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CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 11TH 2024Produced by Vivien LangfordINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY- ARTISTS FOR CLIMATE ACTIONGuests:Kerrie LeishmanJanet Laurence BUSHFIRES AND FLOODS- HOW TO BE PREPAREDFreja Leonard interviewed by Sean O'Shannessy - Environmental as anything

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMARCH 4TH 2024Produced by Vivien LangfordTOXIC RHETORIC . SOCIAL LICENCE  and TARKINE OPTIMISM"The  future  is  shaped  by  those  who  can  see  it." Guests:John Grimes - CEO Smart Energy CouncilDr Freya Croft - Blue Futures Lab at Wollongong University - https://www.uow.edu.au/ancors/blue-energy-futures-lab/Dr Colette Harmsen - Bob Brown FoundationTOXIC RHETORIC"Turbines make us sick" was a farm gateway sign ten years ago in regional Victoria. We interviewed Dr Simon Chapman who was turning himself inside out giving evidence to senate inquiries. He was  contesting  the organised narrative of illness around windfarms and opponents are still organised. Now Coalition MPs and their allies appear at Reckless Renewables rallies. Their hostility, even to wind farms 10kilometres offshore, is building up as renewable Energy Zones are declared. We speak to John Grimes from the Smart Energy Council. SOCIAL LICENCEThen we go to Wollongong University, where Dr Freya Croft is working on how to create  

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWFEBRUARY 26TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford G O O D   F O R   T H E   G O N G Episode 2 - BUILDING OUR FUTUREGuests:Abigail Boyd - NSW Parliament -  Greens MLC  We talk about getting the Energy sector back into Public hands as we make the big transition from centralised utilities to a multiplicity of providers. Denmark leads the world in Wind Power with publicly owned energy. In the Netherlands it is illegal to privatize water or energy networks. A Rally against Reckless Renewables  was held outside the Federal Parliament on its first day of sitting. Figures like Barnaby Joyce called for a suspension of wind and solar farms.  They want to end the ban on nuclear energy in Australia. John Grimes from the Smart Energy Council called out the toxic rhetoric and said "Its outrageous that David Littleproud is calling for a moratorium on renewables putting more than 60,000 Australian Renewable Energy Jobs under threat". We will delve into this some more next week.https://www.theguardian.com

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWFEBRUARY 26TH 2024Produced by Vivien Langford GOOD FOR THE GONG Episode 2 - BUILDING OUR FUTUREGuests:  

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWFEBRUARY 19TH 2024Produced by Vivien LangfordG O O D   F O R    T H E    G O N GILLAWARRA OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTGuests:Darryl Best - Ex coal minerKristen Mac Donald -  Rewiring Australia and Good for the GongMartin Cubby - NTEU Rep at Wollongong University

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWDECEMBER 11TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford NEWCASTLE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE - EPISODE 2 Guests:Sue Higginson MP in NSW Parliament on achieving 75% emissions reduction by 2030+100%by 2035 Dominique Jacobs from the Knitting Nannas  reporting on the arrests after Newcastle Blockade Sinead Francis-Coen on the Transition of Hunter Valley Coal miners into new training and jobs. Sarah Ellyard RN - Psychiatric Nurse from Frontline Health Workers on heatwaves and other disasters Dr Nicole Sleeman - Doctors for the Environment on the value of collective action v climate anxiety Graham Wood - Engineer and writer "Their Future is in your hands" Gawaine Powell-Davies - Head of NSW Buddhist Council on Meeting MP Chris Bowen Thea Ormerod - CEO Australian Religious Response to Climate Change on prayer, pressure and care. Christ Bowen Federal MP and Minister for Climate Change challenged by  Adam Bandt Federal MP and Leader of the Greens Party on why Australia continues to approve new coal and gas projects fo

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWDECEMBER 4TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordNEWCASTLE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE - EPISODE 1 GuestsManjot Kaur -  SAPNA South Asian Climate Solidarity Sapna South Asian Climate Solidarity (sapnasolidarity.org)Grant Howard - Coal Miner + Climate communicatorDr  John Vander Kallen Doctors for the Environment- Doctors for the Environment Australia - DEASenator Janet RiceSenator Barbara PocockACT Environment Minister- Rebecca VassarottiNSW Greens MP Sue HigginsonDr Peter Sainsbury - Environment: 1.5 degrees of warming in 10 years (johnmenadue.com) 

