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CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAUGUST 28TH 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 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“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 destruction of habitat in forests that are e

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAUGUST 21ST 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD THE SECURITY RISKS OF CLIMATE INACTIONGUESTS: Senator David Shoebridge - Federal Greens Party Portfolio :Defence and veterans affairsIan Dunlop - Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration. Veteran Climate Warrior and former head of The Australian Coal Assciation David Spratt's briefing is the basis of our discussion   Read it here HOME | Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration (breakthroughonline.org.au)Essential Viewing:Are consultancies creating a security risk in our public service?Shadow State: How consultants infiltrated government - ABC News Music ; Helen Clark in a vintage song Dont take my darling boy away. 

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW AUGUST -14TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien Langford GO BACK Lobbyists in Canberra - GE in Bangladesh - Fossil fuelled AMOC in the Atlantic Go Back! We don't approve! These are the words from Bangladeshi artists in the ELECTRIFY BANGLADESH exhibition in Boston Bangladeshi Artists Paint A True Picture of GE's Greenwash by Market ForcesGuests: Munira Chowdhury from Market Forces visited the place where  a new gas project is proposed by GE. In Chattorgam alone these projects would double the emissions of  the whole of Bangladesh. GE , which has signed up to the NetZero2050 pledge and is also one of the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturers needs to get behind the Electrify Bangladesh banner. As  one local put it" Only Landowners will be compensated. Us fisherfolk and salt workers will get nothing" Ismail Pascha - Crab farmer from Chattorgram.Bangladesh is already exposed to climate disasters, like cyclone Mocha this year which killed over 100 people. Billions of dollars in economic loss and a na

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAugust 7th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford KICK PROFITEERS OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT FORESTRY, COAL AND  OUR FUTURE Guests :Professor Christopher Wright - Sydney University co author of Organising Responses to Climate Change 'The barriers to climate action today aren't technological. They're political. Read this book to understand how polluters have created obstacles to the task of decarbonization and how we can fight back.' Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Pennsylvania State University and author of The New Climate WarOrganising Responses to Climate Change by Daniel Nyberg, Christopher Wright, Vanessa Bowden - 9781009266949 - Dymocks Miree Leroy - Move Beyond Coal on their win for people power. NAB says no to financing Whitehaven Coal - Move Beyond CoalAustralia has a big coal problemAustralia is one of the world’s largest exporters of coal – the number one cause of climate change. Right now, corporations are planning to dig more new coal projects in Australia than anywhere else on t

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJULY 31ST 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordC O L L A P S EEpisode 4 : SYSTEM CHANGE NOT  CLIMATE CHANGE Guests:Professor Jem Bendell - BREAKING TOGETHER – a freedom-loving response to collapse – Professor Jem Bendell He speaks from Bali to the Meer Forum on deep adaptation. The late Professor Will Steffan - The Climate Council- He's back: what the return of El NiÑo means | Climate CouncilProfessor Julia Steinberger - IPCC author and expert on the behaviour of ther fossil fuel industry . With permission from  Nick Breeze at Climate Genn who is a penetrating interviewer. Dr Julia Steinberger - The hour before dawn is always the darkest - ClimateGenn Music - Small Island Big Song Ta’u Tama // Small Island Big Song – The Environmental Music PrizeWhat will we tell our children?First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you.... and then  you win .Will the present system collapse? It's killing us. Who would you like us to interview?Send us a message at Radio 3CR : 03 94198377

CLIMATE  ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordECO-SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVES  FROM CANADAEpisode 3 - SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPLUSFIREANTS ON THE MOVE interview by Simon Walker When the young Blockade Australia person, dangling over the container port of Brisbane, said "I don't have all the answers, but others are surely working on the system change we need", it was a challenge to us to go and find the thinkers. Derrick O'Keefe in Vancouver thinks we need to be far more ambitious. Instead of wanting to protect our children and grandchildren we need to believe in a future which is safe for at least the next seven generations. He wants to see writers and creative people put their minds to the future we can work towards. Some of the ideas we discuss are from The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Simon Walker found out about  the march of  Fireants from Reece Pianto. If you are wondering what is the connection with climate change you will be astounded. You can also get involved. The invasive Sp

