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Today on the show Nic Fox from the Victorian Forest Alliance joins host Phil Evans via the phone to let us know how to party fopr a purpose this weekend with Festival for the Forests. Book your FREE ticket here (Limited numbers due to COVID restrictions)Check out the art from the auction here and make a bid. You can call or message 0423 109 765 to make an appointment to view the art outside of the...

This week our host Phil Evans tries to inspire you to action by getting involved at Friends of the Earth. Sign up to hear more about volunteering hereSign our petition to protect Snow Gum forests here 

Today on the show Lock the Gate's Freja Leonard joins me via phone to talk about gas, why we need to kick this dirty fossil fuel habit, and how local governments are spearheading the Renewables Not Gas revolution. Join a webinar on Thursday Januay 27th - details here.

Alice, an activist involved with the Blockade IMARC alliance, joins host Phil Evans for a conversation about what extractivism is, how we need to think beyond growth economics, and how to get involved with Blockade IMARC and the resistance against global extractivism. Find out more about Blockade IMARC hereJoin an information session on Sunday, 11AM on January 23rdGet involved with a citizen scien...

Today on the show, Director of United Workers Union, Caterina Cinanni, joins Friends of the Earth Act on Climate Coordinator, Anna Langford, to talk through what green capitalism is, and how we can smash it through solidarity. We also hear the story of the victorious striking women who took action at Melbourne Fashion Week. Find out more about Cooperative Power. Get involved with Freinds of the Ea...

This week on the show Phil is joined by Jarrah and Belle from Blockade Australia - a new network of activists taking a systemic and direct action approach to solving the climate crisis. You can find out more about Blockade Australia on their website, and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Read ANFA's statement on AUKUS and nuclear submarines here. Find out more about Friends of the E...

This week on the show we hear another of the presentations from a recent webinar held by Friends of the Earth and the Climate Council about the potential for an offshore wind industry in Australia. This time we heard a little further north ot the home of the world's largest coal port, Newcastle, and hear from Lord Mayor, Nuatali Nelmes, aobu how offshore wind could be a transition boom for the cit...

Today on the show we hear some of the highlights from a recent webinar held by Friends of the Earth and the Climate Council about the potential for an offshore wind industry in Australia. We hear presentations from Tony Wolfe, a coal fired power plant worker, and Penny Howard, a research officer with the Maritime Union of Australia. Watch the full webinar here Read the Blue Economy Cooperative rep...

This week on Dirt Radio - Lucinda, Mareta, and Phil catch up with Friends of the Earth's Anthony Amis and Michelle Baxter from the Strzlecki Koala Action Team and find out why the koala issue is a lot more complicated than first glance. Get involved with the Strzlecki Koala Action Team at Friends of the Earth here. Get involved with protecting Greater Gliders by joining the crew at GECO, or with t...

Today on the show we will catch up Laura Sykes - Friends of the Earth’s Sustainable Cities collective coordinator to talk about all things transport, climate change and anew campaign that is being launched called Better Buses in Melbourne’s West. Take action to call for better buses. Take part in a day of action to call on stronger Australian targets for COP26 (if it goes ahead!)

We listen in to a presentation by the Kathy Jetnil-Kijner - and activist, artist and poet from the Marshall Islands - made at the Climate Change Challenges to the Cultural Identity and Sovereignty of Pacific Atoll Nations conference organised by the Pacific Island Council of QLD(link is external) and Friends of the Earth in July. Join the national Day of Action for Australia's 2030 Climate Target...

We listen in to a presentation by the Honourable Simon Kofe - The Tuvalu Foreign Minister - made at the Climate Change Challenges to the Cultural Identity and Sovereignty of Pacific Atoll Nations conference organised by the Pacific Island Council of QLD and Friends of the Earth in July. SIGN THE PETITION: Call on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to match (or beat) Boris and Biden's climate targets fo...

