Mon 26th Feb 2018

Ocean Drawdown

Do you get seasick out on the ocean?

Is the sea sick of climate change?

Alanna Mitchell overcame her sea sickness and went down to the bottom of the ocean. She is an award winning Canadian Science journalist. After her show “SEASICK”, she spoke to Vivien about the erotic thrill of witnessing coral spawning. Her play dramatises the enormity of climate change affecting the ocean's chemistry. As Charlie Veron said after bleaching, the coral will dissolve like an Alka Selzer Tablet in a jug of water. Dealing with the grief and tapping into a more creative response is all part of this sobering interview.

Professor Rocky De Nys from James Cook University is the leader of the Macroalgal Biofuels and Bioproducts project. He talks to us about Apsparagopsis Taxiformis and how it reduces methane produced by ruminant animals. The scientists thought it must have been a mistake when the results of 80% reduction in sheep came back from the lab.

We talk about the hopes for kelp farms sequestering carbon and other ocean based climate solutions.

Further reading:

“A cow walks onto a beach” in Paul Hawken's book Drawdown.

Alix Foster Van Elst is an Antarctic campaigner with Greenpeace. Their ship is right now in the Weddell sea where there is growing momentum to create an ocean sanctuary of 1.8million square kilometres, proposed by the EU. Healthy oceans draw down vast quantities of CO2 as well as protecting marine life. So it would be a boon for the climate. At the Bonn Climate conference last November, Australia was among the very lowest performing countries, yet when it came to protecting Antaractica in 1991 Bob Hawke proved that we could be environmental leaders. Is this new Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary an opportunity for us to regain our self respect?

http://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Actor-Javier-Bardem-dives-in-Greenpeace-submarine-in-Antarctic-Ocean--with-Greenpeace-marine-biologist-John-Hocevar.-News-Edit-27MZIFJXE45T0.html

Mon 26th Feb 2018

Ocean Drawdown

Do you get seasick out on the ocean?

Is the sea sick of climate change?

Alanna Mitchell overcame her sea sickness and went down to the bottom of the ocean. She is an award winning Canadian Science journalist. After her show “SEASICK”, she spoke to Vivien about the erotic thrill of witnessing coral spawning. Her play dramatises the enormity of climate change affecting the ocean's chemistry. As Charlie Veron said after bleaching, the coral will dissolve like an Alka Selzer Tablet in a jug of water. Dealing with the grief and tapping into a more creative response is all part of this sobering interview.

Professor Rocky De Nys from James Cook University is the leader of the Macroalgal Biofuels and Bioproducts project. He talks to us about Apsparagopsis Taxiformis and how it reduces methane produced by ruminant animals. The scientists thought it must have been a mistake when the results of 80% reduction in sheep came back from the lab.

We talk about the hopes for kelp farms sequestering carbon and other ocean based climate solutions.

Further reading:

“A cow walks onto a beach” in Paul Hawken's book Drawdown.

Alix Foster Van Elst is an Antarctic campaigner with Greenpeace. Their ship is right now in the Weddell sea where there is growing momentum to create an ocean sanctuary of 1.8million square kilometres, proposed by the EU. Healthy oceans draw down vast quantities of CO2 as well as protecting marine life. So it would be a boon for the climate. At the Bonn Climate conference last November, Australia was among the very lowest performing countries, yet when it came to protecting Antaractica in 1991 Bob Hawke proved that we could be environmental leaders. Is this new Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary an opportunity for us to regain our self respect?

http://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Actor-Javier-Bardem-dives-in-Greenpeace-submarine-in-Antarctic-Ocean--with-Greenpeace-marine-biologist-John-Hocevar.-News-Edit-27MZIFJXE45T0.html

In this podcast, Beyond Zero radio speaks to Marty Andrews from Chargefox and Russ Shepherd from EVolution Australia about Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure and consumer apps. Chargefox aims to simplify electric vehicle charging and management across fleet, private and public networks.

""We have the solutions, what are the problems?" Marty Andrews is the founder of Cogent Ventures and co-founder of Chargefox. The former business is based in Melbourne, supporting start-ups across Australia to "get great ideas off the ground and helping them to grow". The latter was the main topic of discussion in this session to enlarge on the two previous podcasts on EVs useful for those either with electric cars or considering the purchase but concerned about the availability of supporting infrastructure such as charging stations.

