Shows
Solidarity BreakfastVoices for Palestine II Public Sector Workers Rally for Palestine II A Visual Journey of Greek/ Australian Life II This is the Week II No Northern Incinerator Wollert Update II Rising Tide In Court IIVoices for Palestine here II Recorded by Vivien Langford (Climate Action Show) at the Sydney Media was shamed by Wendy Bacon hereJosh Lees here describes a small victory in Sydney where two arms suppliers to Israel will not have a platform as their conference has been cancelled. Is that because of public pressure?A poem by a young girl of Lebanese heritage here should be included in many programmes. It is clear eyed, beautifully spoken and a testimony to the solidarity felt between Lebanon and Palestine.Public Sector Workers Rally for Palestine here II Public Sector workers in Victoria have be...2024-11-0800 min
Solidarity BreakfastSolidarity with Palestine May Day II Full Protection Call for Palestinians II Abbotsford Convent Art Precinct Turns 20! II Why States Colonize and Why They StopSolidarity with Palestine May Day here II MUA Sydney Branch Secretary Paul Keating calls for May Day Solidarity with Palestine at March 21st Sydney Palestine Rally. Recorded by Vivien Langford from the Climate Action Radio show. Vivien Langford from the Climate Action Radio show. 5pm Monday in Melbourne #3cr and 10am Mondays in Sydney #skidrow.Full Protection Call for Palestinians here II David Glanz, from Refugee Action Collective, alerts us to a rally outside the office of Home Affairs Minister, Clare O’Neil, on Saturday 27th at 11am calling for refugees from Gaza to be given full protection and equal right...2024-04-2600 min
Climate Action ShowTHE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT GREEN OPTIMISMCLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW SEPTEMBER 12th 2022Produced by Vivien Langford THE DIRTY TRUTH ABOUT GREEN OPTIMISM I was alerted to the new gold rush for critical minerals by Gavin Mudd, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering at RMIT University. We must not make the transition to renewable energy and electrifying everything without putting far more regulation on global mining. As Carlos Zorilla says from Ecuador"The voices calling for careful considerations of the impacts of a transition to ‘clean’ energy are drowned by the misplaced optimism of a green future. Few are asking commonsense questions that, if not answered now could easily...2022-09-1200 min
Climate ConversationsRadio 3CR interview: 'All you need is a post hole digger and an Allen key and you can tap into the world's cheapest and cleanest energy' - Smart Energy Council CEO John Grimes on 3CRAn exasperated John Grimes (pictured) suggests during an interview with Vivien Langford on Community Radio's 3CR that post hole digger and an Allen key will allow us to access the world's cheapest and cleanest energy.
John, the Climate Energy Council's CEO, was talking with Vivien about the inadequacies of the media when covering the climate crisis and its failure to address the issues of real concern to many Australians.
It was during the interview that Vivien mentioned Saul Griffith and his book, "The BIg Switch".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Climate Action ShowMETHANECLIMATE ACTION SHOWFEBRUARY 21ST 2022Produced by Vivien Langford M E T H A N E COP26:111 countries signed a pledge to slash methane by 30%. Australia didn't signMethane is bubbling up from the permafrost on land and sea. There is nothing we can do about that according to Dahr Jamail except slow the climate disruption which is melting the Arctic.In this season on accountability we look at the COP26 Methane pledgeGuestsUrsula von der Leyden - President of the European Comissionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgkwfWiH_ic Dahr Jamail - The End of Ice - Author and winner of the Mart...2022-02-2100 min
Solidarity BreakfastJack Mundy Remembered II Raymond Noel Remembered II James Warren Comedian II Julian Assange RememberedJack Mundy Remembered here II Vivien Langford went along to the memorial service for the great Jack Mundy and we get to remember the man.Raymond Noel Remembered here II More than thirty years ago this country recognized through a royal commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody that there was a deep racism in the life blood of this place. The deaths have continues despite the mirror being held to the face of the collective consciousness. We mark the passing of one such person with a press conference held by the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service this year for Noel Raymond l...2021-12-2400 min
Climate Action ShowWHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATER - YAAMA NGUNNA BAAKATHE CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - WHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATERYAAMA NGUNNA BAAKA (welcome to the river)December 20th 2021 (first broadcast 22/2/21)Produced by Vivien Langford TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL : Now online. You can buy a ticket and then you have 72 hours to view the filmVirtual 2021 – Transitions Film Festival(link is external) REQUIEM was an art event at the Paddington Resrevoir. It was curated by Janet Laurence during the Sydney Festival. Requiem - Sydney FestivalGUESTS1. Brittany App - Her film -"Where once there was water" looks at regenerative farming, building soil and the efforts of First Nations people in California to protect their rivers...2021-12-2000 min
Monday BreakfastReforestation in Tasmania, World AIDS Day, migrant-women owned business, iPod's 20th AnniversaryVivien Langford spoke to Peg Putt - Former leader of the Tasmanian Greens about the community's capacity for reforestation.//Jacob spoke with Richard Keane, CEO of Living Positive Victoria, about World AIDS Day, recent challenges and successes of people living with AIDS, and ways that governments, communities, and individuals can support people living with AIDS. For more information on Living Positive, visit the website.//Caitlin spoke with Ridhima Sachdeva who runs Hemera Labs, part of The She Club, a collective of migrant-women owned businesses that have just opened in Collingwood.//Evan spoke with Dr Stuart James about the 20th anniversary...2021-12-0500 min
Climate Action ShowCOP26 - RESTORED FORESTS BY 2030!CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW NOVEMBER 29TH 2021 COP26 - RESTORED FORESTS BY 2030!Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) Australia did support this.COP26 : GLOBAL FOREST FINANCE PLEDGE. The Global Forest Finance Pledge - UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the SEC – Glasgow 2021 (ukcop26.org) Australia didn't support this.Produced by Vivien Langford GUESTSPeg Putt - Former leader of the Tasmanian Greens.Coordinator of the U.N.forest, climate and biomass working group of the Environmental Paper Network. Elizabeth Wathuti - Founder of the Green Generation Movement in Kenya. Following...2021-11-2900 min
Climate Action ShowWOMEN CLIMATE LEADERS in Law,Trade Unions, Media, First Nations and YouthCLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 25TH 2021 - Produced by Vivien Langford WOMEN CLIMATE LEADERS inLaw, Media, Trade Unions, First Nations and YouthGuests:Professor Jacinta Ruru - Co-Director, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research ExcellenceNga Pae o te Maramatanga. Otago University Aotearoa.Article : If the hills could sue: Jacinta Ruru on legal personality and a Māori worldview | The Spinoff Amy Goodman - Journalist and founder of Democracy Now! | Democracy Now! Irene Hong Ping Shen - Trade Unions for Energy Democracy – Energy Democracy Project Amelia Goonerage - Global Voices who will be attending COP 26 in Glasgow Amelia Telford - Seed Mob...2021-10-2500 min
