Climate Action Show

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 25th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford "TIME TO WAKE UP AND STEP UP" Antonio Guterres at climate ambition summit.Antarctica melting/ Libya flooding/ Corporations v Co-ops Guests:Antonio Guterres - Former Socialist  PM of Portugal and defender of East TimorSir David King in conversation with Nick Breeze - from Climate Genn in U.KNoam Chomsky in conversation with Dru Oja jay from Breach Media in CanadaNissa Beck in Libya in conversation with Juan Gonzales from Democracy Now

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 18th 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordRISING TIDE - THE PEOPLE'S BLOCKADE Recorded at Redfern Town Hall  at the end of the Rising Tide speaking tour to call people to the People's Blockade of Newcastle Port. About Us — Rising Tide Speakers :M.C. Fahimah Badrulhisham - Australian Religious Response to Climate Change + Sean Murray -Rising TideIan Dunlop - Australian Security Leaders Climate GroupRev Moni Taumoepeau - Uniting Church Mission and Education Unit and proud TonganJenny Leong - Greens Member for Newtown NSW ParliamentClover Moore - Sydney Lord MayorAlexa Stuart -  Young climate activist from Rising Tide Newcastle.FACEBOOK EVENT: bit.ly/blockade2023-fb Invitation to come up to Newcastle NSW for November 24th to 27th 2023How you can participateYou dont need to go on a kayak. There is a huge diversity of roles, skills and support required to build this movement and we need everyone who cares and is able to play a part. Taking the pledge means that you will be supported to find a way that you feel comfortable to contribute. Joining this movement does not require you to quit your job or studies, or to get arrested, but it does involve more than verbal, financial or social media support. The Rising Tide climate defence movement only includes nonviolent actions. Pledge — Rising Tide