At present the number of EVs on the road varies significantly from Norway (seen as the leader) to Australia with only 0.1% of cars purchased. A comment by Marty that "petrol is so 2016" - one might say Australia is hardly emerging from the 20th century with no emissions restriction on road transport and no date for the banning of the sale of petrol and/ or diesel reliant cars (like other countries) knowledge of which could no doubt encourage the sale of EVs.

Marty referred to connectors, adapters and cables some of which are different and it may be necessary for owners to carry their own adapters. Marty predicted that it would probably be 1-2 decades before autonomous vehicles come on the market.

Commentary by: Bev McIntyre

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BZE Technology Radio Show: 23 February 2018: Podcast

Beyond Zero Emissions talks to Marty Andrews and Russ Shepherd

BZE Interviewers: Laura Perri, Natalie Bucknell, Kay Wennagel, Michael Staindl

Interview broadcast on: 23 February 2018

From Radio 3CR in Melbourne, Australia

LOW CARBON AND LOVING IT +

FIGHT FOR THE BIGHT AT TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL

Mon 19th Feb 2018

Mark Delaney brought his kids up in the poor suburbs of Delhi.Returning to Australia he and his son Tom were shocked at our apathy round climate change. Their story is a fresh look at the "small picture solutions" we can all take to reduce our 23 tonnes per person to the 8 tonnes of a European or even the 2 tonnes CO2e of an  average Indian. If you would like to participate in a book club to discuss this text over  four weeks in April contact Vivien at - [email protected]

Daniel Simons will tell us about some of the Transitions Films he has brought us to inspire climate action.

Films such as:  Food Fighter (22nd Feb) The last Animals( 24th Feb) Guardians of the Earth (27th Feb) and The Gateway Bug (2nd March)

Eliza Muirhead  directed one of the Transitions Films called Operation Jeedara with Tim Watters as co director . She will take us to the Great Australian Bight which is still threatened by oil drilling despite BP and Chevron having given up. You can support Sea Shepherd, The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace   and the Mirning People who call the great white whale "Jeedara."

For climate action be aware that there are massive forests of kelp in these waters quietly sequestering carbon.

 



LOW CARBON AND LOVING IT +

FIGHT FOR THE BIGHT AT TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL

Mon 19th Feb 2018

Mark Delaney brought his kids up in the poor suburbs of Delhi.Returning to Australia he and his son Tom were shocked at our apathy round climate change. Their story is a fresh look at the "small picture solutions" we can all take to reduce our 23 tonnes per person to the 8 tonnes of a European or even the 2 tonnes CO2e of an  average Indian. If you would like to participate in a book club to discuss this text over  four weeks in April contact Vivien at - [email protected]

Daniel Simons will tell us about some of the Transitions Films he has brought us to inspire climate action.

Films such as:  Food Fighter (22nd Feb) The last Animals( 24th Feb) Guardians of the Earth (27th Feb) and The Gateway Bug (2nd March)

Eliza Muirhead  directed one of the Transitions Films called Operation Jeedara with Tim Watters as co director . She will take us to the Great Australian Bight which is still threatened by oil drilling despite BP and Chevron having given up. You can support Sea Shepherd, The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace   and the Mirning People who call the great white whale "Jeedara."

For climate action be aware that there are massive forests of kelp in these waters quietly sequestering carbon.

In this podcast, Beyond Zero radio talk to Nigel Morris, Business Development Director at Solar Analytics, who are an Australian software company, founded by UNSW engineers, providing a real time solar energy system monitoring platform. Nigel Morris is a 25 year solar industry veteran, industry advocate and talks about Solar Analytics, smart energy monitoring and the integration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in our homes. He also busts some common myths about EVs and electric bikes.

"Energy and EVs are inextricably linked. ... We can make energy in Australia but we can’t make fuel.

