The climate related news media has been saturated over the last few weeks in reactions, reflections and commentary about COP26. For a show about grassroots climate action it has been hard to know what to say about it all. Enter Cam Walker, who you might remember from a past episode about Friends of the Earth,Continue reading “S4 E09 COP26 with Cam Walker”
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S3 E23 School Strike: Fund our Future
This final episode for Season 3 contains a plethora of voices all asking for the same thing: fund our future, not gas. The Australian School Strike for Climate crew have struck again. Just before our state was locked down due to another covid outbreak thousands of students walked out of school and gathered in majorContinue reading “S3 E23 School Strike: Fund our Future”
S3 E22 Full Circle
Alex Kelly interviews Scott Ludlam about his newly released book ‘Full Circle’ at an event at Castlemaine brewery and pub The Taproom Discussion is as varied and complex as the topics in the book – from their shared formative experiences at Jabiluka and then many years later working in Canberra for The Greens, to peaceContinue reading “S3 E22 Full Circle”
S3E7 School Strikers and Gas
Episode Summary Today’s episode is all about the proposed gas lead recovery for Australia and what our young people are doing to try and stop it. Firstly we will hear from Warwick Smith, an ecologist and economist, who lays out exactly why the gas lead recovery is a nonsense. Then we have two young peopleContinue reading “S3E7 School Strikers and Gas”
S2E8 Coping with Climate Change
Dr Susie Burke (psychologist) and Kerrily Jennings (Community House) join us to discuss the controversy surrounding the council funded workshops at Castlemaine Community House. It surround a series of three workshops run by Susie which are all looking at how we humans are responding to climate change… see links below. The conversation ranges far andContinue reading “S2E8 Coping with Climate Change”
S2E7 When the River Runs Dry
In this episode, we discuss the documentary film ‘When the River Runs Dry‘ made by a father son team from Maldon. Only just released and already honoured with multiple awards, this film explores the 2019 mass fish kill event in the Darling River. In the first half of the episode we get a review ofContinue reading “S2E7 When the River Runs Dry”
S2E6 Protest (part 2)
In this episode we catch up with Eliza Tree who spoke to us in episode 4 about the protests up in Canberra. In this episode we hear about what happened up there and how it all went. She also gives us an insight into the Climate Emergency Summit she attended last weekend in Melbourne. InContinue reading “S2E6 Protest (part 2)”
S2E5 Terry White
This is a get to know you episode with local climate activist and community change agent Terry White. Hear about his story from being a kid wandering the wilds and developing a love of nature to what he is doing now to help push us and our local council towards change. This episode was createdContinue reading “S2E5 Terry White”
S2E4 Protest (part 1)
This week a contingent of locals took a road trip to Canberra to rally outside of parliament and a Castlemaine rally took place in support of the Canberra crew. I wanted to know what they were protesting about and whether they really thought it would change anyone’s mind. Featured song: Totnes Extinction Rebellion Song ThisContinue reading “S2E4 Protest (part 1)”
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