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“It’s about time the role agriculture plays in the climate crisis – and the role it COULD  play in the solution –  got a concentrated dose of attention.” Bill Mc Kibben Our 26 million head-strong beef cattle – and 75 million head of sheep – ruminant meat and livestock industry is now responsible for more than half of Australia’s GHG’s and methane, and the near term climate change they are creating. So, is this an industry that can ever really be climate-safe?Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop, University of Queensland’s Professor Ram Dalal and CSIRO’s Dr Michael Battaglia will join BZE Radio’s Vivien Langford to consider:Can improved pastures, and other interventions such as seaweed supplement, really kelp? Um, help.Is it just time to reduce the national herd?Are carbon abatement schemes and offsets sold by farmers having any effect on rising emissions?Thank you to our guests:Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop is the co- author of BZE land use discussion paper release

 This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 1st May 2017 The 2017 Energy Productivity Summit at the maritime Museum in Sydney in April 2017 drew a number of international experts. Here are just some who joined BZE Radio for a chat: thank you to Benoit Lebot (IPEEC) , Monica Frassoni, Mary Ritter and Reynald Gallis. The theme is perfectly captured by the chairman of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity, Jon Jutsen:  “What’s the point of spending billions of taxpayers dollars to add new supply when most of what is produced now is lost?” – Jon Jutsen, chairman of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity a2se.org.au and 2xep.org.auThank you to the Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) for hosting us and a great conference.Benoit Lebot is a civil engineer and directs the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency. He speaks about the exquisite efficiencies which propelled the f

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This show was broadcast on Monday 17th  April 2017 The Zero Carbon Australia Industry Plan is shaping up nicely. The Zero Carbon Industry and Cement research will be presented at Australian Manufacturing Week and at the Ecocity World Summit. Listen in to hear BZE’s research director Michael Lord talk about zero carbon cement, renewable heat, zero carbon steel and how the circular economy can apply to Australia’s industry sectors.Our interviewer is Erin Jones, a co-producer on the BZE Radio Community team.Read more about the Zero Carbon Australia Industry Plan here. Watch a presentation here (November 2016). Cement, steel, and in fact all energy-intensive materials, can be produced without fossil fuels! Who knew!Cement can be made using fly-ash or using low-heat geo-polymers instead of limestone and coal, steel can be created from treating iron ore with hydrogen from excess renewable energy utilities, and we can use a range of off-the-s

This show was broadcast on Monday 10th April 2017Guests:Elena Garcia and Alan Broughton, the authors of the bookSustainable Agriculture versus Corporate Greed.Quinn Ollivier, ecologist and expert on sea grass and mangrove sequestration of carbonIn this show we go from a North Queensland cattle farm to the seagrass beds of coastal Australia.Climate change prompts us to think about threats to crops and the opportunities of land use. The BZE Landuse discussion paper is a great starting point.We looked at croplands with farmer Colin Seis last week and in this show we find out how well-managed cattle farming can reduce the carbon emissions of bush fires. Elena Garcia is a firefighter as well as a cattle farmer. She talks about insurance for farmers, harvesting of feral animals and protection of our water sources from mining. Elena’ aim is to be a bridge between  city people  who transport purchase and eat food and the rural p

This show was broadcast on Monday 3rd  April 2017Joining the show wasColin Seis – Pasture Cropping and carbon sequestration, from Gulgong NSWMark Diesendorf  UNSW – South Australia and beyond Colin Seis and his son Nicholas own and run the 2000-acre property “Winona” which is situated north of Gulgong on the central slopes of NSW. You can hear Colin speak to BZE’s Viv Langford in a 2014 interview that took place on-site at Gulgong here.  Mark Diesendorf is the Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, at UNSW and author of How South Australia can function reliably while moving to 100% renewable power in The Conversation. Here he speaks about big picture demand-side efficiency, why it matters to renewables, and what really happened in the September SA Black System. MONDAY BZE Community Radio Mon 5-6pmFRIDAY BZE Science and Solution radio Fri 8.30-9amTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streami

Vivian Langford, Suresh Kumar & Datuk Idris. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS | MoreThis show was broadcast on Mon 27th March 2017 Listen here to the podcast Podcast Page: http://bze.org.au/malaysia-part-1/  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/  27 Mar 2017|Categories: Community Show

 This show was broadcast on Mon 20th March 2017  The Environment Minister for Penang, The Hon Phee Boon Poh 彭文宝 and Federal MP, Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj talk to Vivien about how Malaysia is working on its Paris Climate Commitments.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming LIVE 3CR Community Radio

 This show was broadcast on Mon 13th March 2017   A 15 megawatt solar farm is being built on 24 hectares in Valdora, Queensland. It will be the fifth largest solar farm in Australia.At its peak, the solar farm will generate 15,000 kilowatts of electricity from the sun into the Energex network. The electricity generated over one year is enough to power about 5000 homes.36,000 trees will also be planted to create a 10m wide x 470 metre long green buffer area along the site’s frontage.We talk to Sunshine Coast Council Mayor, Mark Jamieson, and Director of Economic Development & Major Projects, Greg Laverty. MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/     