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJULY 17TH 2023PRODUCED By Vivien Langford with guest interviewer Simon Walker THE  EXTINTINCTION CURVEEPISODE 2 in the  SERIES : SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPlus REWILDING BENEATH THE EARTHAuthors of The Extinction Curve: Growth and Globalisation in the Climate Endgame, John van der Velden and Rob White argue that the climate crisis is happening now and they are proposing a radical solution to alter the global warming trajectory: democratic nationalisation. How has green capitalism failed and what does this alternative provide? Is it really too late to stop global warming? Following the daring direct action of Blockade Australia we explore what System change is possible and how to achieve it. Here is one option. We welcome your suggestions on other approaches. GuestsJohn van der Velden is an independent socialist writer living in Canberra, Australia. Activist and author, he writes on matters of political economy, class structure and the climate emergency.Rob White is  Emeritus Disti

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOW  JULY 10TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford HOPE LIES IN RESISTANCEYou'll die waiting for a climate election Guests:Blockade Australia's Munro, Wenzel and Jem who arrested the flow of commerce in the ports of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over the last week of June.Videos Archives - Blockade Australia Professor Emeritus Rob White - University of Tasmania.He is an expert in Transnational Environmental Crime His recent book with John Van der Velden is-The Extinction Curve- Growth and Globalisation in the Climate Endgame.We talk about Eco socialism and regaining democratic control of the essentials for survival, energy, water, land. The blockaders have thrown down the gauntlet. The banks and government subsidies are accelerating climate change. Is it unthinkable that they could be brought under democratic control?We explore how capitalism is the root cause of climate chaos. Rob describes democratic nationalisation  and how we  can produce and consume only what we need.  Dr Elizabeth Boulton 

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW  JULY 3RD 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordFear and Wonder produced by Michael Green for The Conversation THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET Blockade Australia and Fear and Wonder - What is fair? Guests:Niabh -  She abseiled off a bridge in Melbourne with  Blockade Australia.They blocked 6 lanes of traffic leading to the port  Aida Diongue-Niang - Senegalese meteorologist  and IPCC Author on Loss and damageGueladio Cisse -    Mauritanian public health expert on water Throwing down the gauntletAt the end of June Blockade Australia had a week of action stopping the flow of commerce into the ports of 4 major cities in Australia. In Newcastle they drew attention to the exported coal which is fuelling climate chaos.. In BRisbane, Sydney and Melbourne climbers were suspended over  container ports. They are throwing down the gauntlet to our system based on high carbon lifestyles and consumerism. We talk to Niebh to learn why.About - Blockade Australia Fear and Wonder produced by Michael Green and Dr Joelle

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 26TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordBANGLA DESH REVISITED IN THE GREAT ASIAN HEATWAVE 2023 This is a repeat of the 2020 radio show taking us to Bangladesh. In the wake of Cyclone Mocha this year and the Asian heatwave which has caused many deaths we revisit these resourceful people to learn about courage.GUESTS: Runa Kahn - Founder of Friendship The Mangrove Project is Very Important: It Shows Things Can be Done - Friendship NGO- Cyclone Mocha makes landfall; Bangladesh spared mass destruction - Friendship NGODr Saleemul Huq - He has published hundreds of scientific as well as popular articles and was recognized as one of the top twenty global influencers on climate change policy in 2019 and top scientist from Bangladesh on climate change science. Recently he has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to combating international climate change. Bangladesh rocked by power cuts as cyclone hits gas supply | Reuters ‘Alarmin

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 19TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordMOTHER EARTH? ....PALLIATIVE CARE A comment made  by a nurse in the human chain around the NAB Sydney HQ hit like a depth charge.Her placard showed Mother Earth with a thermometer in her mouth. I said  "She looks like she's in intensive care". "No, said the nurse, she's palliative".It chilled me because palliative suggests no more heroic measures, just smooth the dying pillow. This week watching videos of  Blockade Australia people hanging in harnesses above the Port in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, I thought something is indeed dying. Our economic system of infinite growth is leading to ecological collapse. We need to let it go.One of the young people livestreaming his comments said " People recognise the system is not broken. It is designed this way and it is tearing away our future"They were not disrupting the export of coal and gas, which has a long history. They were interrupting the flow of goods that fuels consumerism.Another dangling  pers

