Climate Action Show

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...

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...

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 ret...

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 an...

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 consumer...

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

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...

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,...

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 Sc...

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 n...

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...

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 ina...