 This show was broadcast on Mon 6th March 2017  The focus of today’s show is the Coalition for Community Energy Congress 2017 – which happened on Feb 27 & 28. Guest interviews include: Professor Søren Hermansen, director of Samsø’s Energy Academy and Nicky Ison, director and founder of Community Power Agency. And various participants from the congress including the Future Super #ReInvest event.  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/     

Sydney Peace Prize Award Ceremony and Lecture   The 2016 Sydney Peace Foundation Prize was presented to Naomi Klein at Sydney Town Hall on Friday 11 November. This inspiring lecture and award ceremony featured an opening song by Missy Higgins, an introduction by Senator Patrick Dodson and the awarding of the Prize by Professor Gillian Triggs.“The Jury commended Klein for proposing solutions that not only reduce emissions and end fossil fuel extraction, but also aim for social justice, economic fairness.”MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcastsTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/ 

This show will be broadcast on Mon 20th Feb 2017We talk to Katerina Gaita (CEO of Climate for Change), who hopes they will have talked to 500,000 Australians by next year and has had interest in the model of community building from Singapore and Canada. Carol Ride is a Psychologist (Psychology for a Safe Climate) who is fortifying those who are already active but weighed down by the frustration and heaviness of knowing how fast we are moving towards irreversible tipping points. Scott Lewington is a musician from The Same Boat. Their show Adios Adani! (A musical protest and fundraiser) will give the proceeds to the Wangan & Jagalingou people whose land is where Adani wants to mine. 
They have taken them to court and need our support.  Main Image: Canadian Tar Sands Healing Walk – Aboriginal elders lead procession under a banner reading “Stop the Destruction Start the Healing”. Along the way they stopped to pray for the land’s healing with offerin

Coal Citizens or Solar Citizens? This show was broadcast on Mon 13th Feb 2017  Our guests are Economist Dr Rod Campbell, Research Director of The Australia Institute. Solar Citizens National Director Claire O’Rourke, and Peter Yacono, Director of the new documentary “Our Power” about the Latrobe Valley, it’s people, and the Hazelwood power station.  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

This show was broadcast on Mon 6th Feb 2017.Thank you very much to Canberra’s 2XX team and Clayton McDonald for the recording and airing at Behind The Lines.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

This show was broadcast on Monday 30th January 2017 – Kate Auty, Philip Sutton, Luke TaylorThe annual National Sustainable Living Festival starts this week and runs from 4 Feb to 28 Feb – with the Big Weekend in Melbourne Friday-Sunday, 10-12 February.In the first interview Vivien talks to Luke Taylor about the Festival program, the film The Age of Consequences, communicating the climate emergency to leave nobody behind and many things besides.In the second interview Natalie speak with Philip Sutton from RSTI and Breakthrough on the 3 parts of the thinking behind the Climate Emergency Declaration, and how people can help it be taken on at every level to create a ripple wave across Australia – starting local, state and building up to federal.We finish with a recording of Kate Auty speaking on her perspective on local level theory of change.

The Unforgiving Math of Staying Under 2 Degrees  This show was broadcast on Mon 16th January 2017“In the landmark Paris accord, 195 countries from around the world agreed that they would collectively keep average global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees, and that they would pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. But what does science have to say on actually keeping those goals? And how fast, and by how much, will we have to cut our emissions to get there?” “Professor Kevin Anderson, deputy director of the influential Tyndall Centre, is a climate scientist who looks at exactly this question. And the math he comes away with, isn’t pretty. We look at the small timeframe we have to make the Paris declarations a reality, and why it won’t be as straightforward as perhaps some of us have been led to believe.” – interview courtesy of The Elephant Podcast  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/stream

This show was broadcast on Mon 9th January 2017Today we rebroadcast a topic that is of timely importance as we head into summer.Greg Foyster brings us the hot facts about heatwaves. Maggie Baron recalls the devastating impact of one fateful heatwave on her own family.Stephen Bygrave and Andrew Bray on RET games and how to get with the world trend on renewables.Heatwave Fact Sheet  (160Kb PDF) MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

This show will be broadcast on Mon 2nd January 2017In conversation with Lyn Bender, Deb Hart and Blair Palese The title of this broadcast refers to the Pope’s words: “We are at the limit of suicide, to say a strong word. Our world is on a suicidal course unless we  pay attention and pull out of this nosedive into the sixth great extinction.”Our guests joining the show:Lyn Bender – Former Manager of “Lifeline” MelbourneDeborah Hart – Climate Angel and author of “Guarding Eden”Blair Palese – CEO of 350.ORG& Pollution-Free politics  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio This special re-broadcast is BZE Radio’s New Year Summer Series producer’s pick. We hope you enjoy.

This show was broadcast on Mon 26th December 2016Listen in at 3cr – latest episodeIn conversation with Per Espen Stoknes, Lyn Bender, Susie Burke, and with Vivien Langford.“The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead.”“It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples—from the private sector to government agencies—Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers.”This special re-broadcast is BZE Radio’s Christmas Summer Series producer’s pick of the year for 2016. We hope you enjoy.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS | MoreThis show was broadcast on Mon 19th December 2016Listen in from 3cr – latest episodeIn this interview (courtesy of The Elephant Podcast and Kevin Kaners), Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues that the climate crisis isn’t just an isolated problem, but one that’s intimately tied to other systemic issues in our societies – from the run-away political power of corporations which are undermining our democracies, to the rampant consumerism culture that dominates the West. MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/