Climate Action ShowON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 3 . Amazon ManifestoClimate Action Show October 18th 2021Produced by vivien Langford ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 3"The Earth is not Ours" Amazon Manifesto at Brasilia September 2021 Guests:1. Ane Alencar - IPAM Amazônia -Amazon on Fire : 2019 - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW5omLNYxt0 Greenpeace Media Archive 2. Peri Dias - 350.org – Latin AmericaUK to push plan to ‘halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030’ at Cop26 | Cop26 | The GuardianAMAZON WATCH » Thousands of Indigenous Women Will March in Brazil This WeekPRIMAVERA INDÍGENA: Acampamento luta pela vida continua - YouTubeThe UK’s environment minister, Zac Goldsmith, told a House of Lords committee this week that deve...2021-10-1800 min
Climate Action ShowON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 2CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW - OCTOBER 4TH 2021Produced by Vivien Langford ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 2 Guests:Violet CoCo and Sasha Steindl from Extinction Rebellion - RECLAIM OUR FUTURE this October - Action Network A/Professor Rob Eisenberg - from Vote Earth Now - Vote Earth Now Rebecca Byrnes from The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (fossilfueltreaty.org) The pressure is on for politicians in the month we have before COP 26 in Glasgow. If you have never contacted the PM or your MP before, now is the time , according to all four of our guests. Extinction Rebellion will be escalating actions in...2021-10-0400 min
Climate Action ShowTHE IPCC REPORT 2021Climate Action Show – August 30th 2021. Produced by Vivien Langford The IPCC report 2021Greenpeace, Get Up! And Extinction Rebellion Violet CoCo –Rebelling against destroying our children’s future. Guests:Professor Will Steffen - The Climate Council David Ritter - CEO of Greenpeace AustraliaExtinction Rebellion Canberra - The Duty of Care ActionRichard Denniss - The Australia InstituteJosephine Baker - Singing "Reves" ,Admitted to the French Pantheon of National Heroes The appalling scenarios in front of us, shown by the extensive work of the IPCC scientists, prompt action.You might feel overwhelmed but the worst thing to do is act as if it's too late. Please put...2021-08-3000 min
Solidarity BreakfastKinglake Friends of the Forest Court Action II This is The Week II IPCC Report DiscussedKinglake Friends of the Forest Court Action II Sue McKinnon talks here about the battle to defend Kinglake Forest from logging through the most recent court action against VicForestsThis is The Week II Kevin runs through the week like a stock car driver hereIPCC Report Discussed II We chat with 3cr's Vivien Langford from Climate Action Radio Show (Mondays at 10am Radio Skid Row in Sydney, 5pm at Radio 3CR in Melbourne) discusses her impressions of the battle for a climate future and where to get the best information about what is possible.here2021-08-1300 min
Climate Action ShowTransitions for Coal CommunitiesClimate Action Show- 28th June 2021 Produced by Vivien Langford TRANSITIONS FOR COAL COMMUNITIES Hunter Valley, Ruhr Valley, Romania and Greece.Investing in Renewal not fossil fuel subsidiesGUESTS Professor Roy Green - Chair of the Port of Newcastle Economists Richard Deniss and Rod Campbell from T.A.I. Interviewed for the Stockholm Environment Institute by Aaron Atteridge. Podcast: Futures Beyond Coal | SEI Robert Farmer singing "The Coal Owner and the poor Pitman's wife"- (1848) Warwick Jordan - Hunter Job's Alliance Hunter Jobs Alliance Calls for Reality Check on Responding to Economic Change — Hunter Jobs Alliance Amanda Cahill – The Next Economy Eco Exchange Expert - Amanda...2021-06-2800 min
Monday BreakfastStudents Strike 4 Climate, Errininundra Alla Turka Logging, and a Historic Win for ClimateMonday Breakfast 7 June 2021with Kannagi and Jacob\\Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome\\Highlights from Students Strike Vivien Langford brings us Highlights from the recent national SCHOOL STRIKE 4 CLIMATE. Vivien started the journey at Sydney's Pitt St Uniting Church... Sydney's Pitt St Uniting Church with their support for the recent School StrikePacifica Youth leaders We are Not Drowning - We are FightingAllen Hicks - National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union speaking there at the recent student strike for climate in Sydney.Gamillaraay Next Generation:Patrick Rudd. SONG:GET UP! - Millie and Bondi Junction Volunteers who engaged the public in conv...2021-06-0600 min
Climate Action ShowSTOP GASLIGHTING OUR FUTURE Striking. Leafletting and going to JailCLIMATE ACTION SHOW 31ST MAY 2021STOP GASLIGHTING OUR FUTURETypes of climate action : Striking, leafletting and going to jailProduced by Vivien Langford ,Robert McLean and the Climate Action Show collective GuestsSCHOOL STRIKE 4 CLIMATEAllen Hicks National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union. Gamillaraay Next GenerationPacific Climate Warrior from 350.orgPitt St Uniting Church :Youth, Pacific and Religious leaders EXTINCTION REBELLIONViolet Coco Lesley Mosby GET UP!Millie and Bondi Junction Volunteers who engaged the public in conversations about GAS. Music Greg Barnett - " Frog in a Pan " Pictures from the Sydney and NSW school strikeshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/ss4c/albums/721577191178367712021-05-3100 min
Climate Action ShowCAPE GRIM, TAKAYNA and KIRIBATI - frontiers of Climate ActionClimate Action Show May 24th 2021CAPE GRIM, TAKAYNA and KIRIBATI frontiers of Climate Action Produced by Vivien Langford, Alison Hanley ,Sean Marsh and James PerrinGuests:Jessie Boylan in conversation with Alison Hanley from Saltgrass (3mdr.com)Bob Brown in conversation with James Perrin from The Overview Effect Bob Brown & Scott Jordan see a protected takayna rainforest | Overview Effect with James Perrin (climactic.fm)'Insufficent Study of Listed Species' at Tailings Dam Site - Tasmanian TimesAnote Tong Former PM of Kiribati Growing Concern with Seán Marsh (climactic.fm) - Watch the video interview here: https://youtu.be/BXBlh6MeNYkTonight three guest p...2021-05-2400 min
Climate Action ShowTOUR de CARMICHAEL, CANA and KAROLYTHE CLIMATE ACTION SHOW12TH APRIL 2021 Produced by Vivien Langford#The Tour de Carmichael to stop Adani, #The Climate Action Network Australia to unite our efforts, #Climate Conversations with Professor David KarolyGuests:Coedie McAvoy - Wangan and Jagalingou People of the Galilee Basin and leader of the Tour de Carmichael Julie Anne Richards - CEO of CANA Professor David Karoly - Why more gas is crazy! from Climate Conversations by Robert Mc Lean This show dramatises three aspects of climate action: 1. Holding the line against more emissions.. In the lead to stop Adani's Carmichael Coal mine are the Traditional owners who regard...2021-04-1200 min
Climate Action ShowONCE YOU KNOW - film makersCLIMATE ACTION SHOW APRIL 5TH 2021"ONCE YOU KNOW"Produced by Vivien Langford What happens "once you know" about climate change? Two film makers from TFF show us the "spear in the chest moment", when a person with a platform becomes an activist. Once you KnowEmmanuel Cappelin had such a moment when he realised we are heading for collapse. It is a grenade word. When it explodes in your mind you need to find out what to do, to be transformed or to remain stuck. He visits Joanna Macey in USA and Dr Saleemul Huq in Bangladesh. These people have been bravely...2021-04-0500 min
Climate Action ShowWINTON HIGGINS ALBERT CAMUS THE PLAGUE AND LAUDATO SIMarch 29th 2021WINTON HIGGINS ALBERT CAMUS THE PLAGUE AND LAUDATO SIThe story of LE CHAMBON and how not to be a bystander in the climate emergency.PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD and ANDY BRITT Music by KAVISHA MAZZELLA with her new album EMPTY SKY Winton Higgins is a distinguished writer, Secular Buddhist teacher and Holocaust scholar. He tells us the story of Le Chambon. In 1940 the writer Camus was sent there for his TB but while writing The Plague, he observed a conspiracy of goodness. The community was committed to saving the lives of many Jewish people and helping them escape to Switzerland. ...2021-03-2900 min