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 11th - 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDSAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTIONImmediate protection of Australia’s native forests is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate and biodiversity crises. Our Federal government could do it. NZ has banned Native forest logging since 2002. Guests:Mark Graham -  Meet the team: Mark Graham, ecologist — The White Bluff Project(link is external) Dorothee Babeck - Bob Brown Foundation Campaigner NSW End Native Forest Logging Now - Bob Brown Foundation Open letter Please sign Sue Higginson - MLC NSW Parliament. Former CEO of Environment Defenders OfficeSaving Forests is Climate Action - Sue Higginson MLC(link is external)“I have been on the frontline of forest defence myself and I have represented countless other forest defenders through the courts as they seek to protect the environment from senseless destruction.NSW has the highest rates of extinction in the country and the Forestry Corporation is directly driving these extinctions through destruction of habitat in forests that are either struggling to recover from the 2019/20 bushfires or are the last remaining unburnt areas in the landscape." Dr Kim Loo - Doctors for the Environment ABC: Scientists say WA government’s prescribed burns targets have no scientific basis - DEAChats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF-Australia | Chats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF Australia Senator Dr.Mehreen Faruqui - Green Party Federal Government- Animal Welfare PortfolioEnvironmental activists rally in Sydney to end native forest logging (cityhub.com.au)(link is external)“We know that it is reckless regional forestry agreements, and weak and broken federal environmental laws that have allowed native forest logging to go on indiscriminately, which has put our wildlife at the brink of extinction,”  One Environmental Activist Has Been Killed Every Other Day for the Past Decade (globalcitizen.org)(link is external)At least 1,733 environmental activists and land defenders have been killed for their work over the past decade, according to a new report from the nonprofit Global Witness. That means that a person defending the environment is killed every other day, a harrowing statistic especially in the context of the worsening climate and biodiversity crisis. To take climate action with a focus on human rights AI might be the group for you : Environmental Crisis - Amnesty International Australia. You can receive  urgent action requests which give you all you need to write in defence of environmental activist round the world. GROUPS YOU CAN SUPPORT TO BAN NATIVE FOREST LOGGING1. LEAN -  A_National_Forest_Protection_and_Workforce_Plan_for_Australia_LEAN.pdf (nationbuilder.com)2. NORTH EAST FOREST ALLIANCE -Time to stop Logging Koalas to Extinction - North East Forest Alliance (nefa.org.au)3.  SOUTH EAST REGION CONSERVATION ALLIANCE INC. – A record of the endeavours to save the native forests of south east NSW from logging. (serca.org.au)4. Wilderness Society | DeforestationLet us know of other groups you recommend : [email protected](link sends e-mail)Remember : SAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW SEPTEMBER 4TH 2023A REPEATEDEN /MONARO A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FORESTPRODUCED BY ANDY BRITT IN 2020 AFTER THE MEGA BUSH FIRESINTERVIEWS BY VIVIEN LANGFORD  GUESTS:DAN MORGAN - YUIN MAN AND EXPERT ON CULTURAL BURNINGPETER HAGGAR - "CAFE EVOLVE" IN BEGA. PHILOSOPHICAL HEART OF THE RESISTANCEVIVIAN HARRIS - CLIMATE ACTION NOW ACTIVIST AT WEEK 71 OF HER REMINDER TO BEGA AUTHORITIESJO DODDS -  BUSHFIRE SURVIVORS FOR CLIMATE ACTION /EMERGENCY LEADERS FOR CLIMATE ACTION.ROUNDTABLE A new relationship with the forest is emerging after fires worse than those in the Amazon spread the length of The Great Dividing range in 2019/2020. The Eden Monaro By election in July, polarised people into the old blame game about hazzard reduction. Some blamed greenies for not wanting any, others blamed loggers for creating hazzards with the debris and flammable new growth they leave behind.  At the Emergy Leaders for Climate Action Summit, Greg Mullins said "We need to stop being such control freaks and develop trust. Climate change is drying out the land and making everything worse." We need to put resources behind the  traditional knowledge holders without trying to control them. We hear from Dan Morgan who explains how cultural burns start slowly so the birds and insects can smell the smoke. Then he talks about learning to read the message from the indicator species . In the video you will see land he has helped protect near Tathra. When the major bushfire went through Tathra, the land that had been managed in the traditional way were not detroyed.See Dan in this ABC video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM72NtXxyLs(link is external)https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-14/traditional-owners-predicted-bushfire-disaster/11700320(link is external)https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/land/aboriginal-fire-management(link is external) Locals told me "Go to "Cafe Evolve" it's the centre of the resistance. Peter Haggar, the owner takes us on a deep dive into the philosophy behind a new relationship with the forest. We talked about the quote on their wall which said"When our worldview is nolonger compatible with our knowledge of the world, isn't it wiser to alter our worldview rather than altering the facts?"Peter talks about local people still in shock, living in tents, un sure how to make themselves safe in the future. He says they have had an existential shock and although many voted for the old solutions, many more are seeking something new. He was influenced by an Australian Philosopher Val Plumwood who wrote "Feminism and the mastery of nature"Peter Haggar sees pluralism as the way forward. So even for city people, any stand for the plurality  of gender, race or class is part of the same battle for the diversity of  nature. The cultural management of land involves learning about hunderds of bio regions and how to deal with them, so learning to read the land like this is urgent climate action. .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Plumwood(link is external) Vivian Harris was on week 71 of her her stand in front of Bega valley Council and before that the local MP under a Banner saying "CLIMATE ACTION NOW". She talks about the people who sit down to chat with her. Some are worried about their grand children, some are in denial of the science but all have been awed by the drought and bushfires. Despite her shyness she has learned courage from Greta Thunberg and the ripples from her non confrontational presence are felt in other communities like Geelong, where she connects via social media with people making a stand. Jo Dodds is famous for standing up to PM Turnbull after the Tathra Fires telling him Now is the very time we should be talking about climate change" She is now involved in taking the EPA to court with Bushfire survivors for Climate Action.https://www.facebook.com/bushfiresurvivors/(link is external)They want to work with Matt Keane to develop adequate policies around climate change to prevent worse disasters. She talks about the smoke related deaths and the psychological trauma of prolonged fire. As Co Chair of the NSW Roundtable on Emergency Leaders for climate action she also  sees the urgent need to restore year long forest management in Yuin Country and a new relationship with the forest.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-30/fossil-fuel-industry-levy-should-pay-for-bushfire-impact-report/12503114(link is external)https://www.smh.com.au/national/firefighting-tactics-should-change-as-climate-warms-say-fire-chiefs-20200729-p55gom.html(link is external)

