Climate Action Show

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...

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...

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...

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"

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 Gu...

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 Also, Julie Lyford brings us Groundswell Gloucester's victory over AGL Energy, who have now withdrawn their franking intentions.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 More...

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 fa...

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...

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.   

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!  :)

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  

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 effe...

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 BZ...

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)      

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...

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.

"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 T...

 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 t...

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 Aust...

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 u...

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...

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. blac...

 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...

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 Frankl...

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...