Climate Action ShowReset 21 Forum BEYOND ZERO 2030The Climate Action Show22nd March 2021Edited with permission from Reset 21 Forums by Vivien Langford BELOW ZERO 2030EMERGENCY ACTION FOR NEGATIVE EMISSIONSThe dramatic shift in mainstream climate policy in support of a zero-emissions target is widely welcomed. But are we at grave risk of missing our intended outcome by attaching highly dangerous timeframes to this critical goal?The evidence is clear: any further emissions released from now will only jeopardise the ability to address the existential threat of climate change. Current emissions will have ongoing impacts, and temperatures will continue to rise even if all future emissions were prevented today. In...2021-03-2200 min
Solidarity BreakfastJack Mundey Remembered II International Women's Day Marked II Over the the Wall II This is the Week that was II Australian Unemployed Workers Union II McCormick's DisputeJack Mundey Remembered II 3cr's Vivien Langford reports from the Sydney memorial for the late, great Unionist, Environmentalist and Communist Jack Mundey.International Women's Day Marked II Two of the grea speeches from the Melbourne IWD rally.Over the the Wall II Peter Davis talks to Kathryine Wilkes from the Say No Cashless Welfare Card Australia about the insideous Indue Card that fills the pockets of the rich private corporations running it and disenfranchises and improverishes the Australian citizens on social security. This is the Week that was II Kevin sums up the week.Australian Unemployed Workers Union II As we mo...2021-03-1200 min
Climate Action ShowWHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATERTHE CLIMATE ACTION SHOW - WHERE ONCE THERE WAS WATERYAAMA NGUNNA BAAKA (welcome to the river)FEBRUARY 22ND 2021Produced by Vivien Langford TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL : Now online. You can buy a ticket and then you have 72 hours to view the filmVirtual 2021 – Transitions Film Festival REQUIEM was an art event at the Paddington Resrevoir. It was curated by Janet Laurence during the Sydney Festival. Requiem - Sydney FestivalGUESTS1. Brittany App - Her film -"Where once there was water" looks at regenerative farming, building soil and the efforts of First Nations people in California to protect their rivers. One group's duty is to spe...2021-02-2200 min
Climate Action ShowMALAYSIA,TORRES STRAIT and THE FESTIVAL OF LOVE AND RAGEMALAYSIA,TORRES STRAIT and THE FESTIVAL OF LOVE AND RAGEDecember 7th 2020Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuestsSerena Everill and Rosaria Burchielli from Extinction Rebellion Victoria Sophie Marjanac and Grace Archibald from Client Earth UK(201) Our Islands, Our Home | Torres Strait Climate Justice Case - YouTubeYessie Mosbie and Lisa Vilamu Jamieson from Our Island Our home Campaign- 350.orgHere is why we are taking the Australian government to the UN over its inaction on climate change | Torres Strait Islands | The GuardianSharan Raj - Climate Crisis Campaign lead for Socialist party of Malaysia 2020/21Jacinda Ardern - Prime Minister of New Zealand declares a...2020-12-0700 min
Climate Action ShowTHE YEARS OF REPAIRTHE 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...2020-11-1600 min
Climate Action ShowSANCTUARY 30% protected by 2030SANCTUARY 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’...2020-11-0900 min
Climate Action ShowREQUIEM,REGENERATION AND RENEWABLE ENEGY PRECINCTSREQUIEM, 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...2020-10-2600 min
Climate Action ShowGREENWASHGREENWASHOctober 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 Guardi...2020-10-1200 min
Climate Action ShowScientists and Journalists. What's it like when climate action is your day job?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 agains...2020-10-0500 min
Climate Action ShowFIGHT FOR PLANET AFIGHT 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...2020-09-2800 min
Solidarity BreakfastFreedom Day? II MALS on Protest II Over the Wall II Cultural BurningWe open the show with a chat I had with Cam from Yeah Nah Pasaran on 3cr about this Freedom Day protest and I follow this with a discussion put on recently by MALS - Melbourne Activist Legal Support which is one of their webinars bringing the law to the Public during Victorian Law Week 2020. The theme Protest, Repression, and the Law.Peter Davis is back with Over the Wall,Kevin Healy wraps up the weekThen a piece from Vivien Langford from our Zero Emmissions Community program on Mondays at 5.30 who is speaking to Dan Morgan from up near Bega...2020-09-0400 min
Climate Action ShowTOURISM'S CARBON FLIGHTPATH17TH 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.a...2020-08-1700 min
Climate Action ShowKANGAROO ISLAND FIRES and ENERGY MINISTERS SUMMIT10th 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 h...2020-08-1000 minClimate Action ShowENERGIESPRONG"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...2020-07-0600 min
Climate Action ShowTREES, SOIL CARBON AND CARBON CREDITSTREES, SOIL CARBON AND CARBON CREDITS Monday 22nd June 2020Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuestsJessica Panegyres - Wilderness SocietyWayne Wescott - GreenfleetLouisa Kiely - Carbon Farmers Australia2020-06-2200 min
Climate Action ShowRISING FROM THE EMBERSRISING FROM THE EMBERS15th JuneProduced by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuestsDr Bronwyn Gould AM - Sydney Wildlife RescueJames Link - Landcare AustraliaFrom the Embers Episode Home and housed . Produc ed by Alice AnsaraPart 1"A billion animals dead" was the headline. Were the worst fires in our history caused by arson, failed land management or the accelerant of climate change?While the focus of climate action is to rapidly reduce emissions, the quiet work of wildlife rescue and habitat restoration also plays a big part. Rising from the embers is like rising from the pandemic - huge mourning and a d...2020-06-1500 min
Climate Action ShowONE MILLION JOBS/ ZERO CARBON COMMUNITIES - 25th MayONE MILLION JOBS/ ZERO CARBON COMMUNITIES25th May 2020. Produced remotely by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuests: Heidi Lee - Business and Industry lead at Beyond Zero EmissionsDr Heidi Edmonds- Communities investment lead BZE Eytan Lenko- Interim CEO at Beyond Zero EmissionsImogen Jubb- National manager Zero Carbon CommunitiesUrsula Hogben - Zero Emissions Sydney NorthMichael Copsey- Banyule Clean Energy GroupMusic "Failed State" by David Rovics " Only a crisis produces real change. When that crisis occurs the actions that are taken depend on ideas that are laying around"* Post pandemic there are so many ideas laying around.Will the old ideas based on coal oil...2020-05-2500 min
Climate Action ShowBUILDING THE BUSINESS CO-ALITIONBUILDING THE BUSINESS CO-ALITIONMay 18th. Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy BrittGuests at the Climate Emergency Summit at Melbourne Town HallPaddy ManningIan DunlopPaul GildingHeidi LeeSimon Holmes a CourtThis lively panel discussion, recorded before the pandemic showed us how great shifts can happen suddenly, is even more relevant now. Right now the Climate community is zooming and publishing and trying to influence the stimulus spending towards a livable biosphere. The practical solutions from tonight's panel shine a light on the path forward. Ian Dunlop, with his depth of experience in the fossil fuel industry, speaks of the " predatory delay and moral bankr...2020-05-1800 min