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAUGUST 28TH 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORDSAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTIONImmediate protection of Australia’s native forests is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate and biodiversity crises. Our Federal government could do it. NZ has banned Native forest logging since 2002. Guests:Mark Graham -  Meet the team: Mark Graham, ecologist — The White Bluff Project Dorothee Babeck - Bob Brown Foundation Campaigner NSW End Native Forest Logging Now - Bob Brown Foundation Open letter Please sign Sue Higginson - MLC NSW Parliament. Former CEO of Environment Defenders OfficeSaving Forests is Climate Action - Sue Higginson MLC“I have been on the frontline of forest defence myself and I have represented countless other forest defenders through the courts as they seek to protect the environment from senseless destruction.NSW has the highest rates of extinction in the country and the Forestry Corporation is directly driving these extinctions through destruction of habitat in forests that are either struggling to recover from the 2019/20 bushfires or are the last remaining unburnt areas in the landscape." Dr Kim Loo - Doctors for the Environment ABC: Scientists say WA government’s prescribed burns targets have no scientific basis - DEAChats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF-Australia | Chats for Change Episode One: Can Trees Save Us? | WWF Australia Senator Dr.Mehreen Faruqui - Green Party Federal Government- Animal Welfare PortfolioEnvironmental activists rally in Sydney to end native forest logging (cityhub.com.au)“We know that it is reckless regional forestry agreements, and weak and broken federal environmental laws that have allowed native forest logging to go on indiscriminately, which has put our wildlife at the brink of extinction,”  QUIZ after listening to the podcasta)How long have koalas been in Australia?b) Do Koalas prefer Tallowwood leaves or Magnolias?For a book prize send your answers to : [email protected] An Environmental Activist Has Been Killed Every Other Day for the Past Decade (globalcitizen.org)At least 1,733 environmental activists and land defenders have been killed for their work over the past decade, according to a new report from the nonprofit Global Witness. That means that a person defending the environment is killed every other day, a harrowing statistic especially in the context of the worsening climate and biodiversity crisis. To take climate action with a focus on human rights AI might be the group for you : Environmental Crisis - Amnesty International Australia. You can receive  urgent action requests which give you all you need to write in defence of environmental activist round the world. GROUPS YOU CAN SUPPORT TO BAN NATIVE FOREST LOGGING1. LEAN -  A_National_Forest_Protection_and_Workforce_Plan_for_Australia_LEAN.pdf (nationbuilder.com)2. NORTH EAST FOREST ALLIANCE -Time to stop Logging Koalas to Extinction - North East Forest Alliance (nefa.org.au)3.  SOUTH EAST REGION CONSERVATION ALLIANCE INC. – A record of the endeavours to save the native forests of south east NSW from logging. (serca.org.au)4. Wilderness Society | DeforestationLet us know of other groups you recommend : [email protected] : SAVING FORESTS IS CLIMATE ACTION

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAUGUST 21ST 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD THE SECURITY RISKS OF CLIMATE INACTIONGUESTS: Senator David Shoebridge - Federal Greens Party Portfolio :Defence and veterans affairsIan Dunlop - Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration. Veteran Climate Warrior and former head of The Australian Coal Assciation David Spratt's briefing is the basis of our discussion   Read it here HOME | Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration (breakthroughonline.org.au)Essential Viewing:Are consultancies creating a security risk in our public service?Shadow State: How consultants infiltrated government - ABC News Music ; Helen Clark in a vintage song Dont take my darling boy away.