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 27TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien Langford CO2 REMOVAL- HOT TOPIC AT COP28DR KATHRYN HAYHOE AND SIR DAVID KINGCOURTESY OF COVERING CLIMATE NOW What’s the difference between “carbon dioxide removal” (CDR) and “carbon capture and storage” (CCS)? And what role might each play in decarbonizing the global economy fast enough to avoid climate breakdown? CCNow held a press briefing on November 9 to get journalists up to speed on the complicated, sometimes confusing technologies of CDR and CCS, both of which are expected to be major points of contention at COP28.PANELISTSDr. Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy and Distinguished Professor at Texas Tech UniversitySir David King, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and former chief science adviser to the UK governmentMark Hertsgaard, CCNow’s executive director, moderated the conversation. 

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 20TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordTAMBORAN AGM - "DON'T FRACK THE NT"andPACIFIC CLIMATE WARRIORS TOUR GOMEROI COUNTRYGUESTS:Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Madden - Welcome to countryTamika Sadler and Larissa Baldwin-Roberts - Get UpMilima May -Larrakia TO and Bradley Frarrar- Alawa Beetaloo TO who travelled from NT to this AGM of TamboranDr Emma Skowronski - Doctors for the EnvironmentThanks to organisers from 350.org, AYCC and Get Up!Pacific Climate Warriors Gabriel Veigaunavinaka in FijiJacybnta Fa'Amau in Australia In early November, Gomeroi and Gamilaraay traditional owners, Pacific Climate Warriors and activists, school strikers, local farmers, Move Beyond Coal community members and more came together on Gomeroi country in north-west NSW. Together, we shared stories of resistance and resilience, built deeper relationships and stood in solidarity with Gomeroi & Gamilaraay custodians - whose land is being exploited by fossil fuel companies such as Whitehaven Coal and Santos. This is a rec

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 13TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordARE LEADERS JUST 'ACTING' ON CLIMATE ON THE WAY TO COP?THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE Guests:Mark Spencer - Podcaster and Founder of Climactic Collective(link is external)Meg Clancy - Actor, Dancer and  Major Contributor to NITVLyn Bender - Psychologist and former Manager of Lifeline Melbourne Hope lies beyond latest climate shock therapy (eurekastreet.com.au)(link is external)Greta Thunberg - Founder of Fridays for Future and Cassandra to the Climate Movement  (229) Austrian World Summit 2021 - Greta Thunberg Speech - YouTube(link is external)Kim Stanley Robinson and Naomi Klein at Rutgers University Institute for  Earth, Ocean and Atrmospheric Sciences.Kim Stanley Robinson Special Event - Rutgers EOAS(link is external)Music "Nada:" a tango from La Tabu. This is a theatrical and intense episode. We use KS Robinson's novel as a springboard to explore the themes of being overwraught with insufficient leadership. What are the  many ways forward?It sta

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWNOVEMBER 6TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordKIM STANLEY ROBINSON - THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTUREInterview with Kim Hill Courtesy of Radio NZ  Guests:Kim Hill from Radio New Zealand  in a recent interview with author Kim Stanley Robinson.Their subject is THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE   and  The High Sierra: A Love Story Climate Action ahead:School Strike4 climate Friday November 17th.Nov 17 | SS4C Australia (schoolstrike4climate.com)Gadigal Land/ Sydney Belmore Park at 12 noonNaam/Melbourne - Flagstaff Gardens 1 pm The Peoples Blockade  of the World's largest coal port Newcastle  November 24th-27th Register to help - Rising Tide Extinction RebellionGlobal Newsletter #80: People Power Stops Oil in Ecuador! (rebellion.global)November 7th Sydney (20+) Drown out the Drums of War: March on the Naval Expo | FacebookNovember 18th Melbourne (20+) Mothers Rebellion for Climate Justice - Southbank - VIC - Action | Facebook 350.0rgSign the perition : Our Islands Our HomeFix Our Climate Laws: Protect Water

