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THE YEARS OF REPAIRNOVEMBER 16TH 2020 PRODUCTION: Vivien Langford and Andy Britt GUESTS: Michael Lord - Research Lead at Beyond Zero Emissions on The Manufacturing  Jobs for the Years of Repair.https://bze.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Million_Jobs_Plan.pdf Senator Janet Rice - On Joe Biden, Zali Steggall and our Democracy Cathy Kenedy - Global Nurses United. The years of repair in health systems stressed by climate change Annie Leonard - Greenpeace USA - On changing the narrative of scarcity and weakness in the face of the repairs needed now. A short film by Avi Lewishttps://theintercept.com/2020/10/01/naomi-klein-message-from-future-covid/ The webinar : Utopia from the ashes: The years of repairhttps://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+utopia+from+the+ashes&docid=608003477887520652&mid=B61C5685186861B3CA4BB61C5685186861B3CA4B&view=detail&FORM=VIRE Headlines this week warn "Australia could be isolated over climate inaction after Biden Victory". Can o

SANCTUARY 30% protected by 2030November 9th 2020 Produced by : Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuests: Professor James Watson - University of Queensland Director of the Centre for Biodiversity and conservation science and GREENFIRE science research. Contributor to the paper in "Nature"Area based conservation in the 21st Century" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2773-zThanks to Andrew Muller for the idea for this show. Murray MacDonald- Fisheries and Aquatic Living Resource Conservation Consultant. Experience in  establishing Marine Protected areas. Professor John Woinarski - Conservation Biologist with  Australian Wildlife Conservancy.  Deputy Director of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub, focusing on the ‘Red Hot Red List’ – Australian animals and plants at acute risk of extinction. A wonderful recent interview here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbS3uMi16M Links:Australian Wildlife Conservancy : https://www.australianwildlife.org

THE FRENCH CITIZENS ASSEMBLY ON CLIMATENOVEMBER 2ND 2020 Interviews  : Reema Rattan and Vivien LangfordProduction: Andy BrittGuests:Amandine Roggemann -  International Committee for the implementation of citizen recommendations https://www.conventioncitoyennepourleclimat.fr/ Sonia Randhawa - The Coalition of Everyone https://www.coalitionofeveryone.com/ Vincent Liegey - Author  with Anitra Nelson of "Exploring Degrowth". Can we be concerned about the end of the world and forget about justice?The French Citizens Assembly on Climate was a response to turmoil created by the yellow Vest Movement. As one protester said to President Macron " You are concerned with the end of the world, we are concerned about the end of the month". Citizens or Activists?150 citizens representing a cross section of France deliberated for 9 months and presented their recommendations in July 2020. As Amandine Roggemann tells us, they got massive media attention and their government is n

REQUIEM, REGENERATION AND RENEWABLE  ENERGY PRECINCTSOCTOBER 26TH 2020PRODUCTION: Vivien Langford and Andy Britt and thnaks to Imogen Butler and Mark Spencer GUESTS:Dr Kita Ashman - Ecologist at WWF  and Jenny Gray from Zoos Victoria with the last Pipistrelle on Christmas IslandNicky Ison -                     WWFChris Arnott - CEO at Beyond Zero EmissionsMichael Lord -          at Beyhond Zero EmissionsSimon Currie -        Energy Estate REQUIEM,   REGENERATION and  RENEWABLES PRECINCTS It starts as a requiem for the lost trees and animals in our last terrible summer. As ecologist Dr Kita Ashman says "Nature needs us now" We honour the growing number of people who realise how  connected we are to the land. WWF did a listening project and Kita tells us of the large numbers yearning for a simpler life, to get back in touch with nature. As a result they are p

Please join with us for this show where we will be heading deep into Ahrnem land to the Beetaloo basin - the location in Northern Territory where Origin and Santos have resumed exploration since a brief respite thanks to COVID. The Beetaloo basin is a massive site of shale gas that if tapped could seriously threaten Australia's ability to meet its commitments under Paris. Dan Robins spokesperson of Protect Country Alliance has been working for years in the Northern Territory to halt fracking. During that time PCA has had some stunning victories like the moratorium on CSG exploration in 2016.We will also speak with Mimal Land Management CEO Dominic Nicholls - whose organisation works with the Bulman and Weemol communities to manage a vast territory deep in Arnhem land according to indigenous principles. They also work to reduce climate emissions for Australia. Nicholls has also been an outspoken opponent of the Beetaloo Basin proposal. We will also be speaking with Emily Townsend - a former empl