Zianna Fuad from Friends of the Earth Australia joins Phil Evans via phone to discuss LGBTIQA+ struggles, and how they intersect with climate justice work. We also run through 6 ways to build more inclusive movements:Educate yourself about LGBTIQA+ struggles and share knowledge and resources. Challenge harmful perceptions and actions, especially if you’re straight and cis-gendered. Never assume id...

Today we are looking at so called, "junk agroecology" and what's behind the transition towards a sustainable agricultural narrative in agroecology circles. We will dig into a report released in 2020 titled “Junk Agroecology: The corporate capture of agroecology for a partial ecological transition without social justice.”Yes, it is Food Sovereignty, Agricultural Practices, Corporate Cooption and so...

A new report suggests that Australia has some of the world’s best offshore wind assets, in fact enough to replace our aging fleet of coal fired power plants. Centred in this new opportunity is the Latrobe Valley, home of Victoria’s remaining brown coal reserves and power generation. It’s never been as simple as switch off coal and switch on renewables, and today we will be joined by Pat Simons fro...

Phil is joined by Friends of the Earth's Sam Castro, who is part of an international working group looking at dismantling patrirchy and gender justice. Friends of the Earth believes that social and environmental justice is only achievable through a radical transformation of our societies. We seek justice and freedom from all systems that devalue and exploit women, peoples and the environment, incl...

The temporary ban (moratorium) on onshore ‘conventional’ gas drilling, which has been in place across Victoria since 2014, expires July 1st. This will leave significant areas across Gippsland and South West Victoria exposed to gas exploration. Phil is joined on the phone by Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth to talk about the renewed threat. Drillwatch is coming - sign up here.

Friends of the Earth Bangaldesh AKA Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association or BELA, have made calls for an independent investigation into the shooting of coal plant workers by police back in April that left 7 people dead. The workers were defending their worker’s rights and payment of their overdue salary. We hear from Bareesh Hasan Chowdhury a research lawyer from Friends of the Earth Banga...

For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous climate change. As a result of legal action brought by Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) together with 17,000 co-plaintiffs and six other organisations1 the court in The Hague ruled that Shell must reduce its CO2 emissions by 45% within 10 years. This historic verdict has enormous consequence...

The onshore conventional gas moratorium - or temporary ban - is due to be lifted on June 30. This means that a potential new front could open up in the fight against fossil fuels with onshore drilling and exploration across Victoria's farmlands. In this report we hear from South West VIC resident and former dairy farmer, Gillian Blair, and the Australia Institute's Mark Ogge, about how the economi...

Phil is joined by Friends of the Earth's Sam Cossar-Gilbert to talk about the Cane Toad Awards. From BHP’s Samarco dam disaster in Brazil to Mayur Resources’ push for the first coal industry in the Pacific.  Many Australian companies are implicated in the destruction of our planet and peoples livelihoods, just like cane toads. Demand accountability by voting in Australia’s most disgusting award, s...

This week we caught up with Nina Atkinson from Tipping Point - a Friends of the Earth project supporting the Stop Adani grasroots movement. The Stop Adani and Beyond roadshows are coming up in early June - and they have a bold new strategy to ensure that no financing goes towards this destrcutive coal mine. Join your local roadshow here (Melbourne is June 1)

The Andrews government has announced Victoria’s climate strategy including Emissions Reduction Targets of 28-33 percent below 2005 levels by 2025 and 45-50 percent by 2030.The long-awaited announcement comes after a four-year community campaign for science-based targets and a year-long delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leigh Ewbank from Friends of the Earth joins to unpack the decision, and what...

Phil is joined in the studio by Leigh Ewbank - Friends of the Earth's Act On Climate Coordinator - talk talk about what is going on with climate policy here and abroad, what are net zero emissions, and how you can get active on climate justice. Think Global and Act Local! Join a local grassroots group - like Friends of the EarthWrite to your MPSign up to be part of delivery day of the People's Cli...

This week we are joined by Anna Langford from Friends of the Earth's Act on Climate collective to talk about the People's Climate Strategy - a bold project that crowdsourced climate solutions from the general public. You can attend the launch of the strategy on April 22 by registering here