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 30THProduced by Vivien Langford PLAYING GOD WITH THE CLIMATE "Artificial Intelligence and the latest technological innovations start with the notion of the human being with no limits, whose abilities can be infinitely expanded thanks to technology, a paradim which monstrously feeds upon itself" Pope Francis Laudate Deum.Guests:Thea Ormerod - Chair of ARRCC- ARRCC Winton Higgins - Author, Holocaust scholar and secular BuddhistRevamp Writings on Secular Buddhism — Winton Higgins This show is dedicated to the late Professor Saleemul Huq OBE. He was a friend of this show always willing to do an interview and a major figure in the world of climate action.Once he was on the phone from Dhaka and in the 3CR studio with me was a Dutch expert on flood control.Dr Huq was so enchanted that he invited the Dutchman to a conference in Bangla Desh there and then.Later he showed a deep compassion inspired by his Muslim reverence for life, when talking of the Rohyngia refugees stumbling at that time

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordOctober 23rd 2023VETERINARIANS FOR CLIMATE ACTION Guests: Dr Ron Glanville Former Chief Veterinarian Officer for Queenslandtalks about livestock and the increase of vector borne diseases in floods and rising heat. Biosecurity consultant says Victorian farmers need to be more aware of mosquito-borne viruses - Vets for Climate Action (vfca.org.au) Dr Michelle Marquardt - In the Blue Mountains talks about caring for your dog in a heatwave,preventing your cat becoming a pest and rescuing wildlife from bushfires.Do Birds Pant Like Dogs? - Vets for Climate Action (vfca.org.au) Music by Flume A call to Nature The Environmental Music Prize – Amplifying the voices of artists who inspire action for climate and conservation. Watch this to see beautiful birds of the Northern Rivers Inspiration from HEAT by Jeff Goodall -‘The Heat Will Kill You First’ is a chilling book — and a warning | GristCheck out his chapter :The Mosquito is my vector  

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 16TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford "LIVING WONDERS" LOSE IN COURT The Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek was not in court to defend the challenge to her approval of two coal mine extensions. On her side were barristers for MACH Energy and  WHITEHAVEN coal. Justice Mc Elwaine dismissed the case. He said "Ultimately (this)...... raises matters for parliament to consider"   Environmental Justice Australia said "Unless it is appealed, today's judgement effectively clears the way for the minister to ignore climate change in her risk assessment of all new coal and gas projects on her desk- of which there are 25" I interviewed the president of the Environment Council of Central Queensland, Christine Carlisle about the impact on Australia's living wonders of more coal exports into the 2040's. Even now the Narrabri mine is leaking three times the climate changing  methane it claimed. If the extension is approved it will only add fuel to the climate chaos we are now experiencing everywher

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 9th 2023Mark Diesendorf : SUSTAINABLE CIVILISATION As the world’s ecosystem and climate is collapsing around us, due to humanity’s uncontrolled carbon emissions, is a transition to a civilisation that is sustainable, socially just, healthy and less militarised even possible? Associate professor Mark Diesendorf and science journalist Rod Taylor think so, and they have recently published a book about how we will do it: ‘The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation’.In this podcast interview courtesy of journalist Mik Aidt, Mark Diesendorf describes what is wrong with our current political system, and then he makes a coherent argument for how it can be transformed.Diesendorf calls for citizen-based environmental, social justice, public health and peace groups to form alliances in order to challenge the overarching issues of state capture and flawed economic ideology.Former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt once told a delegation: “OK, you have convinced me. Now get out there and make me do

