Climate Action Show

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.

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-ene...

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 rese...

 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 home...

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...

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 Jeffr...

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 ab...

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....

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 - Invest...

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  # s...

 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...

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...

  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.

  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...

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- Fir...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 developme...

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.......

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...

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 psychol...

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 als...

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 o...