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This show was broadcast on Mon 12th December 2016We go behind the scenes and talk live to the scientists currently working in and studying the Antarctic. Their work deepens our understanding of the role the region plays in the global climate system, and the implications for marine ecosystems. Dr David Etheridge – CSIRO Dr Sue Cook – Glaciologist – University of Tasmania Prof Tony Worby – CEO acecrc.org.au

This show was broadcast on Mon 5th December 2016

 We talk everything electric and the challenges and opportunities ahead.We will be joined by the guests below: Ben Chester – Locality Planning Energy Tim Harrison – Project Manager EV Infrastructure, Economic Development Queensland Dr. Chris Jones – Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA)  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/

We talk COP22 with Professor Martin Wilder (The Australian National University) who is back from the conference, and Christine Milne who is observing from the sidelines as an international Green. And interview Australian school kids about their thoughts on a renewable future.http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/nations-take-forward-global-climate-action-at-2016-un-climate-conference/ 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 was broadcast on Mon 14th November 2016  Scientists are saying that 50% of the Amazon is facing deforestation by 2020. Louise Boronyak Vasco (UTS: University of Technology Sydney) will talk about Amazon Watch – which is advancing the rights of indigenous peoples and protecting their territories to save the Amazon, and the Earth’s climate.Destruction of Carbon-Rich Mangroves Costs up to US$42 billion in Economic Damages Annually according to a United Nations Environment Programme report. Dr Lindsay Hutley (Charles Darwin University) speaks about this special resource.And we hear from Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop (World Preservation Foundation) about landclearing in NSW, QLD and its impact on climate.Read More: https://t.co/YxAvBLQ4Te 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 

Christine Milne talks about reclaiming our democracy and John Hewson about how Malcolm Turnbull is drifting dangerously.Naomi Klein says the corporate media always ask her what is realistic, yet their idea of realism will take us to four degrees. (In an interview from The Elephant – courtesy of Kevin Caners)Alex Rafalowicz from Climate Action Network Australia talks about how there are only about 50 people employed full time on climate campaigning and this means we are not taking it seriously.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming LIVE 3CR Community RadioCATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive  

This show was broadcast on Mon 31st October 2016 On this Monday’s show hear how Tyalgum, New South Wales got off the grid, how Pingala is bringing solar power to remote communities, what Enova is doing up near Byron Bay, and how energy storage came out to save a Californian community when the gas wells leaked.The Energy Regulator talks tough to laggards in the industry and the President of the World Wind Energy Association mourns the wreckers of opportunity.These are the leaders of Renewable Investment and Inventiveness whom a Roosevelt would galvanise to work fast together.Thanks to:Craig Horne – The Energy Storage Association of USADaniel Lawes – Power DiverterAlison Crook AO – Enova Community Energy It’s YOUR Energy CompanyKacey Clifford – Tyalgum Energy ProjectApril Crawford-Smith and Tom Nockolds – PingalaMark Williamson – The Energy RegulatorThe Hon Peter Rae AO – President of the World Wind Energy AssociationAlexandra Campbell

This show was broadcast on Mon 24th October 2016.Today we hear from:Adjunct Professor David Hood AM (pictured), Deputy Chair of BZE and engineering academic at Queensland University of Technology on buildings, BZE and Mozambique.Daryl Tonkinson, Grasslands ecologist and manager, Ballarat, Victoria, on carbon farming on the region’s basalt plains.  Please forward this promo to anyone who will take action. Listen in at 5pm Mondays, and catch podcasts from Tuesdays.Podcast: latest episode at 3CR Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSTUNE 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/

Today we hear from:Lisa McLean from Flow/Brookfield speaking from Disruption & The Energy Industry Conference on big buildings that are self sufficient in water and energy.Julie Lyford from Groundswell GloucesterJoseph Zane Sikulu from Pacific WarriorsThis Monday’s show takes us to a rally in Angel Place outside the AGL AGM.We also hear from Alinta Energy and how they wound down their coal plant at Port Augusta.The last interview is from the Disruption & The Energy Industry Conference. Lisa talks about big buildings that are self sufficient in water and energy.Please forward this promo to anyone who will take action. Listen in at 5pm Monday 17th Oct. Podcast available Tuesday. Further Reading: tba TUNE 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/

This show was broadcast on Mon 10th October 2016.Today we hear fromBylong resident Jodie Nancarrow  President of theBylong Protection Association.Then Bev Smiles will give us the bigger picture, climate impacts, giant voids left filling with toxic water all over the Hunter.Tim Buckley from the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis will give us the wider financial picture of coal and market prices.Lastly we speak to Jonathan La Nauze from Australian Conservation Foundation about their court challenge to the Adani mine.Are these the dying days of coal? If so , why are greenfields sites like Bylong Valley being opened up for new coal mines?Even when the #NoNewMines mantra is catching on and Indonesia and China have imposed a moratorium on themselves, Australian communities and aquifers are being ruined.  Many people have said the Adani mine  will never go ahead, but we don’t want to get complacent. We hear from the

This show will be broadcast on Mon 3rd October September 2016 5pm at 3crand posted here as aBZE Community Radio Show Podcast by Beyond Zero Emissions. Thank you Radio 3CR in MelbourneWe hear from:Thom Mitchell from New MatildaProfessor Jacinta Ruru from Otago University – NZ is starting to recognise the rights of Natural entities like forests or rivers in front of the law.Australia Earth Laws Alliance Director Dr Michelle Maloney – the Rights of Nature Tribunal and conference in Brisbane 22nd OctoberBruce Pascoe talks about his award winning book Dark Emu. He will give an indigenous history of land management and attitudes to the land which might conserve it in the face of threatening climate change.Further Reading:  https://www.facebook.com/climatecouncil/videos/880407128762548/TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radioTWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.f

