Climate Action Show

This 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 Year. She has been researching farming methods in Laos and Cambodia and farming at Broken Hill. She says ” Farmers are feeling the heat, from subsistence rice farms in SE Asia to arid outback grazing properties in Australia.”Tune in to hear what a young person finds in farming and why Farmers are taking Climate ActionGuests:Verity Morgan-Schmidt -CEO of Farmers for Climate ActionCharlie Prell – Co-Chair of Farmers for Climate action and Regional director of the Australian  Wind AllianceAnika Molesworth – Farmer for Climate Action and Master of Sustainable AgricultureSummary:Already in Australia climate disruption is creating prolonged droughts and  increased frequency in flooding and bushfires. As farmers derive their livelihood from the land, they are the most vulnerable to these catastrophes, and so have the greatest incentive to prevent their most ruinous effects.A message from farmers all around Australia to the PM on climate change via Farmers for Climate Action CEO Verity Morgan-Schmidt. 21 Aug 2017|Categories: Community Show

This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 14th August 2017

This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 7th August 2017 Erin Jones hosts a busy show with the theme being Divestment

Subscribe: 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 island states. Also foreign aid can be unhelpful “They built a clinic right where our main road used to be”. Alliances were formed at this summit to share expertise and minimise the impact of climate change. The key is to listen to the locals. It was not all about emergencies. David Holmgren talks about the profound shift needed in our relationship with nature. Instead of building more housing let’s subdivide existing huge houses, share resources and downsize our lives to fit in with the lower carbon footprint we must achieve for an equitable future. “There’s way more land in the suburbs than people with skills to farm it” Professor Rob Roggema – UTS School of Architecture on the Dutch response to sea level rise.Karibaiti Taoaba – Pacific Regional director of Commonwealth Local Government Forum on disaster reliefDavid Holmgren – Permaculture Expert on Retrofitting Suburbia for the Energy Descent FutureFurther reading:https://www.ecocity2017.com/1. Sand Engine:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lzo1KDlqEU  (youtube movie), explanation:http://www.dezandmotor.nl/en/the-sand-motor/introduction/2. Sydney Barrier Reef:http://theconversation.com/the-sydney-barrier-reef-engineering-a-natural-defence-against-future-storms-76862​ 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 BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 24th July 2017 Guests: Professor of Ethics at CSU Clive Hamilton and Philosopher Dr Tim Dean The School of Life welcomed Clive Hamilton and Tim Dean to rethink our responsibility towards the earth.   Earth System Scientists are showing that while humans have massive power now, Earth also is more energised and tempestuous. Will we continue to rip up its resources and dump the waste in our biosphere?Is leaping to action a way to avoid thinking? Let’s sit with the new Anthropocene realities. You will find this broadcast uncomfortable. But, like the Sydney  audience, maybe you will find facing the worst strangely steadying.  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 BZE Radio episode will be broadcast on Monday 17th July 2017 Today, in our second creature feature we talk to those in the front line working with animals, trying to mitigate the ruinous effects of climate change. We will learn which organisations are feverishly operating to keep these iconic Australian critters from oblivion. We talk to Dr John Kanowski of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy – about some of the marvellous work he’s doing. Then to ‘Batman’ Tim Pearson – who works saving flying foxes around Sydney, bringing to you one of the last recorded calls of the now extinct Pipistrelle bat. Also chatting to Griffith University’s Professor Brendan Mackey who co-authored a recommendation for a vast conservation corridor that runs the length of our East Coast – and we see how that went! Finally we will discuss the plight of amphibians (who will be most heavily impacted by climate change) with expert Professor Jean Marc Hero.  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/ 17 Jul 2017|Categories: Community Show

This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 10th July 2017 Al Gore and climate leaders from around the world will give life to ideas now gestating in Melbourne. We will ask Professor John Wiseman why it is important.Vanessa Petrie will outline BZE’s presentations to the summit about Zero Carbon Communities and Zero Carbon Cement. Cities and States are leading us off the path of runaway climate change and on to the path of RECOVERY. It is up to all of us to make it happen. Stephanie Ziersch will tell us how businesses are signing up to decarbonise with Sustainability Victoria. https://www.ecocity2017.com/  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 BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 3rd July 2017

This 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 bridges.Vivien Langford speaks to Janet Phillips and Rev Dr Margaret Mayman who are helping people cope with the disaster.As the Federal MP for this region, Justine Elliott says, we need “government commitment to long term planning” – to address housing and homelessness issues as well as helping to rebuild businesses and homes.What about the “uber long term plan” of decarbonising our society? Is it insensitive to raise it in the midst of a disaster? Most media stories avoid it.Our third item is about resilience planning. Leigh Ewbank invites us to a Friends of the Earth meeting. Citizens are door-knocking in country towns to find out what help people need to become climate resilient. They will present their recommendations to Premier Daniel Andrews so his climate budget will be wisely spent.You can join  this practical work. Just turn up at FOE in Smith St Fitzroy 6.30pm on Monday evenings.Please also support the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal.Homelessness after cyclone Debbie” The Saturday Paper article by Susan Chenery Brought to you by the BZE Radio Community Show team: Kurt Johnson, Andy Britt, Erin Jones, Vivien Langford and Roger Vize.Catch this and all our shows as a podcast – any time

This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 19th June 2017This episode contains excerpts from the April 2017 national Breakthrough tour by Sherri Goodman and Ian Dunlop with the film The Age of Consequences.Sherri is a former Pentagon and US Dept of Defence official, now heading up the Consortium for Ocean Leadership and getting military minds to understand climate change. GUESTSSherri Goodman – Former US Deputy Under Secretary of Defence, now CEO of the Consortium for Ocean LeadershipDavid Spratt – Author, Climate Code Red and coauthor with Ian Dunlop of new book ‘Disaster Alley‘Ian Dunlop – Ian is a former chair of the Australian Coal AssociationLuke Taylor – Luke is the director of Sustainable Living Foundation and is also a director of Breakthrough, the National Centre for Climate Restoration.Dr Malte Meinshausen – Malte is Senior Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany and Senior Research Fellow at the School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne. The Australian-German Climate and Energy College, of which Malte is the director, was one of the Australian hosts for the Breakthrough tour and Ms Goodman.Read more:http://bze.org.au/…/podcast-community-19-june-2017-sherri-…/DISASTER ALLEY: CLIMATE CHANGE, CONFLICT & RISKby Ian Dunlop and David SprattForeword by Sherri GoodmanThe first responsibility of a government is to safeguard the people. But the accelerating impacts of climate change will drive increasingly severe humanitarian crises, political instability and conflict, posing large negative consequences to human society which may never be undone. The Asia–Pacific region is considered to be “Disaster Alley” where some of the worst impacts will be experienced. Australia’s political, bureaucratic and corporate leaders are abrogating their fiduciary responsibilities and are ill-prepared for the real risks of climate change. In this striking new Breakthrough report we look at climate change and conflict issues through the lens of sensible risk-management to draw new conclusions about the challenge we now face.DOWNLOAD reportbreakthroughonline.org.au/disasteralleyGUARDIANhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/21/australia-warned-it-has-radically-underestimated-climate-change-security-threatSOCIAL MEDIAhttps://twitter.com/djspratt/status/877319859540901889https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154494525095741EXTRACT “Climate change an accelerant to instability in unexpected ways”http://www.climatecodered.org/2017/06/climate-change-accelerant-to.html(more…) 19 Jun 2017|Categories: Community Show