd in the local school voted overwhelmingly for the plan with one dissenter who said bring it on by 2025! The story of regional regeneration through renewable energy is thrilling. Andrew Blakers shows us where pumped hydro ponds could be built in the hills around the Bega Valley.He says Australia is fast becoming a Renewable Energy Superstar. We will have 50% installed  in 5 years and 100% by 2031. John Hewson is appalled at the delay tactics in Canberra and said it was a relief to be here on the cutting edge. We were far away from those contemplating new coal fired power, new coal mines and new gas and it was refreshing.Lynn Mc Coll from the Chamber of Commerce explains how  bio digesters on dairy farms and tonnes of oyster shells are a carbon rich eco resource. Dr Matthew Nott talks up  the local jobs and how the transition will stimulate commerce. He says he detects a mood for change in regional Australia and rebewables offer economic opportunity. He has the big vision and a way of engaging multitudes. Councillor Jo Dodds talks about healing the pain in Tathra after the 2018 bushfire. She famously told then PM M.Turnbull that "this  has everything to do with climate change".https://cleanenergyforeternity.net.auSapphiecoast.com.au

Mon, March 25, 2019

Plane Stupid- Aviation Emissions

Did you know a return flight to Europe emits 10 tonnes of CO2 per person?Did you know only 10% of Australian flights are for business?Do you know why aviation is not included in the Paris Agreement though  its emissions are the fastest growing cause of climate disruption?Unless you think  innovation or offsets will save us, listen to this moving and well researched broadcast.Plane Stupid was one of the most profound community discussions at SLF. Most of us do not want to know the climate impact of our collective flying.Guided by the gentle Maja Rosen , skyped in from Sweden and  Mark Carter author of "The elephant in the sky ", we consider  making a pledge not to fly .Sign up with a new organisation called  - flightfreeuk.org. They accept international pledges. As Maja Rosen said "If we were in the 3rd World War we'd be prepared to sacrifice anything for peace".  What can we sacrifice to slow down climate disruption?Mark Carter says " Emergency action is essential when, as now, events threaten to overwhelm our capacity to respond, when delay increases risk."What are the alternatives?They talk about choosing not to fly, demanding policies for personal carbon quotas, andtransport alternatives like high speed rail, which was modelled by Beyond Zero Emissions as  reducing transport emissions by 28% .  There are many campaigns to ban  new air terminals. In Europe train holidays are booming and conferences are being held by skype.As 95% of world citizens have never been on a plane, we have trouble seeing  that we "frequent flyers"  are making the world unliveable for them. We love quick travel and we love the earth. How can we resolve this? Contact us at radioteam@bze.org.auMore information:Maja Rosen  We stay on the ground on Youtube : https://youtu.be/OEkUIUN4czlClimate Action Moreland.org/ aviationHume Residents Air Action Group HRAAGResidents against Western Sydney Airport RAWSA . www.birdsnotboeings.comStay Grounded Network. Https://stay-grounded.orgThe Elephant in the sky by Mark Carter,https://climatesafety.info/zerocarbon2025-stop-flying-and-ditch-the-car/

Mon, March 18, 2019

"School Strike for Climate" panel at SLF 2019

Last week students were striking for climate action all around the world. To show us how the students are thinking Vivien Langford recorded this panel discussion at Melbourne's Sustainable Living Festival. The speakers are Jean Hinchcliffe, Harriet O'Shea-Carre, Jagveer Singh, Matt Wicking and Marco Bellemo. As one of them said " We cannot vote, but we are considering litigation".And "We have hope so be afraid".Episode links:Sustainable Living Festival slf.org.auAustralian parents for Climate Action AP4CA.orgAlso, coming up in Melbourne:Ceres Harvest Festival ceres.org.auExtinction Rebellion Australia ecoshout.org.au

Mon, March 11, 2019

Wild Places at the ALP fringe in Adelaide

Wild Places at the ALP Fringe in AdelaideTim Winton, the author takes us swimming with giant whales. There is a moment when he comes up against a colossal eye and realises it is not going to harm him as it lifts its flipper, huge as an aeroplane wing, to let him pass. He was telling the ALP Fringe the things we have to be proud of in the protection of whale nurseries and why it is time to reform our environmental laws. Peter Owen is from the Wilderness Society in Adelaide . He speaks to Vivien about the Great Australian Bight whale nursery. He says, "This is no time to be expanding the oil industry ". Even though BP and Chevron have pulled out Norwegian company Equinor is still trying. The Mayor of Kangaroo Island took the wishes of half a million citizens to their AGM in Norway. Peter urges the ALP to commit to shutting down the Fossil Fuel Industry.Links from this interview: Operation Jeedera: Documentary Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK6Hh6S9BPE (Sea Shepherd Launches Operation Jeedara documentary trailer as part of their Bight defence campaign March 21, 2017)Jenny Webber spoke to Vivien beside the Torrens River in the Adelaide Plains. Tarkine was on her mind and she tells us about the fun runs and Yantra walks the Bob Brown Foundation is organising to lure us down to Tasmania so we can witness for ourselves the majesty and  ancient wildness of the area. Yes these are carbon sinks of inestimable importance but they are so much more.Links from this interview: https://seashepherd.org + https://www.fightforthebight.org.au + https://www.bobbrown.org.au Links from this episode: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/climate-for-changes-2019-kick-off-tickets-57966117217 + https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com + https://www.bobbrown.org.au/the_tarkine_a_short_film  Guests: Tim Winton, Peter Owen, Jenny WebberPresenters: Vivien Langford & Adelle MillsTechnical Production: Andy Britt & Adelle Mills

Mon, March 04, 2019

Robert Llewellyn - Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy & The Fully Charged Show

Monday 4th MarchPresenter/Producer: Erin JonesToday we have a special guest Robert Llewellyn - the founder of the highly successful Fully Charged Show on YouTube.Robert Llewellyn who is currently in Australia, talks to us about the evolution and adoption of Electric Vehicles, and of The Fully Charged YouTube channel which now has over 410,000 subscribers and over 50 million views. The Fully Charged ShowFully Charged is a weekly + series produced and hosted by Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge, Carpool). It's not only about electric cars, bikes, boats and planes but how we generate and even own the electricity to power these machines. From looking behind the myths of renewable energy, to seeking the truth about conventional generation Robert Llewellyn demonstrates what the future could have in store for us all. Barriers to EV adoptionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k7k3Mzknm8HONDA ePrototypehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfD67KCFxqI

Mon, February 25, 2019

Beyond Zero - Community - Shareholder Activism / Melbourne EV Expo/ Fed Govt Climate Solutions Package Announced

Monday 25th Feb 2019 BZE Community ShowPresenter/Producer: Erin JonesTopic: Shareholder Activism/ Federal Govt - Climate Solutions Announcement/ Melbourne EV Expo On today's show we speak about:Shareholder Activism - focusing on The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility's upcoming campaign regarding Santos & Woodsidehttps://accr.org.au/shareholder-action/The Melbourne EV Expo - Saturday March 16thhttps://www.evexpo.org.au/Todays announcement from the federal governement regarding the Climate Solutions Packagehttps://www.climatecouncil.org.au/climate-solutions-package-decoded/

Mon, February 18, 2019

Beyond Zero - Community - After the Smoke Clears Part 4

Tony Fairweather CEO from SEA who just before the election in November announced they were going to build a factory that makes drive trains for electric vehicles in the Latrobe Valley. This will employ 300 people and enable ex-coal-workers to utilise their skills in manufacturing electric cars. We also talk to Dan Musil from Earthworker Coop and Carol Rowley from Baw Baw Sustainability Network.

Mon, February 11, 2019

" Trees" . Negative Emissions and Court rejects coal mine at Rocky Hill

Beyond Zero Community     11-2-19TREESThe big project of restoring and rehydrating our farm lands needs strong minds but  as Historian Bruce Pascoe says " Caring for the earth makes us strong"He tells us about restoring glades in our forests so they cannot burn so wildly.Negative EmissionsProfessor Justin Borevitz wants to see  a lot more trees and a lot less landclearing. He sees one gigatonne of carbon as the drawdown potential of our wide brown land. The early adopters of regenerative farming are showing the way. Some are adding basalt rock dust to the soil to enhance its carbon sequestration capacity. Could miners transitioning our of coal help restore the climate with basalt?Are trees the new coal?Peg Putt spoke to us from Tasmania. where bush fires are damaging forest in place where fire has not been seen for thousands of years. She spoke to the UN at Katowice about preserving world forests from the new form of woodchips. It is called Bio energy but it is a lie to say it has zero impact on the climate when burned. Peg's revelations will shock you and this is a battle we need to take to the politicians.Breaking News"Judge rejects Coal Mine because of the climate impact of its product."That should be on every front page as it sets a global precedent. David Shoebridge tells us about the Rocky Hill decision. How Justice Brian Preston, a leading thinker on the Land and Environment Court of NSW, made history.A big shout out to those who gave evidence and persuaded him that it's about time. They have all been on this show and persevered even when eveything looked grim. The NSW EDO, Groundswell Gloucester, Tim Buckley from IEEFA and Professor Will Steffen.GuestsJustin Borevitz- Professor of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the School of Biology ANUPeg Putt - Co Ordinator of the working group on forest, climate and Biomass and COP24 in Katowice PolandBruce Pascoe - Author of Dark Emu and expert on Aboriginal Agriculture and GovernanceDavid Shoebridge- NSW Parliamentarian and Greens Spokesperson on PlanningScientists Warning Vimeo:David Beerling about Rock Dust drawing down carbon into soils. Team Adelle Mills on panelVivien Langford - InterviewsRoger Vize PodcastAnd thank you for research and Technical Help  to Gerard Wedderburn Bisshop, Gerard Mc Evilly, Paul Mahoney, Michaella Stubbs and Andy Britt.You can help our work by subscribing to Radio 3CR( $75.00 for an annual subscription) or by getting this show regularly sent to your podcatcher (free)Contact us at Radioteam@BZE.org.au

Mon, February 04, 2019

Beyond Zero - Community - Sustainable Living Festival

Sustainable Living FestivalWe start 2019 with the idea that "There is such a thing as too late. "Nature is booming a message of biblical intensity Flood, Fire, Pestlience.Greta Thunberg told the world financial leaders at Davos : " You are destroying biodiversity so rich people can live in luxury".So we searched for help in the Sustainable Living Festival. The big weekend is 8th -10th February along the Yarra at Birrorong Marr.Come down  to the BZE stall to find out how you can volunteer.In the studio we had six people skilled in changing the conversation and mobilising action.Belina Raffy , Tejopala Rawls and Maxwell Smith from "Sustainable Standup" at Butterfly Clubhttp://www.slf.org.au/event/sustainable-stand-up-comedy-shows-2/ Tom Robb from "There is NO planet B "( See SLF programme for venues)http://www.slf.org.au/event/no-planet-b-3/Miriam Robinson from "Grey Power Climate Protectors"https://www.facebook.com/GreyPowerEarth/ Anna Langford from "Friends of the Earth ". Her high school training is "Get S**T done" Thanks to the Radio Team: Roger Vize, Kurt Johnson and Vivien Langford

Mon, December 10, 2018

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Defending human rights as climate changesDr Scott Leckie - International human rights lawyer and founder of Displacement Solutions. He works in places like Bangladesh and Myanmar helping people across the globe to ease the suffering of climate displacement. Stella Miria Robinson - Is the roving ambassador for the Queensland Pacific Islanders Council. She spoke to Vivian in Canberra at the Human Face of Climate Change event in parliament house. Her plea is that we respect the right of everyone to their place on this Earth.Jagveer Singh - A VCE Student received an award for leadership in climate action. He is part of the growing school strike for climate action and has a very clear set of demands and an idea how we need to achieve political change.

Mon, November 26, 2018

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We speak with Head of Research at BZE – Michael Lord.Michael is the lead author of the Electrifying Industry Report, which was launched at the Electrifying Industry Summit on Sept 13th, 2018.This work focusing on industrial processes including industrial heat is a world first.Industrial processes represents 8% of Australia’s emissions – so is a significant contributor to the national emissions profile.Michael gives us an update on how this research is being received – and the other achievements of BZE this year including receiving an international award, and the uptake of industry of the Rethinking Cement work.Download the reports (for free) here:http://bze.org.au/electrifying-industry-2018/

Mon, November 19, 2018

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Monday 19th November 2018Presenter: Erin JonesKey Topic: Victorian State ElectionAnalysis of the Victorian State Election from a Climate perspective with guests :Leigh Ewbank – Act on Climate Co-ordinator,  and Pat Simons – Yes to Renewables Co-ordinatorSave Westernport update with spokesperson Louise Page savewesternport.orgOverview of the student lead Schools Strike 4 Climate initiative with Sydney high school student Jean Hinchliffe from Fort St High School. schoolsstrike4climate.com

Mon, November 12, 2018

Beyond Zero Community - After the smoke clears what about politics?

Monday 12th November 2018 After the smoke clears what about politics?Today we return to Morwell to look into what happens when coal country goes to the polls.The seat of Morwell is marginal and, in the words of Independent Tracie Lund,“across the nation people are looking at this seat”.Will another clean coal power station get the green light, or will the people votefor a greener carbon free future?Kurt Johnson will be speaking to a range of candidates for the seat to find out what theystand for in relation to the transition to renewables, and on climate change as a whole.Tracie Lund is running as an independent, and advocates for a “people before politics” approach,whereby her priority is investing in the community and its businesses.She sees a role for coal in the short to medium future of Morwell but supports a transition awayfrom the industry in order to grow renewable energy options.Ray Burgess, who represents a more conservative approach to climate change,is an independent that is “not convinced” of the effects of CO2 on the climate.He sees the coal industry as an integral part of Morwell’s future and believes in utilisingthe regions “traditional strengths”.Daniel Caffery is running as the candidate for Greens and is in strong oppositionto the opening of new mines in the region.Despite acknowledging that the transition away from coal will be a difficult one,it is essential in avoiding environmental destruction.His long-term approach sees a creation of jobs in alternate industries and a largeassortment of associated benefits.For more information go to: www.afterthesmokeclears.com.au Climate projections for the region available here:https://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/en/climate-projections/future-climate/regional-climate-change-explorer/sub-clusters/?current=SSVEC&tooltip=true&popup=true Songs by musician: RoseTurtle Ertler

Mon, November 05, 2018

Beyond Zero - Community - Wind Power and Plant Power

Mt Gellibrand Wind farm near Colac held an open day and Vivien Langford was there to find out the latest.Then Paul Mahoney discusses the future of meat with Vivien.

Mon, October 29, 2018

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Monday 29th October 2018As Australia cancels payments into the Green Climate Fund, leaders call for climate action on the scale of the Marshall Plan.Speakers at the ASEAN 2018 forum at Sydney University struggled with the challenges of developing countries within a carbon budget. Weak implementation of laws and “Catch me if you can” corporations are in their way.Dr Rini AstutiVivien Langford met Dr Rini Astuti a peat land specialist. Did you know Indonesia has 24 million hectares of peat land? Through the peatland restoration program a transition is taking place. Incentives are being given to maintain carbon stocks. The alternative is slash and burn carbon emissions which are double the whole of Indonesia’s emissions.Link to article  Dr PICHAMON YEOPHANTONGDr Pichamon Yeophantong has done extensive field work in China and SE Asia with a special focus on human rights. We discuss the environmental impact of the Belt and Road initiative which is meant to be low carbon and climate friendly, but how?  Hydro electricity is certainly renewable but communities are standing up against some dams, Pichamon tells us why.Link to articleOur Pacific neighbours need help in adapting to the climate change we are exporting with every subsidized tonne of coal or gas.  DR Anote TongOur Pacific neighbours need help in adapting to the climate change we are exporting with every subsidized tonne of coal or gas. Dr Anote Tong, the former president of Kiribati has been here not for “cash handouts” as alleged , but to interest us in the preservation of his nation and culture.  He tells Radio NZ Kathryn Rayne what he could do with $650million. Will we partner with him or leave it to another state?   Anja KanngieserNauru is mainly known to us for its detention centre but Anja Kanngeiser went there with a climate listening project. We learn about the high cost of food and water, the dying reef fish and the king tides that knock out the road which circles the island. The intolerable heat and dust makes it clear that Nauru for citizens and refugees alike is on the frontline of climate change.Link to article here The Canadian parliament suspended business for an emergency debate in response to the October IPCC report. Senator Elizabeth May makes a rousing appeal for Canada to step up. To double its target at the next COP in Poland and then demand of all other nations like us to step up.  You can listen to the whole talk on the YouTube below.Producer:Kurt Johnson,Podcast: Roger VizeInterviews: Vivian Langford

Mon, October 22, 2018

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Monday 22nd October 2018“Thinking Big” takes us to the Pilbara where CWP is planning to export gigawatts of wind and solar energy by undersea cable to Jakarta. Vivien Langford talks toAndrew Dickson Andrew Dickson about getting the social licence for this break through project to export renewable energy to Asia. What is the environmental impact and who will underwrite the finances for such a mega project?  Giles ParkinsonWe talk to Giles Parkinson editor of REneweconomy who has been following this project, with enthusiasm.  He also outlines how pumped hydro energy storage can solve the headaches of “FIRMING”.  As some leaders create anxiety around the transition from coal and gas,  listeners do not panic when the sun doesn’t shine etc, there are many minds converging round these problems and we want to keep you up to date.How could Tasmania become the Battery of the Nation?At the AFR Energy summit Vivien heard a lot about gas as the way to achieve firming intermittent wind and solar power. But it is still a fossil fuel.Steve DaveyBenjamin WhiteThen she met Steve Davey from TasHydro and Ben White (Head of stakeholder relations,  Community,  Environment and Planning for The Marinus Project at TasNetworks) from the Marinus Project. They are thinking big.  They tell us all about how as Victoria’s coal fired power retires gracefully, the energy stored by pumped hydro in Tasmania can be brought by the undersea Marinus cable to the eastern states.Is this project in competition with Snowy 2.0 or do we need both sources to firm up the energy supply?  Is pumped hydro better than gas for firming?Producer :Kurt Johnson,  Podcasts:  Roger Vize and Interviews:  Vivien Langford

Mon, October 15, 2018

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Monday 15th October 2018Can the Law and Corporations adapt to IPCC advice in time?What struck me about the IPCC report was that we have 12 years to put in place massive drawdown projects.The funny thing is we know what to do.  What is in the way?In this show we find out how the legal system and the myths under which business operates are preventing them really reading the IPCC report and behaving in a responsible way.We talk to:David Ritter CEO of Greenpeace Australia about the legal impediments.  Professor Christopher Wright Co Author with Daniel Nyberg of “Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations”- Professor of Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School.  Dr Andrew King– Melbourne University ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science on the IPCC Report 2018     Reading:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/13/australias-climate-idiocracy-must-endhttps://www.ipcc.ch/news_and_events/pr_181008_P48_spm.shtml

Mon, October 08, 2018

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Councils confronting climate impactsGuests:Lyn SavillePeterLaneGreg ClancyDanielle WheelerAmanda CotlashThe Mayor of BellingenJohn LevinMichelle EnglishNina KeathHallie EakinMusic by Shane Howard and Garrumal Marika

Mon, October 01, 2018

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Monday 1st October 2018Guests:Paul HawkenJoelle GergisDavid Ritter

Mon, September 24, 2018

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Monday 24th Sept 2018Presenter / Producer: Erin JonesTopic: Electrifying Industry Pt 2 – Victorian State Govt & IndustryToday Erin Jones continues the discussion of the Electrifying Industry work. We look at Victorian State Government support for Industry in their energy use, and the opportunities they have to take more control of these. We also talk to industry about what energy means for their business.Download the report (for free) here:http://bze.org.au/electrifying-industry-2018/We speak with Peter Hansford (DELWP) who is the Manager – Business Development, Energy Commercial Projects & Programs & Climate Change GroupSimon Whiteley, Managing Director and owner of Corex talks with us about the issues facing manufacturers’ and the measures being taken to control and understand your energy footprint.Guests:Peter HansfordPeter HansfordManager Business Development,  Energy Commercial Projects and Programs,  Energy,  Environment and Climate Change Group.Department of Environment, Land,  Water and Planning (DELWP)https://www.victorianenergysaver.vic.gov.au/energy-advice-for-business/business-energy-grants-and-supportSimon WhiteleyManaging Director and OwnerCorexhttp://www.corex.net.au/http://bze.org.au/electrifying-industry-2018/