We hear from:Bill McKibben: Author, environmentalist and founder of 350.orgDavid Spratt: Co-author of Climate Code RedRobin Laurie:  Member of The Pram Factory and a founder of Circus Oz, andPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt in a Fireside ChatBroadcast:  Mon 26 September 2016BZE Community Radio Show PodcastBeyond Zero EmissionsOn Melbourne 3CR Radio  TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive  TWEET this FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Mon 19th September 2016“The future is electric” – Larissa Waters “Conventional cars have to go” – Dr Stephen Bygrave “Imported cars and the oil to run them are a large part of our trade deficit”  – Dr Gary EllemDr Gary Ellem from Newcastle University is a futurist. He talks about young people designing electric bikes and racing them, the future work of coal affected communities and how driverless electric vehicles will improve our lives.The BZE Electric Vehicle report was launched in Brisbane and we bring you an edited extract. Dr Stephen Bygrave, the Hon Mark Bailey MP, Professor Karen Hussey (University of Queensland) and Senator Larissa Waters describe in detail how the transport sector’s impact on global warming is being rapidly reduced: cutting import duty on EVs, giving free parking and recharging to EVs, electric buses . . .  are all ways this is already happening, including soon in Queensland!Tom Nockolds from the Community Power Agency talks to Vivien

Music and Magic amplify climate solutions – The “Creating a Climate for Change” Melbourne Playback Theatre eventThis show was broadcast on Mon 12th September 2016Today on BZE Radio join us at NorthcoteTown Hall in Melbourne for an excerpt from an inspired and inspiring event held on August 11th called Creating a Climate for Change (thank you Melbourne Playback Theatre).PANELArchitect Rob Adams returned to his University in South Africa and found that without building more  they had massively increased the number of students by multitasking the rooms. With climate change in mind he talks about how cities can do the same.Lucy Best is a campaigner. She engages with the community to bring renewable energy solutions to low income residents. Her fascinating talk shows how personal commitment and ingenuity break down barriers.Stephen Bygrave brings examples from around the world to show how the time is coming when petrol -fuelled cars, energy intensive buil

The Sydney Alliance and WWF Australia brought Rev Willie Bennett here to energise our resilience building. How can communities prepare for heatwaves, floods and climate disruptions?What can the Hurricane Katrina Survivors Network teach us about building up community power and leadership?How can we connect with indigenous defenders in the Gulf country and Galilee Basin as climate changing coal and gas projects loom?Rev Willie Bennett - Hurricane Katrina Survivors NetworkRev Seforosa Carroll - Church partnerships Pacific,UnitingWorldCassandra Goldie - CEO of Australian Council of Social ServiceMurrawah Johnson - Seed Indigenous Youth Climate NetworkMONDAY 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 & RT This FB FB Share This

Winner of The Royal Society Prize for science writing, Gaia Vince (author of Adventures in the Anthropocene), takes us round the world in search of the best farming practices in the Anthropocene. Indian farmers leading with water? Food waste contributing to climate change?In "Rethinking Dairy" we look at alternatives to needing so much milk. Improvements for the cows, calves, farmers and consumers are all ahead as we take climate seriously. A panel discussion courtesy of 3CR's Freedom of Species show, featuring Philip Wollen, Dr Deidre Wicks, dairy farmer Vicki Jones, and vegan restauranteur Mo Wyse.Further Reading:Amazing news – the Northern Territory Labor party was swept to power in the Territory election yesterday on a promise to put a moratorium on risky shale gas fracking.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio  TWEET it in : @

Vivien Langford & Jane Rudman interview the whos who of enviromental activist within Australia and Internationally.

As we inch towards the inevitability of Zero Emissions, city people must not forget the coal affected communities. Miner Peter Kennedy takes us around the coal mines and power stations of the Hunter Valley.  David Watson and his fellow artists celebrate the places where coal has done  its worst and still say "Giving up is not an option". Rob McLaughlin and the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association keep a vigil on the old convict built road which should be a heritage trail but is set to be ploughed up by Rio Tinto. Tom Doig: In March 2015, Penguin Books Australia published Tom's second book: The Coal Face, a narrative journalism account of the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire, and how it affected the residents of Morwell and the Latrobe Valley. Further Reading: http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/4091257/caroona-victory/?cs=4141http://tomdoig.com/news/the-coal-face-stories-from-the-morwell-mine-fire/ http://williamsrivervalley.blogspot.com.au http://www.davidwatson.net.au/the-bridge/ www.fieldwo

Dr Cassandra Goldie from the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) tells us about her time in Darwin with a cyclone about to hit and they didn't have a plan! And the council housing that requires 24/7 air conditioning that should be built in a more climate smart way. We will also talk to Fiona Armstrong about the new Climate and Health Alliance paper "Towards a national strategy on climate, health and well-being for Australia." Daniel Spencer from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition will talk about progress towards Large Scale Solar at Port Augusta, South Australia. He will also bust myths about failures in the system....too easy to blame it on wind.Read more: https://repowerportaugusta.good.do/solar4ptaugusta/TurnbullPetition/ 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/bey

Q&A Event - Creating a Climate for Change offers an exclusive forum that intersects science, performance and conversation. Melbourne Playback Theatre Company takes stories from the audience and dramatises their anxieties and thoughts about climate change.Danny Diesendorf (actor and conductor) has taught and directed theatre extensively, including with the National Theatre and Monash University Schools Theatre Festival.Lucy Best from Positive Charge – a social enterprise established by the Moreland Energy Foundation that works with local councils to help households, community groups and businesses to save energy, money and reduce carbon emissions at scale.We also hear from artist/activist David Watson (Abbott-Proof Fence) who talks about how artists are dealing with small towns wiped out by coal's last gasps. His show is called "While we sleep".