” says Nigel Morris [Photo supplied]

BZE Technology Radio Show: 16 February 2018: Podcast

Beyond Zero Emissions talks to Nigel Morris

BZE Interviewers: Laura Perri, Natalie Bucknell, Kay Wennagel, Michael Staindl

Interview broadcast on: 16 February 2018

From Radio 3CR in Melbourne, Australia

 

Further reading:

RenewEconomy Solar Insiders podcast with Nigel Morris

RenewEconomy: Who’s afraid of electric vehicles? Busting the Kelly myths

RenewEconomy: The trials, tribulations and absolute joys of electric motorcycling

In this podcast, Beyond Zero radio talk to Nigel Morris, Business Development Director at Solar Analytics, who are an Australian software company, founded by UNSW engineers, providing a real time solar energy system monitoring platform. Nigel Morris is a 25 year solar industry veteran, industry advocate and talks about Solar Analytics, smart energy monitoring and the integration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in our homes. He also busts some common myths about EVs and electric bikes.

"Energy and EVs are inextricably linked. ... We can make energy in Australia but we can’t make fuel.

” says Nigel Morris [Photo supplied]

BZE Technology Radio Show: 16 February 2018: Podcast

Beyond Zero Emissions talks to Nigel Morris

BZE Interviewers: Laura Perri, Natalie Bucknell, Kay Wennagel, Michael Staindl

Interview broadcast on: 16 February 2018

From Radio 3CR in Melbourne, Australia

 

Further reading:

RenewEconomy Solar Insiders podcast with Nigel Morris

RenewEconomy: Who’s afraid of electric vehicles? Busting the Kelly myths

RenewEconomy: The trials, tribulations and absolute joys of electric motorcycling

In this podcast, Beyond Zero radio's Anthony Daniele and Matt Grantham speak to Nikolaj Martyniuk, CEO and co-founder of WePower, a Blockchain-Powered green energy platform.

"WePower enables renewable energy producers to raise capital by issuing their own energy tokens. These tokens represent energy they commit to produce and deliver. Energy tokenization standardizes simplifies and opens globally currently existing energy investment ecosystem. As a result energy producers can trade directly with the green energy buyers (consumers and investors) and raise capital by selling energy upfront, at below market rates." [Photo supplied]

BZE Technology Radio Show: 13 February 2018: Podcast

Beyond Zero Emissions talks to Nikolaj Martyniuk

BZE Interviewers: Anthony Daniele, Matt Grantham

Interview recorded on: 13 February 2018

From Radio 3CR in Melbourne, Australia

Further reading:

In this podcast, Beyond Zero radio's Anthony Daniele and Matt Grantham speak to Nikolaj Martyniuk, CEO and co-founder of WePower, a Blockchain-Powered green energy platform.

"WePower enables renewable energy producers to raise capital by issuing their own energy tokens. These tokens represent energy they commit to produce and deliver. Energy tokenization standardizes simplifies and opens globally currently existing energy investment ecosystem. As a result energy producers can trade directly with the green energy buyers (consumers and investors) and raise capital by selling energy upfront, at below market rates." [Photo supplied]

BZE Technology Radio Show: 13 February 2018: Podcast

Beyond Zero Emissions talks to Nikolaj Martyniuk

BZE Interviewers: Anthony Daniele, Matt Grantham

Interview recorded on: 13 February 2018

From Radio 3CR in Melbourne, Australia

Further reading:

Mon 12th Feb 2018

We meet Dr Bob Brown to talk about restoring the Tarkine Forest to its indigenous custodians and sequestering carbon in its soils. Bob also discussed his case defending the right to protest  logging or mining operations and his win in the High court . This protects the Tarkine defenders in Tasmania but protestors in NSW and other states are still facing draconian penalties like 7 years jail for standing on a road leading into a coal mine!

Deane Belfield talks to us about regenerative agriculture and carbon farming. He represents the Regenerative Australian Farmers. They will host a masterclass on Drawdown with Paul Hawken and are keen to help famers get baseline data on the carbon content of their soil so they can eventually qualify for carbon credits.

Justin Borevitz from ANU is a plant biologist using big data to help farmers regenerate their soils and use fertilisers with more precision. His question is How much soil does your food grow? It's all about the drawing down of carbon and restoration of a safe climate.

The Electric Vehicles Expo will feature the world's fastest Motor Bike rider Eva Hakansson. We talk to Rebecca Lee from RevBikes about  quiet motor Bikes, less pollution on the roads and the joys of  active travel.

Read more:

http://rev-bikes.com/