GREENWASHOctober 12th 2020Production: Vivien Langford and Andy BrittInterviews: Kurt Johnson with Sandra Capone of Good On You fashion App. James Whitmore with Dr Ted Trainer of UNSW http://simplicityinstitute.org/  When the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell says "We cannot go faster than society. We cannot sell what customers don't want", we have to wonder who persuaded us to want oil?  IN Australia as COVID recovery plans promote gas we need to ask, Who filled our minds with the idea that gas is "cleaner", more modern, and the gas companies are a commmunity asset.? https://mumbrella.com.au/gas-billboard-claiming-to-be-cleaner-and-greener-pulled-by-watchdog-for-misleading-consumers-635364 The Guardian this year decided to refuse all ads for oil and gas. They were driven by the urgency of climate action reported by their journalists.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/29/guardian-to-ban-advertising-from-fossil-fuel-firms-climate-crisis Client Earth launched a complaint against

SCIENTISTS AND JOURNALISTSWHAT'S IT LIKE WHEN YOU'RE EXPOSED TO TOO MUCH CLIMATE CHANGE AND NOT ENOUGH ACTION?October 5th 2020.Production: Vivien Langford.Podcast : Andy BrittGuestsDr Joelle Gergis - Climate Scientist at ANU, Canberra. Author of Sunburnt Country and Witnesing the Unthinkable Prof. Johan Rockstrom - Earth Systems scientist at the Potscdam Institute for Climate Impact research, Berlin Nigel Topping - UK High level Climate Action Champion, London Marian Wilkinson - Esteemed journalist and author of The Carbon Club in conversation with Prof Bob Carr at the Institute for Sustainable futures, UTS Sydney Coral Wynter - Journalist , scientist and camp[aigner against Narrabri Gas project Music  Ode to Mother Earth by Aunty Ruby  recorded at a BZE event by Dominique Hes What is it like when your day job is "witnessing the unthinkable?"Joelle Gergis reads her article about the nightmare she has as a result of being exposed to the most horrifying tipping

 FIGHT FOR PLANET AA BZE DISCUSSION GROUP September 28th - Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy Britt Guests: Craig Reucassel  - Director of the ABC Series Fight for Planet ADamon Gameau - Director and Producer of the film "2040"Jess Panegyres - Forest Campaigner and land use solutions expertImogen Jubb - Zero Carbon Communities manager for BZEAimee Mehan - Climate leader and Hunter Valley entrepreneurMusic by David Rovics - The flames of History The climate community is working overtime to influence the way  COVID Recovery funds are spent . It's a unique opportunity for  lasting, life enhancing and carbon reducing projects. It may seem to people outside this community that nothing much is happening, that emissions are still rising. However, community organisiing such as we saw on the Schoolstrike4climate at over 200 locations here and also globally means that a lot is happening. Quarry Vision is easy. Business as usual is comforting, Grappling with the t

COVID RECOVERYSCHOOLSTRIKE4CLIMATE " FUND OUR FUTURE- NOT GAS" September 21st 2020Production : Vivien LangfordPodcasts: Andy BrittGuests: Daisy Millpark - Schoolstrike4climatePenny Howard - Maritime Union of AustraliaMark Ogge - The Australia InstituteExtra items : Professor Andrew Blakers ANU in an interview with Fran Kelly ABC/RN  and Greta Thunberg in an interview with Steve Colbert at CBS COVID Economic Stimulus is a good way to see the difference between  countries serious about climate action and those  giving  public money to  coal oil and gas exploitation. We look at the Green Recovery stimulus in Europe v countries leading the recovery with more climate changing fossil fuels. The Europeans and NZ are leading the way with massive thermal retrofits for social and private  housing.https://www.vivideconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/200605-Green-Stimulus-Index-1.pdf The most exhilarating voice is a Year 9 student, Daisy Millpark, who tells us how th

In this episode, James joins with Russian environmental journalist Angelina Davydova to host a conversation about Russia, Australia and climate change. Both countries have recently seen extreme summers, and people are increasingly awakening to the impacts of climate change. We also share large fossil fuel export industries, and governments recalcitrant to act. Featuring:Angelina Davydova - Angelina is the director of the NGO Office of Environmental Information (based in St. Petersburg, Russia), which works in the area of cooperation between Russia and other countries in the climate and environmental sectors. She is also one of the leading climate journalists in Russia, regularly contributing to Russian and international media. She also teaches at a number of universities in Russia.Dr Alexey Kokorin - Dr. Kokorin is Director of Climate and Energy Program of the WWF – Russia. He served for the World Wide Fund for Nature from 2000. From 1984 to 1999, Dr. Kokorin worked in the Instit

