Climate Action Show

Winner of The Royal Society Prize for science writing, Gaia Vince (author of Adventures in the Anthropocene), takes us round the world in search of the best farming practices in the Anthropocene. Indian farmers leading with water? Food waste contributing to climate change?In "Rethinking Dairy" we look at alternatives to needing so much milk. Improvements for the cows, calves, farmers and consumers are all ahead as we take climate seriously. A panel discussion courtesy of 3CR's Freedom of Species show, featuring Philip Wollen, Dr Deidre Wicks, dairy farmer Vicki Jones, and vegan restauranteur Mo Wyse.Further Reading:Amazing news – the Northern Territory Labor party was swept to power in the Territory election yesterday on a promise to put a moratorium on risky shale gas fracking.MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pmTUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVECATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/media/radio  TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzeliveFB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/

Vivien Langford & Jane Rudman interview the whos who of enviromental activist within Australia and Internationally.

As we inch towards the inevitability of Zero Emissions, city people must not forget the coal affected communities. Miner Peter Kennedy takes us around the coal mines and power stations of the Hunter Valley.  David Watson and his fellow artists celebrate the places where coal has done  its worst and still say "Giving up is not an option". Rob McLaughlin and the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association keep a vigil on the old convict built road which should be a heritage trail but is set to be ploughed up by Rio Tinto. Tom Doig: In March 2015, Penguin Books Australia published Tom's second book: The Coal Face, a narrative journalism account of the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire, and how it affected the residents of Morwell and the Latrobe Valley. Further Reading: http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/4091257/caroona-victory/?cs=4141http://tomdoig.com/news/the-coal-face-stories-from-the-morwell-mine-fire/ http://williamsrivervalley.blogspot.com.au http://www.davidwatson.net.au/the-bridge/ www.fieldwork.show 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/

Dr Cassandra Goldie from the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) tells us about her time in Darwin with a cyclone about to hit and they didn't have a plan! And the council housing that requires 24/7 air conditioning that should be built in a more climate smart way. We will also talk to Fiona Armstrong about the new Climate and Health Alliance paper "Towards a national strategy on climate, health and well-being for Australia." Daniel Spencer from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition will talk about progress towards Large Scale Solar at Port Augusta, South Australia. He will also bust myths about failures in the system....too easy to blame it on wind.Read more: https://repowerportaugusta.good.do/solar4ptaugusta/TurnbullPetition/ 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/

Q&A Event - Creating a Climate for Change offers an exclusive forum that intersects science, performance and conversation. Melbourne Playback Theatre Company takes stories from the audience and dramatises their anxieties and thoughts about climate change.Danny Diesendorf (actor and conductor) has taught and directed theatre extensively, including with the National Theatre and Monash University Schools Theatre Festival.Lucy Best from Positive Charge – a social enterprise established by the Moreland Energy Foundation that works with local councils to help households, community groups and businesses to save energy, money and reduce carbon emissions at scale.We also hear from artist/activist David Watson (Abbott-Proof Fence) who talks about how artists are dealing with small towns wiped out by coal's last gasps. His show is called "While we sleep".

Given the urgency of climate action we are looking at the roadblocks which are stopping us going full steam ahead.Senator Lee Rhiannon sees corruption from the fossil fuel industry sapping the vitality of our political process. Without their corrupting influence would our government be capable of delivering the rapid change we need?"If our politicians are serious about climate change, then they need to stop taking money from and giving money to the big polluters."We talk to Blair Palese about  350.org's  Pollution Free Politics Campaign.Miriam Lyons and Nicky Ison are the authors of The Homegrown Power Plan.They drill down into policy depths where most of us would fear to go. They come up with some golden ideas to end energy poverty. They make it easy for us to see how to remove the roadblocks, ensuring new renewables aren’t held back by the legacy of a bygone era. Further Reading:If Malcolm Turnbull or freshly appointed Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg stood on Queensland’s coast and saw a coal-fired power station float past, they’d notice, right? If more than half a million new cars drove past, they’d surely raise an eyebrow. Or would they? Each day, more than a million tonnes of Australian coal sails up that coast, past the Great Barrier Reef, to power stations or steel mills elsewhere, quietly fuelling climate change and bleaching the reef.https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2016/07/23/truth-about-australias-coal-industry-and-climate-policy/14691960003525https://350.org.au/campaigns/pollution-free-politics-2/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2016/05/23/4465448.htm

What impact will Climate Change have on thecurrent extreme shifts in global weather patterns? "This is the second year of extreme heat in southeast Asia...all this was predicted by recent studies. The same studies say it will get even hotter, for longer periods, as the decades progress." "...the poorest victims of this heat are the least responsible for global warming. The source of the pollution has been half a world away, where most of us live in fossil-powered luxury. But in a world connected by finance, trade, and airplanes, the blowback can travel back from half a world – from the steaming countries of India and Pakistan." Professors David Karoly and Will Steffen describe what scientists expect over the next decades as we fail to decrease carbon emissions.Dr Adil Najam, Pakistani expert on International Affairs takes us to Karachi’s most punishing heat waves and the climate refugees that are flocking away from unlivable conditions.

In 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, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers."

Vivien interviews Ian Angus at the Socialism for the Twenty First Century Conference. Author of the book - Facing the Anthropocene:  Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System Crisis.We look at the bleaching of the reef in an interview with David Spratt (many thanks to Alex Smith for permission to use this interview from Radio Ecoshock).

In this episode Viv brings you:Mark Butler (ALP) Josh Frydenberg (Liberal Party) Senator Janet Rice (Greens) Adam Bandt (Greens, Melbourne) Professor Peter Christoff (Melbourne University) Natalie Isaacs  -1 million women