6:30 – 8pm Monday 6 February 2017

We kick off the BZE Discussion Group series for 2017 in Melbourne on Monday 6 February.

Our guest speaker is BRENDAN CONDON, Director of  The Cape – Victoria’s first climate-adapted greenfield housing project

How do we build carbon neutral housing estates and eliminate emissions from the housing sector? Are Australian houses up to the challenges of rising temperatures and longer and more intense hot spells on a heating planet?

Brendan Condon is Director of The Cape sustainable housing project, overlooking beautiful Bass Strait at Cape Paterson near Phillip Island and 90 minutes from Melbourne. This community will have 220 homes when complete, and already features some of the best examples of common sense integrated sustainability in Australia, including 8 star energy and water efficient housing, solar energy, energy efficient appliances and operating systems, electric vehicle infrastructure, urban food production, rainwater harvesting, habitat restoration and much more. Homes are designed to be carbon neutral, comfortable in all conditions with minimal heating and cooling, and to have annual energy bills as low as 20% of conventional homes.

Below is a video recording of this event or you can click here to view on the BZE YouTube channel

(Remember to and also please and the video)

Presentation Slides available here: (29mB PDF)

http://liveatthecape.com.au/

6:30 - 8pm Monday 6 February 2017

McCoy Building

Fritz Loewe Theatre (entry via level 2)

University of Melbourne

Cnr Elgin & Swanston Streets, Carlton

Public transport: Stop 111 Cnr Elgin & Swanston Streets on tram routes 1 & 8.

Entry to building is on south side of Elgin St up the ramp and through the automatic doors.

Entry: Gold coin donation

Thank you to the University of Melbourne Energy Institute (MEI), our Zero Carbon Australia project partners for supporting us in bringing you this event.

Everyone is welcome to come along to the pub next door to continue the discussion after 8pm!

This show was broadcast on Mon 16th January 2017

"In the landmark Paris accord, 195 countries from around the world agreed that they would collectively keep average global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees, and that they would pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. But what does science have to say on actually keeping those goals? And how fast, and by how much, will we have to cut our emissions to get there?"

"Professor Kevin Anderson, deputy director of the influential Tyndall Centre, is a climate scientist who looks at exactly this question. And the math he comes away with, isn't pretty. We look at the small timeframe we have to make the Paris declarations a reality, and why it won't be as straightforward as perhaps some of us have been led to believe."

– interview courtesy of The Elephant Podcast

MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm

TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE

CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts

TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive

FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

6:30 – 8pm Monday 6 February 2017

We kick off the BZE Discussion Group series for 2017 in Melbourne on Monday 6 February.

Our guest speaker is BRENDAN CONDON, Director of  The Cape – Victoria’s first climate-adapted greenfield housing project

How do we build carbon neutral housing estates and eliminate emissions from the housing sector? Are Australian houses up to the challenges of rising temperatures and longer and more intense hot spells on a heating planet?

Brendan Condon is Director of The Cape sustainable housing project, overlooking beautiful Bass Strait at Cape Paterson near Phillip Island and 90 minutes from Melbourne. This community will have 220 homes when complete, and already features some of the best examples of common sense integrated sustainability in Australia, including 8 star energy and water efficient housing, solar energy, energy efficient appliances and operating systems, electric vehicle infrastructure, urban food production, rainwater harvesting, habitat restoration and much more. Homes are designed to be carbon neutral, comfortable in all conditions with minimal heating and cooling, and to have annual energy bills as low as 20% of conventional homes.

Below is a video recording of this event or you can click here to view on the BZE YouTube channel

(Remember to and also please and the video)

Presentation Slides available here: (29mB PDF)

http://liveatthecape.com.au/

6:30 - 8pm Monday 6 February 2017

McCoy Building

Fritz Loewe Theatre (entry via level 2)

University of Melbourne

Cnr Elgin & Swanston Streets, Carlton

Public transport: Stop 111 Cnr Elgin & Swanston Streets on tram routes 1 & 8.