Mon, September 17, 2018

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Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesTopic: Electrifying Industry Pt 1 – Frontline Action on Coal – Newcastle & Save Westernport updateToday Erin Jones discusses the latest BZE research – Electrifying Industry.Download the report (for free) here:http://bze.org.au/electrifying-industry-2018/We speak with Head of Research at BZE – Michael Lord.  Michael is the lead author of the Electrifying Industry Report,  which was launched at the Electrifying Industry Summit on Sept 13th, 2018.  This work focusing on industrial processes including industrial heat,  is a world first.  Industrial processes represents 8% of Australia’s emissions – so is a significant contributor to the national emissions profile.Australia has the potential to be a renewable energy superpower,  and this Electrifying Industry work shows how a transition can be made.  Energy costs can be minimised using new more efficient technologies,  and using renewable energy sources.  We discuss some of the various technologies including Heat Pumps, Electromagnetic Heating, & Microwave as some examples.We also speak to Louise Page from Save Westernport – a community initiative to stop AGL building a large scale gas import and pipeline in Westernport just outside of Melbourne.We also talk with Greg Rowls from Frontline Action on Coal to halt the export of coal out of Newcastle Port – the largest coal export port in the world,  where both young and older citizens are fighting this destructive process.Guests:Michael LordMichael LordLead Author – Electrifying IndustryBZE Head of Research Louisa PageSave Westernporthttps://savewesternport.org/Greg RowlsGreg RowlsFrontline Action on Coalhttps://www.frontlineaction.org/

Mon, September 10, 2018

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After the Smoke Clears – Episode 2For more information go to: www.afterthesmokeclears.com.auToday we return to the Latrobe Valley – to ask “what is a just transition?”  In other words how can we phase out coal and phase in renewables without hurting the families and communities that relied on coal for income and power.We are joined by:Michael Mersmann: the Director of Globalisation and European Policy,  for the German Union for Mining,  Chemicals and Energy workers.  He presided over what is widely considered one of the most successful examples of transitioning from Coal to renewables in history. Between 1997 to 2015 a partnership between government,  industry and the unions oversaw the reduction of 72,820 jobs.  Their credo and philosophy was “that no miner would be unemployed”. Geoff Dyke: is the Victorian branch secretary of the mining and energy division of the CFMEU and Moe resident.  Geoff experienced first-hand exactly what privatisation meant for the Latrobe Valley community and workers.  He can testify to exactly what happens when a transition is not managed correctly – the opposite of a just transition has to be an unjust transition. Ged Kearney: Ged Kearney is the member for Batman in federal parliament but back in 2016.  When the closure of Hazelwood was announced,  she was the president of the ACTU.  I’ve asked Ged to come on the show because of her outspoken support of a Just Transition. 10 Sep 2018|Categories: Community Show

Mon, September 03, 2018

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Monday 3rd Sept 2018Guests:Ian Dunlop –  Former Int Oil, Coal and Gas industry executive.  Now Co author “What lies beneath”Louise FraserLouise Fraser– 350.Org campaigner for RISE FOR CLIMATE  global event   Sarah and Tim – Frontline Action on Coal – They stopped the coal trains into Newcastle for 3.5 hours TODAY!Giles ParkinsonGiles Parkinson –  Editor of Renew Economy.orgDid you know that Australia,  despite our small population,  is NOT a small contributor to climate disruption?Ian Dunlop says that corporations need to rethink their business model as we are fourth in the world league of polluters.  He discusses the rot and incompetence at the top and calls for a Government of National Unity which can implement emergency measures.  As our Bangladeshi climate scientist said we are “climate criminals”. Vivien Langford also speaks to Sarah Barron who stopped the coal trains today.  When she came down from her tripod she said “Mining and exporting coal in the face of what is already a  spiralling climate crisis is to condemn my generation”.Sarah and Tim,  from Frontline Action on Coal speak about the community controlling the resources and justice for energy workers.  They noted that we now have a PM who looks like a front for the  Minerals Council,  a chief of staff who was a former coal boss,  an Energy minister who has campaigned against wind power and an Environment Minister who was a mining industry lawyer…Is disrupting the coal port that disrupts the climate justified?FLAC “It’s time to stand up and take action on climate change!  If not now,  then when?  If not you,  then who?”Louise Fraser speaks about the global  “Rise Up for climate” on 8th September.  The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco 12-16 September will take action to the next level. State,  regional  and city governments will show what they have achieved and how we will make the Paris Agreement a reality.Please attend events in your local area. There are at least 6 around Melbourne and in every state. Use this hashtag to invite your friends to step up:   #StepUp2018Giles Parkinson reassures us that there are enough wind and solar projects for the industry to be getting on with while they  play with coal in Canberra.However,  will the renewable industry take its bat and ball and go overseas?Vivien desperately tries to think of something else for them to invest in but Giles is not so anxious.  Although it is frustrating he sees plenty to do on the clean energy front even exports to take the place of coal and gas! He also announced the new Renew Economy website devoted entirely to electric vehicles. Links:350.org “Rise for Climate” document (PDF)What lies beneath by Ian Dunlop and David Spratt ( climateextremes.org.au)FLAC- (www.frontlineaction.org)   Video “End Coal”   12-16th September in Newcastle(Cleanenergycouncil.org.au)WIND FARM OPEN DAY-Sunday 21st October in NSW,  SA, Vic and WAIn Victoria: Bald Hills WindFarm at Tarwin Lower / Cape Nelson South Wind Farm / Mt Ge

Mon, August 27, 2018

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Monday 27th Aug 2018 NT Gas expansion possibilities:https://www.reuters.com/article/australia-lng-conocophillips/australias-darwin-seeks-to-shed-frontier-image-to-become-world-class-lng-export-hub-idUSL4N1TV2FGWhy increased LNG exports is bad for the climate:https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060069129Link to the article mentioned in the article abovehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217319564   27 Aug 2018|Categories: Community Show

Mon, August 20, 2018

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Monday 20th Aug 2018Dr Jeyakumar DevarajDr Jeyakumar Devaraj lost his seat in the last election but he is exhilarated that the change of government in Malaysia has permitted a new optimism.Vivien Langford  asks him how a new Bandung Spirit would unleash strong climate action.  While waiting and waiting for UN green funds maybe ASEAN nations can work together for a new dispensation.He says Malaysia shouldn’t have to cut its health budget to plant trees for carbon sequestration. The funds to help developing countries tackle climate change are insufficient but he says even the developed nations are cash strapped and unable to help while their top 0 .1% of wealthy corporations  evade tax.  Malaysians are already experiencing intensified floods and heatwaves.They produce only 70% of their food so Dr Devaraj has many solutions to protect the population:  from flood mitigation to guaranteeing that land is used to produce food first.  He is hopeful that new bold laws will enable restoration of forests,  rivers and farmlands.  Malaysians have witnessed that the unexpected can happen in government and the  lesson we can draw is to prepare for the unexpected. Have the projects and blueprints ready. This fits in with the reasoning  behind Beyond Zero Emissions and broadens our awareness to our near neighbour. You can read a talk given by Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj in Kuala Lumpur here.Dr Hugh HuntDr Hugh Hunt was involved in a Cambridge University project called SPICE. (Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering)  He is a reader in Engineering Dynamics and Vibration and feels that even environmentalists are disconnected from the carbon footprint of our economy . He talked to Vivien Langford at the Climate Adaptation Conference.  If we are unwilling to change our own behaviour such as flying, which for every hour in the air emits 100 kilos of CO2, shouldn’t we start talking about cooling the Arctic to buy time?  It is a hard conversation to have.  He does not want to see climate engineering but thinks we should build up our knowledge of what could go wrong.Dr Hugh Hunt’s research into the effects of climate engineering is ON HOLD because of ethical concerns.Yet where are the ethical concerns which would make us STOP before before flying or filling up a car with petrol?Imagine you had to dispose of 25 white suitcases filled with CO2 after a long hall flight. These videos explain it for adults and children.Imagine you are a world leader. You think it would be electoral suicide to ration fossil fuels and phase them out, so you dream about climate engineering to buy time.What could go wrong ?Are these videos a nudge in the right direction?Radio Team : Andy Britt – Producer, Roger Vize- Podcasts, Vivien Langford – Interviews

Mon, August 13, 2018

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Monday 13th Aug 2018Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesTopic: Zero Emissions Noosa, NEG – Update, Save Westernport – UpdateToday Erin Jones talks the campaign for Zero Emissions in Noosa, we get an update on the National Energy Guarantee, and the latest in the Save Westernport campaignWe speak with Vivien Griffin who is the President of Zero Emissions Noosa about the community initiative to move the Noosa community to zero emissions by 2026. A series of community consultation has just been undertaken outlining a Roadmap to achieve this goal. We discuss how the project has evolved – including the progress and process that has been taken.Nicky Ison joins us to have a look at the outcome from the COAG Energy Ministers’ meeting last week and the negotiations for the governments proposed National Energy Guarantee. Nicky also penned a piece in today’s SMH about who really benefits from the NEG as it currently stands.Finally we get an update from Louise Page from Save Westernport about the large scale AGL gas proposal for Westernport, and the growing community concern and action that is proposed.Guests:Vivien GriffinVivien GriffinZero Emissions NoosaPresidenthttps://www.repowernoosa.com/http://zeroemissionsnoosa.com.au/about.htmlhttps://www.repowernoosa.com/roadmap-projectNicky IsonNicky IsonCommunity Power AgencyCo-Founder & Director@CommunityPowerAhttps://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/consumers-aren-t-the-big-winners-out-of-national-energy-guarantee-20180811-p4zwyv.htmlhttps://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/barnaby-joyce-names-his-price-for-support-of-the-neg-new-pricing-powers-20180810-p4zwui.html  Louise PageLouise PageSave Westernporthttps://www.savewesternport.org/Announcements:Get your tickets to the BZE Electrifying Industry Summithttps://www.electrifyingindustry.org.au/http://bze.org.au/event/electrifying-industry-summit-13-sep-2018/ 13 Aug 2018|Categories: Community Show

Mon, August 06, 2018

SEA Electric & ACE EV

Monday 6th August 2018Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesTopic: Electric Vehicles – Commercial Vans & TrucksToday Erin Jones talks Electric Vehicles – but of the commercial – truck and van variety.We speak with Tony Fairweather from Sea Electric about the Vans and trucks they are producing using their SEA – Drive Technology for emissions free transport solutions – and hear about the cost savings that can be achieved now by transitioning fleets to EV – and not waiting. This technology can be deployed in both new and retro-fitted to existing vehicles. Be sure to hear Tony present at the BZE Electrifying Industry SummitGreg McGarvie from ACE- EV is trying to get EV manufacturing off the ground in Australia. They are looking to launch vehicles starting at under $40,000, and will be displaying the first vehicle in AEVA Expo in Brisbane in November.Guests:Tony FairweatherSEA -ElectricGroup Managing Directorhttp://www.sea-electric.com/home-page/Greg McGarvieACE- EVManaging Directorhttp://ace-ev.com.au/Links:http://www.sea-electric.comhttp://ace-ev.com.au/https://www.smartenergy.org.au/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Electric_Vehicles/ElectricVehicles/Submissionshttps://vimeo.com/268791713https://www.conferenz.co.nz/events/evworld-nz-2018https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/product-news/1808/ev-manufacturers-call-for-action-to-aid-uptakehttps://www.electrifyingindustry.org.au/http://bze.org.au/event/electrifying-industry-summit-13-sep-2018/https://evfest.aeva.asn.au/the-ev-expo-conference-day-day-1/ 06 Aug 2018|Categories: Community Show

Mon, July 30, 2018

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Monday 30th July 2018This show we are going to the Latrobe Valley in Victoria – a place that is experiencing the opportunities and issues surrounding the transition from Coal to Renewables. For more information visit the website for After the Smoke ClearsWendy FarmerWendy Farmer: Prominent community activist, Wendy Farmer rose up in the aftermath of the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire.  She has since been a tireless advocate for the community in the Latrobe Valley.  She tells us about life in Victoria’s Coal Country  Mark RichardsMark Richards: ALP candidate for Morwell – Mark rose up from a unit operator at Hazelwood power station.  He experienced firsthand the cuts from privatisation and the closure of Hazelwood.  He has a lot of experience with the production of electricity and has a firm idea about what is involved in a Just transition – not just for the environment but for communities that have historically worked with coal. Chris BarfootChris Barfoot works with the Community Power Hub in the Latrobe Valley.   His sees great potential in the Valley – the opportunity to take advantage of being in the centre of the electricity grid – from here you can distribute renewables as you did coal.   Renewables like solar footpaths,  wind arrays off the coast,  geothermal and waste energy.  Exciting times ahead for Chris,  the important thing is getting the message right. Peter Yacono and Anissha VijayanPeter Yacono and Anissha Vijayan:  The producers of OUR POWER  a brilliant documentary about the Latrobe Valley.  They were able to articulate the history of the Valley from the high point of the SECV to the lowest ebb of the 2014 Mine Fire and mass unemployment from Privatisation.

Mon, July 23, 2018

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download () | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | RSS | MoreAs large parts of Australia are in drought and some farmers are having to shoot their livestock for lack of feed,  how can regenerative agriculture help farms become more resilient?As there is a growing demand for meat and dairy products for export to Asia,  will we resist the land clearing and overstocking to protect the global climate?The BZE land use discussion paper found that great emissions reductions could be achieved if we partly reduced the national herd and the land that is constantly cleared for grazing.  This show looks at family farms in eastern Australia and the million hectare agribusinesses in the north.  What progress are we making? Charles MasseyCHARLES MASSEYCharles Massey’s book “Call of the reed warbler” reports on this century’s pioneers of regenerative farming. He describes the disasters that have jolted some farners out of industrialised agriculture into practices more in line with their love of nature and long term values. As Vandana Shiva said  “Monoculture farming creates monocultures of the mind”  Charles brings us stories of innovation and diversity.  He talks about soil carbon sponges rehydrating the land,  how the current drought is affecting his place in the Monaro High Plains and how glyphosate is affecting our gut health.  Climate change is only one of the earth systems that has been pushed past the limit,but the thinking emerging from the farmers he meets could pull us back from the brink. Richard EckardPROFESSOR RICHARD ECKARDHe is the director of the Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre at Melbourne University.  Vivien  asks whether drought assistance should be tied to new  methods of farm management and whether mixed farming systems are more resilient to climate shocks.  Richard describes the NT and Qld pastoral leases which cover millions of hectares and how they can survive drought.Will climate rusk averse overseas shareholders pressure the companies that run these massive ranches to reduce emissions?  Can we reduce the sheer number of livestock on the land when it is so lucrative exporting into the high end market?If the National Energy Guarantee is weak on  emissions reductions will farmers do the heavy lifting?  The NFF says they have already taken significant steps to reduce their carbon footprint,what more can be expected ?MICHAEL TAYLORHe represents the sixth generation farming The Hill in New England.  His parents are famous for their innovations in agroforestry.  They had to be creative as the Great New England Eucalyptus Dieback in the 60’s denuded their place and many others. Vivien  talks to Michael about how younger farmers are building up more resilience and productivity while still remaining profitable.To give you a taste of “The Call of the Reed Warbler” here is a description of the Taylor’s property by Charles Massey sitting on a hill.” Below me I could barely see open paddocks.  The lazy S of con

Mon, July 16, 2018

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Monday 16th July 2018Today’s guests:Mark Crossweller –  Head of the National Resilience Task ForceJo Dodds – Councillor at Bega Valley Shire CouncilRob Roggema – Professor of Sustainable Urban Environments UTSAre global climate disruptions finding us unprepared for some emergencies, even in countries with high tech warning systems?  Psychologists say it is bad to paralyse people with frightening prospects.  The antidote is to BE PREPARED.Mark CrosswellerMark Crossweller  made a raw admission  about unsuccessful emergency responses in the Canberra and 2009 Victorian bush fires.  He said that communications with the public and media need to be a lot earlier.  He was speaking at the NCCARF Climate Adaptation Conference.  As Craig Lapsley says “There will be an increase in emergency days and disaster means you have to repurpose the city. People need to know where to go”   Jo DoddsJo Dodds witnessed the Tathra Bushfire this year and challenged the PM by saying “This is the very time to be talking about climate change.”  As Tathra is a town that is on the front foot with renewable energy and carbon sequestration, they were not comforted by our lack of urgency in cutting the emissions that intensify the weather.As a writer Jo  conveys the emotional pain of loss that can sometimes linger for years after the climate emergency.  She spoke on the platform with Bill Mc Kibben at Collingwood Town Hall about accelerating our move away from fossil fuels and her vivid words will move you.. Rob RoggemaRob Roggema  has put his mind to flood emergencies in Bangladesh.  He speaks about strategies to help the city of Dhaka grow more food in the city and detour the floodwaters that are increasingly disruptive.  His experience in the Netherlands has led him to collaborate with people in Bangladesh on landscaping the city to retain flood water, to calm it in extended or elevated rivers, to catch it in fish ponds and rooftop gardens. Check out this link to see thrilling  pictures of  these plans which could repurpose a megacity for resilience.   16 Jul 2018|Categories: Community Show

Mon, July 09, 2018

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Monday 9th July 2018Sarah Brenan talks about the role philanthropy plays in seeding climate action.  She admires the boldness of BZE with its reports showing the way to decarbonise our society.“Rethinking Cement” was one of our projects supported by the Hamer Family Fund and we talk about how brave ideas need to be nurtured and are underpinned by a wonderful team of pro bono researchers and publicists.She was the publisher for Guarding Eden which is ideal for teachers looking for a text that will inspire action and which should be in every senior classroom.We talk about the influence of writers like George Monbiot and Tim Winton and how there needs to be a new narrative for the next generation.Will the disaster stories of Cli Fi and the dystopias on TV paralyse or push us to action?  What is the alternative?  She recommends Climate for Change with their intentional conversations and magnificent newsletter http://www.climateforchange.org.au/subscribePhilippa RowlandPhilippa Rowland is Living the Change with ARRCC. She came away from the Copenhagen Climate COP inspired not by government but by the sheer people power represented there.  Collectively lowering our carbon footprint out of ethical commitment only means less meat, less flying and more green energy.How hard can that be?  If 10% of the top emitters reduced to the carbon footprint of a European, world emissions could be reduced by 33%.  A report of all the emissions saved around the world by individual action will be used at the next COP to urge greater emissions cuts by business and government.https://www.arrcc.org.au/living_the_changeRabbi Jonathan Keren BlackRabbi Jonathan Keren- Black tells us about the film A mighty Force will screen at the Jewish Community Centre in Forrest ACT on 14th July.He speaks about the Living the Change Initiative of ARRCC and how religious leaders can influence ethical action.As Amitav Ghosh said “Organisations with religious affiliations can mobilise people in far greater numbers than any others, – they transcend nation states and they acknowledge inter -generational, long term responsibilities” The Great Disruption   Kurt Johnson reports from Morwell where he is interviewing people for the Beyond Zero radio special on 30th July.  He talks also about the new film OUR POWER by Peter Yacono which shows both the pain and the enterprise of this community in the Latrobe valley. https://vimeo.com/228587208   A Crude Injustice will screen at the Documentary Film Festival Saturday 14th July at 11.30 am.  Backlist Cinema 65 Haig St Southbank.  We once interviewed the director Jane Hammond, because the fossil fuel than destroyed West Timorese Seaweed Farms should be left beneath the sea bed if climate tipping points are to be averted.A Plastic Ocean will screen courtesy of Climate for Change.  Come along to drink wine and enjoy snacks with this group that practices intentional conversations about climate action.18th July – 6pm Donkey Wheel House 673 Bourke St, Progres

Mon, July 02, 2018

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Monday 2nd July 2018Giles ParkinsonThis show is about the Energy Revolution from three points of view and what are the hurdles in its path. We chat to GILES PARKINSON about the Large-Scale Solar Industry Forum that was held in May.  Is Industry united about the National Energy Guarantee?  Does the Business Council of Australia represent industries that are already signing up for wind and solar power to reduce costs?  Is trying to resist the renewables based grid like resisting the Internet?  Adam BandtADAM BANDT is Federal member for Melbourne.Does his blood boil in parliament as there is no National Retirement Plan for our coal fired power plants?  Are the climate criminals locking us into a future dependant on coal?  How can we re-regulate electricity prices and tackle job insecurity in the coal rich valleys?  Leigh EwbankWe will also be chatting to LEIGH EWBANK about his work on the Act on Climate campaign with Friends of the Earth.  We get an understanding of exactly what challenges are involved in being heard by politicians in the upcoming Victorian state election and how to mobilize diverse communities.  Team: Roger Vize, Kurt Johnson and Vivien Langford

Mon, June 25, 2018

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Monday 25th June 2018Dr Bob Brown at the Sustainable Living Festival aroused the audIence to save the TARKINE.  He speaks to a young doctor perched as a protector in a tree to bring that remote forest to the city audience.  We hear from Jane Goodall about young people restoring the web of life or falling into despair and dramatic moments from the Sea Shepherd as it is nearly squashed by two whaling boats.  The audience gave him a standing ovation because he celebrates the altruistic side of us that takes a stand.In an interview with Vivien Langford later down by the Yarra,  Bob Brown urges us to believe in democracy.  Lobby hard to be heard and stop voting for people who will betray us with destructive policies.  He talks about DRAWDOWN actions outlined by his friend Paul Hawkins such as restoring forest management to indigenous people like the Orrang Asli in Malaysia.Vivien shows him some meatless meat and he discusses why he is not a vegan but that the people leading us to a mainly plant based diet are climate heroes.He praises those standing up against new coal mines and fighting the anti protest laws right through to the courts as true patriots.  His message is don’t get depressed ,get active.Campaigns that needs your help to save the Tarkine Forest are through the Bob Brown Foundation.The Goongerah Environment Centre is preventing logging in East Gippsland.Let us know what you are doing in a 100 words and we will read it out on the radio.  Further Reading:

Mon, June 18, 2018

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Monday 18th June 2018Today Erin Jones talks Sustainable Transport. Starting with the potential of powering Melbourne’s trains with renewable energy with campaigners Pat Simons – Yes 2 Renewables Community Coordinator and Rachel Lynskey, Friends of the Earth’s Sustainable Cities Campaigner.We chat with Richard McNeall a volunteer with the Tesla Owners Club of Australia (TOCA) who coordinated the Round Australia Electric Highway, a joint initiative between the Tesla Owners Club of Australia and the Australian Electric Vehicle Association.  The Round Australia Electric Highway https://www.teslaowners.org.au/round-australia allows drivers of EVs – of any brand – to circumnavigate the whole country, including going through the Red Centre.  The average distance between charge points is 200km, with only a few outliers at 400 km. The TOCA is issuing certificates to the first 100 vehicles to complete the fully circuit around the country.  Finally we speak with Louise Page from Save Westernport https://www.savewesternport.org/  about the proposed AGL floating gas import platform at Crib Point. There is a public rally in Hastings at Hastings Foreshore on July 1st.  Guests:Pat Simons@prrsimonsYes 2 Renewables Community Coordinatorhttps://chuffed.org/project/renewabletrains4melbhttps://www.melbournefoe.org.au/renewable_powered_trainsRachel LynskeyFoE’s Sustainable Cities CampaignerRichard McNeallhttps://www.teslaowners.org.au/round-australiaLouise Pagehttps://www.savewesternport.org/

Mon, June 04, 2018

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Subscribe: Android | Email | RSS | MoreMonday 4th June 2018Tina FawcettTina Fawcett speaks to Vivien Langford from Oxford. She was involved in a UK Government report into the feasibility of Personal carbon rations. She wrote Suicidal Planet and thinks that by focusing on our personal carbon budget more people would engage realistically with the problem of global warming. The British decided that this was an idea before its time but Australians with a carbon footprint of 23 tonnes compared to the average European with 8 should not shy away from this detailed and sensible discussion. It is NOT easy listening. George MonbiotGeorge Monbiot talks about his struggle to get the media to take climate change seriously. He feels piecemeal solutions like carbon rations will not work until we have a less reactive,more propositional approach. He says our policies are grown hydroponically and are not embedded in the soil of real values. We are listening out for a restorative narrative that resonates with our concerns. It was difficult to get good audio quality through our skype connection and he was very patient. It will be worth your while to be patient too as you listen to this profound discussion.Further Reading:1.Suicidal Planetby Tina Fawcett, Mayer Hillman and Sudhir Chella Rajanhttps://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-35355-1http://low-carbon-renovation.blogspot.com/Youtube with Dr Yael Parag: http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/people/tfawcett.htmlMayer Hillman: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/26/were-doomed-mayer-hillman-on-the-climate-reality-no-one-else-will-dare-mention2. Rules for Revolutionaries by Becky Bond & Zack Exleyhttps://www.amazon.com/Rules-Revolutionaries-Organizing-Change-Everything-ebook/dp/B01MG20YZ0https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/rules-for-revolutionaries/3. Out of the Wreckage by George Monbiothttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/14/out-of-the-wreckage-george-monbiot-review4. Breaking the spell of Loneliness Song G.Monbiot and Ewan McLenanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZL8Li01w4s The team tonight: Andy Britt, Roger Vize and Vivien Langford

Mon, May 28, 2018

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Port Augusta  Podcast of 28 May 2018BZE played a major part in this story of Port Augusta which is turning from being a coal fired powerhouse to becoming a Renewable Energy Hub.BE radio presenter Vivien Langford took the bus from Adelaide passing hills resplendent with wind turbines and talks to people involved in this transformation.Dan Van Holst Pelikaan DAN VAN HOLST PELIKAAN,  the Minster for Energy in the South Australian parliament,  is an old friend of this programme.  His electorate stretches far into the desert and he has been behind the responsible transition of its workforce into the clean tech industry for years.  He paid tribute to the staunch Port Augusta community,  Doctors for the Environment Australia  and Beyond Zero Emissions  for galvanising  the REPOWER PORT AUGUSTA project.   Brett Prentis  BRETT PRENTIS  worked for 29 years at the power station.  Now he is campaigning for the correct rehabilitation of the ash pits left behind.  The Greenpeace report DONE AND DUSTED tells the story and he was on the ABC 7.30 Report.  All fair minded people agree it has to be a just transition and the health of residents has been sorely tried.  Companies like Alinta andits subsidiaries need national standards to retire our aging power stations in accordance with  world’s best practice.  David Shearman DR DAVID SHEARMAN tells Vivien about the doctors who researched the lung cancer and asthma rate when the power station was still emitting particulates. He says the lobbying effort they put in should be a blue print for other communities faced with the phase out of old power stations. His submissions to the Senate and the alarm bells he rings for state health departments is exhilarating to hear about.   Dan Spencer  DAN SPENCER was on the AYCC march from Port Augusta to Adelaide.  He tells us about the logistics of community organising and the pleasure that can be had from nudging the  transition to clean energy forward.  The climate is mutating but the Australian Youth Coalition is fighting back with education and mobilisation.   Daniel Thompson DANIEL THOMPSON represents SOLAR RESERVE.  They are building a new 24 hour solar plant using heliostats and a tower filled with molten salt. Vivien asks him to describe this project, which surely will become a tourist mecca. It will not replace all the power previously produced  but listeners will be happy to hear that there are  more plants in the offing.   Sam Johnson SAM JOHNSON is the Mayor of Port Augusta.  There is a colourful portrait of the late Mayor Joy Baluch in his office and he says ministers trembled to meet her,  so fierce was her opposition to the power station. He talks about joining forces with  the mayors of other sparcely populated  towns.  They intend to be the Renewable Energy Hub for Australia.  With 11 projects in the pipeline and the Green Steel proposed at Whyalla, they are leading the way.  Thanks  to Michael Lord BZE and Martin Zavan  Greenpeace who briefed Vivien.Thank you to

Mon, May 14, 2018

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Monday 14th May 2018 Amanda CahillAmanda Cahill is the founding director of the Centre for Social Change.  She has worked extensively in developing countries and worries that climate change will force us to trust people who are just perpetuating a colonialist system.  The impact is falling on people who already do not have access to water and electricity and unless we phase out fossil fuels fast, life will get rapidly worse for them.  It is a thoughtful and wide ranging conversation about how climate denialism can so easily turn into climate nihilism as if there is NOTHING WE CAN DO! She spoke to Vivien Langford at the EcoCities Summit in Melbourne.   The leaders from KIRIBAS, who we hear in the second item, talk about the coherence of their communities.  No room for nihilism there.  Vivien met them at a Pacific Leadership training day. Schoolteacher Morisio tells us how children are falling behind as their school books are washed away or damaged by king tides.Pelenise AlofaPelenise Alofa talks up her project of turning the problem they have with roaming pigs into an asset.She is planning a Bio digester to turn the excrement into cooking gas for the villages.We hear an education officer’s moving poem to her grand daughter.Anyone who does not hear the message in there for us to cut our carbon footprint,  must be made of stone.    Phil Glendinning of the Edmund Rice Centre and Tom Zubryki talk about the film they made in Kiribas called “The Hungry Tide.”  We also hear a drama performed at The Australian Museum by the 350.org Pacific group asking forgiveness from Mother Earth.See Kiribas in “ THE HUNGRY TIDE” trailer here:https://vimeo.com/24807784The Hungry Tide from Natalie Schapira on Vimeo. Radio Team: Andy Britt, Vivien Langford, Kurt Johnson and Roger Vize. Thanks to Edmund Rice Centre and Joseph Zane Silulu from 350.org Pacific  14 May 2018|Categories: Community Show

Mon, May 07, 2018

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Monday 7th May 20187th May 2018 BZE Community Radio Show with Andy, Kurt, Viv and RogerGiles ParkinsonGiles Parkinson, Founder and Editor of REneweconomy tells Vivien about new developments on the desert road to transition.Sanjeev Gupta’s Green Steel investments will boost the need for renewable energy at Whyalla and elsewhere.. He thinks that energy intensive industry is set to expand in Australia because of renewable energy potential. But can the grid cope? Giles talks about AEMO and his hopes for Audrey Zibelman. Meanwhile the share holders’ revolt mobilised by ACCR has got big companies pledging to consider climate change and others getting out of coal altogether. Is there momentum behind this?Peter HannamPeter Hannam, Senior Environment Editor at Fairfax News wrote the foreword for The town that said NO to AGL.He tells Vivien the inside story and his admiration for the people. Is it hard reporting on global warming in a media landscape so dominated by vested interests? And Why is so little climate action and campaigning reported in the media?   The town that said noJohn Watts was once a barrister in Sydney John retired to the town of Gloucester in NSW. He heard the mining company AGL was set to mine the area with a vast array coal seam gas wells extending to within 200 metres of the town’s limits. Residents of Gloucester became concerned and mobilized. What happened next was the creation of a protest group called Groundswell that experienced and resisted every strata corporate and political power. They won and John wrote a book about it called the Town that Said No to AGL.Read a review here: http://kujo.svbtle.com/book-review-the-town-that-said-no-to-aglAnd view another story on Earth Matters for Knitting Nanas against Gas and Greed: http://www.3cr.org.au/earthmatters/podcast/earth-matters-17112013Steve RobinsonSteve Robinson is a psychiatrist. He was honoured by the Doctors for the Environment (DEA)for his service to the Gloucester community and his environmental activism. He tells Vivien how the stress and anxiety for people living with the threat of expanded coal mines and new gas wells can affect their immune systems. Behind the brave faces is a heavy weight of worry. He pays tribute to the staunch community and values of towns which will increasingly have to stand up to prevent the degradation of their ecosystem and our climate.City Listeners can stand with them by sending a word of support or a donation toGroundswell Gloucester and Lock the Gate Alliance.  Read more:  Thanks to Giles Parkinson of Reneweconomy for the following podcasthttps://soundcloud.com/reneweconomy-646697966/the-20-billion-pilbara-renewables-hub

Mon, April 30, 2018

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Monday 30th April 2018Accelerating Climate Action: Taking on the giantsBill Mc Kibben is in Australia. President Macron is also visiting and he calls for a removal of all obstacles as we scale up.(1)As new coal mines and gas wells open up in NSW ,Qld and NT, not to mention the Adani Project we need to accelerate climate action. You can invite people to livestream Bill Mc Kibben’s talk in Melbourne (2) and lend your support to 350.ORG. They are determined to make climate action front and centre in every election coming up.(1)http://www.climateactionprogramme.org/news/macron-pledges-700-million-euros-to-fund-solar-projects-worldwide(2)https://350.org.au/accelerate-climate-action-livestream-viewing-party/John Grimes is CEO of the Smart Energy Council. He called a crisis meeting to challenge our government’s weak climate policies and we will ask him what his battle plan is. As Oliver Yates told the Smart Energy Industry, Climate Change is disruptive. The transition will be abrupt, so feel free to be disruptive yourselves. He will also talk about how smart energy can lower demand for energy and prevent blackouts as well as cutting emissions. Support a smart energy future. He says “The people are on our side” .By co-ordinating the community and the smart energy industry we will get a strong National Renewable Target and halve our carbon pollution.(3) https://www.smartenergy.org.au/Tim Buckley is Director of Energy Finance Studies Australasia for IEEFA.He says the Global Energy Transformation is inevitable and happening faster than anyone thought. It is deflationary and disruptive. He tells us about how the Saudi Kings of Oil are becoming Kings of Solar and planning to rebuild their whole economy around exporting clean energy. He sees Australia’s policy chaos and puts his trust in Audrey Silberstein. Tune in to find out why the energy policies of China and India are so important to us and why half the battle is to taper demand with energy efficiency.(4)http://ieefa.org/ieefa-australia-escalating-financial-risk-adanis-abbot-point-coal-terminal/Further Readinghttps://www.smartenergy.org.au/news/forces-rally-oppose-neg

Mon, April 23, 2018

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BZE Community Radio Show podcast 23 April 2018 covering:The Local Government Climate Review,Bill McKibben’s Accelerate Speaking Tour,Sustainability Victoria on Victorians’ Perception of Climate Change.We talk to authors of the 2018 Local Government Climate Review, which will be launched at the Resilient Cities Conference in Bonn, Germany this week. The review is a joint initiative between BZE, Ironbark Sustainability and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.Australian Local Government Climate Review (2018)Guests:Imogen JubbBeyond Zero EmissionsZero Carbon Communities Manager Alexi LynchIronbark SustainabilityBusiness Manager  We interview Glen Klatovsky, Deputy CEO of 350.org Australia, about the upcoming Bill McKibben Accelerate Speaking Tourhttps://350.org.au/accelerate-climate-action-bill-mckibben-tour/Glen Klatovsky350.orgAustralia Deputy CEO Rollingstone: 17 July 2012: Bill McKibbenhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719We talk to Dianna McDonald about the extensive research undertaken by Sustainability Victoria into Victorians’ attitudes to Climate Change and the overwhelming response is that 91% said humans are contributing to climate change; and 78% say that urgent action is needed now.Dianna McDonaldSustainability VictoriaProject Lead Social Research: Climate Change Programhttp://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/About-Us/Research/Victorians-perceptions-of-climate-changeBeyond Zero Emissions: Community Radio Show PodcastMonday 23 April 2018Producer/Presenter: Erin JonesRadio 3CR Melbourne 01 May 2018|Categories: Community Show

Mon, April 16, 2018

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Monday 16th April 2018Although climate change seems to be an alarming new problem without precedent in pre-industrial civilization, maybe historians can help us.  What can we learn from them?Sunburnt CountryDr Joelle Gergis talks to Vivien Langford about her new book “Sunburnt Country”. It is subtitled “The History and Future of Climate change in Australia” and won the Eureka prize for interdisciplinary research. She is a climate scientist but has delved into the diaries and weather records of early settlers as well as the ice cores and tree rings of thousands of years ago to tell us where we are going. It is like an episode of “Who do you think you are?” With Australia’s climate as the subject.    The ReefProfessor Iain Mc Calman’s “The Reef “ takes us through 12 historical tales of centred around the Great Barrier Reef, we learn how the reef has become transformed in the popular consciousness from nautical obstacle, to location of refuge, to subject of art and study. The final phase of the reef is imperilled natural wonder and Kurt talks to Iain about the lessons in history we can bring to ensure the long-term survival of the Reef. His interactive website is here: http://thereef.iainmccalman.com.au    Tom GriffithsProfessor Tom Griffiths talks to Vivien about his fascination with environmental history. We have drawn on his work on the tall Ash Forests in “The land of the Lyrebirds podcast” .Now his book “Slicing the Silence” takes us to Antarctica, where we have actually made leaps in awareness, reserving it as a place for peace and science(not mining) before it is all too late. He says people expect historians to help us navigate the future we are creating for ourselves.  Links:Donate to the Wangan Jagalingou people: http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/Tickets to Bill McKibben https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/accelerate-climate-action-bill-mckibben-tour-in-australia-melbourneExpressions of interest for Viv’s Workshop “Low Carbon and Loving it!” toradioteam@bze.org.au

Mon, April 09, 2018

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Mon, March 26, 2018

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LOW CARBON WITH LOVE  from W.A, Canada  and India Monday 26th March 2018Three inspiring stories about lowering our carbon footprint.Frances Jones and her partner manage half a million hectares in W.A.Destocking gave them a chance to slowly  restore the land and sequester carbon. Wetlands came to life, perennial grasses came back and feral numbers went down. They featured on AUSTRALIAN STORY TV and came to SLF to join the growing number of regenerative farmers on the front foot with climate change.Michael Ableman sat down by the Yarra  with Vivien to talk about growing tonnes of food in Vancouver’s Skid Row. He said it was crazy that so few people are involved in growing our food.”We’re suffering a crisis of participation not a food crisis”.He thinks the farmers of the future will be first skilled in sequestering carbon and sponging up rain fall as the climate becomes more unpredictable. His book is called STREET FARM, GROWING FOOD, JOBS AND HOPE ON THE URBAN FRONTIER. You can find out more at SOLE FOODS.Tom Delaney is co author of LOW CARBON AND LOVING IT. Before returning to India he told Vivien how living a life of voluntary simplicity had liberated him. The average carbon footprint of Australians is 23 tonnes per person each year.In India it is 2 tonnes. Climate change has made him think deeply about convincing his fellow Australians to start shedding the  CO2 involved in their transport, their food and the things they buy.  This book is ideal for a study group and if you are interested in joining one in April contact us at : radioteam@bze.org.au 26 Mar 2018|Categories: Community Show

Mon, March 19, 2018

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Monday 19th March 2018Erin Jones discusses future Industrial energy needs with Michael Lord

Mon, March 12, 2018

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12 March 2018BZE (Community)Radio ShowPresenter/Producer: Erin JonesTopic: National Energy GuaranteeOn today’s show we focus on the National Energy Guarantee.We speak with Climate Council Councillor Greg Bourne about their latest report:Clean & Reliable Power: Roadmap to a Renewable Futurehttp://www.climatecouncil.org.au/renewables-roadmap-2018This report is a response to the National Energy Guarantee and looks at the relationship between Climate and Energy Policy. Australia’s Electricity infrastructure is rapidly ageing and a transition is on the horizon. The Climate Council Report outlines how that transition should happenWe also speak with Nicky Ison, Founding Director of Community Power Agency @CommunityPowerA about the submission that Nicky co-ordinated on behalf of the Climate Action Network Alliance in relation to the National Energy Guarantee. Show note links:http://www.climatecouncil.org.au/renewables-roadmap-2018http://www.climatecouncil.org.au/contributors/greg-bourne

Mon, March 05, 2018

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Mon 5th March 2018BULGA to BYLONG- Locking the Gates This is an audio voyage up the Hunter Valley where brave communities are holding out against climate changing coal expansions.We meet:     Wannarua Elder- Pat Hansson     Ex Miner- Frank Turnbull     Community Leader – John Krey     Local Historian – Stewart Mitchell     Goldman Prize Winner – Wendy Bowman     Veteran Campaigner – Bev Smiles     Bylong Grazier – Peter Grieve AO     Guide at The Drip – Phyllis Setchell     Environmental Justice- Dr James Whelan     Lock the Gates Guides – Steve Phillips and Nic Clyde    The Bulga Community is famous for having taken Rio Tinto to court and won!     The extension of the mine was prohibited by the Supreme Court. Aboriginal sacred places and significant woodlands were protected. But their victory was short lived as the head of Rio made a special trip from London and the NSW Government promptly changed the law. Pat Hansson told us how sickened she was by the thought of the massive Warkworth Mine swallowing up more land. This area has great significance for Wonnarua People. They used to gather for Bora Ring ceremonies witnessed by European settlers but going back for untold generations. I interviewed these brave people last year when they were out protesting the sale of a road which stands between the Rio mine (now Yancoal) and the next big coal lode. Local Historian Stewart Mitchell explains how this is part of the Great North Road built by convicts and part of our National heritage while John Krey and Frank Turnbull dramatise for us why they are not giving up.      This local battle has global importance. As fossil fuels are consigned to history the people have Bulga have stood firm, fought fair and must win. This is their finest hour.      At Camberwell we met a farmer who is recognised internationally. Wendy Bowman tells of their thriving dairy farm which was made impossible by the encroaching coal mine. Despite being offered millions by Yancoal she is the last farm in the path of the mine and determined that her place will be protected. She was recognised by the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2017 https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/wendy-bowman/ You can join Wendy in demanding that politicians stop allowing mining to destroy rural communities. http://www.lockthegate.org.au/stop_the_coal_land_rush      The next ghost town was Wollar where only four families are between the mine and its extension. Bev Smiles and two others face seven years jail if tough new anti coal protest laws prevail. She talked to the listening tour as we gazed around at empty houses, a church and school, the services all still intact but most of the residents bought out by Peabody Energy. From Wollar we had a police escort . Maybe they thought we’d stop the bus and riot!      We bushwalked around the Great Dripping wall which will be at risk if the tunnels under the river are approved. You can join the Save the Drip campaign by contacting Phyllis Setchell at prpatita500@g

Mon, February 26, 2018

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Mon 26th Feb 2018Ocean DrawdownDo you get seasick out on the ocean?Is the sea sick of climate change?Alanna Mitchell overcame her sea sickness and went down to the bottom of the ocean. She is an award winning Canadian Science journalist. After her show “SEASICK”, she spoke to Vivien about the erotic thrill of witnessing coral spawning. Her play dramatises the enormity of climate change affecting the ocean’s chemistry. As Charlie Veron said after bleaching, the coral will dissolve like an Alka Selzer Tablet in a jug of water. Dealing with the grief and tapping into a more creative response is all part of this sobering interview.Professor Rocky De Nys from James Cook University is the leader of the Macroalgal Biofuels and Bioproducts project. He talks to us about Apsparagopsis Taxiformis and how it reduces methane produced by ruminant animals. The scientists thought it must have been a mistake when the results of 80% reduction in sheep came back from the lab.We talk about the hopes for kelp farms sequestering carbon and other ocean based climate solutions.Further reading:“A cow walks onto a beach” in Paul Hawken’s book Drawdown.Alix Foster Van Elst is an Antarctic campaigner with Greenpeace. Their ship is right now in the Weddell sea where there is growing momentum to create an ocean sanctuary of 1.8million square kilometres, proposed by the EU. Healthy oceans draw down vast quantities of CO2 as well as protecting marine life. So it would be a boon for the climate. At the Bonn Climate conference last November, Australia was among the very lowest performing countries, yet when it came to protecting Antaractica in 1991 Bob Hawke proved that we could be environmental leaders. Is this new Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary an opportunity for us to regain our self respect?http://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Actor-Javier-Bardem-dives-in-Greenpeace-submarine-in-Antarctic-Ocean–with-Greenpeace-marine-biologist-John-Hocevar.-News-Edit-27MZIFJXE45T0.html

Mon, February 19, 2018

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LOW CARBON AND LOVING IT +FIGHT FOR THE BIGHT AT TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVALMon 19th Feb 2018 Mark Delaney brought his kids up in the poor suburbs of Delhi.Returning to Australia he and his son Tom were shocked at our apathy round climate change. Their story is a fresh look at the “small picture solutions” we can all take to reduce our 23 tonnes per person to the 8 tonnes of a European or even the 2 tonnes CO2e of an  average Indian. If you would like to participate in a book club to discuss this text over  four weeks in April contact Vivien at – radioteam@bze.org.auDaniel Simons will tell us about some of the Transitions Films he has brought us to inspire climate action.Films such as:  Food Fighter (22nd Feb) The last Animals( 24th Feb) Guardians of the Earth (27th Feb) and The Gateway Bug (2nd March)Eliza Muirhead  directed one of the Transitions Films called Operation Jeedara with Tim Watters as co director . She will take us to the Great Australian Bight which is still threatened by oil drilling despite BP and Chevron having given up. You can support Sea Shepherd, The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace   and the Mirning People who call the great white whale “Jeedara.”For climate action be aware that there are massive forests of kelp in these waters quietly sequestering carbon.

