Climate Action Show

 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

 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 pl...

 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.  M...

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 n...

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 an...

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.or...

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/

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 emergenc...

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?...

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) M...

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 o...

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...

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 politic...

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 acecr...

This show was broadcast on Mon 5th December 2016

 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....

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 ...

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...

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...

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 Wo...

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...

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...

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 an...

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 All...

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 P...