Entry to building is on south side of Elgin St up the ramp and through the automatic doors.

Entry: Gold coin donation

Thank you to the University of Melbourne Energy Institute (MEI), our Zero Carbon Australia project partners for supporting us in bringing you this event.

Everyone is welcome to come along to the pub next door to continue the discussion after 8pm!

This show was broadcast on Mon 16th January 2017

"In the landmark Paris accord, 195 countries from around the world agreed that they would collectively keep average global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees, and that they would pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. But what does science have to say on actually keeping those goals? And how fast, and by how much, will we have to cut our emissions to get there?"

"Professor Kevin Anderson, deputy director of the influential Tyndall Centre, is a climate scientist who looks at exactly this question. And the math he comes away with, isn't pretty. We look at the small timeframe we have to make the Paris declarations a reality, and why it won't be as straightforward as perhaps some of us have been led to believe."

– interview courtesy of The Elephant Podcast

MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm

TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE

CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts

TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive

FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

This show was broadcast on Mon 9th January 2017

Today we rebroadcast a topic that is of timely importance as we head into summer.

Greg Foyster brings us the hot facts about heatwaves. Maggie Baron recalls the devastating impact of one fateful heatwave on her own family.

Stephen Bygrave and Andrew Bray on RET games and how to get with the world trend on renewables.

Heatwave Fact Sheet  (160Kb PDF)

MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm

TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE

CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio

TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive

FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

This show was broadcast on Mon 9th January 2017

Today we rebroadcast a topic that is of timely importance as we head into summer.

Greg Foyster brings us the hot facts about heatwaves. Maggie Baron recalls the devastating impact of one fateful heatwave on her own family.

Stephen Bygrave and Andrew Bray on RET games and how to get with the world trend on renewables.

Heatwave Fact Sheet  (160Kb PDF)

MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm

TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE

CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio

TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive

FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

This show was broadcast on Mon 2nd January 2017

Listen in at 3cr – latest episode from Jan 2.

In conversation with Lyn Bender, Deb Hart and Blair Palese

 

The title of this broadcast refers to the Pope’s words:

 “We are at the limit of suicide, to say a strong word. Our world is on a suicidal course unless we  pay attention and pull out of this nosedive into the sixth great extinction.”

Our guests joining the show:

Lyn Bender – Former Manager of “Lifeline” Melbourne

Deborah Hart – Climate Angel and author of “Guarding Eden”

Blair Palese – CEO of 350.ORG

& Pollution-Free politics 

MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm

TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE

CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio

 

This special re-broadcast is BZE Radio’s New Year Summer Series producer’s pick. We hope you enjoy.

 

This show was broadcast on Mon 2nd January 2017

Listen in at 3cr – latest episode from Jan 2.

In conversation with Lyn Bender, Deb Hart and Blair Palese

 

The title of this broadcast refers to the Pope’s words:

 “We are at the limit of suicide, to say a strong word. Our world is on a suicidal course unless we  pay attention and pull out of this nosedive into the sixth great extinction.”

Our guests joining the show:

Lyn Bender – Former Manager of “Lifeline” Melbourne

Deborah Hart – Climate Angel and author of “Guarding Eden”

Blair Palese – CEO of 350.ORG

& Pollution-Free politics 

MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm

TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE

CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio

 

This special re-broadcast is BZE Radio’s New Year Summer Series producer’s pick. We hope you enjoy.

 

This show was broadcast on Mon 26th December 2016

Listen in at 3cr – latest episode

In 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 government agencies—Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers."

This special re-broadcast is BZE Radio's Christmas Summer Series producer's pick of the year for 2016. We hope you enjoy.

MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm

TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE

CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio

TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive

FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

This show was broadcast on Mon 26th December 2016

Listen in at 3cr – latest episode

In 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 government agencies—Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers."

This special re-broadcast is BZE Radio's Christmas Summer Series producer's pick of the year for 2016. We hope you enjoy.

MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm

TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE

CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio

TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive

FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/