Mon, February 12, 2018

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Mon 12th Feb 2018We meet Dr Bob Brown to talk about restoring the Tarkine Forest to its indigenous custodians and sequestering carbon in its soils. Bob also discussed his case defending the right to protest  logging or mining operations and his win in the High court . This protects the Tarkine defenders in Tasmania but protestors in NSW and other states are still facing draconian penalties like 7 years jail for standing on a road leading into a coal mine!Deane Belfield talks to us about regenerative agriculture and carbon farming. He represents the Regenerative Australian Farmers. They will host a masterclass on Drawdown with Paul Hawken and are keen to help famers get baseline data on the carbon content of their soil so they can eventually qualify for carbon credits.Justin Borevitz from ANU is a plant biologist using big data to help farmers regenerate their soils and use fertilisers with more precision. His question is How much soil does your food grow? It’s all about the drawing down of carbon and restoration of a safe climate.The Electric Vehicles Expo will feature the world’s fastest Motor Bike rider Eva Hakansson. We talk to Rebecca Lee from RevBikes about  quiet motor Bikes, less pollution on the roads and the joys of  active travel.

Mon, February 05, 2018

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Mon, January 22, 2018

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Mon, December 18, 2017

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CARBON RATIONS OR CARBON ALLOWANCES?Mon 18th Dec 2017How would carbon rationing work?Would it be forever?Would it hurt?BZE’s Vivien Langford talks to author Stan Cox in Salina Kansas about his book “Anyway you slice it”.Some people  are aware of the Climate Emergency, but others behave as if unaware. Australia’s per capita aviation emissions for example  are 18 metric tonnes compares to 5 for a French Citizen.What if this generation put a cap on fossil fuelled travel and energy use? Would it feel better if it was an app on your phone and was called a Carbon Allowance?We say that the bulk of existing coal oil and gas must stay underground, so shouldn’t we treat these as precious commodities, to be rationed while we make the transition? A Government committee in the UK researched this and said it could become an essential measure but that it was” an idea before its time”. We look into why it is such a taboo subject.“How the world breaks” is a new book by Stan Cox and his son Paul. We talk to Paul Cox in Copenhagen about the anthropology of disaster response. He praises countries like Bangladesh as the Netherlands without a budget”. He wants us to stop talking bout “natural;” disasters as if there was nothing we could do to mitigate them. When Greens MP Adam Bandt called PM Tony Abbott a “climate criminal ” during a Blue Mountains bush fire, he was condemned as insensitive. But when is there a “right time to connect the  dots”? Paul talks about our bushfires and the floods and landslides that are testing resilience around the world. He says economists fear any restraint on growth more than they fear the worst that climate change can bring us.How to change the narrative? Send us your ideas to : radioteam@bze.org.auInterviewsStan Cox – author of “Anyway you slice it ” and ” How the world breaks”Paul Cox- Anthropologist and author “How the world breaks”Music by David Rovics “East Tenessee”, Bangladeshi singer Mak Bul Chowdhury, and “Spirit of Place” sung by Yirmal Marika and Shane Howard.Links:

Mon, December 11, 2017

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Mon 11th Dec 2017BZE radio has spoken often to Christine Milne because she has always been at events to defend the Renewable energy target, the clean energy package and to rid parliament of fossil fuel influence.Her memoir  shows “how hard it is not to become bitter about the ruthless ” people in power. Even at a time of bereavement  they pressured her to perform.Her awareness of the urgency of climate action and the difficulty of translating that into enduring legislation are a lesson for those who want system change.Vivien took the ferry over to Hobart where the retired senator was surrounded by friends.It was  at the launch of “An activist life” in Fullers Bookshop . The atmosphere was warm and full of the laughter  and friendship that underpins action.We hear Christine in conversation with Tasmanian historian James Boyce.In the interview that starts this show Christine Milne talks to Vivien about her love of history and Science. She reports that  climate activists now  are facing much harsher penalties than in her day when she was  jailed over the Franklin River campaign.It is tough in parliament and it is tough pressuring parliament. But it is tougher if you are a forest animal in a logging coupe. It is tougher if you are a child now whose climate will be irreversibly changed. So as Christine says,”I know you will never give up”.Links:https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/nov/19/my-granddaughter-will-be-35-in-2050-i-grieve-that-she-will-know-silent-and-empty-places?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_OutlookACE CRC – http://acecrc.org.au/Production- Andy BrittInterviews- Vivien LangfordPodcasts-Jodie Green and Roger VizePromotions? – YOU!. Please forward this podcast to advance knowledge and inspire action.  11 Dec 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, December 04, 2017

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Mon 4th Dec 2017World Antarctic Day, December 1st- 2017 was celebrated by a huge Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea coming into force. As the head of International Greenpeace Antarctic Campaign Frida Begtsson said “Healthy oceans take in vast quantities of CO2 and are essential in tackling climate change”Tonight BZE radio goes to the cryosphere where you will meet scientists and sustainability leaders we can be proud of. You will hear about Katabatic winds,krill, ice cores that show Australian droughts centuries ago and ocean circulation that controls the climate.After visiting the replica of Mawson’s hut in Hobart, Vivien went past a sculpture of Roald Amundsen and into the epicentre of Antarctic research ACE CRC. It’s near Salamanca Place.Dr Jan Lieser is a marine glaciologist. His satellite technology helps him advise ships as the summer seasonstarts.. Sea Ice is his speciality as it expands and contracts every year. It doesn’t affect sea level but its great pulse churns the ocean circulation that controls our climate. A film he wants us to watch is called “Chasing Ice”David Reilly is the public affairs manager at ACE CRC. He talks with pride about the united nations of scientists beavering away in the labs and the benefits of co-operation. Their research can be immediately used by farmers, as a snowfall in Antarctica can predict a drought in W.A. Publications and media outreach have taught him to tell it straight. Climate deniers may cherry pick the data but the scientists’ job is to inform the world in a clear and dependable way.Corey Peterson is at The University of Tasmania. His interest is more with krill, penguins and the policies that will protect them. He sent Christine Milne two jars of deep Antarctic water to remind her that climate change may be happening out of sight but her battles for enlightened climate policies in parliament were appreciated. He feels that Governments mostly follow, so it up to this generation of Antarctic scientists, ecologists and students in every sector to show them what has to be done. MUSIC tonight thanks to Kristin Rule and her cello pieces from The Knife that cuts a tear and Tiny Tim for The Icebergs are melting !Production- Andy BrittInterviews- Vivien LangfordPodcasts-Jodie Green and Roger VizePromotions? – YOU!. Please forward this podcast to advance knowledge and inspire action.Links : ACE CRC – http://acecrc.org.au/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/26/sea-levels-to-rise-13m-unless-coal-power-ends-by-2050-report-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_OutlookChasing Ice– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGUAn Activist Life by Christine Milne-Sea Ice and Climate change – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9dWq9PLgY 04 Dec 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, November 27, 2017

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Subscribe: Android | Email | RSS | MoreMon 27th Nov 2017If Marco Polo returned from China today he’d be telling barely credible stories of wind turbines with livestock grazing beneath them. Australians coming back from Europe tell the same stories, with the kicker that Australia itself is sitting on a FABULOUS wind resource. If we could think BIG wouldn’t we be able to hurry to 100% and then beyond?. So why all the delays? We wanted to find out how the wind industry is going here. It has been in the doldrums with the wrong signals coming out of Canberra but the Clean Energy Council says there is $5.2billion worth of projects with secure finance and ready to go. We will talk to Andrew Bray from the Australian Wind Alliance for the big picture. We will then go back to 2012 when Viv interviewed a farmer called Paul Reardon . Many listeners told us they liked what he had to say about drought proofing his farm by hosting a few turbines. This meant that he could cut down the number of sheep he was grazing and re vegetate some of the land. We decided to call Paul again this year and hear what happened next at Boorowa. Finally we will talk to Charlie Prell who is with Farmers for Climate Action, about the “Crookwell 2” project. This includes turbines on his farm, a neighbour benefit sharing agreement and a Community Enhancement Fund. Their energy will even light up Parliament house as the ACT government has contracted to take the energy they supply.Read more:The Australian Wind AllianceFarmers for Climate Action …Charlie Prellhttps://yes2renewables.org/2017/03/10/expanded-wind-turbine-production-in-portland-shows-vic-renewable-energy-target-already-creating-jobs/  TeamAndy Britt – productionVivien Langford- interviewsRoger Vize – podcast and archivesJodie Green – podcast graphics and promotion

Mon, November 20, 2017

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Mon 20th Nov 2017Erin interviews Vanessa Petrie(BZE CEO) about BZE accomplishments in 2017 and what is planned for the coming year.

Mon, November 06, 2017

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Mon 6th Nov 2017What lessons can we learn from  Bangladesh?The 2017 floods in the north of Bangladesh coincided with over half a million refugees staggering in from Myanmar in the east.India has built a security fence with armed guards around its border with Bangladesh. But despite being on the frontline, this country is NOT intending to create climate refugees.Vivien learns how Bangladesh is adapting. Tom Bamforth from Red Cross/Red Crescent has recently been there.  Climate Scientist Dr Saleemul Huq is on skype from Dhaka at the International Centre for Climate Change and Development. He is a beacon of adaptation expertise and humanity.He will inspire you with what a country rich in community spirit is doing. He says to  us “We  don’t want your money, we want your empathy”.Australia’s  task is to see the victims of our emissions. As he says , continuing carbon exports and carbon pollution is “not a victimless crime” and the climate criminals must pay. Of course emergency aid is needed,  but the ball is in our court to rapidly decarbonise.We can also co operate at the  Bonn Climate COP in November to compensate front line countries for the unbearable loss and damage they are dealing with.Rob Roggema is Professor of Sustainable Urban Environments at UTS in Sydney. Dutch expertise is much in demand among low lying countries like Bangladesh. He will tell us how  to go with nature, letting the rivers flood, saving the water in city reservoirs and building to prevent damage.This encouraging show will help us rebuild our civil society and remember we have choices, going under is not inevitable.GuestsTom Bamforth   –   Red Cross/ Red CrescentDr Saleemul Huq-  International Centre for Climate Change and DevelopmentProfessor Rob Roggema – UTS- Sustainable Urban EnvironmentsProductionVivien Langford – InterviewsAndy Britt-       ProductionJodie Green and Roger Vize -PodcastsRead more:DCAN is holding a MUSIC FOR A WARMING WORLD fundraiser event next Sunday 12thhttp://podcast.bze.org.au/storage/monday/Poster%20Music%20Warming_A4_PressQ.pdf

Mon, October 30, 2017

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Mon 30th October 2017In the land of the lyrebirds  everyone is enthralled.Scientists  measuring the carbon stock, citizens battling the pulp mill, visionaries with maps of the linked up forests, all pause.The first people who came in to this moist forest with its giant trees going back hundreds of years, must have laughed to hear the lyrebird imitate a kookaburra, imitate a cracking branch, imitate them. When the wildfires went through what a thing to be mourned.As we learn new words like eco- system services and legacy industries, what will be the future of this carbon dense series of forests from central Victoria to Southern NSW?. They are our richest ecological asset.Bringing you  a narrative of restoration in these febrile times of climate disruption:Paul Payton from the Great Southern Forest AllianceDr Heather Keith  from The Fenner School of Environment and Society A.N.U.Steve Meacher from The Great Forest National ParkDaisy Barham from Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W.Interviews by Vivien Langford and Kurt Johnson. Production by Andy Britt. Podcast by Jodie Green and Roger VizeYoutube by wildlife artist Stephen PowellFurther reading :Tom Griffiths-  Forests of Ash . An environmental history.Heather Keith -The Conversation “Money can’t buy me love, but you can put a price on a tree. Oct 11th 2017The Great Forest National ParkThe South East Forest AllianceProf. David Lindenmayer AO Keynote Presentation Great Forest National Park Launch   29 Oct 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, October 23, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 23rd October 2017 “Every parrot in the pet shop is talking about Energy Policy” ACCCBut for a summit , a lot of voices were absent. Big Wind, Big Solar and the growing movement of citizens, intellectuals and NGO’s demanding the rapid energy descent away from coal oil and gas. The chiefs who supply us with over 80% of our dirty energy were there as the clean energy target was swallowed up and the National Energy Guarantee emerged.The NEG requires Energy Retailers to give a guarantee of reliability. They will need to contract or own a certain amount of dispatchable power. As more coal fired power stations close, this could mean they invest in pumped hydro storage , batteries or gas turbines. In a heatwave when all the air conditioners go on, pumped hydro storage can turn on in 20 seconds and batteries in 1 second, according to Professor Andrew Blakers ANU.  He says 20 or 30 of the 22,000 possible sites need to be developed for pumped hydro storage and they can be built quickly, but none of this was discussed at the summit.The NEG also requires retailers to guarantee electricity with a set level of emissions intensity. The amount will be reduced each year. The emissions from gas were hardly mentioned. Does this mean the responsibility for our Paris Commitments is in the hands of retailers?Many of the people we interview say that we need a carbon tax to cut emissions in every sector and it was clear at the summit that even business leaders who had opposed this in the past were now demanding any sort of policy framework as long as it could survive short term governments. Mark Butler said  “At the end of the day companies will start contracting and trading with each other and a price will emerge on that which reflects the carbon obligation”.Comments that the RET was a subsidy to renewables ,that all subsidies are out and we now have a level playing field might bamboozle some people. But until all subsidies to fossil fuels are removed and Dr Finkel’s recommendation that we have an Economy Wide Plan by 2020 to map out the energy descent away from fossils, we are expected to trust to the market.We hear fromChief Scientist Dr Allan Finkel Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg Opposition leader Bill Shorten ACOSS head Cassandra Goldie National Farmers Federation  leader Fiona Simpson. Further Reading:https://reneweconomy.com.au/kidston-pumped-hydro-storage-capacity-boosted-25-24533/ http://reneweconomy.com.au/investor-confidence-could-be-smashed-without-additional-detail-62884/   22 Oct 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, October 16, 2017

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Coming up …..This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 16th October 2017Rethinking CementGuests:Jordi Bates, Kathryn Bennett, Michael Lord and Tim BuckleyYou may not have been thinking very much about cement, but BZE researchers have.Manufacturing cement makes up 8% of world carbon emissions and rising.Could it be made without these emissions?Would a price on carbon make us look differently at fly ash?Don’t be dismayed.Michael Lord makes it all clear as he launches the new BZE report Rethinking Cement in Newcastle.Vivien also learns about the late Jen Bates from her husband and mother. They dedicated the new report to her because of her dynamic support of BZE in Newcastle and to her lifetime’s work protecting our precious environment.Staying with heavy industry, Tim Buckley speaks to Dirt radio about Whitehaven Coal.

Mon, October 09, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 9th October 2017Carbon Sinking in KenyaDr David Kimiti- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in KenyaClimate blind Journalism from Texas to Bangla DeshGeorge Monbiot-  Author of ” OUT of the Wreckage” on misreporting Hurricane HarveyProfessor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen- Cardiff University on Disaster reporting as climate changes.We continue our series on carbon sequestration through land management and visit a UNESCO Heritage wildlife conservancy in Kenya.Hurricanes in the USA and Caribbean prompt thoughts about how we could report on it better. Meanwhile unusual floods in Nepal, Bangla Desh and India prompt very little media attention while some journalists say “Now is not the time to mention fossil fuels or climate disruptions. It’s insensitive”George Monbiot thinks we need a new politics for an age of crisis. He says that humans are actually altruistic and co-operative and that the media can build a politics of belonging rather than the destruction of hope and appetite for solutions.Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen is interested in how disasters are reported and tells us about the new crop of students she is training to face the Age of Crisis.

Mon, September 25, 2017

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Mon, September 18, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 18th September 2017CLIMATE WARS in a time of man made disaster  When millions are displaced by floods in Bangladesh we call it a “natural disaster”. At the same time refugees are flooding INTO Bangladesh and we call it a human rights disaster. What sort of disaster is it when an educated country like Australia is paralysed by climate wars at the centre of government? We see government being told to “get out of the way” by Clean Energy Finance ex chief Oliver Yates, as our clean energy target morphs into a dirty energy target.We see government trying to prevent the shut down of coal fired power and offering subsidies to new coal mines.AND We see pumped hydro,  demand /response and batteries answering the question about when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine. In an extended talk with Vivien Langford, Mark Butler examines how Australia came to politicise”climate”in such a disastrous way. His book “Climate Wars” is a partial history emphasising the ALP way forward. However, Mark Butler consults widely in the community and his message is consensus. Book: Climate Wars – Mark ButlerYouTube Video: Tropical Storm Harvey: the story so far – The GuardianGuardian Article: Why are the crucial questions about Hurricane Harvey not being asked? – George Monbiot  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, September 11, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 11th September 2017Guests:Dr Alecia Bellgrove – Deakin UniversityJane Hammond -Film Maker “A crude injustice”Nathaniel Pelle- Greenpeace Ocean CampaignerHow can seaweed help us draw down the millions of tonnes of CO2 we emit daily?How can seaweed farmers, ruined by the Montara Oil Spill, find justice?When will the climate changing oil industry forget the Great Australian Bight?We start with the potential of seaweed, which Dr Tim Flannery brought to a wide audience on Catalyst and ask “What could possibly go wrong?”Dr Alecia Bellgrove appeared in that film and explains to us why she sounded a note of caution.Journalist Jane Hammond found that West Timorese seaweed farmers had been encouraged by Ausaid. Yet when their green gold turned to porridge at the same time as the oil spill reached Indonesian waters, it was denial all round. Her film is timely because their class action is still before the Australian Federal Court.Nathaniel Pelle is campaigning with Greenpeace to prevent oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight. He describes the great kelp forests and the wealth of biodiversity there which would be ruined by an oil spill. Even the sonic exploration is disturbing deep living creatures.