Climate Action ShowCanberra People's AssemblyCanberra People's Assembly Produced by Vivien Langford and Andy Britt 4th May 2020 The climate community converged on Canberra as bush fire smoke still billowed over the lawns. It was a people's assembly to deal with the climate emergency that has now fallen out of the popular news. Emissions have fallen with a global shutdown but the tipping points have already been passed for our great barrier reef and terrestrial biodiversity. Lest we forget.We hear from Veterinarians for Climate Action, moved by the drought affected livestock and wildlife they see. Indigenous leaders calling for water tanks and the fair allocation of wat...2020-05-0400 minClimate Action ShowHOLDING A BRAVE SPACE and EMPATHY CAFES.20th April. Interviews: Vivien Langford Podcast: Andy BrittHOLDING A BRAVE SPACE and EMPATHY CAFEGUESTSRita Gyorrfy- The Empathy Cafe. Raven Karin Steiniger - Deep Ecology and XR Regenerative CultureRev Glen Loughry - Indigenous leader, minister and artist.Professor Helen Berry- Expert in public mental health during climate catastropheDr Sebastian Rosenberg - ANU Centre for Mental Health ResearchKavisha Mazzella - Italian songsThe pandemic has shown that a crisis can bring us together or push us apart. These interviews were recorded when the bushfires were still front of mind. At the people's climate assembly in Canberra with bushfire smoke billowing on the horizon, we...2020-04-2000 minClimate Action ShowPAUSE EMISSIONS! IT'S A PANDEMIC.PAUSE EMISSION! IT'S A PANDEMIC.The Beyond Zero Emissions Community show produced by Vivien Langford and Michaela Stubbs. Broadcast at Radio 3CR in Melbourne and Radio Skid Row in SydneyGUESTSGilbert Rochecouste - Founder of Village WellChristine Milne - Greens International AmbassadorJohn Grimes - Smart Energy CouncilTragic times for many as hospitals and unemployment agencies are overwhelmed by Corona Virus.Challenging times for climate campaigners as this PAUSE in global emissions is a fork in the road. CANA chat lunchtime webinars show we could flatten the curve of emissions path we are on. The shutdown of industry in China is reportedly yieldin...2020-04-0600 minClimate Action ShowTHE NEW NEW DEAL30th March 2020THE NEW NEW DEAL from the National Climate Emergency Summit in Melbourne Town Hall Produced by Vivien Langford. Broadcast at 3CR and Radio Skid RowIn the month since these speakers were talking about transforming the economy,we have seen an uncanny slowing of our economy and cooling of global emissions caused by the pandemic. Now more than ever, we need to know how to use this opportunity to make an economic transition. Miriam Lyons Organising director from Get Up! Spoke on a vision for a safe climateJohn Altman from ANU on inviting Indigenous People to assist in zero emi...2020-03-3000 minClimate Action ShowSNOWY 2.0 THE NUMBERS DON'T STACK UPSNOWY 2.0 THE NUMBERS DONT STACK UPProduced by Vivien Langford for Beyond Zero Emissions at Radio 3CR and Radio Skid rowPodcast by Andy BrittGuests:Bruce Mountain - Director of Victorian Energy Policy CentreTed Woodley - Treasurer National Parks Association and Energy expertGary Dunnett - EO National Parks Association and ecology specialist Could the Goverment's huge project called Snowy 2.0 be an expensive white elephant?These interviews were recorded in Sydney as the historic 2019/2020 bushfires raged. All the people were concerned about the Kosciusko National park. But beyond this, they have gathered evidence that the pumped hydro project announced by PM Turnbull will never b...2020-03-1600 minClimate Action ShowECOSYSTEMS IN COLLAPSEECOSYSTEMS IN COLLAPSE2nd March 2020Presented by Vivien Langford from The National Climate Emergency Summit. Melbourne town hall.The speakers are three top scientists:David Lindenmayer - Professor of Ecology at ANU on Forest conservationCharlie Veron- Marine Scientist and world coral expert on a Noah's Ark scheme for coralsMichael Mann- Director of Earth System Science Pennsylvania State University, on Australia's extreme climate.Jo Chandler - Science journalist and author as Moderator.2020-03-0200 minClimate Action ShowFUTURE MAKERS and Transitions Film FestivalFUTURE MAKERS - Transitions Film Festival24th February 2020Andy Britt:Production , Vivien Langford: InterviewsGuestsCarmen Modjito and Nir Tsafaty singing "House on Fire"Deborah Hart Author of Saving Eden on GLOBAL THERMOSTAT a film by Arthur RiffletZelda Grimshaw from the Australasian Theatre in Cairns on FUTURE MAKERSMark Pearson director of PILLIGA RISING2020-02-2400 minClimate Action ShowBUSINESS and TRANSITION FILMSBUSINESS COLLAPSE and TRANSITION FILM FESTIVAL17th February 2020. Andy Britt -Production Vivien Langford - InterviewsPaul Gilding - Author of Climate Contagion 2020-2025Heidi Lee - BZE Business and Industry ManagerJulian O'Shea - Film "Solar Tuk" Bob Brown - Film "Convoy"Bruce Shillingsworth - Film " When the rivers run dry"Christine MIlne - Ambassador for International GreensAt the Climate Emergency Summit 14/15th Feb, Paul Gilding showed that the threat of collapsing Fossil Fuel businesses will match the climate disruptions we are already facing. Ian Dunlop, whose association with Shell and the Coal Industry gives us an inside view , said they are en...2020-02-1700 minSolidarity BreakfastJames Dunn Tribute II Over the Wall II NSW climate protesters outside court II Zine Fair II Workers & climateJames Dunn Tribute II "James Dunn,who died on 31 January at the age of 92, was a diplomat. intelligence officer, soldeier, researcher for the Parliamentary Library, writer and human rights activist. Over a long and versatile career, his most signifivant achievement is the cruscial role he played in campaigning for the rights of the Timorese people under Indonesian occupation and bringing their plight to the attention of the world." - Dr Peter JobOver the Wall II Duncan Graham talks with RFFWU secretary Josh Cullinan on negotiations with Woolworths and McDonalds.NSW climate protesters outside court II Before Christmas children took their...2020-02-0700 min
Wednesday BreakfastToys for asylum seeker kids, climate change and how indigenous knowledge has solutionsHosted by Rob, Jess and Lois [segment times in brackets][7:05] Alternative news: updates on Australian bushfires and new research into sustainable responses to natural disasters.[7:20] Vivien Langford of 3CR's Beyond Zero Emissions speaks with community members from the island of Kiribas about how they're preparing for climate change. Vivien chats to a range of locals from school teachers to climate activists who participated in a six-week leadership course. Hear how community activists are hopeful and resilient in the face of a changing climate. [7:30] Interview with founder of the Refugee and Asylum Seeker Toy Drive, Christopher Stenton, about the charity that aims...2019-12-1000 min
Climate Action Show2019 The climate action year in roundup2019 The climate action year in roundupProduction: Andy BrittInterviews by Vivien Langford and Kurt Johnson As we face over a hundred Bushfires in Australia, the Madrid Climate Conference carries on and some Extinction Rebels go on hunger fast in order to get commitments from parliamentarians, we look at some of the campaigns that are hot at the end of 2019. Vanessa Petrie CEO of BZE talks about Australia's first Zero Carbon Factory. What we could do with 700% renewable energy and the groundswell of job creation in coal country. Naomi Hogan from Lock the Gate Alliance defends the Traditional Owners of the Beetaloo Basi...2019-12-0900 min
