Climate Action Show

JOBSCan we cut emissions 10% each year? The scale and speed of the transition from coal oil and gas is hardly discussed yet. But think of the jobs it will create. GuestsLilly Barto -Frontline Action on coalReid Pierce - Extinction Rebellion NSWChris Briggs -  UTS Institute of sustainable futuresAbel Guttierez-  Ambassador from East TimorRobin Chamberlayne - Mura TechnologyBruce Shillingsworth- Fir...

Monday 27th May (repeat,Monday 4th March.)Monday 4th MarchPresenter/Producer: Erin JonesToday we have a special guest Robert Llewellyn - the founder of the highly successful Fully Charged Show on YouTube. Robert Llewellyn who is currently in Australia, talks to us about the evolution and adoption of Electric Vehicles, and of The Fully Charged YouTube channel which now has over 410,000 subscribers...

Radio team : May 20th Vivien Langford -  InterviewsAndy Britt- ProductionGuests David Ritter  - CEO of Greenpeace " Get The MONEY out of politics"Amanda Cahill -CEO of Next Economy " Build on local communities"David Morris-Environmental Defenders Office NSW.  "The judge said if we stop opening coal mines,it is just as likely that other countries will follow" Major Kaur - Students strike 4 climate...

Part II of our exploration of DrawdownWe speak to Erica Berthelsen, international program director for the One Girl charity, Michael West Investigative journalist working on Dirty Power - a documentary film linking governments to the mining lobby & Dr Redmond is with Doctors for the Environment Australia.

DRAWDOWN "From this moment on despair ends and tactics begin". Radio Team 6th May :Vivien Langford and Kurt Johnson Interviews. Andy Britt -Producer. Sue Holmes - Former Assistant Commissioner with the productivity Commission and now on the board of Get Up! Lachlan Rule - Researcher at Beyond Zero Emissions talking about RefrigerantsJoshua Bishop - Head of Sustainable Food with World Wildlife Fund...

RADIO QUIZSend your answers marked Radio Quiz  to Radioteam@bze.org.au Finalists will be announced on RADIOTHON NIGHT, 10th June when prizes will be awarded. Who said this?1. "Ours is the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and ours is the last generation with the ability to do anything about it".2. "We'd extend the water trigger to bear on shale gas and other tight gas developme...

LADAKH, LOCALIZATION AND THE GAS TIMEBOMB.April 22nd 2019 Presenter: Vivien Langford    Production: Huna at Radio Skid Row Guests:  Helena Norberg Hodge - Local FuturesDr David Shearman - Doctors for the environment Ancient Futures and The Economics of Happiness are the work of Helena Norberg Hodge. She says "  the more time I spent in Ladakh, the more I came to realize the importance of scale.......

April 15 2019Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesPort Augusta - Concentrating Solar PowerWe speak to Dr Keith Lovegrove an expert in CSP about Port Augusta and the stalling of the Aurora projecthttps://itpau.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ITPComparisonOfDispatchableREOptions_web050718r-1.pdfMichael Lord - BZE Head of ResearchWe are sad to see BZE Head of Research Michael Lord leaving the organisation...

April 8 2019Presenter/Producer: Erin JonesClimate Emergency- Language and PsychologyIn recent time we have seen the language around Climate move from more passive language such as Climate Change or Global Warming, through to many organisations adopting the term Climate Emergency. In todays show we speak with Lyn Bender from Psychology for a Safe Climate about the change in language and the psychol...

TATHRA- CLEAN ENERGY FOR ETERNITYApril 1st 2019Presenter: Vivien Langford , Producer: Adelle MillsGuests: Dr Matthew Nott- Clean Energy for EternityCouncillor Jo Dodds- Bega  Valley CouncilProfessor Andrew Blakers- ANUDr John HewsonLynn Mc Coll- Chamber of CommerceVIvien travels a long way  to Tathra in NSW to find out about the Bega Valley 100% renewable energy plan for 2030. Four Corners was als...

Did you know a return flight to Europe emits 10 tonnes of CO2 per person? Did you know only 10% of Australian flights are for business? Do you know why aviation is not included in the Paris Agreement though  its emissions are the fastest growing cause of climate disruption? Unless you think  innovation or offsets will save us, listen to this moving and well researched broadcast. Plane Stupid was o...

Last week students were striking for climate action all around the world. To show us how the students are thinking Vivien Langford recorded this panel discussion at Melbourne's Sustainable Living Festival. The speakers are Jean Hinchcliffe, Harriet O'Shea-Carre, Jagveer Singh, Matt Wicking and Marco Bellemo. As one of them said " We cannot vote, but we are considering litigation".And "We have hope...