Mon, September 04, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 4th Sept 2017“The majority of the Emissions Reduction Fund is poured into questionable abatement schemes to discourage land clearing, while mass deforestation cancels out any climate gains.” Mike Seccombe Guests:David Gallan – Director of the film “Understorey”Dr Mehreen Faruqi –  Environment spokesperson for the Greens in NSW ParliamentJessica Panegyres – Wilderness Society – National Nature CampaignerSummary:State laws are failing to prevent massive landclearing. Regional Forest Agreements are giving loggers a victory.What new mindset will  cause  us to value forests for their carbon? The HistorianDavid Gallan recounts the 40 year battle to save the South East Forests of NSW round Bega. His film celebrates the growing awareness of how  many species lived there with rare footage of quolls and lyrebirds. Farmers wanted to preserve the water catchment. Locals realised that forests are “worth more standing”. Scientists came to see logging for woodchips as outdated as whaling for oil. Now  that we need to draw down carbon,  they are thinking big.The ParliamentarianDr Mehreen Faruqi explains how new state laws are reducing our capacity to sequester carbon. The Reputex report shows that ” ending land clearing would compete with renewables for carbon abatement”. Yet the new NSW land clearing laws will see emissions soaring.   She says they “make a mockery of any commitment from the NSW government to get to ZERO EMISSIONS by 2050”.The CampaignerJessica Panegyres sees koala populations down by 80% because of deforestation and landclearing. She says “enough!”She is the National Nature Campaigner with the Wilderness Society. As a Rhodes Scholar and former Greenpeace activist, she has seen the global struggle not to let our tropical forests go up in smoke. She will show us how all the work to sequester carbon in Qld is sabotaged by  land clearing on steroids AND  she will invite us to join the  03 Sep 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, August 28, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 28th August 2017Tune in today at 5pm for Mark Butler MP, Christine Milne and Dr John Hewson on Australia’s time-wasting ‘climate wars’.How did we become the first country to repeal a carbon tax?How did we discourage investment in renewable energy and end up with costly electricity?Why  have citizens lost confidence in parliament’s capacity to unify round climate policy?The Hon Mark Butler, in a conversation with Vivien Langford, takes an unflinching look at the time wasting climate wars.As Naomi Klein says ” No is not enough” .We need a plan for a future we can say yes to.Mark Butler’s book gives us part of a new narrative  and he consults widely in the community.Former parliamentary leaders Christine  Milne and John Hewson will round out the picture.http://www.3cr.org.au/streaming 3CR Community Radiohttps://www.mup.com.au/books/9780522871685-climate-wars 28 Aug 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, August 21, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 21st August 2017 This week we speak to “Farmers for Climate Action”, an alliance of farmers and  leaders in agriculture.Vivien Langford interviews the CEO Verity Morgan-Schmidt about her work advocating for climate conscious farmers to have their voices heard. Verity calls on PM Turnbull to get out of bed with the fossil fuel companies and invest in farmers adapting to changed conditions.Vivien  also speaks with Farmer Charlie Prell, about his experiences pioneering wind energy on farms including the proposed Crookwell 2 project.Finally Kurt Johnson interviews Anika Molesworth who is 2015 Australian Young Farmer of the Year. She has been researching farming methods in Laos and Cambodia and farming at Broken Hill. She says ” Farmers are feeling the heat, from subsistence rice farms in SE Asia to arid outback grazing properties in Australia.”Tune in to hear what a young person finds in farming and why Farmers are taking Climate ActionGuests:Verity Morgan-Schmidt -CEO of Farmers for Climate ActionCharlie Prell – Co-Chair of Farmers for Climate action and Regional director of the Australian  Wind AllianceAnika Molesworth – Farmer for Climate Action and Master of Sustainable AgricultureSummary:Already in Australia climate disruption is creating prolonged droughts and  increased frequency in flooding and bushfires. As farmers derive their livelihood from the land, they are the most vulnerable to these catastrophes, and so have the greatest incentive to prevent their most ruinous effects.A message from farmers all around Australia to the PM on climate change via Farmers for Climate Action CEO Verity Morgan-Schmidt. 21 Aug 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, August 14, 2017

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Mon, August 07, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 7th August 2017 Erin Jones hosts a busy show with the theme being Divestment

Mon, July 31, 2017

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Subscribe: Android | Email | RSS | More This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 31st July 2017Cities are facing the fact that a certain amount of climate change is locked in. Their creativity and co-operation was on display at The EcoCities World Summit. Vivien Langford talks to Professor Rob Roggema about what the Dutch have learned from living partly below sea level. Could cities work more with nature, with Sand Machines and Porous Courtyards? At a session on disaster management strategies Vivien meets Karibaiti Taoaba. She tells us how communications during and after an emergency area terrific challenge for local governments in small island states. Also foreign aid can be unhelpful “They built a clinic right where our main road used to be”. Alliances were formed at this summit to share expertise and minimise the impact of climate change. The key is to listen to the locals. It was not all about emergencies. David Holmgren talks about the profound shift needed in our relationship with nature. Instead of building more housing let’s subdivide existing huge houses, share resources and downsize our lives to fit in with the lower carbon footprint we must achieve for an equitable future. “There’s way more land in the suburbs than people with skills to farm it” Professor Rob Roggema – UTS School of Architecture on the Dutch response to sea level rise.Karibaiti Taoaba – Pacific Regional director of Commonwealth Local Government Forum on disaster reliefDavid Holmgren – Permaculture Expert on Retrofitting Suburbia for the Energy Descent FutureFurther reading:https://www.ecocity2017.com/1. Sand Engine:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lzo1KDlqEU  (youtube movie), explanation:http://www.dezandmotor.nl/en/the-sand-motor/introduction/2. Sydney Barrier Reef:http://theconversation.com/the-sydney-barrier-reef-engineering-a-natural-defence-against-future-storms-76862​ MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, July 24, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 24th July 2017 Guests: Professor of Ethics at CSU Clive Hamilton and Philosopher Dr Tim Dean The School of Life welcomed Clive Hamilton and Tim Dean to rethink our responsibility towards the earth.   Earth System Scientists are showing that while humans have massive power now, Earth also is more energised and tempestuous. Will we continue to rip up its resources and dump the waste in our biosphere?Is leaping to action a way to avoid thinking? Let’s sit with the new Anthropocene realities. You will find this broadcast uncomfortable. But, like the Sydney  audience, maybe you will find facing the worst strangely steadying.  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, July 17, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode will be broadcast on Monday 17th July 2017 Today, in our second creature feature we talk to those in the front line working with animals, trying to mitigate the ruinous effects of climate change. We will learn which organisations are feverishly operating to keep these iconic Australian critters from oblivion. We talk to Dr John Kanowski of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy – about some of the marvellous work he’s doing. Then to ‘Batman’ Tim Pearson – who works saving flying foxes around Sydney, bringing to you one of the last recorded calls of the now extinct Pipistrelle bat. Also chatting to Griffith University’s Professor Brendan Mackey who co-authored a recommendation for a vast conservation corridor that runs the length of our East Coast – and we see how that went! Finally we will discuss the plight of amphibians (who will be most heavily impacted by climate change) with expert Professor Jean Marc Hero.  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/ 17 Jul 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, July 10, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 10th July 2017 Al Gore and climate leaders from around the world will give life to ideas now gestating in Melbourne. We will ask Professor John Wiseman why it is important.Vanessa Petrie will outline BZE’s presentations to the summit about Zero Carbon Communities and Zero Carbon Cement. Cities and States are leading us off the path of runaway climate change and on to the path of RECOVERY. It is up to all of us to make it happen. Stephanie Ziersch will tell us how businesses are signing up to decarbonise with Sustainability Victoria. https://www.ecocity2017.com/  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, July 03, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 3rd July 2017

Mon, June 26, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 26th June 2017 In this episode we spare a thought for the people made homeless by the Lismore floods as insurance companies deny a connection with the cyclone. Find out how communities rebuild in the months after the media has moved on, and what forward thinkers are doing now to build up climate resilience in the community.ALL PODCASTS HEREThank you to our guests:Janet Phillips : Foundation for Rural and Regional RenewalRev Dr Margaret Mayman :  Disaster Recovery Chaplaincy NetworkLeigh Ewbank :  Friends of the Earth   As climate change intensifies disasters, it rips up more than trees and bridges.Vivien Langford speaks to Janet Phillips and Rev Dr Margaret Mayman who are helping people cope with the disaster.As the Federal MP for this region, Justine Elliott says, we need “government commitment to long term planning” – to address housing and homelessness issues as well as helping to rebuild businesses and homes.What about the “uber long term plan” of decarbonising our society? Is it insensitive to raise it in the midst of a disaster? Most media stories avoid it.Our third item is about resilience planning. Leigh Ewbank invites us to a Friends of the Earth meeting. Citizens are door-knocking in country towns to find out what help people need to become climate resilient. They will present their recommendations to Premier Daniel Andrews so his climate budget will be wisely spent.You can join  this practical work. Just turn up at FOE in Smith St Fitzroy 6.30pm on Monday evenings.Please also support the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal.Homelessness after cyclone Debbie” The Saturday Paper article by Susan Chenery Brought to you by the BZE Radio Community Show team: Kurt Johnson, Andy Britt, Erin Jones, Vivien Langford and Roger Vize.Catch this and all our shows as a podcast – any time

Mon, June 19, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 19th June 2017This episode contains excerpts from the April 2017 national Breakthrough tour by Sherri Goodman and Ian Dunlop with the film The Age of Consequences.Sherri is a former Pentagon and US Dept of Defence official, now heading up the Consortium for Ocean Leadership and getting military minds to understand climate change. GUESTSSherri Goodman – Former US Deputy Under Secretary of Defence, now CEO of the Consortium for Ocean LeadershipDavid Spratt – Author, Climate Code Red and coauthor with Ian Dunlop of new book ‘Disaster Alley‘Ian Dunlop – Ian is a former chair of the Australian Coal AssociationLuke Taylor – Luke is the director of Sustainable Living Foundation and is also a director of Breakthrough, the National Centre for Climate Restoration.Dr Malte Meinshausen – Malte is Senior Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany and Senior Research Fellow at the School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne. The Australian-German Climate and Energy College, of which Malte is the director, was one of the Australian hosts for the Breakthrough tour and Ms Goodman.Read more:http://bze.org.au/…/podcast-community-19-june-2017-sherri-…/DISASTER ALLEY: CLIMATE CHANGE, CONFLICT & RISKby Ian Dunlop and David SprattForeword by Sherri GoodmanThe first responsibility of a government is to safeguard the people. But the accelerating impacts of climate change will drive increasingly severe humanitarian crises, political instability and conflict, posing large negative consequences to human society which may never be undone. The Asia–Pacific region is considered to be “Disaster Alley” where some of the worst impacts will be experienced. Australia’s political, bureaucratic and corporate leaders are abrogating their fiduciary responsibilities and are ill-prepared for the real risks of climate change. In this striking new Breakthrough report we look at climate change and conflict issues through the lens of sensible risk-management to draw new conclusions about the challenge we now face.DOWNLOAD reportbreakthroughonline.org.au/disasteralleyGUARDIANhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/21/australia-warned-it-has-radically-underestimated-climate-change-security-threatSOCIAL MEDIAhttps://twitter.com/djspratt/status/877319859540901889https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154494525095741EXTRACT “Climate change an accelerant to instability in unexpected ways”http://www.climatecodered.org/2017/06/climate-change-accelerant-to.html(more…) 19 Jun 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, June 12, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 12th June 2017  If you missed it last year, then you missed BZE producer Viv Langford kicking John Hewson off the phone so that Christine Milne could say hi! Anything can happen at a 3CR BZE Radiothon and sometimes does. But mainly we would just like to cover our costs for the year.  So if you’ve been on the show – or would like to one day – or have listened in and learned something new in the last year, then please make a pledge today before 6.  Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/09/lets-expose-everyday-climate-denial-heres-how

Mon, June 05, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 5th June 2017

Mon, May 29, 2017

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We could consider earth as a rental property. God comes down to do an inspection and he/she says ”What are all these holes in the property? Why is all my coral bleached? What have you done with all the trees? …. ?” I can tell you. You won’t get your bond back. #StopAdani Roadshow MC  Films demand and bring out our human and emotional responses and that’s no less true when the subject is the climate crisis and climate solutions.Go ahead and ride the highs and lows of this emotional rollercoaster as this week BZE’s Vivien Langford covers just some of the highlights from the first ever Sydney screening of the 2017 Transitions Film Festival, plus an excerpt from Danny Kennedy’s presentation for the recent #StopAdani Roadshow.  Featuring:David Ritter  – David is CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific, introducing the Sydney screening of the Josh Cox film How To Let Go of the World – and love all the things climate change can’t change. David Ritter talks about the emotional blow of seeing the Great Barrier Reef bleaching. From the poignant singer in the flooded subway after Superstorm Sandy to the man weeping after the film, but wanting to talk to us about the feelings climate change is flooding him with, this is a show with a difference.Miriam Lyons, Blair Palese, Piers Grove – GetUp!, 350.org and Energy Lab on the panel discussing the film There Will be Water. Blair and Miriam talk about the exhilaration of being part of the change, how they stay informed, stand their ground on social license and even wax philosophical about Elon Musk and Malcolm Turnbull and what their tweets and phone calls might mean for just what chance we have of a future. Piers talks about Canberra company Reposit Power and the potential of the technology as an exciting evolution, not just a solution to a problem.Danny Kennedy – Co-founder of Sungevity, Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF),  and #StopAdani Roadshow presenter. Danny is an Australian entrepreneur who sees so many start-ups and positive signs that you just want to get on board. Thanks Danny – BZE is all for that too!  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, May 22, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 22nd May 2017   This week BZE is chewing over food security and climate from a global perspective, as BZE Radio’s Vivien Langford interviews Clare Westwood in Penang and Alan Broughton – Vice President Organic Agriculture Association, with special guest Robin Laurie aka Professor Pym.Thank you to our guests:Clare Westwood –  Clare is a researcher for the Third World Network and Penang Peace and Justice CommissionAlan Broughton –  co-author of “Sustainable Agriculture v Corporate Greed”Robin Laurie – Robin, aka Professor Pym, with a lively radio drama about the incongruity of food as fuel for cars  Climate change is making it hard for poor farming communities in Asia. Clare Westwood talks about agro-ecology communities in the Philippines and the women who are building  social capital to ride out the storm. Clare motivates resilience and takes heart from Laudato Si’s exhortation to ‘hear the cries of the earth, to hear the cries of the poor’. She talks about how green revolution farmers are locked into a toxic focus on productivity and how they can go back to low input, low carbon methods which are more sustainable. We hear about NGOs working against the massive clearing of tropical forests and how logging is affecting local flooding and global warming. Alan Broughton is the Vice President of the Organic Agriculture Association and he explains how he and others think that soil carbon might be enhanced by ‘agroecology’. He tells us how damaging nitrous oxide is both for the climate and for soil carbon. At the global level he says we produce enough food to feed the present population and even the population of 2050, so food insecurity is primarily a distribution problem. We need to be aware that small farmers on 30% of the world’s farm land are providing 70% of the world’s food. Farmers organisations like La Via Campesina are showing a different way, skipping the agri-corporations and finding new ways of farming. Professor Pym is upset that too much good farm land is being planted with cereal crops to feed cars. Hasn’t anyone heard about electric vehicles? She joins us in the  3CR studio to give Vivien a dramatic tutorial based on  ‘The End of Plenty‘ by Joel K Bourne Junior.Brought to you by the BZE Radio Community Show team: Kurt Johnson, Andy Britt, Erin Jones, Vivien Langford and Roger Vize.

Mon, May 15, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 15th May 2017“One of the common misconceptions is that a lot of the ERF money is for planting trees”  Jess Panegyres The Wilderness Society    A transformation is beginning to get underway in the agricultural land uses sector. And not before time – without a much-needed U-turn, agriculture, especially northern zone export beef production, is set to be the single biggest GHG-emitting sector of Australia’s economy over the next 2 decades.BZE’s Vivien Langford talks to two of Australia’s foremost landuse experts and a film maker about carbon sinks and the film Cultivating Murder.Guests:Prof Brett Bryan – from Deakin UniversityGregory Miller – Film Director of Cultivating MurderGerard Wedderburn-Bisshop – BZE Land Use Report author     We are expecting a lot from the land: to feed us, to feed livestock, to fuel cars and now to draw down carbon. And the carbon is not just from coal-fired power, petrol and gas – the agriculture and land use industries themselves, including the 90% of land clearing conducted for northern rangelands cattle grazing, will be responsible for around half our national annual emissions over the coming two decades!(more…)15 May 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, May 08, 2017

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“It’s about time the role agriculture plays in the climate crisis – and the role it COULD  play in the solution –  got a concentrated dose of attention.” Bill Mc Kibben Our 26 million head-strong beef cattle – and 75 million head of sheep – ruminant meat and livestock industry is now responsible for more than half of Australia’s GHG’s and methane, and the near term climate change they are creating. So, is this an industry that can ever really be climate-safe?Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop, University of Queensland’s Professor Ram Dalal and CSIRO’s Dr Michael Battaglia will join BZE Radio’s Vivien Langford to consider:Can improved pastures, and other interventions such as seaweed supplement, really kelp? Um, help.Is it just time to reduce the national herd?Are carbon abatement schemes and offsets sold by farmers having any effect on rising emissions?Thank you to our guests:Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop is the co- author of BZE land use discussion paper released in 2014: Land Use: Agriculture and Forestry. This report concluded that agriculture, and especially our northern rangelands grazing industry, is a much more important source of near-term GHG emissions than industry or government greenhouse reporting will admit. But the land use report insists that it is also the biggest most immediate opportunity for mitigation. Gerard has 20 years experience in monitoring land clearing in Queensland. More from Gerard on agricultural emissions here.Professor Ram Dalal led the National Soil Carbon Programme from 2012-2015. He is a professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University of Queensland and one of his key research interests is GHG mitigation.Dr Michael Battaglia is the Group Leader Greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation in agriculture at CSIRO. His article in The Conversation shows how seaweed can cut methane emissions by sheep and cattle. It also shows how wide the search is to lower the impact of livestock on the climate – but are these schemes capable of working in Australia’s various animal agriculture industries? The big news is that, globally, methane concentrations are on the rise. And the accelerated ‘near-term’ warming this causes is now largely thought to come down to ‘livestock methane’, aka animal agriculture. So, in this show, BZE Radio begins to shine a light on livestock methane.Of course, the question on everybody’s lips is ‘what are the opportunities available to us to change the way we do animal agriculture and that could make the best impact in the shortest possible timeframe. Can we do that in a way that is great for family farmers, good for our biggest high-emitting agricultural corporate players, and for regional Australia as a whole?’In Australia the opportunities for mitigating animal agriculture GHGs are a little hidden from view. Why?Well, the fact is that our go-to GHG inventory, the national inventory report (NIR), masks the fact that animal agricultural activities are our single largest source of GHG emissions

Mon, May 01, 2017

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This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 1st May 2017 The 2017 Energy Productivity Summit at the maritime Museum in Sydney in April 2017 drew a number of international experts. Here are just some who joined BZE Radio for a chat: thank you to Benoit Lebot (IPEEC) , Monica Frassoni, Mary Ritter and Reynald Gallis. The theme is perfectly captured by the chairman of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity, Jon Jutsen:  “What’s the point of spending billions of taxpayers dollars to add new supply when most of what is produced now is lost?” – Jon Jutsen, chairman of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity a2se.org.au and 2xep.org.auThank you to the Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) for hosting us and a great conference.Benoit Lebot is a civil engineer and directs the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency. He speaks about the exquisite efficiencies which propelled the first solar international flight. As a leader on climate change policies in developing countries he reports on signs of co-operation and hope. Monica Frassoni has had a career in the European parliament where she now represents the Greens. She is president of the European Alliance to Save Energy and speaks to us about the great number of jobs to be had retrofitting buildings and creating efficient transport links. Monica has been listed by some as one of the top global thinkers – interesting to know that for her the key is determination. Mary Ritter is the International Ambassador for Climate KIC. The Knowledge Innovation Community sponsors start ups like the Elephant Podcast, Tardo and Coolar. Business and local governments have access through Climate KIC to innovative thinkers and university researchers. Reynald Gallis is Vice President for ecosystems and marketing at THINXSTRA. He explains the next wave in the Internet of things being rolled out by SIGFOX. Its cheaper wireless monitors will create efficiencies in agriculture, traffic control, water monitoring and hundreds of other applications.  There will be many applications in developing countries.  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm & FRIDAY BZE Science and Tech Solutions Fri 8.30am-9am TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, April 24, 2017

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Mon, April 17, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Monday 17th  April 2017 The Zero Carbon Australia Industry Plan is shaping up nicely. The Zero Carbon Industry and Cement research will be presented at Australian Manufacturing Week and at the Ecocity World Summit. Listen in to hear BZE’s research director Michael Lord talk about zero carbon cement, renewable heat, zero carbon steel and how the circular economy can apply to Australia’s industry sectors.Our interviewer is Erin Jones, a co-producer on the BZE Radio Community team.Read more about the Zero Carbon Australia Industry Plan here. Watch a presentation here (November 2016). Cement, steel, and in fact all energy-intensive materials, can be produced without fossil fuels! Who knew!Cement can be made using fly-ash or using low-heat geo-polymers instead of limestone and coal, steel can be created from treating iron ore with hydrogen from excess renewable energy utilities, and we can use a range of off-the-shelf energy efficient appliances and technologies to create heat for industry, for everything from canning food to melting glass.Share!

Mon, April 10, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Monday 10th April 2017Guests:Elena Garcia and Alan Broughton, the authors of the bookSustainable Agriculture versus Corporate Greed.Quinn Ollivier, ecologist and expert on sea grass and mangrove sequestration of carbonIn this show we go from a North Queensland cattle farm to the seagrass beds of coastal Australia.Climate change prompts us to think about threats to crops and the opportunities of land use. The BZE Landuse discussion paper is a great starting point.We looked at croplands with farmer Colin Seis last week and in this show we find out how well-managed cattle farming can reduce the carbon emissions of bush fires. Elena Garcia is a firefighter as well as a cattle farmer. She talks about insurance for farmers, harvesting of feral animals and protection of our water sources from mining. Elena’ aim is to be a bridge between  city people  who transport purchase and eat food and the rural people who produce it.  For Elena it is all about protecting water, protecting the food supply and protecting the ability of soils to fix carbon long term.Quinn  Ollivier specialises in the sediment underlying salt marshes, seagrass beds and mangroves. He is a part of team whose research may result in Blue Carbon credits becoming part of national and global carbon accounting calculations.He talks about the wealth of biodiversity and fishing that is protected by mangrove forests and how these and seagrass beds sequester huge amounts of carbon.Blue Carbon stocks are worth billions in carbon credits.  So in the great quest to draw down carbon, maintaining seagrasses and mangroves can be just as valuable if not more so than destructive coastal real estate.