Climate Action ShowCollie at the Crossroads18th November 2019Produced by Andy Britt. Interviews by Vivien Langford Collie at the Crossroads is about a town 200 Kms from Perth where coal is on the way out.What will give new life and new jobs to this town whose identity is based on coal.Beyond Zero Emissions has researched a plan for the future beyond coal. James Kahn – A Noongar elder tells us about Collie in its heyday and his vision for Collie’s future. Jaime Yallop Farrant - Climate Justice Union. She has worked with the Collie locals to see what community led projects would fly. Retrofitting homes for ene...2019-11-1800 minClimate Action ShowSACRIFICE ZONE: The story of gas from NORTHERN TERRITORY to NARRABRISACRIFICE ZONE: The story of gas from NORTHERN TERRITORY to NARRABRIProduced by Vivien Langford in Sydney. Thanks to Michaela and Andy,3CR in Melbourne and Raul at Radio Skid Row in SydneyThe Beetaloo Gas Basin and The Great Artesian Water Basin are remote from us but tonight we hear the authentic voices of Traditional Owners and farmers. They want our help to stop new gas projects which will have local health impacts such as low birth weight babies and contamination of water. They came from so far away to tell us city people their story. Please take up the campaign to...2019-10-2800 minClimate Action ShowSYDNEY CLIMATE STRIKE AND NT POWER OF COUNTRY TOURSeptember 30thSYDNEY CLIMATE STRIKE Produced by Vivien Langford in Sydney. Thanks to Michaela and Andy in MelbourneSpeakers:Gadrian Hoosen – Garawa and Yanyuwa man from Boroloola, Pacific Warriors, Jean Hinchcliff, Tommy John Herbert MUA, President of Teachers’ Federation, ASU,PSA, ETU, CFMMEU, APHEDA, Parents and Grandparents and a Concerned Scientist .Music: Ready by Montaigne and New Orleans by David RovicsIt felt like an historic turning point. Not just the 100,000+ in the Domain but the new energy in the climate movement. One of the marshalls was Jenny, a climate activist I knew from 12 years ago. She reminded me of the street theatre we used...2019-09-3000 minClimate Action ShowA GREEN NEW DEAL FOR AUSTRALIASeptember 23rdA GREEN NEW DEAL FOR AUSTRALIAProduced by Vivien Langford at Radio Skid Row in Sydney. Thanks to Raoul, and Andy.Speakers:Naomi Klein – Her new book is On Fire- The Burning case for a Green New Deal Professor Peter Sheldon – UNSW Industrial Relations Research Centre “The Ruhr or Appalachia?”Jaime Yallop Farrant – Climate Justice union in W.AMichelle Maloney – New economics Network AustraliaProfessor Boris Frankel - MSSI – “Fictions of Sustainability: The Politics of Growth and Post Capitalist Futures.”Natasha Heenan – Climate Justice Collective Building a Green New Deal for Australia The Green New Deal is an idea in gestation. We explore the work that needs to b...2019-09-2300 min
Climate Action ShowSeptember 20th Strike for Climate. Episode 4September 20th Strike for Climate. Episode 4 Interviews: Vivien Langford,Production :Andy Britt and Michaela Stubbs JAGVEER SINGH from the Students Strike4Climate group tells Vivien the logistics of getting as many people as we can to show up on Friday 20th September. Research by Chernowith says that significant shifts can be achieved if 3.5% of the population are visible. The students have calculated that is about 850,000 Australians. Will you be one of them? Behind that there is a large group who know the urgency of climate action but cannot be there on the day. Can you use this week to invite as man...2019-09-1600 minClimate Action ShowSTRIKING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE Episode 2: Trade UnionsSTRIKING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: Episode 2/ Trade UnionsPresenter: Vivien Langford Producer: Andy Britt Trade Unions are responding to the global call for action on September 20th. Will you join them?This will be 3 days before the UN Emergency Climate Summit in N.Y. Greta Thunberg will arrive by sailboat bringing with her the hopes of many children unable to vote.Naomi Klein starts the show with a question "What are climate jobs?".Dr Colin Long answers. He is the Just Transition Officer for the Victorian Trades Hall Council. STRIKING in Australia involves harsher penalties than in any other OECD country. But wor...2019-08-1200 min
Climate Action ShowSTRIKING FOR CLIMATE ACTION. Episode 1 . Students/ TeachersPresenter: Vivien Langford Production: Andy Britt Students are calling on adults to strike for climate action on September 20th.We start with emotional voices from Melbourne City Council as they declare a Climate Emergency. As Mayor Cathy Oke says "If we don't, I don't think I could say, hand on my heart, that we have done enough".Vivien then talks to secondary students in Sydney, Daisy Jeffrey and Jean Hinchcliff.From Geelong, Australian Youth Climate Commission's Kai Bowie tells us how his knowledge about Climate Chaos and the ability to act was massively boosted by AYCC. He calls on teachers to per...2019-08-0500 min
Climate Action ShowTRANSITIONTRANSITIONWhat next after you declare the climate emergency?Ian Dunlop- Advisory Board of BreakthroughOliver Yates and Giles Parkinson - Insiders Podcast at Renew EconomyMik Aidt - radio journalist at The Sustainable Hour Greta Thunberg - Austrian World Summit of leaders implementing the Paris climate AgreementEytan Lenko - Chairman of the Board at Beyond zero EmissionsThe Last Shell AGM at # story changeProduction : Andy BrittInterviews : Vivien Langford2019-07-0800 min
Climate Action ShowTASMANIABeyond Zero Emissions Community 1-7-19 Hobart Council is the first capital city council to declare a climate emergency. Will it be as exciting as dark Mofo? XR was there dressed in long red velvet gowns and deathly white faces. Vivien introduces you to the people who are taking climate action to a whole new level. Bill Harvey - Hobart City Coumcil Tom Remenyi - Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem Cooperative Research Centre, David Hamilton - Climate Tasmania Greta Thunberg - At the Austrian World Summit of leaders implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. Music by Tiny Tim Team : Vivien Langford - Interviews Andy Britt - Prod2019-07-0100 minClimate Action ShowRadiothonBeyond Zero Emissions Community show 10-6-19 RADIOTHON 2019 Facing the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced, people are rising but so are emissions."The dangers that threaten life on earth do not come from extra terrestrial powers. They arise from our own choices and relationships" Twelfth Century prophecy. .So we talk to a psychologist a politician and a spiritual teacher as well as experts on soil, hospitals,media plus campaigning heroes.The first 15 people responding to our appeal for donations to 3CR agreed to come on air to give us courage. We would like to thank all of you who believe in independent radio. B...2019-06-1000 min
Climate Action ShowGLOUCESTER NSWRadio team : May 20th Vivien Langford - InterviewsAndy Britt- ProductionGuests David Ritter - CEO of Greenpeace " Get The MONEY out of politics"Amanda Cahill -CEO of Next Economy " Build on local communities"David Morris-Environmental Defenders Office NSW. "The judge said if we stop opening coal mines,it is just as likely that other countries will follow" Major Kaur - Students strike 4 climate and founding member of Climate LeadersJoanne Mc Carthy - Newcastle Herald journalist and Walkley award winner Wang Djarri Dancers - music The town of Gloucester is a hero because it challenged AGL's fracking and won.Then they challenged Rocky Hill C...2019-05-2000 minClimate Action ShowDRAWDOWN - Top TacticsDRAWDOWN "From this moment on despair ends and tactics begin". Radio Team 6th May :Vivien Langford and Kurt Johnson Interviews. Andy Britt -Producer.Sue Holmes - Former Assistant Commissioner with the productivity Commission and now on the board of Get Up!Lachlan Rule - Researcher at Beyond Zero Emissions talking about RefrigerantsJoshua Bishop - Head of Sustainable Food with World Wildlife Fund for NatureDrawdown, by Paul Hawken, ranks solutions to reverse global heating in the gigatonnes of CO2 saved.What are we emitting globally at the moment? According to the Global Carbon Project in 2018 we emitted 37.1 gigatonnes.We will ask Su...2019-05-0600 