In this episode we examine how the human psyche and the environment interoperate. We will be talking with:Professor Glenn Albrecht - Former professor of sustainability at University of Newcastle, Glenn became famous for coining the term solastalgia - meaning to feel the loss at the destruction of one's home place. We will be discussing the complex relationship between the mind and place.Links:Glenn's blog: https://glennaalbrecht.com/Glenn's new book: https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2019/06/21/review-glenn-albrecht-earth-emotions-new-words-new-worldProfessor Lesley Hughes - Lesley Hughes is the professor for biology at Macquarie University who researches the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems. We spoke with her about the impact that denialism has on the mental wellbeing of climate scientistsLinks:When planetary catastrophe is your day jobThe milk of human geniusMark Allen - is the mindful activist. We spoke with him about how he balances climate activism with ment

Bangladeshi farmer in CovidTimes (repeat)CLIMATE CRISIS FRONTLINESEpisode 1- BANGLADESH13th July 2020Guests:Runa Khan - Founder of "Friendship" floating hospitals in Bangladeshhttps://friendship.ngo/floods-in-bangladesh-and-friendships-response/(link is external)https://friendship.ngo/about-us/leadership/runa-khan-founder-and-executive-director/(link is external)Dr Saleemul Huq - Scientist and Director of International Centre for Climate Change and Developmenthttps://www.iied.org/climate-covid-19-collaboration-we-need(link is external)COP is no longer fit for purpose :https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1iUHL94bWo7kN34oPG6V_dny1BJ4hwEW&v=g3nuz1_Ani0(link is external)Music: Stand Up tall by Miguel Heatwole and the choirSound Effects : by Maqubul from Freesound "Be prepared" is the message from Bangladesh. Runa Khan describes the thousand rivers and silt islands in her country. She says  saving lives is not enough.  Her floating hospitals have expanded into , school

24th August 2020Produced by Andy Britt and Vivien LangfordUNIONS,FIRST NATIONS AND STUDENTS."IN STRUGGLE LIES STRENGTH"BUILD OUR FUTURE:CLIMATE JUSTICE AND JOBSGUESTS:Edie Shepherd - Original PowerGreg Mullins - Emergency leaders for Climate ActionElizabeth Maddox - Author "Category 5"Shoi Sengupta, Laura and Will from Students 4 Climate actionDave Kerin - Co Founder of Earth WorkerThanks also to Tim Davis Franks of TIPPING POINT and Annie Mc Laughlin and Michaela of 3CR for help The next school strike for climate will prove that  Lockdown is a perfect time to turn the tide on climate catastrophe.Keep the date Friday September 25th https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/buildourfutureSome students are preparing for final year exams, some unionists are out of work but the momentum to face the reality of the climate crisis is still building. September 25th is two weeks b efore our federal budget so this is a chance to push for COVID REcovery which turbo charges the jobs already

17TH AUGUST 2020Production: Vivien Langford. Podcast: Andy BrittInterviews: James Whitmore and Kurt JohnsonTOURISM'S CARBON FLIGHTPATHGUESTSDr Arunima Malik - Sydney UniversitySheldon Chanel - Senior journalist in FijiMaja Rosen - Founder of Flight Free in SwedenRoger Tyers - Southampton University We're all armchair travellers now so James, Kurt and Viv regaled each other with  favourite travel moments. James discovered antiquity in Italy. Kurt, whose terrific travel book The Red Wake took him to the ex Soviet nations, witnessed a rocket launch in Khazakhstan. Viv had an unforgettable experience when she stepped into the Zenana carriage on an Indian train.https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-red-wake-9780857987068 The Red Wake But since the Paris Climate Accord in 2015 left aviation and shipping to regulate themselves, the impact of tourism is now 8% of global emissions and rising.We look at how to travel better as James interviews Dr Arunima Malik. Her article in Nature Cl

10th AUGUST 2020Production: Vivien Langford  Podcast: Andy BrittKANGAROO ISLAND FIRES  and ENERGY MINISTERS' SUMMIT1. From the Embers/Glowing Island from CBAA. Produced by Lisa Burns and Sarah Mashman. Featuring the voices of Kangaroo Island residents : Kate Welz, Sabrina and Peter Davis, Jayne bates and Dana Mitchell.https://www.cbaa.org.au/fromtheembers 2.Smart Energy Council Energy Ministers summit. Featuring John Grimes and Wayne Smith. Energy Ministers Dan Van Holst Pelekaan S.A -   Bill Johnson W.A-   and Shane Rattenbury -A.C.T Climate Scientist Dr Joelle Gergis in her article "Witnessing the Unthinkable" says "We have arrived at a point in human history that I think of as the great unravelling". She is a lead author  with the U.N. and she talks about the emotional toll on scientists who seem to be unheard. When the Great Barrier Reef scientist Terry Hughs dived down to see the coral he felt like an Art Lover.."wandering through the Louvre as it bu