Mon, April 03, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Monday 3rd  April 2017Joining the show wasColin Seis – Pasture Cropping and carbon sequestration, from Gulgong NSWMark Diesendorf  UNSW – South Australia and beyond Colin Seis and his son Nicholas own and run the 2000-acre property “Winona” which is situated north of Gulgong on the central slopes of NSW. You can hear Colin speak to BZE’s Viv Langford in a 2014 interview that took place on-site at Gulgong here.  Mark Diesendorf is the Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, at UNSW and author of How South Australia can function reliably while moving to 100% renewable power in The Conversation. Here he speaks about big picture demand-side efficiency, why it matters to renewables, and what really happened in the September SA Black System. MONDAY BZE Community Radio Mon 5-6pmFRIDAY BZE Science and Solution radio Fri 8.30-9amTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming LIVE 3CR Community Radio

Mon, March 27, 2017

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Vivian Langford, Suresh Kumar & Datuk Idris. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS | MoreThis show was broadcast on Mon 27th March 2017 Listen here to the podcast Podcast Page: http://bze.org.au/malaysia-part-1/  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/  27 Mar 2017|Categories: Community Show

Mon, March 20, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Mon 20th March 2017  The Environment Minister for Penang, The Hon Phee Boon Poh 彭文宝 and Federal MP, Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj talk to Vivien about how Malaysia is working on its Paris Climate Commitments.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming LIVE 3CR Community Radio

Mon, March 13, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Mon 13th March 2017   A 15 megawatt solar farm is being built on 24 hectares in Valdora, Queensland. It will be the fifth largest solar farm in Australia.At its peak, the solar farm will generate 15,000 kilowatts of electricity from the sun into the Energex network. The electricity generated over one year is enough to power about 5000 homes.36,000 trees will also be planted to create a 10m wide x 470 metre long green buffer area along the site’s frontage.We talk to Sunshine Coast Council Mayor, Mark Jamieson, and Director of Economic Development & Major Projects, Greg Laverty. MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, March 06, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Mon 6th March 2017  The focus of today’s show is the Coalition for Community Energy Congress 2017 – which happened on Feb 27 & 28. Guest interviews include: Professor Søren Hermansen, director of Samsø’s Energy Academy and Nicky Ison, director and founder of Community Power Agency. And various participants from the congress including the Future Super #ReInvest event.  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, February 27, 2017

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Sydney Peace Prize Award Ceremony and Lecture   The 2016 Sydney Peace Foundation Prize was presented to Naomi Klein at Sydney Town Hall on Friday 11 November. This inspiring lecture and award ceremony featured an opening song by Missy Higgins, an introduction by Senator Patrick Dodson and the awarding of the Prize by Professor Gillian Triggs.“The Jury commended Klein for proposing solutions that not only reduce emissions and end fossil fuel extraction, but also aim for social justice, economic fairness.”MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcastsTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/ 

Mon, February 20, 2017

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This show will be broadcast on Mon 20th Feb 2017We talk to Katerina Gaita (CEO of Climate for Change), who hopes they will have talked to 500,000 Australians by next year and has had interest in the model of community building from Singapore and Canada. Carol Ride is a Psychologist (Psychology for a Safe Climate) who is fortifying those who are already active but weighed down by the frustration and heaviness of knowing how fast we are moving towards irreversible tipping points. Scott Lewington is a musician from The Same Boat. Their show Adios Adani! (A musical protest and fundraiser) will give the proceeds to the Wangan & Jagalingou people whose land is where Adani wants to mine. 
They have taken them to court and need our support.  Main Image: Canadian Tar Sands Healing Walk – Aboriginal elders lead procession under a banner reading “Stop the Destruction Start the Healing”. Along the way they stopped to pray for the land’s healing with offerings of tobacco, water and song. (image credit: Laura Whitney)  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, February 13, 2017

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Coal Citizens or Solar Citizens? This show was broadcast on Mon 13th Feb 2017  Our guests are Economist Dr Rod Campbell, Research Director of The Australia Institute. Solar Citizens National Director Claire O’Rourke, and Peter Yacono, Director of the new documentary “Our Power” about the Latrobe Valley, it’s people, and the Hazelwood power station.  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, February 06, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Mon 6th Feb 2017.Thank you very much to Canberra’s 2XX team and Clayton McDonald for the recording and airing at Behind The Lines.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, January 30, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Monday 30th January 2017 – Kate Auty, Philip Sutton, Luke TaylorThe annual National Sustainable Living Festival starts this week and runs from 4 Feb to 28 Feb – with the Big Weekend in Melbourne Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February.In the first interview Vivien talks to Luke Taylor about the Festival program, the film The Age of Consequences, communicating the climate emergency to leave nobody behind and many things besides.In the second interview Natalie speak with Philip Sutton from RSTI and Breakthrough on the 3 parts of the thinking behind the Climate Emergency Declaration, and how people can help it be taken on at every level to create a ripple wave across Australia – starting local, state and building up to federal.We finish with a recording of Kate Auty speaking on her perspective on local level theory of change. >

Mon, January 16, 2017

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The Unforgiving Math of Staying Under 2 Degrees  This show was broadcast on Mon 16th January 2017“In the landmark Paris accord, 195 countries from around the world agreed that they would collectively keep average global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees, and that they would pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. But what does science have to say on actually keeping those goals? And how fast, and by how much, will we have to cut our emissions to get there?” “Professor Kevin Anderson, deputy director of the influential Tyndall Centre, is a climate scientist who looks at exactly this question. And the math he comes away with, isn’t pretty. We look at the small timeframe we have to make the Paris declarations a reality, and why it won’t be as straightforward as perhaps some of us have been led to believe.” – interview courtesy of The Elephant Podcast  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, January 09, 2017

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This show was broadcast on Mon 9th January 2017Today we rebroadcast a topic that is of timely importance as we head into summer.Greg Foyster brings us the hot facts about heatwaves. Maggie Baron recalls the devastating impact of one fateful heatwave on her own family.Stephen Bygrave and Andrew Bray on RET games and how to get with the world trend on renewables.Heatwave Fact Sheet  (160Kb PDF) MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, January 02, 2017

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This show will be broadcast on Mon 2nd January 2017In conversation with Lyn Bender, Deb Hart and Blair Palese The title of this broadcast refers to the Pope’s words: “We are at the limit of suicide, to say a strong word. Our world is on a suicidal course unless we  pay attention and pull out of this nosedive into the sixth great extinction.”Our guests joining the show:Lyn Bender – Former Manager of “Lifeline” MelbourneDeborah Hart – Climate Angel and author of “Guarding Eden”Blair Palese – CEO of 350.ORG& Pollution-Free politics  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio This special re-broadcast is BZE Radio’s New Year Summer Series producer’s pick. We hope you enjoy.

Mon, December 26, 2016

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This show was broadcast on Mon 26th December 2016Listen in at 3cr – latest episodeIn conversation with Per Espen Stoknes, Lyn Bender, Susie Burke, and with Vivien Langford.“The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead.”“It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples—from the private sector to government agencies—Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers.”This special re-broadcast is BZE Radio’s Christmas Summer Series producer’s pick of the year for 2016. We hope you enjoy.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, December 19, 2016

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Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS | MoreThis show was broadcast on Mon 19th December 2016Listen in from 3cr – latest episodeIn this interview (courtesy of The Elephant Podcast and Kevin Kaners), Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues that the climate crisis isn’t just an isolated problem, but one that’s intimately tied to other systemic issues in our societies – from the run-away political power of corporations which are undermining our democracies, to the rampant consumerism culture that dominates the West. MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, December 12, 2016

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This show was broadcast on Mon 12th December 2016We go behind the scenes and talk live to the scientists currently working in and studying the Antarctic. Their work deepens our understanding of the role the region plays in the global climate system, and the implications for marine ecosystems. Dr David Etheridge – CSIRO Dr Sue Cook – Glaciologist – University of Tasmania Prof Tony Worby – CEO acecrc.org.au

Mon, December 05, 2016

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Mon, November 28, 2016

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We talk everything electric and the challenges and opportunities ahead.We will be joined by the guests below: Ben Chester – Locality Planning Energy Tim Harrison – Project Manager EV Infrastructure, Economic Development Queensland Dr. Chris Jones – Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA)  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, November 21, 2016

Beyond Zero - COP 22

We talk COP22 with Professor Martin Wilder (The Australian National University) who is back from the conference, and Christine Milne who is observing from the sidelines as an international Green. And interview Australian school kids about their thoughts on a renewable future.http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/nations-take-forward-global-climate-action-at-2016-un-climate-conference/ MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, November 14, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community

This show was broadcast on Mon 14th November 2016  Scientists are saying that 50% of the Amazon is facing deforestation by 2020. Louise Boronyak Vasco (UTS: University of Technology Sydney) will talk about Amazon Watch – which is advancing the rights of indigenous peoples and protecting their territories to save the Amazon, and the Earth’s climate.Destruction of Carbon-Rich Mangroves Costs up to US$42 billion in Economic Damages Annually according to a United Nations Environment Programme report. Dr Lindsay Hutley (Charles Darwin University) speaks about this special resource.And we hear from Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop (World Preservation Foundation) about landclearing in NSW, QLD and its impact on climate.Read More: https://t.co/YxAvBLQ4Te MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, November 07, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community

Christine Milne talks about reclaiming our democracy and John Hewson about how Malcolm Turnbull is drifting dangerously.Naomi Klein says the corporate media always ask her what is realistic, yet their idea of realism will take us to four degrees. (In an interview from The Elephant – courtesy of Kevin Caners)Alex Rafalowicz from Climate Action Network Australia talks about how there are only about 50 people employed full time on climate campaigning and this means we are not taking it seriously.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming LIVE 3CR Community RadioCATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive

Mon, October 31, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community

This show was broadcast on Mon 31st October 2016 On this Monday’s show hear how Tyalgum, New South Wales got off the grid, how Pingala is bringing solar power to remote communities, what Enova is doing up near Byron Bay, and how energy storage came out to save a Californian community when the gas wells leaked.The Energy Regulator talks tough to laggards in the industry and the President of the World Wind Energy Association mourns the wreckers of opportunity.These are the leaders of Renewable Investment and Inventiveness whom a Roosevelt would galvanise to work fast together.Thanks to:Craig Horne – The Energy Storage Association of USADaniel Lawes – Power DiverterAlison Crook AO – Enova Community Energy It’s YOUR Energy CompanyKacey Clifford – Tyalgum Energy ProjectApril Crawford-Smith and Tom Nockolds – PingalaMark Williamson – The Energy RegulatorThe Hon Peter Rae AO – President of the World Wind Energy AssociationAlexandra Campbell – Avoca Capital AdvisorsLane Crockett – Impact Investment Group

Mon, October 24, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community

This show was broadcast on Mon 24th October 2016.Today we hear from:Adjunct Professor David Hood AM (pictured), Deputy Chair of BZE and engineering academic at Queensland University of Technology on buildings, BZE and Mozambique.Daryl Tonkinson, Grasslands ecologist and manager, Ballarat, Victoria, on carbon farming on the region’s basalt plains.  Please forward this promo to anyone who will take action. Listen in at 5pm Mondays, and catch podcasts from Tuesdays.Podcast: latest episode at 3CR Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, October 17, 2016

AGL out, Alinta shows how and Flow shows the future – Beyond Zero Emissions radio show

Today we hear from:Lisa McLean from Flow/Brookfield speaking from Disruption & The Energy Industry Conference on big buildings that are self sufficient in water and energy.Julie Lyford from Groundswell GloucesterJoseph Zane Sikulu from Pacific WarriorsThis Monday’s show takes us to a rally in Angel Place outside the AGL AGM.We also hear from Alinta Energy and how they wound down their coal plant at Port Augusta.The last interview is from the Disruption & The Energy Industry Conference. Lisa talks about big buildings that are self sufficient in water and energy.Please forward this promo to anyone who will take action. Listen in at 5pm Monday 17th Oct. Podcast available Tuesday. Further Reading: tba TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, October 10, 2016

Beyond Zero Emissions - Community Show

This show was broadcast on Mon 10th October 2016.Today we hear fromBylong resident Jodie Nancarrow  President of theBylong Protection Association.Then Bev Smiles will give us the bigger picture, climate impacts, giant voids left filling with toxic water all over the Hunter.Tim Buckley from the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis will give us the wider financial picture of coal and market prices.Lastly we speak to Jonathan La Nauze from Australian Conservation Foundation about their court challenge to the Adani mine.Are these the dying days of coal? If so , why are greenfields sites like Bylong Valley being opened up for new coal mines?Even when the #NoNewMines mantra is catching on and Indonesia and China have imposed a moratorium on themselves, Australian communities and aquifers are being ruined.  Many people have said the Adani mine  will never go ahead, but we don’t want to get complacent. We hear from the locals, the  climate action groups and a top notch financial analyst.  Thanks also to Mike Seccombe of  The Saturday Paper (1st Oct) for giving us the latest. Please forward this promo to anyone who will take action. Listen in at 5pm Monday 10th Oct. Podcast availableTuesday. Further Reading: tbaTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/  09 Oct 2016|Community Show, Podcasts

Mon, October 03, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community

This show will be broadcast on Mon 3rd October September 2016 5pm at 3crand posted here as aBZE Community Radio Show Podcast by Beyond Zero Emissions. Thank you Radio 3CR in MelbourneWe hear from:Thom Mitchell from New MatildaProfessor Jacinta Ruru from Otago University – NZ is starting to recognise the rights of Natural entities like forests or rivers in front of the law.Australia Earth Laws Alliance Director Dr Michelle Maloney – the Rights of Nature Tribunal and conference in Brisbane 22nd OctoberBruce Pascoe talks about his award winning book Dark Emu. He will give an indigenous history of land management and attitudes to the land which might conserve it in the face of threatening climate change.Further Reading:  https://www.facebook.com/climatecouncil/videos/880407128762548/TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, September 26, 2016

Beyond Zero "We're at war" mobilising to defeat climate change.

We hear from:Bill McKibben: Author, environmentalist and founder of 350.orgDavid Spratt: Co-author of Climate Code RedRobin Laurie:  Member of The Pram Factory and a founder of Circus Oz, andPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt in a Fireside ChatBroadcast:  Mon 26 September 2016BZE Community Radio Show PodcastBeyond Zero EmissionsOn Melbourne 3CR Radio  TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive  TWEET this FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, September 19, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community -19/9/16

Mon 19th September 2016“The future is electric” – Larissa Waters “Conventional cars have to go” – Dr Stephen Bygrave “Imported cars and the oil to run them are a large part of our trade deficit”  – Dr Gary EllemDr Gary Ellem from Newcastle University is a futurist. He talks about young people designing electric bikes and racing them, the future work of coal affected communities and how driverless electric vehicles will improve our lives.The BZE Electric Vehicle report was launched in Brisbane and we bring you an edited extract. Dr Stephen Bygrave, the Hon Mark Bailey MP, Professor Karen Hussey (University of Queensland) and Senator Larissa Waters describe in detail how the transport sector’s impact on global warming is being rapidly reduced: cutting import duty on EVs, giving free parking and recharging to EVs, electric buses . . .  are all ways this is already happening, including soon in Queensland!Tom Nockolds from the Community Power Agency talks to Vivien about what will happen when the Feed In Tariff is gone. Can electricity be democratised, decarbonised and affordable?BZE Launches their new EV Report (Full version Recorded Brisbane Aug 2016)

Mon, September 12, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community 120916

Music and Magic amplify climate solutions – The “Creating a Climate for Change” Melbourne Playback Theatre eventThis show was broadcast on Mon 12th September 2016Today on BZE Radio join us at NorthcoteTown Hall in Melbourne for an excerpt from an inspired and inspiring event held on August 11th called Creating a Climate for Change (thank you Melbourne Playback Theatre).PANELArchitect Rob Adams returned to his University in South Africa and found that without building more  they had massively increased the number of students by multitasking the rooms. With climate change in mind he talks about how cities can do the same.Lucy Best is a campaigner. She engages with the community to bring renewable energy solutions to low income residents. Her fascinating talk shows how personal commitment and ingenuity break down barriers.Stephen Bygrave brings examples from around the world to show how the time is coming when petrol -fuelled cars, energy intensive buildings and coal fired power will be things of the past.PERFORMANCEPlayback Theatre Performers engage with the audience.People’s worries about workers left behind, politicians not being up to the task and survival are brought into the arena.The musicians and actors then mirror these thoughts  and turn them into little plays. Imagination, myth and feelings are to the fore in an evening where Left Brain climate solutions meet Right Brain improvisations.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmSHARE THIS  Web Facebook TwitterTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/Related Links:Walk with the Valley http://earthworkercooperative.com.au/walk-with-the-valley/Moreland Energy Foundation: http://www.mefl.com.au/

Mon, September 05, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community "Lessons in Resilience"

The Sydney Alliance and WWF Australia brought Rev Willie Bennett here to energise our resilience building. How can communities prepare for heatwaves, floods and climate disruptions?What can the Hurricane Katrina Survivors Network teach us about building up community power and leadership?How can we connect with indigenous defenders in the Gulf country and Galilee Basin as climate changing coal and gas projects loom?Rev Willie Bennett - Hurricane Katrina Survivors NetworkRev Seforosa Carroll - Church partnerships Pacific,UnitingWorldCassandra Goldie - CEO of Australian Council of Social ServiceMurrawah Johnson - Seed Indigenous Youth Climate NetworkMONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio   TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive & RT This FB FB Share This

Mon, August 29, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community - Episode290816-1700

Winner of The Royal Society Prize for science writing, Gaia Vince (author of Adventures in the Anthropocene), takes us round the world in search of the best farming practices in the Anthropocene. Indian farmers leading with water? Food waste contributing to climate change?In "Rethinking Dairy" we look at alternatives to needing so much milk. Improvements for the cows, calves, farmers and consumers are all ahead as we take climate seriously. A panel discussion courtesy of 3CR's Freedom of Species show, featuring Philip Wollen, Dr Deidre Wicks, dairy farmer Vicki Jones, and vegan restauranteur Mo Wyse.Further Reading:Amazing news – the Northern Territory Labor party was swept to power in the Territory election yesterday on a promise to put a moratorium on risky shale gas fracking.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio  TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, August 22, 2016

Beyond Zero -DECARBONIZING INDUSTRY- Episode 201608221700

Vivien Langford & Jane Rudman interview the whos who of enviromental activist within Australia and Internationally.

Mon, August 15, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community - Episode 201608151700

As we inch towards the inevitability of Zero Emissions, city people must not forget the coal affected communities. Miner Peter Kennedy takes us around the coal mines and power stations of the Hunter Valley.  David Watson and his fellow artists celebrate the places where coal has done  its worst and still say "Giving up is not an option". Rob McLaughlin and the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association keep a vigil on the old convict built road which should be a heritage trail but is set to be ploughed up by Rio Tinto. Tom Doig: In March 2015, Penguin Books Australia published Tom's second book: The Coal Face, a narrative journalism account of the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire, and how it affected the residents of Morwell and the Latrobe Valley. Further Reading: http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/4091257/caroona-victory/?cs=4141http://tomdoig.com/news/the-coal-face-stories-from-the-morwell-mine-fire/ http://williamsrivervalley.blogspot.com.au http://www.davidwatson.net.au/the-bridge/ www.fieldwork.show MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming   LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio   TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, August 08, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community - Episode 201608081700

Dr Cassandra Goldie from the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) tells us about her time in Darwin with a cyclone about to hit and they didn't have a plan! And the council housing that requires 24/7 air conditioning that should be built in a more climate smart way. We will also talk to Fiona Armstrong about the new Climate and Health Alliance paper "Towards a national strategy on climate, health and well-being for Australia." Daniel Spencer from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition will talk about progress towards Large Scale Solar at Port Augusta, South Australia. He will also bust myths about failures in the system....too easy to blame it on wind.Read more: https://repowerportaugusta.good.do/solar4ptaugusta/TurnbullPetition/ MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio   TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon, August 01, 2016

Creating a Climate for Change

Q&A Event - Creating a Climate for Change offers an exclusive forum that intersects science, performance and conversation. Melbourne Playback Theatre Company takes stories from the audience and dramatises their anxieties and thoughts about climate change.Danny Diesendorf (actor and conductor) has taught and directed theatre extensively, including with the National Theatre and Monash University Schools Theatre Festival.Lucy Best from Positive Charge – a social enterprise established by the Moreland Energy Foundation that works with local councils to help households, community groups and businesses to save energy, money and reduce carbon emissions at scale.We also hear from artist/activist David Watson (Abbott-Proof Fence) who talks about how artists are dealing with small towns wiped out by coal's last gasps. His show is called "While we sleep".