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOW JUNE 12th 2023PRODUCED  in the Studio at 3CR by Juliet and RachelINTERVIEWS  by Vivien LangfordRADIOTHON : STAY TUNED . STAY RADICALGive generously to community radio. Here is how: GiveNow - Community Radio Federations Donations Fund GUESTSPeter Bennett From his experience in the Emergency  Departments of busy hospitals Peter sees teamwork and training as essential. How are we training and creating the teamwork necessary to withstand the climate emergency?  Now, after a sojourn in remote communities, he takes climate action. He  was part of the Move Beyond Coal event that circled the NAB HQ in Sydney plus a dignified and meditative sit -in at their foyer. He sees that as long as they finance new coal and gas projects, they are detroying the health of all future generations. .Getting-to-know-our-rural-GPs.pdf (racgp.org.au) Coral Bleach Was  an "effluent" protester at the " Super Dirty Gas Awards" . Market Forces Analysis was shaming  the top superannuation companies :First Super Dirty Gas

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 5TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford WORLD   ENVIRONMENT   DAY- FOCUS ON PLASTICStories - Environment Day | United Nations Guests :Tero Mustonen - Winner of the Goldman prize for Climate and Energy 2023. He is featured in this weeks episode of Fear and Wonder produced by Michael Green and Joelle Gergis for The Conversation Tero Mustonen, a Finnish scholar, fisherman and president of the NGO Snowchange Cooperative, brought together Sámi Indigenous knowledge holders, Western science, and community members to preserve culture and protect and restore massive areas of carbon-capturing peatlands.About 30% of the country’s surface is composed of peatland. Peat bogs have a layer of decomposed plant material that traps water and carbon dioxide due to the lack of oxygen. As a result, peatlands store a significant amount of carbon, making them crucial for regulating the Earth’s climate. However, peatlands grow slowly, about 1 meter (3 feet) every 1,000 years.In Finland, peat is burned to create en

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMAY 29TH 2023PRODUCED by Vivien LangfordWith guest producer Simon Walker K N O W I N G   W H A T   T O  D O N A B    B A N K I N G    C L I M A T E   F A I L U R ER E W I L DI N G  - ANIMALS KNOW WHAT TO DO.  Guests: The Climate Congregation - In prayer and meditation at NAB HQ in Sydney. This is a group of eminent                                                    citizens  from the Budhist, Christian and Muslim faiths.  David Finnigan -  Writer and climate expert has a short piece about rewilding in the suburbs. You can see his play in Sydney SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA  at Belvoir Theatre until the end of JUNE.  (440) David Finnigan - How to fall in love with the world as it unravels - YouTube Oswald Schmitz  - Oastler Professor of Population and community ecology in the Yale University School of Environment.He is in Conversation with Simon Walker about how  Conserving Wildlife Can Help Mitigate Climate Change (yale.edu) " Solving the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis are not separa

  CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMAY 22ND 2023 Produced by Vivien LangfordSCENES  FROM  THE  CLIMATE  ERAGuestsCarissa Licciardello - Director at Belvoir Theatre of Scenes from the Climate EraDavid Finnigan - Writer of Scenes from the Climate Era. (401) David Finnigan - When will the climate era end? - YouTube“We knew there was a mass extinction happening, we all felt bad about it. But you couldn’t think about it every second of every day. I had a bad breakup that year, I was trying to pay rent. We were just living our lives.”A frog, the last of its species, starts calling for a mate, but there’s no-one to hear.A group of friends reminisce about the last time they took a flight, before all that came to an end.Landholders in Borneo confront western environmentalists over who owns the forest.A scientist is coached on how to speak to the media in digestible soundbites.A family takes to the water, needing a new home, new hope…A remarkable, illuminating, shocking, wry, and sometimes inspiring piece of theatre, Scenes from the