minClimate Action ShowLADAKH, LOCALIZATION AND THE GAS TIMEBOMBLADAKH, LOCALIZATION AND THE GAS TIMEBOMB.April 22nd 2019 Presenter: Vivien Langford Production: Huna at Radio Skid Row Guests: Helena Norberg Hodge - Local FuturesDr David Shearman - Doctors for the environment Ancient Futures and The Economics of Happiness are the work of Helena Norberg Hodge. She says " the more time I spent in Ladakh, the more I came to realize the importance of scale.........Ladakhis have an overview and can comprehend the structures and networks of which they are a part,seeing the effects of their actions and thus feeling a sense of responsibility. And because their actions are more visible t...2019-04-2200 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - Community - TathraTATHRA- CLEAN ENERGY FOR ETERNITYApril 1st 2019Presenter: Vivien Langford , Producer: Adelle MillsGuests: Dr Matthew Nott- Clean Energy for EternityCouncillor Jo Dodds- Bega Valley CouncilProfessor Andrew Blakers- ANUDr John HewsonLynn Mc Coll- Chamber of CommerceVIvien travels a long way to Tathra in NSW to find out about the Bega Valley 100% renewable energy plan for 2030. Four Corners was also there.https://www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-news/climate-energy-battles-abc-four-corners/The crowd in the local school voted overwhelmingly for the plan with one dissenter who said bring it on by 2025! The story of regional regeneration through renewable energy is thrilling. Andrew Blakers shows us where pum...2019-04-0100 minClimate Action Show"School Strike for Climate" panel at SLF 2019Last week students were striking for climate action all around the world. To show us how the students are thinking Vivien Langford recorded this panel discussion at Melbourne's Sustainable Living Festival. The speakers are Jean Hinchcliffe, Harriet O'Shea-Carre, Jagveer Singh, Matt Wicking and Marco Bellemo. As one of them said " We cannot vote, but we are considering litigation".And "We have hope so be afraid".Episode links:Sustainable Living Festival slf.org.auAustralian parents for Climate Action AP4CA.orgAlso, coming up in Melbourne:Ceres Harvest Festival ceres.org.auExtinction Rebellion Australia ecoshout.org.au2019-03-1800 minClimate Action ShowWild Places at the ALP fringe in AdelaideWild Places at the ALP Fringe in AdelaideTim Winton, the author takes us swimming with giant whales. There is a moment when he comes up against a colossal eye and realises it is not going to harm him as it lifts its flipper, huge as an aeroplane wing, to let him pass. He was telling the ALP Fringe the things we have to be proud of in the protection of whale nurseries and why it is time to reform our environmental laws. Peter Owen is from the Wilderness Society in Adelaide . He speaks to Vivien about the Great Australian Bight wh...2019-03-1100 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - Community - Sustainable Living FestivalSustainable Living FestivalWe start 2019 with the idea that "There is such a thing as too late. "Nature is booming a message of biblical intensity Flood, Fire, Pestlience.Greta Thunberg told the world financial leaders at Davos : " You are destroying biodiversity so rich people can live in luxury".So we searched for help in the Sustainable Living Festival. The big weekend is 8th -10th February along the Yarra at Birrorong Marr.Come down to the BZE stall to find out how you can volunteer.In the studio we had six people skilled in changing the conversation and mobilising action.Belina R...2019-02-0400 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - Community - Wind Power and Plant PowerMt Gellibrand Wind farm near Colac held an open day and Vivien Langford was there to find out the latest.Then Paul Mahoney discusses the future of meat with Vivien.2018-11-0500 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMonday 22nd October 2018“Thinking Big” takes us to the Pilbara where CWP is planning to export gigawatts of wind and solar energy by undersea cable to Jakarta. Vivien Langford talks toAndrew Dickson Andrew Dickson about getting the social licence for this break through project to export renewable energy to Asia. What is the environmental impact and who will underwrite the finances for such a mega project? Giles ParkinsonWe talk to Giles Parkinson editor of REneweconomy who has been following this project, with enthusiasm. He also outlines how pumped hydro energy storage can solve the headaches of “FIRMING”. As some leaders create anxiety a...2018-10-2200 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMonday 3rd Sept 2018Guests:Ian Dunlop – Former Int Oil, Coal and Gas industry executive. Now Co author “What lies beneath”Louise FraserLouise Fraser– 350.Org campaigner for RISE FOR CLIMATE global event Sarah and Tim – Frontline Action on Coal – They stopped the coal trains into Newcastle for 3.5 hours TODAY!Giles ParkinsonGiles Parkinson – Editor of Renew Economy.orgDid you know that Australia, despite our small population, is NOT a small contributor to climate disruption?Ian Dunlop says that corporations need to rethink their business model as we are fourth in the world league of polluters. He discusses the rot and incompetence at the top and calls for a Gov...2018-09-0300 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMonday 20th Aug 2018Dr Jeyakumar DevarajDr Jeyakumar Devaraj lost his seat in the last election but he is exhilarated that the change of government in Malaysia has permitted a new optimism.Vivien Langford asks him how a new Bandung Spirit would unleash strong climate action. While waiting and waiting for UN green funds maybe ASEAN nations can work together for a new dispensation.He says Malaysia shouldn’t have to cut its health budget to plant trees for carbon sequestration. The funds to help developing countries tackle climate change are insufficient but he says even the developed nations are cash stra...2018-08-2000 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMonday 9th July 2018Sarah Brenan talks about the role philanthropy plays in seeding climate action. She admires the boldness of BZE with its reports showing the way to decarbonise our society.“Rethinking Cement” was one of our projects supported by the Hamer Family Fund and we talk about how brave ideas need to be nurtured and are underpinned by a wonderful team of pro bono researchers and publicists.She was the publisher for Guarding Eden which is ideal for teachers looking for a text that will inspire action and which should be in every senior classroom.We talk about the influe...2018-07-0900 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMonday 2nd July 2018Giles ParkinsonThis show is about the Energy Revolution from three points of view and what are the hurdles in its path. We chat to GILES PARKINSON about the Large-Scale Solar Industry Forum that was held in May. Is Industry united about the National Energy Guarantee? Does the Business Council of Australia represent industries that are already signing up for wind and solar power to reduce costs? Is trying to resist the renewables based grid like resisting the Internet? Adam BandtADAM BANDT is Federal member for Melbourne.Does his blood boil in parliament as there is no National Retirement...2018-07-0200 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMonday 25th June 2018Dr Bob Brown at the Sustainable Living Festival aroused the audIence to save the TARKINE. He speaks to a young doctor perched as a protector in a tree to bring that remote forest to the city audience. We hear from Jane Goodall about young people restoring the web of life or falling into despair and dramatic moments from the Sea Shepherd as it is nearly squashed by two whaling boats. The audience gave him a standing ovation because he celebrates the altruistic side of us that takes a stand.In an interview with Vivien Langford later