Mon, July 25, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community - Episode 201607251700

Given the urgency of climate action we are looking at the roadblocks which are stopping us going full steam ahead.Senator Lee Rhiannon sees corruption from the fossil fuel industry sapping the vitality of our political process. Without their corrupting influence would our government be capable of delivering the rapid change we need?"If our politicians are serious about climate change, then they need to stop taking money from and giving money to the big polluters."We talk to Blair Palese about  350.org's  Pollution Free Politics Campaign.Miriam Lyons and Nicky Ison are the authors of The Homegrown Power Plan.They drill down into policy depths where most of us would fear to go. They come up with some golden ideas to end energy poverty. They make it easy for us to see how to remove the roadblocks, ensuring new renewables aren’t held back by the legacy of a bygone era. Further Reading:If Malcolm Turnbull or freshly appointed Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg stood on Queensland’s coast and saw a coal-fired power station float past, they’d notice, right? If more than half a million new cars drove past, they’d surely raise an eyebrow. Or would they? Each day, more than a million tonnes of Australian coal sails up that coast, past the Great Barrier Reef, to power stations or steel mills elsewhere, quietly fuelling climate change and bleaching the reef.https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2016/07/23/truth-about-australias-coal-industry-and-climate-policy/14691960003525https://350.org.au/campaigns/pollution-free-politics-2/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2016/05/23/4465448.htm

Mon, July 18, 2016

The Day After Tomorrow

What impact will Climate Change have on thecurrent extreme shifts in global weather patterns? "This is the second year of extreme heat in southeast Asia...all this was predicted by recent studies. The same studies say it will get even hotter, for longer periods, as the decades progress." "...the poorest victims of this heat are the least responsible for global warming. The source of the pollution has been half a world away, where most of us live in fossil-powered luxury. But in a world connected by finance, trade, and airplanes, the blowback can travel back from half a world – from the steaming countries of India and Pakistan." Professors David Karoly and Will Steffen describe what scientists expect over the next decades as we fail to decrease carbon emissions.Dr Adil Najam, Pakistani expert on International Affairs takes us to Karachi’s most punishing heat waves and the climate refugees that are flocking away from unlivable conditions.

Mon, July 11, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community - Episode 201607111700

In conversation with Per Espen Stoknes, Lyn Bender, Susie Burke, with Vivien Langford."The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead." "It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples—from the private sector to government agencies—Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers."

Mon, July 04, 2016

Capitalism: Great Barrier Reef

Vivien interviews Ian Angus at the Socialism for the Twenty First Century Conference. Author of the book - Facing the Anthropocene:  Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System Crisis.We look at the bleaching of the reef in an interview with David Spratt (many thanks to Alex Smith for permission to use this interview from Radio Ecoshock).

Mon, June 27, 2016

The Coral ,Coal and Climate Candidates' Forum

In this episode Viv brings you:Mark Butler (ALP) Josh Frydenberg (Liberal Party) Senator Janet Rice (Greens) Adam Bandt (Greens, Melbourne) Professor Peter Christoff (Melbourne University) Natalie Isaacs  -1 million women

Mon, June 20, 2016

Vote 1 Climate

In this episode, we know that your vote counts and bring you:- Larissa Waters Australian Greens Senator  - Evan Hughes contesting the PM's seat in Wentworth- PM Malcolm Turnbull adressing BZE forum 2010- Jim Casey, Greens in Grayndler- Natalie Isaacs - founder and CEO of 1 Million WomenPS - the PM's 2010 speech at a Beyond Zero Emissions forum is a beauty!Enjoy!

Mon, June 13, 2016

Radiothon Show

In tonight's episode we ask you the listener, to give to 3CR and more specifically to our show!!  It's only once a year and it helps keep us on air all year.

Mon, June 06, 2016

Beyond Zero - Community - The 2016 Solar Energy Conference in Melbourne

Mon, May 30, 2016

Councils - Change that the Federal Government Is Too Afraid To Do?

Tonight, Viv provides insight into the work that local councils are entering into to combat the spectre that is climate change.  (Don't forget you can do things too, lobby that politician, email or call your local member).   Our guests are:  Tiffany Harrison (Coordinator Zero Emissions, Byron Bay )Stephen Bygrave (BZE CEO)  Amanda Cahill (friend of BZE) Tayannah O'Donnell (from the Institute of Governance and Policy, University of Canberra) Simon Richardson  Byron Bay Mayor, and the last word goes to Christine Milne, former Senator and Leader of the Australian Greens.Enjoy!

Mon, May 23, 2016

Bill McKibben speaks at Paddington Town Hall (April 2016)

In this episode Viv brings us, in association with 350.org and the Guardian Live -  Bill McKibben, can I say the famous Bill McKibben?  Co-founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben has been a tireless, campaigner for the urgency of action to mitigate the impending doom that is ours if we do not collectively do something SOON."Climate Change is just about the most unjust thing humans have been able to figure out who to do." – Bill McKibben, Hobart April 17, 2016Bill McKibben gives a perhaps surprisingly, inspiring talk, with an after-taste of the possibility  of avoiding doom, even as he talks about the reality of global warming and what it means to have just come out of the hottest year on record.

Mon, May 16, 2016

Myuna Bay - Part 2 - Beyond Coal and Gas Conference

Viv curates more of the best from the Myuna Bay Conference Beyond Coal and Gas (April 2016) John Hepburn - The Sunrise Project Gadrian Hoosan - Booroloola Campaign against CSG in the Gulf Country Leigh Ewbank - Friends of the Earth "Yes to renewables" Campaign Wendy Farmer - Voices of the Valley - Repairing the damage of Morwell mine fires Drew Hutton - Lock the Gate Alliance on mine rehabilitation New alliances unite people against coal and gas. We hear about the challenges facing those who know there is no carbon budget it has to all stay in the ground.

Mon, May 09, 2016

Myuan Bay - Part 1 - Beyond Coal and Gas Conference

In this episode, Viv travels to Myuna Bay, NSW, north of Sydney and south of Newcastle, to the Beyond Coal and Gas Conference.  Held over the 8th to 11th April the gathering was a coming together of communities across Australia in their opposition to coal and coal seam gas. The conference is an annual event that continues to grow each year in a reflection of the growth of the movement. Perhaps you can attend next year!Viv catches up with:Jessica Panegyros, Greenpeace forest campaigner, IndonesiaArif Fyanto, campaign against coal fire expansion into forests, IndonesiaRomesh AgrawalAunty Mabel QuakerwootJoseph Zane SikuluDon't forget to check out our BZE website.

Mon, May 02, 2016

Antartica

Viv talks to the scientists, the Antartica scientists!  Their work deepens our understanding of the role the region plays in the global climate system, and the implications for marine ecosystems.In order of interview, Viv speaks with Dr David Etheridge (CSIRO), Dr Sue Cook (Glaciologist, University of Tasmania), and Professor Tony Worby (CEO acecrc.org.au ).And we are reminded, again, that our best action in aid of the climate could be to get in contact, loudly and regularly, with our pollies and make it known how this is an issue you feel strongly about and that they should too.  There is no better time to bend their ears than when their jobs are on the line.  Yes, it's election time.  Get on the phone or online and make this an election issue.

Mon, April 18, 2016

Hope after Paris?

Clive Hamilton and Robert Manne talk about climate consequences after Paris...Are scientists politically naïve demanding urgent emissions cuts?Will government pledges need to be enforced by blockadia?Is there hope for the climate at last?

Mon, April 11, 2016

Renewable Energy Superpower

Tonight's episode goes to the launch of the Renewable Energy Superpower in Sydney, 4 April 2016.  More information on Beyond Zero Emission's "Renewable Energy Superpower National Tour" can be found here. China's State Grid Chairman says "The only hurdle to overcome is 'mindset'. There is no technical challenge at all."The speakers areGerard Drew - Research Director, Beyond Zero Emissions Tim Buckley - Institute for Energy Economics and  Financial Analysis, www.ieefa.org Emma Herd - CEO of Investor Group on Climate Change, www.igcc.org.au Dr Mehreen Faruqi - Greens NSW MP The Hon Mark Butler MP - Shadow Minister for the Environment

Mon, April 04, 2016

The End of Economic Growth?

Viv turned out for a debate at the Sustainable Living Festival earlier this year and in this episode we bring you that recording.  The debate is called Is this the end of economic growth?Growth is stagnating, inequality is rising, resource constraints are pressing, and environmental impacts are worsening. If economic growth is killling us how do we craft an economy we can live with? MC-ed by Anthony James (The Understandascope) with guests: Miriam Lyons (Getup!) Ian Dunlop (member of The Club of Rome, Chairman of Safe Climate Australia) Jan Owens (author of "The Future Chasers")

Mon, March 28, 2016

Tim Flannery (presenting at Seattle Town Hall, November 2015)

Australian scientist Tim Flannery (The Weather Makers, Now or Never) has repeatedly called for action on climate change and his latest work Atmosphere of Hope is a solutions-based approach to the catastrophe the globe, and every species on it, face. He discusses the ramifications of our changed environment–from large-scale storms, to increased wildfires and offers a call to action for anyone interested in protecting Earth (and humanity’s) future.(Many thanks to Alex Smith, from Vancouver's Radio Eco Shock for this recording)

Mon, March 21, 2016

The Race to 100% Renewables

Can we get there by incremental steps or should we go the whole hog?The Great debate from Sustainable Living FestivalAs climate change poses an existential threat, Cam Walker (Friends of the Earth) argues we need to engage everyone. People start with the incremental steps building community consensus then go the whole hog of shutting down coal fired power and installing bold new solar power with storage. The people at Port Augusta in S.A are shining the way and Cam describes how communities move mountains.Craig Wilkins from Conservation Council of South Australia, tells how renewable ownership radicalises people. BZE's Miwa Tominaga reveals how volunteers work together on no compromise plans that become the norm in no time. Cassy O'Connor and Senator Janet Rice explain how the race to get 100% renewables is being fought in parliament.MC: Miriam Lyons - GetUp!’s Senior CampaignerGuests:Cassy O’Connor - former Tasmanian Minister for Climate ChangeCraig Wilkins - Chief Executive, Conservation SAMiwa Tominaga - Beyond Zero Emissions Janet Rice - Federal Senator for Victoria Cam Walker - Friends of the Earth National Campaigns Coordinator

Mon, March 14, 2016

Does Energy Efficiency Mean Living in a Cave?

In this episode, Viv asks -  How do other countries get citizens to use less energy? Martina Blum: explaining how the citizens of Zurich voted  to lower their electricity usage to 2000 watts per person each year. Now they are getting behind government spending on public transport and a massive renovation of buildings. Electricity companies in the country are required to buy produced surplus energy for four times the price that they are selling it for. This policy makes it possible to design buildings that make money for their owners. Verena Streitferdt (UTS): talks about Thailand and its innovative financing that gives an incentive to insulate and replace carbon intensive machinery. Although most countries efficiencies are motivated by the high costs of importing fuel, Australia can learn a lot about a new attitude to energy according to Verena Streitferdt  and A/Professor Alistair Sprould.Beyond countries we look at multi-national corporations with  Gareth Johnston from “We mean business “. With the clear framework of the Paris Climate agreement in one hand, he helps them  work on global plans to reduce their carbon footprint.No Planet B!

Mon, March 07, 2016

Protecting the Scientists Who Protect Us

CSIRO cuts, Antarctic climate research and Lighter footprintsClaude Lorius a French glaciologist, showed the climate history in an Antarctic Ice Core.In the film "Ice and Sky" we see how his team traced back 400,000 years and the alarming impact of increased carbon in the last two centuries. As an old man we see him dismayed by the attacks of climate sceptics and deniers. The panel at Transitions Film Festival discuss this in terms of cuts to the CSIRO and the climate science that would keep us safe.Caroline Ingvarson won a prize for her local leadership in Lighter Footprints and we celebrate the achievements of her climate action group.Guests:Dr Malte Meinshausen - Director, Australian-German College, The University of MelbourneDr Liz Connor - Founder, Climate GuardiansVictoria McKenzie-McHarg - Climate Campaign Manager, Australian Conservation FoundationKate Auty - Vice Chancellor's Fellow, The University of MelbourneCaroline Ingvarson - Lighter FootprintsKaterina Gaita . Climate for ChangeJohn Wiseman. Melbourne UniversityAdam Bumpus. Melbourne University

Mon, February 29, 2016

At the Sustainable Living Festival

In this episode we take a look at farmers keeping carbon in the soil, Future Super keeps carbon out and Penang Citizens lower their carbon footprint.Guests:Deane Belfield - Australian Regenerative Farmers AssociationSimon Sheikh - Future SuperThing Siew Shuen - Penang Green CouncilJeremy Leggett - "Winning the carbon war"

Mon, February 22, 2016

Lifeline for a suicidal world

The title of this episode refers to Pope Francis's words "We are at the limit of suicide, to say a strong word. Our world is on a suicidal course unless we  pay attention and pull out of this nosedive into the sixth great extinction."Our guests joining Vivien in the studio for this episode areLyn Bender - practising psychologist and former Manager of  Lifeline, MelbourneDeborah Hart - author of Guarding Eden and gloabl, roaming 'angel'Blair Palese - CEO, 350.org

Mon, February 15, 2016

International Criticism of CSIRO's Sweeping Cuts

With thousands of scientists condemning the cuts to the CSIRO, Viv brings Dr Liz Hanna (The Australian National University) to speak about the health impacts of the recent funding cuts.Also, Julie Lyford brings us Groundswell Gloucester's victory over AGL Energy, who have now withdrawn their franking intentions.    Where next for Coal Seam Gas?Tom Doig (author of 'The Coal Face') celebrates Morewell, home of Hazelwood Power Station, and the heroes rebuilding at the end of the coal age.

Mon, February 08, 2016

Suburban Foresters, Farmers and Coal Workers Pulling Us Back from the Brink

In this episode Viv brings us: Bill Hampel, author of 'Against the Grain – 14 farmers adapt to climate change'. A book full of hope based on solid action and evidence on Australian farms. The average Aussie farm produces enough to feed 600 people, that's 150 at home and 450 overseas. How can we help them?De Grebner explains how suburban gardeners are cultivating trees and even planting them on farms with The Tree Project. Restoring urgently needed Indigenous vegetation and repairing Victoria’s damaged ecosystems.Senator Larissa Waters tells us about the way forward after the Paris Climate Conference and introduces BZE listeners to the Greens' plan to sustain the workforce as coal goes out of production.

Mon, February 01, 2016

Investment in Renewable Technology

While  governments cling to the old energy mix and toy with nuclear, BZE shows the way forward. Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale talks about the trillions set to be invested in lowcarbon technologies. Luke Taylor takes us behind the scenes as SLF strengthens or resolve to be resilient and creative about climate. Gemma Weedall tells us why S.A leads on renewables and how Eco Socialism opens up new avenues of action.

Mon, January 25, 2016

Tourism and Climate Change

In this episode Viv brings us:- Professor Michael Hall from NZ analysing the place of the tourist industry in a carbon constrained world- Lyn Bender, Psychologist commenting on climate change taboos, and- Professor Robert Manne deconstructing why those who could fail to do:  addressing the spectre of  climate change.

Mon, January 18, 2016

Regeneration after Paris

Can we forge a new dynamic out of an imperfect agreement?Co-operation,decarbonisation and courage mes braves!!Tune in to hear our guests:Christine Milne - Global Greens AmbassadorAndrew Bradley - Holdfast Communications DirectorStephen Bygrave - Beyond Zero Emissions CEOHomework for this week, check out Solar Citizens website and get involved!  :)

Mon, January 11, 2016

Summer Listening - Dr Margaret Klein Salamon

Take the climate mobilization pledge via the Climate Mobilization websiteDr Margaret Klein Salamon article The Transformative Power of Climate Truth"We recognize that the climate problem is a global emergency that threatens to cause the collapse of civilization within this century."  Margaret Klein SalamonPublished April 27, 2015

Mon, January 04, 2016

Summer Listening - Great Forest National Park

BZE tours the Great Forest National Park with the people who are working to preserve it. We speak to Senator Janet Rice about why so called" forest waste " must not be included in any renewable energy target and WHY preserving trees is a brilliant tactic to slow down climate disruption.When the state forests become National Park, a Carbon Sink worth $40 million each year will be created. The effect of letting this moist forest age gracefully will be to slow down the impacts of climate change. Vivien also chats with Artist Karena Goldfinch, Forest campaigner Steve Meacher and the Knitting Nanas (First broadcast on 15th June 2015)

Mon, December 28, 2015

Summer Listening - Heatwaves

Dipping back into our archives, this episode on heat stress is clearly timely as we swelter through 40 odd degree days.  Vivien talks with Greg Foyster, and Maggie Baron from 'The Big Issue' about the severe impact of Heat Waves and the people who are hit the hardest.Then, an interview with the National Coordinator of the Australian Wind Alliance, Andrew Bray regarding the RET followed up with BZE's CEO, Stephen Bygrave, in the studio and speaking with Viv about the importance of consistent government policy in underpinning investment in renewables.(First broadcast 13 April 2015)

Mon, December 21, 2015

Summer Listening - Guarding Eden

In this episode, Viv hosts Deborah Hart, Carol Ride, Fiona Armstrong and Julian Vincent in the studio.  These four climate change activists, and contributors to the book "Guarding Eden,"  share their journeys with us. (First broadcast on 31 August, 2015)

Mon, December 14, 2015

Naomi Klein talks

In this episode, Naomi Klein, at Town Hall, Seattle dissects the issues around transitioning to climate justice, followed by a Q&A - this audio courtesy of Alternative Radio."The historical responsibility for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions lies with the industrialised countries of the Global North. The production and consumption habits of countries like the United States continue to threaten the survival of humanity and biodiversity globally. It is imperative that the North urgently shifts to a low carbon economy.”

Mon, December 07, 2015

Lawfare, Black Holes and Shining a Light

When citizens take a coal project to court, are they vexatious vigilantes with a vendetta against development?  In this episode, Viv brings us Senator Larissa Waters and Professor Clive Hamilton, each discussing  "Lawfare" and threats to our democracy.  Then, Geoff Maddox takes us to a retreat at Maule's Creek and Jarrod Talbot talks about how mining is taking his sacred sites.

Mon, November 30, 2015

"Our entire survival is at stake"

"For us climate change is not an event in the future.It's an event that we're dealing with now......The use of coal is simply bad economics, unless one refuses to count as a cost the damages and deaths now and in the future from air pollution and climate change."– Anote TongCheck out the podcast to hear from President Anote Tong of Kiribati, Tim Flannery from the Climate Council, and journalist Thom Mitchell from New Matilda, in Paris. Also featuring some of the activist climate action from last Friday's 60,000 strong Paris Climate Rally in Melbourne. http://www.peoplesclimate.org.au/

Mon, November 23, 2015

On the road to Paris Climate March

In this episode, Viv brings together psychologist Lyn Bender, author Psychology for a Safe Climate. David Spratt, co-author of Climate Code Red and  Dr Colin Long Victorian,Vice President, NTEU (National Tertiary Education Union).   With only a bit of a stretch, this trinity of climate defenders could be said to represent the health, science and humanity surrounding the issues, well at least in this radio hour anyway. But if you do nothing else this year to support action against climate disruption DO THIS!  Come to the People's Climate March this Friday and send those in-Paris-pollies an unambiguous message by swelling the numbers Paris Climate Rally in MelbourneFriday 27th November. 5:30pmState Library Stepshttp://www.peoplesclimate.org.au/

Mon, November 16, 2015

EU Paris and Beyond Symposium, Energy Superpowers, The Battle Against Coal

Vivien takes us to a vigil for the Filipino victims of Typhoon Hayan, outside Whitehaven Coal and to meet the people of BULGA fighting off Rio Tinto.But first we go to an International Symposium called 'Paris and Beyond'. Fergus Green tells us how Australia can be an energy superpower if we don’t miss the window of opportunity and Caroline Lambert talks about the European Union delegation to Australia. She is their first counsellor on climate and Environment.Guests: Fergus Green (LSE), Caroline Lambert (EU), Grace from Australian Youth Climate Coalition  BULGA v Rio (John Krey, Josh Creaser 350.org, Daisy Barham ACF, Jeremy Buckingham Greens NSW) The People's Climate March

Mon, November 09, 2015

Burning Peat Or Burning Coal, Emissions Are Rising On The Road To Paris

The  worst environmental disaster of the twenty first century? Emissions greater than the whole US economy? Dr Daniel Murdiyarso from CIFOR, Centre for International Forestry Research talks about Indonesian peat fires. PLUS Tim Buckley from the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA) on investor shock, stranded coal assets and how we can be a  superpower. Further Reading:Read up on the complex intersection of business and politics to what may amount as one of the greatest crimes against humanity and nature. https://theconversation.com/playing-with-fire-the-economics-and-network-of-fire-and-haze-47284 "As rains finally clear the skies over south-east Asia, dramatic Greenpeace photos show people and wildlife coping with the haze in one of the worst hit areas of Central Kalimantan on Borneo island." http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2015/nov/02/indonesias-forest-fires-living-under-a-yellow-haze-in-pictures Indonesia is burning. So why is the world looking away? by George Monbiot http://gu.com/p/4dmbb/stw

Mon, November 02, 2015

Mackay, Port Augusta (and the religious response to climate change)

In this episode we find things are moving fast around Port Augusta. The coal mine and power plant are closing. Will Australia's first  Concentrated Solar Thermal plant with storage  be built here in its place?  Vivien called on local MP Dan Van Holst Pellekaan, to find out about the Sundrop Glasshouses and found out a lot more.Ellen Roberts talks to us from the Mackay Conservation group about the Adani coal project. Is it time for a court case  more about climate impacts than skinks and lizards? Billions of people trust their religious leaders more than politicians or environmentalists. We need them to get behind climate action. The Islamic Declaration and Pope Francis's "Laudato Si " call for rapid decarbonisation in words that will surprise you.Thea Ormerod founded the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change. She talks to us about how climate unites Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians  and Jewish people.Arguably, the biggest event in town...And, have a look at these...One Earth SangaRenew Economy

Mon, October 26, 2015

Black carbon and the warming of the world

In this episode, we look at another climate catastrophe contributor - black soot.  Killling more people than HIV, malaria, and TB combined soot and smoke from cookstoves and hearths contributes not only to direct deaths but is a major contributor to climate warming.Interviewed by Alex Smith, host of Radio Ecoshockauthor of Fire and Ice, Jonathan Mingle explains how this dirty residue, a.k.a. black carbon, is one of the world's most dangerous and least understood pollutants, leading to millions of premature deaths annually and contributing more to glacial melting than carbon dioxide does.Will black soot, the second greatest cause of global warming, be regulated at Paris?Vivien hunts down the answers with scientists Gerard Wedderburn Bisshop, David Karoly and Malte Meinshausen.Put this in your diary - Melbourne People's March.  If you do nothing else to support climate change, do this!  Friday, November 27th outside the State Library.  See you there.

