Uncommon Courage

Send us Fan Mail Twelve months ago, a UN Report stated that achieving equality could take nearly 300 years if the current rate of progress continues. In the study, it was revealed “how gender disparities are worsening in the face of “cascading” global crises – such as the COVID-19 pandemic, violent conflict, and climate change – coupled with the backlash against women’s sexual and reproductive hea...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back after a short break from The Know Show, and this week we’re going to tackle a big topic - how can we secure our future if we cannot secure peace? Were you aware that we have as much war and unrest today as we did before World War Two? We cannot take this moment lightly and pretend everything is fine because it isn’t. In fact, it's a very tense and dangerous time....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a unique show, where three special guests will help me understand what is going on in Australia, as it builds towards it’s referendum aka The Voice. Australians are being asked to vote for an alteration to the Australian Constitution, which will give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders a voice to parliament on matters relating to their community. For me it’s a clear...

Send us Fan Mail As we are all based in Asia, we have access to a perspective on China that is rarely reflected in the global media, especially if it’s from the Northern Hemisphere. This means we see a lack of balance presented in the media, as well as by politicians in the North, and as we are all aware, the antagonism between East and West is growing, with many nations stuck in the middle of thi...

Send us Fan Mail Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has finally called the start of El Nino, even though the US’s NOAA claimed it started a few months ago. The BOM’s announcement, combined with a positive Indian Ocean Dipole, means in the coming months, the effects will start to be felt, and heat extremes are expected.  Right now, in September, when the effects of El Nino are not present, the...

Send us Fan Mail I am delighted to introduce you to a wonderful human being, Aoja Aron, who is from Uganda, and right now, he is working across the country to help the estimated 1.6 million refugees live more sustainably on the land provided by the Government and people of Uganda.  An enormously complex challenge, Aoja takes us through what the refugees face day in day out, as well as the impact o...

Send us Fan Mail We have seen 11 extreme flooding events so far this September and just this week, as we were trying coming to terms with the devastating earthquake that hit Morocco, Libya experienced a catastrophic flooding event. In one of its cities, Derna, 25 per cent of the town has been washed away, with predictions suggesting a staggering 20,000 lives could be lost.  Also reported this week...

Send us Fan Mail In Canada, 13.7 million hectares of forest have burned (and continues to burn), which is twice as much as the 1989 record. We’ve seen fires in Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, Portugal, Croatia, Algeria, Tunisia, and of course, the US, where the fires in Maui are the worst in its history. But we’re moving into Summer in the Southern Hemisphere now, and fires have already brok...

Send us Fan Mail After an extended break, The Know Show is back and as always, we will discuss the major news events and shocks happening around the world, discussing issues from all angles, always attempting to provide balance in these complex times.  From the on-going war in Ukraine, to politics around the world, Spain’s #MeToo movement, and of course, the extreme season of weather that has batt...

Send us Fan Mail I was delighted to work with Kevin Cottam, The Global Nomad, on how to uncover my values and take it one step further, so it could really come to life. We often hear people talking about values, but what does it really mean and what are they? Listen in as Kevin takes us through the importance of values and then we discuss what came up in my values assessment and how to take the re...

Send us Fan Mail In May, I published this ebook length blog on preparing for wet bulb temperatures, or when the heat index pushes us into 'too hot to live' territory https://andreatedwards.com/2023/06/climate-courage-get-ready-for-wet-bulb-temperatures-aka-when-its-too-hot-to-live/  As so many people prefer to listen, rather than read, I've decided to record it and put it in a podca...

Send us Fan Mail Meet two amazing people, Vicki Kiely and Daniel Villota of Unchained Elephants. They are on a mission to save elephants from a life of suffering and pain, and right now, they are seeking our help to save a bull elephant called Kanun, who is in great pain and suffering. When he is saved, he will be moved to a sanctuary in the North of Thailand, where he will enjoy a well-deserved r...

Send us Fan Mail It’s the last show of the season and we invite you join us, for a 360 look at the news shaking our world, as well as drilling down into some of the bigger stories that are worthy of attention. Trump got kicked off the ‘front page’ this week, as the world’s media shares non-stop coverage on the story of the missing Titanic sub, whose passengers are still unfound at time of publishi...