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW AUGUST -14TH 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien Langford GO BACK Lobbyists in Canberra - GE in Bangladesh - Fossil fuelled AMOC in the Atlantic Go Back! We don't approve! These are the words from Bangladeshi artists in the ELECTRIC BANGLADESH exhibition in Boston Bangladeshi Artists Paint A True Picture of GE's Greenwash by Market ForcesGuests: Munira Chowdhury from Market Forces visited the place where  a new gas project is proposed by GE. In Chattorgam alone these projects would double the emissions of  the whole of Bangladesh. GE , which has signed up to the NetZero2050 pledge and is also one of the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturers needs to get behind the Electrify Bangladesh banner. As  one local put it" Only Landowners will be compensated. Us fisherfolk and salt workers will get nothing" Ismail Pascha - Crab farmer from Chattorgram.Bangladesh is already exposed to climate disasters, like cyclone Mocha this year which killed over 100 people. Billions of dollars in economic loss and a national goal of 40% renewable energy by 2041 means they need our support to  electrify not the expansion of gas projects.“Bangladesh, a country with its unique cultural tapestry and vibrant heritage, is an embodiment of resilience and strength.” Debashish Chakrabarty. ArtistPlease tag Market Forces on social media posts, and provide art titles and artists' names for the artworks. All artist names and titles available here: https://stories.marketforces.org.au/bangladeshi-artists-ge Antonio Guterres - Secretary General on the United Nations 2023 August speaks of the poisoned heart of the climate crisis -  fossil fuels Bing Videos Senators David Pocock, Monique Ryan and Kate Chaney speak about the number of lobbyists in Canberra. They are on no register and they can infuence politicians as no ordinary citizens can.  Senator Ryan proposed urgent reforms to this as well as to the rotating door between industry and parliament which is also a security risk.Dr Monique Ryan MP 7.8.23 Simon Walker's interview with Professor Susanne Ditlevson on the AMOCProfessor Susanne Ditlevsen is a professor in the department of Mathematical Sciences in the University of Copenhagen. Their latest study, along with Prof. Peter Ditlevsen of the University of Copenhagen, warns of the fragility of the (AMOC) Atlantic meridional overturning circulation - a system of currents that circulates water within the Atlantic ocean, bringing warm water north and cold water south. It is an important component of Earth’s climate system Their findings suggest that the AMOC could collapse within this century, earlier than reports made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and would be a tipping point for disastrous effects on weather patterns, ecosystems, and food security.  Music:    In Love With This Place // Jess Ribeiro – The Environmental Music Prize I’m in love with this place, if I could show you your heart would change.WHY I WROTE THIS SONGBummed out by the current state of the world I sat by the water and imagined politicians “doing time” in nature. Imagine if no decisions could be made until you had spent time consulting with the natural world. I feel like the people in charge of our planet are disconnected. If they entered deeply into a sincere relationship with nature, they would start making thoughtful and lasting choices.

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAugust 7th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford KICK PROFITEERS OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT FORESTRY, COAL AND  OUR FUTURE Guests :Professor Christopher Wright - Sydney University co author of Organising Responses to Climate Change 'The barriers to climate action today aren't technological. They're political. Read this book to understand how polluters have created obstacles to the task of decarbonization and how we can fight back.' Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Pennsylvania State University and author of The New Climate WarOrganising Responses to Climate Change by Daniel Nyberg, Christopher Wright, Vanessa Bowden - 9781009266949 - Dymocks Miree Leroy - Move Beyond Coal on their win for people power. NAB says no to financing Whitehaven Coal - Move Beyond CoalAustralia has a big coal problemAustralia is one of the world’s largest exporters of coal – the number one cause of climate change. Right now, corporations are planning to dig more new coal projects in Australia than anywhere else on the planet.It doesn't matter where Australia's coal is burned, people everywhere are facing the impacts here and now, with catastrophic floods, bushfires, heat waves, droughts, and more extreme weather events.We have a responsibility to act.  Dorothee Babeck - Bob Brown Foundation on AUGUST URGENT  NATIONWIDE campaign to Protect our forests Action - Defend the Giants - August 12th in Sydney at Addison Rd Centre Marrickville                                           - August 12th in Melbourne 11am Parliament steps + 10 other cities In the year of THE VOICE, First Nations people's voice is being strong armed off the scene. Watch this video and weep. (671) Gumbaynggirr Forests 50fps - YouTubeThis is the authentic voice of Gumbaynggirr elders as police move them out of Newry State forest and allow loggers in.https://nit.com.au/31-07-2023/7001/elders-physically-removed-from-sacred-land?fbclid=IwAR1uuNF_y4HG-uMpZ7GoqaX5r_h42Cc-aj_EUSPI5eXFHwUAWuP9gIqhPSM We know that native forest logging in New South Wales is economically wasteful, costing the taxpayer millions of dollars each year to prop up a loss-making industry. What’s worse, is that these subsidies are paying for ecological destruction, the loss of our critical carbon stocks, and the extinction of species like the Koala and the greater Glider.Our native forests can be most beneficial to us by being protected and being allowed to continue to grow, to store carbon and to provide healthy ecosystems for people and animals alike.We call on the Treasurer to stop prolonging the inevitable. We want to see a rapid and ambitious end to native forest logging outlined in the next Statement of Corporate Intent.

THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJULY 31ST 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordC O L L A P S EEpisode 4 : SYSTEM CHANGE NOT  CLIMATE CHANGE Guests:Professor Jem Bendell - BREAKING TOGETHER – a freedom-loving response to collapse – Professor Jem Bendell He speaks from Bali to the Meer Forum on deep adaptation. The late Professor Will Steffan - The Climate Council- He's back: what the return of El NiÑo means | Climate CouncilProfessor Julia Steinberger - IPCC author and expert on the behaviour of ther fossil fuel industry . With permission from  Nick Breeze at Climate Genn who is a penetrating interviewer. Dr Julia Steinberger - The hour before dawn is always the darkest - ClimateGenn Music - Small Island Big Song Ta’u Tama // Small Island Big Song – The Environmental Music PrizeWhat will we tell our children?First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you.... and then  you win .Will the present system collapse? It's killing us. Who would you like us to interview?Send us a message at Radio 3CR : 03 94198377

CLIMATE  ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordECO-SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVES  FROM CANADAEpisode 3 - SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPLUSFIREANTS ON THE MOVE interview by Simon Walker When the young Blockade Australia person, dangling over the container port of Brisbane, said "I don't have all the answers, but others are surely working on the system change we need", it was a challenge to us to go and find the thinkers. Derrick O'Keefe in Vancouver thinks we need to be far more ambitious. Instead of wanting to protect our children and grandchildren we need to believe in a future which is safe for at least the next seven generations. He wants to see writers and creative people put their minds to the future we can work towards. Some of the ideas we discuss are from The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Simon Walker found out about  the march of  Fireants from Reece Pianto. If you are wondering what is the connection with climate change you will be astounded. You can also get involved. The invasive Species Council invites  you to be a citizen scientist Insect Watch: Red imported fire ant (invasives.org.au)Red fire ants now 12km north of Queensland-NSW border prompting calls for funding injection, checkpoints - ABC News Guests:Derrick O'Keefe - EcoSocialist and Founder of Ricochet News in CanadaDerrick O’Keefe is a cofounder and editor of Ricochet Media and is the author of Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil? and A Woman Among Warlords (coauthored with Malalai Joya). Derrick is a longtime political organizer in Vancouver, BC.Imagining the End of Capitalism With Kim Stanley Robinson (jacobin.com)Oil sands lobby group facing Competition Act complaint over false and misleading claims | Ricochet Reece Pianta - Save Australia from fire ants - Invasive Species CouncilReece Pianta is a spokesperson for the Invasive Species Council, an environmental organisation dedicated to strengthening the biosecurity of Australia and reducing the threat of invasive species. Since 2001, fire ants have maintained strongholds in and around Brisbane despite government efforts to eradicate them. With funding due to end in December 2024, federal and state agricultural ministers are convening to decide the fate of the eradication program. As the climate continues to warm, the spread of fire ants across Australia could bring disastrous results.  Fears fire ants on march as eradication funding stalls | Riverine Herald A separate review of the eradication strategy found at least $3 billion would be needed over the next five years."We've essentially agreed to the plan going forward, but most of the jurisdictions have yet to go through their budget process to secure the funding," Senator Watt said."I couldn't really put a dollar figure on how much we'll spend over the next few years."More than $140 million was set aside in June by the NSW and Queensland governments.Fire ants are considered one of the world's most invasive species.