down by the...2018-06-2500 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunitySubscribe: Android | Email | RSS | MoreMonday 4th June 2018Tina FawcettTina Fawcett speaks to Vivien Langford from Oxford. She was involved in a UK Government report into the feasibility of Personal carbon rations. She wrote Suicidal Planet and thinks that by focusing on our personal carbon budget more people would engage realistically with the problem of global warming. The British decided that this was an idea before its time but Australians with a carbon footprint of 23 tonnes compared to the average European with 8 should not shy away from this detailed and sensible discussion. It is NOT easy listening. George MonbiotGeorge Monbiot talks about his...2018-06-0400 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityPort Augusta Podcast of 28 May 2018BZE played a major part in this story of Port Augusta which is turning from being a coal fired powerhouse to becoming a Renewable Energy Hub.BE radio presenter Vivien Langford took the bus from Adelaide passing hills resplendent with wind turbines and talks to people involved in this transformation.Dan Van Holst Pelikaan DAN VAN HOLST PELIKAAN, the Minster for Energy in the South Australian parliament, is an old friend of this programme. His electorate stretches far into the desert and he has been behind the responsible transition of its workforce into the clean tech in...2018-05-2800 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMonday 14th May 2018 Amanda CahillAmanda Cahill is the founding director of the Centre for Social Change. She has worked extensively in developing countries and worries that climate change will force us to trust people who are just perpetuating a colonialist system. The impact is falling on people who already do not have access to water and electricity and unless we phase out fossil fuels fast, life will get rapidly worse for them. It is a thoughtful and wide ranging conversation about how climate denialism can so easily turn into climate nihilism as if there is NOTHING WE CAN DO! She spoke...2018-05-1400 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMonday 16th April 2018Although climate change seems to be an alarming new problem without precedent in pre-industrial civilization, maybe historians can help us. What can we learn from them?Sunburnt CountryDr Joelle Gergis talks to Vivien Langford about her new book “Sunburnt Country”. It is subtitled “The History and Future of Climate change in Australia” and won the Eureka prize for interdisciplinary research. She is a climate scientist but has delved into the diaries and weather records of early settlers as well as the ice cores and tree rings of thousands of years ago to tell us where we are going. It i...2018-04-1600 min
Green Left RadioVivien Langford from Beyond Zero Emissions; Umesh Perinbanayagam re Tamil refugees and Sri Lanka; Kamala Emanual re abortion issues in Tasmania and New Zealand7am acknowledgement of country 7:03am News - Fix NSW transport rallyUS students protest, plan more walkouts for gun control7:16am Jacob and Zane interview Vivien Langford from Beyond Zero Emissions about a recent listening tour visiting coal affected communities in the Hunter Valley and beyond, organised by Lock The Gate. Vivien visited local campaigners form Bylong, Wollar, and Bulga who have been fighting a marathon battle against big coal. Veteran campaigner Bev Smiles and two co-defendants face 7 years jail under draconian new anti protest laws brought in by the NSW government.7:35am Jacob and Zane have an extended interview with Umesh Perinb...2018-02-2200 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityCARBON RATIONS OR CARBON ALLOWANCES?Mon 18th Dec 2017How would carbon rationing work?Would it be forever?Would it hurt?BZE’s Vivien Langford talks to author Stan Cox in Salina Kansas about his book “Anyway you slice it”.Some people are aware of the Climate Emergency, but others behave as if unaware. Australia’s per capita aviation emissions for example are 18 metric tonnes compares to 5 for a French Citizen.What if this generation put a cap on fossil fuelled travel and energy use? Would it feel better if it was an app on your phone and was called a Carbon Allowan...2017-12-1800 minWednesday BreakfastSex, Drugs, and Rock 'n RollWednesday Breakfast Rundown 11 October 2017With Nick, Judith and Patty. Paper money- Vivien Langford speaks with ecologist all about the dollar value of forests.Love is Love - The Teskey Brothers - Forever you and MeCreative ways at tackling systemic issues- Dr Catherine Cock- co founder of Gathering of Kindness - on the phone to talk about instilling a culture of kindness throughout the healthcare system. Western desert dialysis - Jake Redman Social support coordinator at the Purple house in Alice spring talking the houses work and the need to continue to give dialysis out in remote communities- Melbourne fundraiser @The Grace darling hot...2017-10-3100 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityMon 30th October 2017In the land of the lyrebirds everyone is enthralled.Scientists measuring the carbon stock, citizens battling the pulp mill, visionaries with maps of the linked up forests, all pause.The first people who came in to this moist forest with its giant trees going back hundreds of years, must have laughed to hear the lyrebird imitate a kookaburra, imitate a cracking branch, imitate them. When the wildfires went through what a thing to be mourned.As we learn new words like eco- system services and legacy industries, what will be the future of this carbon dense series of...2017-10-3000 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityThis BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 18th September 2017CLIMATE WARS in a time of man made disaster When millions are displaced by floods in Bangladesh we call it a “natural disaster”. At the same time refugees are flooding INTO Bangladesh and we call it a human rights disaster. What sort of disaster is it when an educated country like Australia is paralysed by climate wars at the centre of government? We see government being told to “get out of the way” by Clean Energy Finance ex chief Oliver Yates, as our clean energy target morphs into a dirty energy target.W...2017-09-1800 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityThis BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 28th August 2017Tune in today at 5pm for Mark Butler MP, Christine Milne and Dr John Hewson on Australia’s time-wasting ‘climate wars’.How did we become the first country to repeal a carbon tax?How did we discourage investment in renewable energy and end up with costly electricity?Why have citizens lost confidence in parliament’s capacity to unify round climate policy?The Hon Mark Butler, in a conversation with Vivien Langford, takes an unflinching look at the time wasting climate wars.As Naomi Klein says ” No is not enough” .We need a plan for...2017-08-2800 minClimate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityThis BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 21st August 2017 This week we speak to “Farmers for Climate Action”, an alliance of farmers and leaders in agriculture.Vivien Langford interviews the CEO Verity Morgan-Schmidt about her work advocating for climate conscious farmers to have their voices heard. Verity calls on PM Turnbull to get out of bed with the fossil fuel companies and invest in farmers adapting to changed conditions.Vivien also speaks with Farmer Charlie Prell, about his experiences pioneering wind energy on farms including the proposed Crookwell 2 project.Finally Kurt Johnson interviews Anika Molesworth who is 2015 Australian Young Farmer of the...2017-08-2100 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunitySubscribe: Android | Email | RSS | More This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 31st July 2017Cities are facing the fact that a certain amount of climate change is locked in. Their creativity and co-operation was on display at The EcoCities World Summit. Vivien Langford talks to Professor Rob Roggema about what the Dutch have learned from living partly below sea level. Could cities work more with nature, with Sand Machines and Porous Courtyards? At a session on disaster management strategies Vivien meets Karibaiti Taoaba. She tells us how communications during and after an emergency area terrific challenge for local governments in small islan...2017-07-3100 min