EDEN- MONARO/   A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOREST3RD AUGUST 2020PRODUCTION BY ANDY BRITTINTERVIEWS AND EDITING BY VIVIEN LANGFORDGUESTS:DAN MORGAN - YUIN MAN AND EXPERT ON CULTURAL BURNINGPETER HAGGAR - "CAFE EVOLVE" IN BEGA. PHILOSOPHICAL HEART OF THE RESISTANCEVIVIEN 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 develop trust. Climate chan

We spoke with Professor Judith Brett who wrote the current issue of the Quarterly Essay called the Coal Curse. This fascinating piece of research examines how Australia came to rely so heavily on coal, how it came to influence our political system and how psychologically it has become a religion for much of the right wing in Australia. Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysts Tim Buckley's discussed the future of coal - why very quietly during the COVID crisis, while so much of the world was distracted financial institutions divested from coal. Was it shareholder activism or simply the realisation that as an investment coal is dead and could this be the tipping point away from coal we were expecting?We spoke with my mate Dr Tom Doig heading back with him to the Latrobe Valley with his recently released book Hazelwood. A ripping read and an integral piece of Australian history. 

CLIMATE FRONTLINES Episode 2SIBERIA, THE PACIFIC AND HIDDEN WATER IN AUSTRALIA20TH JULY 2020Production: Andy Britt and Vivien LangfordInterviews : James Whitmore, Reema Rattan and Kurt Johnson Guests: Angelina Davidova - Environmental Journalist in St PetersburgBradley Moggridge - Indigenous Water Scientist in CanberraDr Wesley Morgan - Pacific Hub at Griffith University Music: Thanks to Paul Sutyrin on balaleika and Gladky for the Russian bandIsa Lei was sung by the Suva Methodist Choir and thanks to Hilda and Bernie O'Brien who sang this often in my childhood.Thanks to Scolex for sound effects of underground water  and cyclones Episode 1 on BANGLADESH is here: https://www.3cr.org.au/beyondzero/episode-202007131700/bangladeshEpisode 2 takes us to the Climate Frontline in SIBERIA.  Angelina Davidova tells James Whitmore about the base of oil tanks cracking as the permafrost beneath melts and  there is a massive oil spill into the rivers. Plus wild fires since May a

Bangladeshi farmer in CovidTimesCLIMATE CRISIS FRONTLINES Episode 1- BANGLADESH13th July 2020Guests: Runa Khan - Founder of "Friendship" floating hospitals in Bagladeshhttps://friendship.ngo/floods-in-bangladesh-and-friendships-response/https://friendship.ngo/about-us/leadership/runa-khan-founder-and-executive-director/Dr Saleemul Huq - Scientist and Director of International Centre for Climate Change and Developmenthttps://www.iied.org/climate-covid-19-collaboration-we-needCOP is no longer fit for purpose :https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1iUHL94bWo7kN34oPG6V_dny1BJ4hwEW&v=g3nuz1_Ani0Music: Stand Up tall by Miguel Heatwole and the choirSound Effects : by Maqubul from Freesound "Be prepared" is the message from Bangladesh. Runa Khan describes the thousand rivers and silt islands in her country. She says  saving lives is not enough.  Her floating hospitals have expanded into , schools in the refugee camps, paralegal help, para veterinary help and training people to maintain th

"ENERGIESPRONG" RETROFITTING AND BUILDING  ZERO EMISSIONS HOMES6th July 2020 Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy Britt HOW could we retrofit 100,000 buildings each year with no upfront costs?France is building 500,000 zero emissions buildings p/a. Could we do the same?CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, architect of the Paris Climate Agreement asked a largeBeyond Zero emissions audience Why is Australia not yet a leader in Renewable Energy? She praised BZE's One Million Jobs plan but said we need to create political excitement around it. She told us COVID 19 is maybe the " last chance for Australia to wake up and understand where your energy and especially your energy exports need to go".With accelerated  melting at both poles, we must have a plan.MICHAEL LORD- BZE LEAD RESEARCHERsays there are many ways to pay for a massive retrofit of buildings  with insulation, heat pumps, smart energy systems and solar panels. The average cost would be $30,000.In Europe you can get a managed Energy Service Agre