Mon, October 19, 2015

Close down Hazelwood, Angelsea plus a dose of salts from overseas

In this episode we are heartened by a successful campaign to close down the Anglesea coal mine, with Barrister Andrew Laird outlining how this was achieved.And then we hear from Greens MP's Dr Adam Bandt and Ellen Sandell, and John Grimes, CEO, the Australian Solar Council. The campaign to close down the Hazelwood power station is gaining momentum and they want your supprt. And lastly,  there is also a piece from The Rt Hon. the Lord Deben head of the UK committee on climate change. Join a local Melbourne action group, as an example, check out Lighter Footprints

Mon, October 12, 2015

Psychology for a Safe Climate

How are we coping with climate fuelled disasters? How can we cope better? Why are so many still in denial?In the studio, Viv has 3 psychologists and 1 psychiatrist from Psychologists for a Safe Climate to shrink the problem.Lyn Bender specialises in existential issues and her writing is widely published in, for example,  New Matilda and the Independent Australian.  Lyn was jailed over the Franklin River Dam and is an advocate for asylum seekers,Charles Le Feuvre is a distinguished psychoanalytic psychiatrist.,Susie Burke helps people rebuild their lives as well as the biodiversity that is so threatened by a changing climate.,Sue Pratt is a psychologist  and a major contributor to the two books published by Psychology for a safe climate. Sign this petition - no new coal mines!

Mon, October 05, 2015

Shenhua vs Liverpool

Retired Independent MP Tony Windsor, NSW Farmers mining spokesman Tim Duddy and farmers from the Liverpool Plains. They came to Lane Cove to mobilise support and they want to prevent Shenhua's Watermark coal mine spoiling their aquifers, and Aboriginal sacred sites. ‪#‎WrongMineWrongPlace‬People are very upset about the defeat at Maules Creek. Half the forest has been bulldozed now and Whitehaven is already producing coal from an open cut mine. Now citizens are putting all their campaigning energy into defending the Liverpool Plains farmland against Shenhua Chinese state owned coal company.

Mon, September 28, 2015

Momentum Gathers Towards Paris (and Malcolm's green thoughts in 2010)

First up in tonight's episode is Malcolm Turnball speaking in 2010 at the launch of Beyond Zero Emission's Zero Carbon Report.  The passion, strength and sentiment of this environmentally focussed speech will make even a Labor voter proud this man is prime minister, (providing they are a Green Labor voter...).  Could it be that Malcolm is the The One, the Great Green Hope, the Zorro of our times, sweeping to power and charming the arch-conservatives into a pro-climate position.Let's hope so!But where Malcolm may be going to be slow to crank up others are working at speed in their efforts to slow down/stop carbon emissions.  Listen also to artist David Watson on his Abbott Proof fence, Prof David Karoly on how he got into Climate science. Prof Will Steffan on the new Climate Council report, Guardian Divestment showcasing Bill McKibben and BZE CEO Dr Stephen Bygrave.

Mon, September 21, 2015

It's later than you think....

What they won't tell you about the climate catastrophe.Could it be that even the greenies are greenwashing us?  Professor Kevin Anderson thinks so. Kevin is a top British scientist from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (UK) and believes that climate scientists and governments are deluded, and deluding us with targets of 2% increases and collegial agreements in prepration for the Paris chat.   Instead, Kevin speaks to the impending catastrophe awaiting us and calls on the us, the high energy users, to rapidly, if not immediately, reduce our consumption, thereby reducing the need for energy supply.This isn't the first time you've heard this viewpoint, but it is time to hear it again.With thanks to the excellent Alex Smith from Radio Ecoshock, for allowing us to replay his broadcast.

Mon, September 14, 2015

"Lunatics,sociopaths and suckers"

If you ever visit a Parliament public gallery to hear a climate related debate and consider yourself 'green' be prepared to be slandered, insulted and derided.   Viv takes a seat in the NSW public gallery only to hear the Hon. Dr Peter Phelps's new definition of 'climate activist' which aside from "lunatics" includes "Stalinists, the sociopaths, the suckers, the Marxists, the misanthropists and the misguided".  Outside the parliament Viv seeks a sort of right of reply from those very 'lunatics,' including Phil Laird, from the 'Lock the Gate Alliance.'Next we replay a 3RN interview, Frank Kelly interviews Barnaby Joyce on citizens interrupting big projects.And lastly, but not leastly, Dr Debra Roberts from Durban, South Africa, talks with Viv about African cities and how they are adapting to the effects and impacts of climate change, on reforestation around Durban and the IPCC plans for cities taking climate action. Dr Roberts has played a lead role in international research, delivered papers at international conferences and written reports for the United Nations and other world organisations.

Mon, September 07, 2015

Adani vs The Law

Why would a local conservation group need to enforce the government's own laws and why would George Brandis react in a manner that seeks to align Australia with authoritarian states?Find out in this episode, where Viv uses the Carmichael Coal Case as a talking point with:Cristy Clark, Lecturer in Law at Southern Cross Uni and contributor to online zine - The Conversation (Cristy's current research is focused on the intersection of law, development and the environment)Jeff Smith, Executive Director, EDO, (independent community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law) NSW and lawyer for the mighty Mackay Conservation GroupProfessor Samantha Hepburn, (Associate Head of School (Research), Law & Busines, Deakin Uni with a strong research interest in unconventional gas regulation in Australia and is also examining the regulatory development of carbon capture sequestration both in Australia and internationally.)  "...under a democratic system, the rule of law means that the government is constrained by law and can be held accountable by the people." – Cristy Clarkhttps://theconversation.com/the-government-vs-the-environment-lawfare-in-australia-46205

Mon, August 31, 2015

"Guarding Eden"

What would it take for you to climb an industrial chimney, blockade a coal mine or make a speech to hundreds of people?The answer for the people in the just released book "Guarding Eden" is climate change.In tonight's episode Viv brings 4 guests into the studio, the author of Guarding Eden, Deborah Hart  and three of the contributors Julien Vincent (known for the organisation Market Forces, amongst other things), Carol Ride, President of Psychology for a Safe Climate,  and Fiona Armstrong, the founder and convenor of the Climate and Health Alliance.

Mon, August 24, 2015

Carbon Zombies and Axe the Tax

In this episode Vivien speaks with Dr David Holmes, Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies,  Monash University about the impact of the media and those shadowy think tanks on people's understanding of climate change.We also bring you an Michael MacKenzie (Radio National) interview with Dr Roger Dargaville.  Roger tells us how, given the political will, Australia could achieve a 50% carbon reduction by 2030.

Mon, August 17, 2015

Urgenda

Netherlands court protects unborn citizens, the URGENDA case with Marjan Minnesma.URGENDA took the Netherlands Government to court for NOT protecting unborn citizens from climate change. They won! Marjan Minnesma tells us how this case is affecting the EU and why she will be  walking to Paris from Utrecht.Yeb Sanyo  is off to  the Paris Climate talks too. He is walking from Rome carrying "Laudato SI" but why did he quit his UN job?Anna Abad from Greenpeace in the Philippines, takes us to Tacloban - ground zero for Typhoon HaiyanWe ask "How is Australian coal fuelling typhoons like Haiyan?"Nikola Casule explains how divesting your money erodes the social licence for coal.

Mon, August 10, 2015

Health and Climate Change

Will global warming reverse ALL the advances made by modern medicine?The Lancet Commission report urges us to engage medical people into future planning. They are already on the front line, as hospitals are flooded and heat stress makes morgues overflow.In this show Vivien interviews Professor Peter Sainsbury and Dr Helen Redmond discussing the recent report from The Lancet.

Mon, August 03, 2015

ALP Conference 2015

In this episode we are at the Australian Labor Party Conference Mark Butler MP, Shadow Minister for Climate change, John Grimes­ of the Australian Solar Council and Bill Shorten MP, Leader of the Opposition announce bold new support for renewables.  BUT... Jackie Trad, Deputy Premier of QLD says coal mines like Adani will go ahead "We need the jobs".ALP conference speakers from the CFMEU (Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union National) and others talk about taking care of workers as we decarbonise.And lastly Professor Roger Dargaville from Melbourne University explains how the 50% by 2030 target could be achieved. (Interview courtesy of Radio National's Michael Mackenzie (ABC RN)

Mon, July 27, 2015

Resolution on Climate Action

Vivien interviews members from the Labour Environment Action Network (LEAN) - members interviewed include Felicity Wade, Asren Pugh and Claire O'Rourke.Beyond Zero Emissions appreciated the fringe events at the ALP conference in Melbourne.Vivien attended and made this compilation of voices from the climate rally outside featuring Fiona Armstrong from CAHA, Peter Marshall a firefighter, John Grimes ASC, Anthony Albanese MP and Mark Butler MP.Vivien also interviews Senator Larissa Waters about her reactions to this latest Labour initiative.

Mon, July 20, 2015

The War on Renewables

As the government puts renewables on go slow and the opposition searches for fresh policies to slow climate change, BZE talks to the people who are striding ahead. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation, The Australian Solar Council and  The NSW Farmers  Federation BZE talks to Oliver Yates (Clean Energy Finance Corporation), John Grimes (Australian Solar Council) and Mark Butler (ALP).Don't forget to check out the Fringe (adjunct to ALP Conference)or have a look at Saturday Paper (July 18th).

Mon, July 13, 2015

Small NSW town Bulga vs Rio Tinto

In this episode, Vivien interviewed a miner, a lawyer, an economist, a climate campaigner and a local leader from Bulga, New South Wales, Australia.This drama has played out in the courts where Rio lost. Now, moving towards the end of the age of coal, will this be the test case where a mine is not approved because of its ecological and social impact?

Mon, July 06, 2015

We can all be activiists

Stephen Mayne is an experienced shareholder activist and shares some actions that anyone could engage in. Vivien chats to Stephen Bygrave about the December United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. And Felicity Millner, (Environment Justice Australia) represents nature, using the law to protect our environment.

Mon, June 29, 2015

Timor Leste - Part II (and Senator Rice)

This episode is the second and final part of our Timor Leste special, with a focus on permaculture and resilience for Timorese subsistence farmers. The resource curse, dry rivers, smoky cooking fires and drop toilets also make an appearance.  We talk to; Ego Lemos, Dr Dan Murphy, and Barry Hinton.   Lastly, but not leastly, Senator Janet Rice (facebook) joins us in our commiserations over the RET amendment passing the Senate.

Mon, June 22, 2015

Timor Leste - Part I

Tonight's show is created from a recent trip Viv made to our very near neighbour Timor Leste.  How is this tiny nation coping with climate disruption and adaptation.  Hear Viv speaking with Adao Soares Barbosa, lead negotiator for loss and damage to Timor Leste at the UN, Hector Hill reflecting on permaculture, seeds for life and Timor Leste's projects towards food security and lastly Trudy Dale, scientist from Conservation International on Atauro Island  on reforestation and water.Next week we bring you Timor Leste Part II, featuring more interviews from Viv's trip.

Mon, June 08, 2015

Bits and bobs

In tonight's episode Viv and Jane appeal for your help.  It's radiothon time at 3CR and the station needs you the listener to keep us on air for another year.  Without government support or profit 3CR needs its listeners to show their love.  Call ANYTIME on 03 9419 8377 in business hours or go to 3cr.org.au and then follow the Radiothon link to donate online. In between appeals for donations in this episode we hear from Adrian Burrugubba, Dr Peter Sainsbury, Greg Foyster, Maggie Barron, Dr Dan Murphy in East Timor (a foretaste of the some upcoming shows recorded by Viv in Timor Leste recently) and David Spratt.   Donate!  You know you want to  :)

Mon, June 01, 2015

Closing Hazelwood Power Station

In tonight's episode, Vivien focuses on reasons and efforts to close down Australia's dirtiest brown coal power station - Hazelwood.  Vivien speaks with Lisa Neville - Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water, Ellen Sandell - State MP for Melbourne, Tom Doig - author of The Coal Face.

Mon, May 25, 2015

The Guardian and Powerwall

In this episode, Beyond Zero Emissions, Community presents:- The Guardian's - Biggest Story of the World, Episode 2 - The Angle- Natasha Mitchell (courtesy of ABC Radio National, Life Matters) interviewing Tristan Edis, Editor, Climate Spectator and Kane Thorton, CEO, Clean Energy Council regarding Powerwall, Tesla's new battery. - Beth Shepherd interviewing Laura Lanteiri, the last in the series about Climarte, the intersection between art and the environment.

Mon, May 18, 2015

Listening to the workers, where are the green jobs?

In this episode, BZE Community radio goes on a listening tour to find out who has done what work in relation to transitioning workers out of carbon heavy jobs.  Viv builds on the talk (March 2015) by Bob Massie from Harvard who visited Latrobe and Hunter Valleys as well as the Galilee Basin and found a lot of rehabilitation needs to be done.Join our guests: Amanda Tattersall from Unions NSW, John Parker from Gippsland Trades and Labour Council, Dave Kerrin - Earthworker Co-Operative, Darren Snell, RMIT University, Tim Gooden Geelong Trades hall and John Rainford - A Short History of Social Democracy throw in their two bob’s worth.Here's one idea from Renew Economy (online magazine)

Mon, May 11, 2015

Farewell Christine Milne

This episode is a tribute of sorts to the outgoing leader of the Australian Greens party, Senator Christene Milne.   The first piece is a speech of Senator Milne's given at Sydney University, April 27th,  followed by a short interview with Fran Kelly after the announcement of her departure. Lastly, Beth Shepherd interviews Soren Dahlgaard, artist and curator, about the Maldives Exodus Caravan show.   This show is an interactive art project exploring the link between politics and environmental action as well as the impact of climate disruption on low-lying nations.

Mon, May 04, 2015

Divest Divest Divest

In this episode we hear from Ben Caldecott (Oxford University)  on Stranded Assets, nothing to do with whales!Blair Palese , CEO of 350.ORG Australia follows up with a talk on Disruptive Divesting and then Giles Parkinson, from the online publication, Renew Economy , surfs the waves of the emerging decarbonised state.Lastly, but not leastly, Stephen Bygrave (CEO, BZE) reports from his trip in Europe, lighting the way forward in these relcalcitrant times.

Mon, April 27, 2015

Closing big carbon down

In this episode we are ramping up against big coal from the Galilee basin to the LaTrobe Valley.    Included is an interview with Thom Mitchell (journalist with New Matilda),  some of the speeches from the 'Replace Hazelwood Rally' in Melbourne (15th April), Jennifer Colbert from Solar Neighbours has set up a scheme for avoiding big coal, and finally, Beth Shepherd interviews Joanna Bosse (Curator of Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne University) in relation to CLIMARTE.

Mon, April 20, 2015

If we give politicians a carbon budget, won't they spend it all?

Ellen Sandell (Melbourne Greens, Vic) speaks to Viv about the Green's campaign to close down dirty brown coal Hazelwood power station (dirtiest in Australia, 3rd dirtiest in the world).  In 2010 the Victorian Labour Party promised to phase out Hazelwood, Ellen Sandell and the Greens are now reminding  Labour of John Brumby's promise to shut down Hazelwood and replace its output with clean energy.  GDF Suez owns Hazelwood and on its website  states that it is 'has become one of the nation’s leading independent power companies.'  Ellen and Viv discuss GDF Suez's responsibilities in relation to Hazelwood. Earthworker Co-op - bringing green jobs to the LaTrobe Valley by making solar hot water systems.  Call 1300 GO EARTHDavid Spratt, thought leader and co-author of Climate Code Red is in the studio, reiterating the action required to arrest, combat and reverse clilmate change, that is: 1) build renewables, 2) close down the fossil fuel industry (remember Australia is the highest emitter per capita) and 3) go for energy efficiency.In the last interview, Viv speaks with one of the traditional owners from Wangan Jagalingou country in Qld, Adrian Burrugubba.  Adrian's people also are trying to stop the Indian coal giant ADANI from exporting mega amounts of coal from this area.

Mon, April 13, 2015

Heat Stress and Wind

Viv speaks with Greg Foyster and Maggie Baron from 'The Big Issue' about the severe impact of Heat Waves and the people who are hit the hardest.James Curzon interviews Andrew Bray from the Wind Alliance about wind farms & the RET.Stephen Bygrave (CEO, Beyond Zero Emissions) speaks to Viv about business uncertainty due to the government's policies, or lack of them, surrounding the RET and the government's so-callled  'Black Paper' about our energy future.Plus... Paris must have a goal of net zero emissions and no more carbon budgeting!View Getup video - 'Don't cut the RET Tony Abbott'  - Click here

Mon, April 06, 2015

The Great Debate - Sustainable Living Festival

As the climate crisis continues to unfold so too does the polarisation of core strategy within the environment movement. At one end of the spectrum, some environmentalists are fueled by a strong belief that speeding up an implosion of the global financial system is the only thing that can prevent catastrophic climate change – they emphasise a need to focus all efforts on building our resilience to survive in low resource-dependent and localised economies. Counter to this position are others who remain firmly dedicated to building a mass global movement to achieve a full-scale emergency, wartime-like transition of our economy – they anticipate the restoration of safe climate conditions by rapidly eliminating greenhouse gas pollution and actively cooling the planet through conversion of the current system. It seems that urgent times create radical responses – we have run out of time for half measures – what will it take to rescue the climate?For the full debate, including video click here.

Mon, March 30, 2015

The NSW Election

In this episode Adam Searle  (ALP NSW) and John Kaye (Greens) speak with Viv and Alan Rusbridger (Editor in Chief, The Guardian) explains why on his way out of the editorship at The Guardian he decided to commit to the  'Biggest Story in the World', which is of course, climate change.

Mon, March 23, 2015

Coal is on the way out

"They know coal is coming to an end"Harvard economist Bob Massey on his tour of coal rich regions. He outlines the transition we must make with jobs, with our economy and with our way of working together. Bob is the former head of the New Economy Coalition.Blair Palese from 350.org describes Bob's tour from the Latrobe Valley to the Galilee Basin.

Mon, March 16, 2015

Climate Communications and Energy Freedom

Tonight we have two representatives from Energy Freedom, firstly Viv speaks with James Branwell, Coordinator Energy Freedom, then Jane speaks with Richard Keech, Researcher for Beyond Zero EmissionsFinishing up this episode, George Marshall is the founder of the Climate Outreach Information Network and author of Don't Even Think About It: Why our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change. He blogs at www.climatedenial.org

Mon, March 09, 2015

How is our health?

How's our health? In this episode Viv measures our health with interviews with Professor Peter Sainsbury, University of Sydney, and then Fiona Armstrong, author of "Our Uncashed Dividend: The Health Benefits of Climate Action".   Lastly, Francis Grey (founder of Economists at Large) stacks up our current economic health against the effects of climate change.

Mon, December 15, 2014

From UoM to IAE to FOE

In this episode Vivien talks to Rod Quantock, Dagmar Graczyk and Leigh Ewbank and finds out the projected date for the last Tim Tam on earth. In early 2014, Rod Quantock became a research associate at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, working on the presentations of climate change impacts and resource crises. Dagmar Graczyk, Manager for South Asia, works for IEA (International Energy Agency).Leigh Ewbank, Yes 2 Renewables Community Coordinator, for Friends of the Earth (FOE).