Earth MattersEco Cities and Water KeepingThis week on Earth Matters we have Vivien Langford speaking with Beyond Zero Emissions CEO Vanessa Petrie about BZE’s presentations to the Ecocity 2017 worldwide summit about Zero Carbon Communities and Zero Carbon Cement. Then we hear from Water Keeper Neil Blake speaking to Jan Bartlett about his role protecting the waters of Port Phillip Bay and some of the key challenges that inform his work.Guests: Vanessa Petrie, Beyond Zero Emissions, www.bze.org.au & Neil Blake, Port Phillip Baykeeper, www.bay-keeper.com, www.waterkeeper.org.Thanks to Jan Bartlett, www.3cr.org.au/hometime-tuesday and Vivien Langford, www.3cr.org...2017-07-1600 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityThis BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 26th June 2017 In this episode we spare a thought for the people made homeless by the Lismore floods as insurance companies deny a connection with the cyclone. Find out how communities rebuild in the months after the media has moved on, and what forward thinkers are doing now to build up climate resilience in the community.ALL PODCASTS HEREThank you to our guests:Janet Phillips : Foundation for Rural and Regional RenewalRev Dr Margaret Mayman : Disaster Recovery Chaplaincy NetworkLeigh Ewbank : Friends of the Earth As climate change intensifies disasters, it rips up more than trees and b...2017-06-2600 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityWe could consider earth as a rental property. God comes down to do an inspection and he/she says ”What are all these holes in the property? Why is all my coral bleached? What have you done with all the trees? …. ?” I can tell you. You won’t get your bond back. #StopAdani Roadshow MC Films demand and bring out our human and emotional responses and that’s no less true when the subject is the climate crisis and climate solutions.Go ahead and ride the highs and lows of this emotional rollercoaster as this week BZE’s Vivien Langford covers just some...2017-05-2900 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityThis BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 22nd May 2017 This week BZE is chewing over food security and climate from a global perspective, as BZE Radio’s Vivien Langford interviews Clare Westwood in Penang and Alan Broughton – Vice President Organic Agriculture Association, with special guest Robin Laurie aka Professor Pym.Thank you to our guests:Clare Westwood – Clare is a researcher for the Third World Network and Penang Peace and Justice CommissionAlan Broughton – co-author of “Sustainable Agriculture v Corporate Greed”Robin Laurie – Robin, aka Professor Pym, with a lively radio drama about the incongruity of food as fuel for cars Climate change is making i...2017-05-2200 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero- CommunityThis BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 15th May 2017“One of the common misconceptions is that a lot of the ERF money is for planting trees” Jess Panegyres The Wilderness Society A transformation is beginning to get underway in the agricultural land uses sector. And not before time – without a much-needed U-turn, agriculture, especially northern zone export beef production, is set to be the single biggest GHG-emitting sector of Australia’s economy over the next 2 decades.BZE’s Vivien Langford talks to two of Australia’s foremost landuse experts and a film maker about carbon sinks and the film Cultivating Murder.Guests...2017-05-1500 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - Community“It’s about time the role agriculture plays in the climate crisis – and the role it COULD play in the solution – got a concentrated dose of attention.” Bill Mc Kibben Our 26 million head-strong beef cattle – and 75 million head of sheep – ruminant meat and livestock industry is now responsible for more than half of Australia’s GHG’s and methane, and the near term climate change they are creating. So, is this an industry that can ever really be climate-safe?Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop, University of Queensland’s Professor Ram Dalal and CSIRO’s Dr Michael Battaglia will join BZE Radio’s Vivien Langford to consider:Can improve...2017-05-0800 minSolidarity BreakfastSave Vic Market Rally II Worlers Unite in the 21st Century ? II Race Horses & Kilarney Beach II Sydney Science RallySave Victoria Market from Melbourne City Council development plans rally held on April 21 brough a diverse set of people together against plans to turn Melbourne's fresh food market into a fine food and wine entertainment precinct. Stall holders have joined the National Union of Workers in an Australian first to combat what they see as social and economic vandalism.Don Sutherland lends his expert eye over the meaning of Workers Unite as we finish a week of May Day celebrations around the world.Shane Howard gives us an update on community action against the use of Killarney Beach in the...2017-05-0500 minSolidarity BreakfastPublic Transport + Renewables + Anti-Homeless People LawsWe cover the opinions of people at the RTBU February launch to return Victorian Public Transport back to public hands - the fight back against privatisation takes form.The attack on renewables by the Federal Government after South Australian blackouts has led to Friends of the Earth (FOE) going to the streets we cover their message. Report from Vivien Langford from BZE.This is the Week that Was from Kevin Healey.Dr David Giles from Deakin University who is an Anthropologist who looks at Humans in Urban Environments comes out against the Melbourne City Council Homeless Peoples Ban. Check out H...2017-02-1700 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - CommunityThis show was broadcast on Mon 26th December 2016Listen in at 3cr – latest episodeIn conversation with Per Espen Stoknes, Lyn Bender, Susie Burke, and with Vivien Langford.“The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead.”“It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples—from the private sector to go...2016-12-2600 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero -DECARBONIZING INDUSTRY- Episode 201608221700Vivien Langford & Jane Rudman interview the whos who of enviromental activist within Australia and Internationally.2016-08-2200 min
Climate Action ShowBeyond Zero - Community - Episode 201607111700In conversation with Per Espen Stoknes, Lyn Bender, Susie Burke, with Vivien Langford."The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead." "It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples—from the private sector to government agencies—Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and...2016-07-1100 min
Solidarity BreakfastRadical radio in East Timor struggle; Dean Mighell on the Prices and Incomes Accord; Debbie Brennan on the Anti Fascist Rally & Gary Foley on why we should be there.Vivien Langford interviewing Manuel Acasio Portuguese radio journalist & Peter Murphy who used radical radio during Timorese liberation struggle in1975/76 . Rank & File with Dean Mighell discusses the Prices and Incomes Accord of the 1980's. Debbie Brennan from Radical Women on Anti Fascist Anti Racist Rally & Gary Foley why we should be there.2015-07-1700 min