WOMADelaide - The Planet Talks

Sit in on a one-on-one chat with some of the festival's biggest names with our popular Artists In Conversation series and get a unique insight into the fascinating minds, music and worlds of visiting WOMADelaide artists!

Sit in on a one-on-one chat with some of the festival's biggest names with our popular Artists In Conversation series and get a unique insight into the fascinating minds, music and worlds of visiting WOMADelaide artists!

Sit in on a one-on-one chat with some of the festival's biggest names with our popular Artists In Conversation series and get a unique insight into the fascinating minds, music and worlds of visiting WOMADelaide artists!

Sit in on a one-on-one chat with some of the festival's biggest names with our popular Artists In Conversation series and get a unique insight into the fascinating minds, music and worlds of visiting WOMADelaide artists!

Sit in on a one-on-one chat with some of the festival's biggest names with our popular Artists In Conversation series and get a unique insight into the fascinating minds, music and worlds of visiting WOMADelaide artists!

Sit in on a one-on-one chat with some of the festival's biggest names with our popular Artists In Conversation series and get a unique insight into the fascinating minds, music and worlds of visiting WOMADelaide artists!

Sit in on a one-on-one chat with some of the festival's biggest names with our popular Artists In Conversation series and get a unique insight into the fascinating minds, music and worlds of visiting WOMADelaide artists!

Speakers: Prof Mohamad Abdalla | Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black | Philippa Rowland Host: Father Bob Maguire The Pope’s game changing encyclical—Laudato Si – stressed environmental stewardship and climate change action is consistent with Christian spiritual life. But the Green Faith movement is not just a Christian thing. It’s a central pillar of all major religions. This interfaith panel led by Austra...

Speakers: Lewis Yerloburka O'Brien | Veronica Perrurle Dobson | Fiona Walsh | Zaachariaha Fielding Host: Miriam Corowa 40,000 years of Indigenous Australians have maintained a sustainable relationship with every corner of Australia’s diverse environment via a deep listening tradition that preserves language, heritage and culture. In this panel respected Indigenous Elders, an Ethno-Ecologist and a...

Speakers: Karen O'Brien | Jon Dee | Erin Rhoads | Vanessa Morrish Host: Sonya Feldhoff Just because you can't do everything it doesn't mean you shouldn't do something. Do we view climate change as a problem for Governments, scientists, environmentalists and economists to sort out or is our role as individuals more important? Join Karen, Jon, Erin and Vanessa as they chat about their work focusing...

Speakers: Kyle Wiens | Veena Sahajwalla | Nicholas Chileshe Host: Robyn Williams We’re running out of resources but according to this panel, we’re going to be ok. Can we compete with the convenience of the garbage dump and the latest iPhone? Are tech companies taking away our right to extend the life of products? Is a waste-free economy possible? iFixit founder Kyle Wiens, UNSW’s Scientia Professo...

Speakers: Carmel Johnston | Josh Richards Host: Robyn Williams Is colonising Mars the next giant leap for humanity or is it a waste of time and money? Do humans need to be a multi planet species to avoid extinction as argued by Elon Musk? What have humans and the blue planet got to gain in the short term by practising and preparing to inhabit the Red Planet? Who better to ask than two of our favou...

Guest: Sir Tim Smit (UK) Host: Richard Fidler Former Archaeologist, music composer and producer, Sir Tim Smit is best known for his achievements in Cornwall in restoring the Lost Gardens of Heligan and co-creating the multi Award-winning Eden Project - a cradle of life containing world-class horticulture and startling architecture. Eden has become one of the world’s most popular man-made eco-touri...

Speakers: Dee Madigan | Jane Caro | First Dog on the Moon Host: Tory Shepherd Can effectively communicating facts about climate change make any difference to how people vote in the next election? What is the PR pollution clouding carbon politics? Is it possible to make an issue this complex simple enough to get good decisions within our short-term electoral cycle? This panel of communications guru...

Speakers: Naomi Oreskes | Tanya Monro | Karl Kruszelnicki Host: Paul Willis Is economic growth possible if we truly address climate change or will a transition require serious economic pain before any gain? Is coal about to disappear as fast as Kodak did and, if so, can new energy technologies deliver a ‘win-win’ for the environment and the economy? This panel features some of our foremost economi...

Speakers: Ross Garnaut | John Hewson Host: Lenore Taylor Is economic growth possible if we truly address climate change or will a transition require serious economic pain before any gain? Is coal about to disappear as fast as Kodak did and, if so, can new energy technologies deliver a ‘win-win’ for the environment and the economy? This panel features some of our foremost economic and political min...

Speakers: Simon Hackett | Dan Spencer | Felicia Whiting Host: Robyn Williams Three South Australian leaders of 'off the grid innovation and activism' look at what the near future could hold in powering homes, business, streets and cities. Will there be any place for coal fired power stations in that future?

Speakers: David Suzuki | Indira Naidoo | Amelia Telford Host: Robyn Williams Is winning the battle for our hearts more important than the economy, politics and carbon numbers? As we increasingly live in cities is our society losing its connection with nature? If so, how might we change this? Our panel looks at cultivating love for the environment and how this helps bring about positive change at t...

Speaker: David Suzuki MC: Robyn Williams For four decades Canadian David Suzuki has been one of the most prominent, articulate, passionate and effective advocates for our planet and its environment. At 79 he shows no sign of slowing down. Spend an hour with one of the greatest eco-warriors of our time.

Speakers: Sylvia Earle, Charlie Veron, Bronwyn Gillanders Host: Bernie Hobbs Marine experts have warned that we are in the middle of an unprecedented high-risk period of marine species extinction. On our watch the world’s oceans and natural wonders like The Great Barrier Reef have borne the brunt of a potent combination of over-fishing, pollution, unparalleled mining and farming run-offs, the acid...

Simran Sethi in conversation with Sylvia Earle Host: Bernie Hobbs Simran Sethi and Sylvia Earle are two of the world’s most inspiring environmental messengers. Their mission is both clear and hopeful - to inspire us all to take responsibility for, and play a role in creating a better future for the earth for all generations to come. Listen to two of the world’s foremost eco-heroes discuss their ho...

Speakers: Andrew Denton, Rod Quantock, Hannah Gadsby Host: Robyn Williams Climate change is no laughing matter … or is it? Science or satire - how do we best communicate climate science and the urgency to act on the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced? Do more people turn to Will Ferrell’s climate change YouTube clips or Al Gore pie charts and PowerPoints for the truth? Are people more like...

Speakers: Paul Willis, Emily Johnston, Ingo Weber Host: Bernie Hobbs Is health the forgotten latecomer to climate change? The change in global temperatures is already causing significant stresses on human populations and we'll need to adapt to a hotter climate regardless of successful emissions reductions. What is the impact likely to be and how might we mitigate it? Our panel of health and scienc...

Speakers: Cecilia Woolford, Peter Langridge, Bob Brown Host: Robyn Williams Are our climate-altering activities hurtling us towards a bleak fate or is this the catalyst for a new era of environmentally sustainable ideas and innovation? Are we witnessing the dawning of an unstoppable wave of action and leadership? According to our panelists we do have the ideas, innovation, motivation and people to...

Speakers: Vandana Shiva, Paul Sutton, Tim Jarvis  Host: Robyn Williams A famous native American proverb says 'Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish been caught, will we realise we cannot eat money.' The panel's three leaders challenge this pessimistic prediction by discussing values - financial and what we love and care about - that we place on our l...