Align in the Sound - New Economy Network / Radio BTL / CoCanberra

After the Arab Spring, Kurdish forces took control of North-East Syria, known as Rojava – or western Kurdistan in the Kurdish language. They began implementing a radically democratic system of governance. Each locality is independent, while under a regional constitution guaranteeing wide ranging freedoms. Each sub community in a locality – women, ethnic groups, youth, etc – are asked to organise t...

These recordings were made by Radio Behind the Lines, at the Green Institutes 2019 conference. The Green Institute is an Australian non-profit organisation, their mission being to “support green politics through education, action, research and debate“. Green politics means broad community-wide change grounded in the principles of ecology, social justice, democracy, non-violence, sustainability and...

These recordings were made by Radio Behind the Lines, at the Green Institutes 2019 conference. The Green Institute is an Australian non-profit organisation, their mission being to “support green politics through education, action, research and debate“. Green politics means broad community-wide change grounded in the principles of ecology, social justice, democracy, non-violence, sustainability and...

These recordings were made by Radio Behind the Lines, at the Green Institutes 2019 conference. The Green Institute is an Australian non-profit organisation, their mission being to “support green politics through education, action, research and debate“. Green politics means broad community-wide change grounded in the principles of ecology, social justice, democracy, non-violence, sustainability and...

These recordings were made by Radio Behind the Lines, at the Green Institutes 2019 conference. The Green Institute is an Australian non-profit organisation, their mission being to “support green politics through education, action, research and debate“. Green politics means broad community-wide change grounded in the principles of ecology, social justice, democracy, non-violence, sustainability and...

As Australian politics continues its scramble to open up vast new coal mines and drive the world towards a climate change catastrophe, the Adani mine in the Carmichael basin of Queensland has begun clearing land for its mine, endangered species and all. We talk to some of the players who are at the cutting edge of climate activism about how we can stop the juggernaut and institute a better, saner...

Imagineering, or Envisioning, is a technique which enables a community to imagine the best possible future for itself. Once a vision for the community is established, they can then set about figuring out how to get there. Transition Canberra and the New Economy Network of Australia's Canberra Regional Hub independently wound up hosting envisioning type events within a fortnight of one another. We...

Extinction Rebellion has grown from a small outfit in the UK to an international movement in a matter of months. Alongside the powerful School Strike 4 Climate they have been credited with the UKs recent announcement of a Climate Emergency. Australia has a number of XR chapters opening up across the country. Behind the Lines spoke with the organiser of one of these recently formed chapters.

The Bob Brown Foundation launhced a convoy which went from Hobart up to the depths of coal mining country in outback Queensland, holding rallies along the way. They returned to Canberra for a big rally at Parliament House which drew about 5000 people. Behind the Lines caught up with a few of the folks who had been on the convoy just after the Canberra rally, to have a yarn about how it had gone.

The Builders Laborers Federation was a union in Australia, representing those workers without a trade who did all the hard yards on the building site. Through their strong community links, they heard lots about the effects of inappropriate development on normal folks, and came up with the "Green Ban" as a response. They simply refused to work on projects that were socially or environmentally damag...

The School Strike 4 Climate is an international movement run by school students. Today we have Maeve and Indy, who are part of the Canberra contingent, to have a yarn about what is going on, and why. Inspired by the bold, lone strike action of Greta Thunberg on the steps of parliament in Sweden, the idea has spread to all continents. Find the strike map here: https://www.fridaysforfuture.org/event...

The locals in mainly Kurdish Northern Syria, or Rojava (western Kurdistan) have managed, since the Assad regime lost control of the area, to implement a bottom-up "Democratic Confederal" structure - designed largely by Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the kurdish marxist rebel group PKK, who has been imprisoned in a Turkish prison for decades. The system was inspired in part by the writings of Murra...

The bHive Cooperative is a community owned person-to-person sharing economy platform being developed for Bendigo. Behind the Lines dropped in and talked with Ian McBurney and Clare Fountain. The system builds on a personalised "Village", providing each member with an assortment of Commons which they can use to develop their community and reduce their cost of living. On top of that bHive will build...

Logging continues throughout NSW, comissioned by the state government. The Regional Forest Agreement signed 20 years ago that has been feeding the Eden woodchip mill with our forests ever since is up for renewal. Hear from 2 south coast communities who have recently encountered logging of their home turf, at Corruna and Mogo.

Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia, or CORENA provides a practical and effective way for ‘the people’ to collectively fund new renewable energy installations NOW instead of just waiting on government action. Our solar funding model (revolving loan fund) enables all of us who want a rapid transition to renewable energy to chip in and collectively help pay for practical renewable energy...

Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia, or CORENA provides a practical and effective way for ‘the people’ to collectively fund new renewable energy installations NOW instead of just waiting on government action. Our solar funding model (revolving loan fund) enables all of us who want a rapid transition to renewable energy to chip in and collectively help pay for practical renewable energy...

Mud Fun blends the construction sciences (architecture, engineering and building) with the cultural performing arts (music, dance, theatrics) to produce a functional structure with full community participation in the process of its creation. This is even better than it sounds - check out the website at https://www.mudfunaustralia.com/

Getting good things done needs collaboration, collaboration needs communication and communication needs connectivity. That’s why connectivity is the theme of this year’s Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Between 15 – 19 April 2018 we met in southern NSW to improve our connectivity. Community Radio 2XX 98.3FM's Behind the Lines was there and recorded what it could of the talks and workshops fo...

Getting good things done needs collaboration, collaboration needs communication and communication needs connectivity. That’s why connectivity is the theme of this year’s Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Between 15 – 19 April 2018 we met in southern NSW to improve our connectivity. Community Radio 2XX 98.3FM's Behind the Lines was there and recorded what it could of the talks and workshops fo...

Getting good things done needs collaboration, collaboration needs communication and communication needs connectivity. That’s why connectivity is the theme of this year’s Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Between 15 – 19 April 2018 we met in southern NSW to improve our connectivity. Community Radio 2XX 98.3FM's Behind the Lines was there and recorded what it could of the talks and workshops fo...

Getting good things done needs collaboration, collaboration needs communication and communication needs connectivity. That’s why connectivity is the theme of this year’s Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Between 15 – 19 April 2018 we met in southern NSW to improve our connectivity. Community Radio 2XX 98.3FM's Behind the Lines was there and recorded what it could of the talks and workshops fo...

Getting good things done needs collaboration, collaboration needs communication and communication needs connectivity. That’s why connectivity is the theme of this year’s Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Between 15 – 19 April 2018 we met in southern NSW to improve our connectivity. Community Radio 2XX 98.3FM's Behind the Lines was there and recorded what it could of the talks and workshops fo...

Getting good things done needs collaboration, collaboration needs communication and communication needs connectivity. That’s why connectivity is the theme of this year’s Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Between 15 – 19 April 2018 we met in southern NSW to improve our connectivity. Community Radio 2XX 98.3FM's Behind the Lines was there and recorded what it could of the talks and workshops fo...

Getting good things done needs collaboration, collaboration needs communication and communication needs connectivity. That’s why connectivity is the theme of this year’s Australasian Permaculture Convergence. Between 15 – 19 April 2018 we met in southern NSW to improve our connectivity. Community Radio 2XX 98.3FM's Behind the Lines was there and recorded what it could of the talks and workshops fo...

The arrival of the climate crisis, sharply deepening inequality, the rise of the extreme right, and massively accelerating technological development make the next 25 years among the most pivotal in human history to date. If we don’t change direction dramatically, we face a future that is nasty, brutish and short. We have a very brief window to turn this around and create a society that can not onl...