Send us Fan Mail Come join us for the last Climate Courage of the season, where we will discuss propaganda, misinformation and lies, especially as we’ve seen a rapid resurgence in climate denialism, strongly linked to Musk’s take-over of Twitter. But it’s not just what’s happening at Twitter that matters, chaos and division is being sewn across media and social media, and at a time when we need to...

Send us Fan Mail Lots of big news consuming the world this week, from the impact of smoke from the fires in Canada shrouding the East Coast and Midwest of the US, the potential federal indictment of Donald Trump, to the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Crimea, and all that means.  One of the confusing aspects about the Nova Kakhovka dam destruction is who did it? It’s been reported that Rus...

Send us Fan Mail The news is frantic, bewildering, and for many people, overwhelming. How many have switched off because it’s just too much? How many more are feeling growing despair? And how many have already lost hope in the future?  No matter who you are or where you live, we are facing a very challenging time for humanity, because we are in a polycrisis – which means multiple challenges are af...

Send us Fan Mail Boomers have had a bad rap over recent years (#OKBoomer), especially with how they vote and their priorities for the future. Many countries are still led by Boomers, and in countries like the US, political parties are actively trying to suppress younger voters, which happened in the UK recently too, although that backfired tremendously. What this all creates is an environment of f...

Send us Fan Mail For decades I’ve been keeping an eye on the climate emergency. It’s hard work and extremely challenging looking it in the eye EVERY SINGLE DAY, not to mention there’s an added intensity because you must continuously check your bias’s – so important! I’ve been able to handle it most of the time because I’m built for this sort of stuff, and it’s also a commitment I made to myself, m...

Send us Fan Mail An insightful article was published in Foreign Policy, titled ‘Will Brazil Destroy the Amazon to Save the Climate?’ (Link below). It’s a compelling read, looking into the untapped reserves of precious metals which, unfortunately, are waiting to be plundered beneath the Amazon Rainforest. The focus of the article is, if we want to build our renewable energy future and move away fro...

Send us Fan Mail Green growth, green tech, green products…. is that really the way we’re going to deal with this crisis? Ikea now uses sustainable mushroom packaging – hooray - however, it’s still a #FastFurniture operation, so a focus on the packaging just isn’t going to cut it. We’re at the point where we must transform or even close entire industries. Green growth? Sure, it might make voters ha...

Send us Fan Mail The idea of finding your purpose can be annoying, because it’s almost become cliché, and many don’t feel it’s an authentic statement at all anymore. However, when you find someone who is really living their purpose, you feel the energy and commitment in everything they do and say. Neerja Singh is one of those people, and when I first met her, I was completely struck by it.  As we...

Send us Fan Mail Some days you turn on or read the news and all you see is ‘gutter politics’ everywhere. It’s so ugly, childish, and unproductive, not to mention, while politicians are playing these games, what are they actually doing for the people they are supposed to serve? Not a whole lot for a long time in many countries, but with politics often pitted as a game of “stoop to conquer” will it...

Send us Fan Mail From France to Israel, Kenya to the US, India and beyond, protests are starting to boil over everywhere, with thousands taking to the streets. All the while many more citizens of countries not currently engaged in mass-protest movements are expected to erupt as well – regardless of government attempts to stop them. Are we finally at the point where people have had enough?    Anoth...

Send us Fan Mail The latest IPCC Report has arrived and with it, frustration and fury that we are at this point. Are we finally waking up to the fact that our only chance is massive action requiring “everything, everywhere, all at once” quoting the headline savvy UN secretary general, António Guterres? So, what can WE do? Well, that is what Climate Courage is all about – focusing on the actions yo...

Send us Fan Mail Are you confused about the energy transition and what it will eventually look like? If you read the headlines, it looks like hydrogen is the answer to everything. But what is hydrogen’s role and what about the rest - solar, wind, nuclear and more? It can be overwhelming, so when I struggle for clarity, I look for people engaging and sharing great content on social media, but in pa...