Climate Action Show

In this episode, Vivien interviewed a miner, a lawyer, an economist, a climate campaigner and a local leader from Bulga, New South Wales, Australia. This drama has played out in the courts where Rio lost. Now, moving towards the end of the age of coal, will this be the test case where a mine is not approved because of its ecological and social impact?

Stephen Mayne is an experienced shareholder activist and shares some actions that anyone could engage in. Vivien chats to Stephen Bygrave about the December United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. And Felicity Millner, (Environment Justice Australia) represents nature, using the law to protect our environment.

 This episode is the second and final part of our Timor Leste special, with a focus on permaculture and resilience for Timorese subsistence farmers. The resource curse, dry rivers, smoky cooking fires and drop toilets also make an appearance.  We talk to; Ego Lemos, Dr Dan Murphy, and Barry Hinton.   Lastly, but not leastly, Senator Janet Rice (facebook) joins us in our commiserations over the RET...

Tonight's show is created from a recent trip Viv made to our very near neighbour Timor Leste.  How is this tiny nation coping with climate disruption and adaptation.  Hear Viv speaking with Adao Soares Barbosa, lead negotiator for loss and damage to Timor Leste at the UN, Hector Hill reflecting on permaculture, seeds for life and Timor Leste's projects towards food security and lastly Trudy Dale,...

In tonight's episode Viv and Jane appeal for your help.  It's radiothon time at 3CR and the station needs you the listener to keep us on air for another year.  Without government support or profit 3CR needs its listeners to show their love.  Call ANYTIME on 03 9419 8377 in business hours or go to 3cr.org.au and then follow the Radiothon link to donate online. In between appeals for donations in th...

In tonight's episode, Vivien focuses on reasons and efforts to close down Australia's dirtiest brown coal power station - Hazelwood.  Vivien speaks with Lisa Neville - Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water, Ellen Sandell - State MP for Melbourne, Tom Doig - author of The Coal Face.

In this episode, Beyond Zero Emissions, Community presents:- The Guardian's - Biggest Story of the World, Episode 2 - The Angle- Natasha Mitchell (courtesy of ABC Radio National, Life Matters) interviewing Tristan Edis, Editor, Climate Spectator and Kane Thorton, CEO, Clean Energy Council regarding Powerwall, Tesla's new battery. - Beth Shepherd interviewing Laura Lanteiri, the last in the series...

In this episode, BZE Community radio goes on a listening tour to find out who has done what work in relation to transitioning workers out of carbon heavy jobs.  Viv builds on the talk (March 2015) by Bob Massie from Harvard who visited Latrobe and Hunter Valleys as well as the Galilee Basin and found a lot of rehabilitation needs to be done. Join our guests: Amanda Tattersall from Unions NSW, John...

This episode is a tribute of sorts to the outgoing leader of the Australian Greens party, Senator Christene Milne.   The first piece is a speech of Senator Milne's given at Sydney University, April 27th,  followed by a short interview with Fran Kelly after the announcement of her departure. Lastly, Beth Shepherd interviews Soren Dahlgaard, artist and curator, about the Maldives Exodus Caravan show...

In this episode we hear from Ben Caldecott (Oxford University)  on Stranded Assets, nothing to do with whales! Blair Palese , CEO of 350.ORG Australia follows up with a talk on Disruptive Divesting and then Giles Parkinson, from the online publication, Renew Economy , surfs the waves of the emerging decarbonised state. Lastly, but not leastly, Stephen Bygrave (CEO, BZE) reports from his trip in Eu...

In this episode we are ramping up against big coal from the Galilee basin to the LaTrobe Valley.    Included is an interview with Thom Mitchell (journalist with New Matilda),  some of the speeches from the 'Replace Hazelwood Rally' in Melbourne (15th April), Jennifer Colbert from Solar Neighbours has set up a scheme for avoiding big coal, and finally, Beth Shepherd interviews Joanna Bosse (Curator...

 Ellen Sandell (Melbourne Greens, Vic) speaks to Viv about the Green's campaign to close down dirty brown coal Hazelwood power station (dirtiest in Australia, 3rd dirtiest in the world).  In 2010 the Victorian Labour Party promised to phase out Hazelwood, Ellen Sandell and the Greens are now reminding  Labour of John Brumby's promise to shut down Hazelwood and replace its output with clean energy....

Viv speaks 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. James Curzon interviews Andrew Bray from the Wind Alliance about wind farms & the RET.Stephen Bygrave (CEO, Beyond Zero Emissions) speaks to Viv about business uncertainty due to the government's policies, or lack of them, surrounding the RET and the gove...

As the climate crisis continues to unfold so too does the polarisation of core strategy within the environment movement. At one end of the spectrum, some environmentalists are fueled by a strong belief that speeding up an implosion of the global financial system is the only thing that can prevent catastrophic climate change – they emphasise a need to focus all efforts on building our resilience to...

In this episode Adam Searle  (ALP NSW) and John Kaye (Greens) speak with Viv and Alan Rusbridger (Editor in Chief, The Guardian) explains why on his way out of the editorship at The Guardian he decided to commit to the  'Biggest Story in the World', which is of course, climate change. 

"They know coal is coming to an end"Harvard economist Bob Massey on his tour of coal rich regions. He outlines the transition we must make with jobs, with our economy and with our way of working together. Bob is the former head of the New Economy Coalition. Blair Palese from 350.org describes Bob's tour from the Latrobe Valley to the Galilee Basin.

Tonight we have two representatives from Energy Freedom, firstly Viv speaks with James Branwell, Coordinator Energy Freedom, then Jane speaks with Richard Keech, Researcher for Beyond Zero EmissionsFinishing up this episode, George Marshall is the founder of the Climate Outreach Information Network and author of Don't Even Think About It: Why our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change. He blogs...

How's our health? In this episode Viv measures our health with interviews with Professor Peter Sainsbury, University of Sydney, and then Fiona Armstrong, author of "Our Uncashed Dividend: The Health Benefits of Climate Action".   Lastly, Francis Grey (founder of Economists at Large) stacks up our current economic health against the effects of climate change.

In this episode Vivien talks to Rod Quantock, Dagmar Graczyk and Leigh Ewbank and finds out the projected date for the last Tim Tam on earth. In early 2014, Rod Quantock became a research associate at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, working on the presentations of climate change impacts and resource crises. Dagmar Graczyk, Manager for South Asia, works for IEA...