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 2ND 2023Produced by Vivien Langford STOP COAL SEAM GAS RALLY AT NSW PARLIAMENT  " If the LNG build out continues in USA, Canada and Australia - its sheer size will overwhelm our efforts to rein in global warming" Bill Mc Kibben Speakers :  Gomeroi, NSW Farmers ,Unions NSW and Climate activists defend the Pilliga against Santos GasBernie Hobbs M.C.- Knitting Nannas Gomeroi People from the land where Santos Gas Project threatens the Great Artesian Basin watersRaymond Bubbly WetherallSue-Ellen TigheKara Kinchella Parliamentarians in support of stopping Coal seam gas projects affecting Liverpool plains farmlandRoy Butler - MP for Bowen (Narrabri, Broken Hill, Cobar)Cate Faehrmann - Greens MP in NSW Upper HouseDr Joe Mc Gurr - MP for Wagga WaggaJeremey Buckingham - Member of the NSW Legislative Council and Legalise Cannabis Party Farmers defending the food bowl against the contamination of Coal seam GasXavier Martin - President of the NSW Farmers FederationDoug Friend - FarmerJoy Beves -

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 25th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford "TIME TO WAKE UP AND STEP UP" Antonio Guterres at climate ambition summit.Antarctica melting/ Libya flooding/ Corporations v Co-ops Guests:Antonio Guterres - Former Socialist  PM of Portugal and defender of East TimorSir David King in conversation with Nick Breeze - from Climate Genn in U.KNoam Chomsky in conversation with Dru Oja jay from Breach Media in CanadaNissa Beck in Libya in conversation with Juan Gonzales from Democracy Now

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 18th 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordRISING TIDE - THE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE Recorded at Redfern Town Hall  at the end of the Rising Tide speaking tour to call people to the People's Blockade of Newcastle Port. About Us — Rising Tide Speakers :M.C. Fahimah Badrulhisham - Australian Religious Response to Climate Change + Sean Murray -Rising TideIan Dunlop - Australian Security Leaders Climate GroupRev Moni Taumoepeau - Uniting Church Mission and Education Unit and proud TonganJenny Leong - Greens Member for Newtown NSW ParliamentClover Moore - Sydney Lord MayorAlexa Stuart -  Young climate activist from Rising Tide Newcastle.FACEBOOK EVENT: bit.ly/blockade2023-fb Invitation to come up to Newcastle NSW for November 24th to 27th 2023How you can participateYou dont need to go on a kayak. There is a huge diversity of roles, skills and support required to build this movement and we need everyone who cares and is able to play a part. Taking the pledge means that you will be supported to find

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 11th - 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDSAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTIONImmediate protection of Australia’s native forests is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate and biodiversity crises. Our Federal government could do it. NZ has banned Native forest logging since 2002. Guests:Mark Graham -  Meet the team: Mark Graham, ecologist — The White Bluff Project(link is external) Dorothee Babeck - Bob Brown Foundation Campaigner NSW End Native Forest Logging Now - Bob Brown Foundation Open letter Please sign Sue Higginson - MLC NSW Parliament. Former CEO of Environment Defenders OfficeSaving Forests is Climate Action - Sue Higginson MLC(link is external)“I have been on the frontline of forest defence myself and I have represented countless other forest defenders through the courts as they seek to protect the environment from senseless destruction.NSW has the highest rates of extinction in the country and the Forestry Corporation is directly driving these extinctions through des

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOW SEPTEMBER 4TH 2023A REPEATEDEN /MONARO A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FORESTPRODUCED BY ANDY BRITT IN 2020 AFTER THE MEGA BUSH FIRESINTERVIEWS BY VIVIEN LANGFORD  GUESTS:DAN MORGAN - YUIN MAN AND EXPERT ON CULTURAL BURNINGPETER HAGGAR - "CAFE EVOLVE" IN BEGA. PHILOSOPHICAL HEART OF THE RESISTANCEVIVIAN HARRIS - CLIMATE ACTION NOW ACTIVIST AT WEEK 71 OF HER REMINDER TO BEGA AUTHORITIESJO DODDS -  BUSHFIRE SURVIVORS FOR CLIMATE ACTION /EMERGENCY LEADERS FOR CLIMATE ACTION.ROUNDTABLE A new relationship with the forest is emerging after fires worse than those in the Amazon spread the length of The Great Dividing range in 2019/2020. The Eden Monaro By election in July, polarised people into the old blame game about hazzard reduction. Some blamed greenies for not wanting any, others blamed loggers for creating hazzards with the debris and flammable new growth they leave behind.  At the Emergy Leaders for Climate Action Summit, Greg Mullins said "We need to stop being such control freaks and develo