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW MAY 15TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford HEATWAVE SCIENCE ------ EXTINCTION PREVENTIONUNITE TO SURVIVE Guests :Extinction Rebellion TV Live.(396) XR Big One. 21-24 April 2023 - YouTube The Big One featured 200 climate action groups gathered in London in April. A joyful crowd of 60,000 extra ordinary people swarmed  with more pageantry than the coronation. I extracted some comments to show the depth, education and ardour of these climate activists determined to turn the tide.. We hear from The Climate Media Coalition , XR doctors and nurses, Trade Unions, Engineers for climate action and a retired policeman on how Citizens Assemblies can cut through the futile battles in court. They did not disrupt traffic or glue themselves to banks. They did not disrupt the London Marathon and they did not get the ususual outraged media coverage that anger and disruption generate.They  created their own media and we will bring you more extracts from The Big One in the following months.The aim was to be in

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOW MAY 8th 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordSEA LEVEL RISE, GLACIERS AND OCEANS Featuring : Fear and Wonder Part 2 Guests:Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John  on Woodside's contribution to the Safeguards Mechanism Bill(20+) Senator Jordon Steele-John | FacebookHe refers to the IPCC Sixth report. If you want to dip in try Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate — (ipcc.ch) Journalist Michael Green with part 2 of his series Fear and Wonder, courtesy of The Conversation.Today, IPCC author Joelle Gergis introduces us to an  Icelandic Glaciologist and a British Oceanographer who also plays music. We learn about the causes of sea level rise.Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the climate is changing (theconversation.com)Join the Climate Council | Climate Council Music : David Rovics "Kiss behind the barricades from his new album  Killing the Messenger | David Rovics (bandcamp.com) As  you listen to this podcast consider supporting the Greenpeace Crew on the Rainbow Wa

CLIMATEACTION SHOWMAY 1ST 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordUNITE TO SURVIVE +Fear and Wonder Part 1 MAYDAY is an internationally recognised radio word to signal distress.Our MAYDAY show highlights the 4 day Extinction Rebellion event in London. The Big One.Their banner on Westminster Bridge said "UNITE TO SURVIVE".The distress already felt by workers is shown in thiscomment by NHS Spokesperson Holly Blackler:"We've experienced a pandemic and a heatwave that took us to the limits of our endurance. These two issues are intertwined. The climate crisis unfolding in front of us... and we are deeply concerned for our patients. For that reason XR has our unfailing support" FEAR AND WONDER Episode 1By kind permission of The Conversation we bring you interviews with climate scientists. IPCC Author Joelle Gergis is our guide in this episode created by journalist Michael Green. We meet paleoclimatologist Kim Cobb underwater with the corals and learn about modelling and citizen science from Ed Hawkins.  

 THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 24TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordGREENPEACE TAKES ON THE CLIMATE CRIMINALS GuestsDavid Ritter - CEO Greenpeace Australia/PacificChristine Rose -  Lead Climate Campaigner Greenpeace Aotearoa/New Zealand A thrilling case study in successful climate actionPower Play: Transforming Australia's biggest climate polluter | A Greenpeace Documentary - Bing video Brilliant video from the victims of floods and landslides in NZ North Island 2023.The Fonterra Company is their greatest climate polluter. They returned the debris from Cyclone Gabrielle to the sender and surrounded Fonterra's HQ with climate crime scene tape.Flooding Fonterra - Bing video

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 17TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford BOB BROWN -  NSW ! STOP NATIVE FOREST LOGGINGRecorded at  Pitt St Uniting Church Sydney, saved by Jack Mundey's Green BansGuests:Wendy Harmer - M.CJustin Field, Sue Higginson and Alex Greenwich - Members of NSW ParliamentSusie Russell - NE Forest Alliance - Bulga Blockade - Forest ProtectorTekeza Frank - South Coast Conservation Group - Tree sitter Brumen State ForestMark Graham - EcologistJoin the campaign to Protect Native Forest Australia’s Native Forests - Bob Brown Foundation Quotes from Ecologist Mark Graham “I have extensively and intensively surveyed these forests and can categorically state that Forestry Corporation NSW are currently destroying the very last bastions of the globally significant forest biota known to depend upon these forests.” “As good recent example of Forestry Corporation NSW shifting their operations at their leisure:  Bagawa SF was listed on Plan Portal as "Completed" until recent days. They then changed it to "Suspend