Wild Places at the ALP Fringe in AdelaideTim Winton, the author takes us swimming with giant whales. There is a moment when he comes up against a colossal eye and realises it is not going to harm him as it lifts its flipper, huge as an aeroplane wing, to let him pass. He was telling the ALP Fringe the things we have to be proud of in the protection of whale nurseries and why it is time to reform o...

Monday 4th MarchPresenter/Producer: Erin JonesToday we have a special guest Robert Llewellyn - the founder of the highly successful Fully Charged Show on YouTube. Robert Llewellyn who is currently in Australia, talks to us about the evolution and adoption of Electric Vehicles, and of The Fully Charged YouTube channel which now has over 410,000 subscribers and over 50 million views. The Fully Charg...

Monday 25th Feb 2019 BZE Community ShowPresenter/Producer: Erin JonesTopic: Shareholder Activism/ Federal Govt - Climate Solutions Announcement/ Melbourne EV Expo On today's show we speak about:Shareholder Activism - focusing on The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility's upcoming campaign regarding Santos & Woodsidehttps://accr.org.au/shareholder-action/The Melbourne EV Expo - Saturday...

Tony Fairweather CEO from SEA who just before the election in November announced they were going to build a factory that makes drive trains for electric vehicles in the Latrobe Valley. This will employ 300 people and enable ex-coal-workers to utilise their skills in manufacturing electric cars. We also talk to Dan Musil from Earthworker Coop and Carol Rowley from Baw Baw Sustainability Network.

 Beyond Zero Community     11-2-19TREESThe big project of restoring and rehydrating our farm lands needs strong minds but  as Historian Bruce Pascoe says " Caring for the earth makes us strong"He tells us about restoring glades in our forests so they cannot burn so wildly. Negative EmissionsProfessor Justin Borevitz wants to see  a lot more trees and a lot less landclearing. He sees one gigatonne...

Sustainable Living FestivalWe start 2019 with the idea that "There is such a thing as too late. "Nature is booming a message of biblical intensity Flood, Fire, Pestlience. Greta Thunberg told the world financial leaders at Davos : " You are destroying biodiversity so rich people can live in luxury".So we searched for help in the Sustainable Living Festival. The big weekend is 8th -10th February al...

Defending human rights as climate changesDr Scott Leckie - International human rights lawyer and founder of Displacement Solutions. He works in places like Bangladesh and Myanmar helping people across the globe to ease the suffering of climate displacement. Stella Miria Robinson - Is the roving ambassador for the Queensland Pacific Islanders Council. She spoke to Vivian in Canberra at the Human Fa...

We speak with Head of Research at BZE – Michael Lord. Michael is the lead author of the Electrifying Industry Report, which was launched at the Electrifying Industry Summit on Sept 13th, 2018.This work focusing on industrial processes including industrial heat is a world first. Industrial processes represents 8% of Australia’s emissions – so is a significant contributor to the national emissions p...

Monday 19th November 2018Presenter: Erin JonesKey Topic: Victorian State ElectionAnalysis of the Victorian State Election from a Climate perspective with guests :Leigh Ewbank – Act on Climate Co-ordinator,  and Pat Simons – Yes to Renewables Co-ordinatorSave Westernport update with spokesperson Louise Page savewesternport.orgOverview of the student lead Schools Strike 4 Climate initiative with Syd...

Monday 12th November 2018 After the smoke clears what about politics? Today we return to Morwell to look into what happens when coal country goes to the polls. The seat of Morwell is marginal and, in the words of Independent Tracie Lund,“across the nation people are looking at this seat”.Will another clean coal power station get the green light, or will the people votefor a greener carbon free fut...

Mt Gellibrand Wind farm near Colac held an open day and Vivien Langford was there to find out the latest. Then Paul Mahoney discusses the future of meat with Vivien.

Monday 29th October 2018As Australia cancels payments into the Green Climate Fund, leaders call for climate action on the scale of the Marshall Plan. Speakers at the ASEAN 2018 forum at Sydney University struggled with the challenges of developing countries within a carbon budget. Weak implementation of laws and “Catch me if you can” corporations are in their way. Dr Rini AstutiVivien Langford met...

Monday 22nd October 2018“Thinking Big” takes us to the Pilbara where CWP is planning to export gigawatts of wind and solar energy by undersea cable to Jakarta. Vivien Langford talks toAndrew Dickson Andrew Dickson about getting the social licence for this break through project to export renewable energy to Asia. What is the environmental impact and who will underwrite the finances for such a mega...