This week you'll hear from... Heidi and Bella! We want to answer one of sustainability's biggest questions: what can we do as individuals to help the planet? We'll cover some of the big and small changes you can make to slow the climate emergency and help the planet. Topics include:

• Veganism/plant-based diet
• Collective action
• Travel consciously (less flying)
• Reduce waste & reduce consumption
• Fast fashion and thrift shopping

You can find lots of useful links on a blog written by Bella, here.

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This week we spoke with Simone Unanue about her work as a sustainable architect and as sustainability manager for the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. She even had to manage dogs and alligators as part of her work! In this ep we cover:
 - sustainable infrastructure rating tools (LEED, HQE, BREEAM)
- how sustainable supply chains work on small scales and large scales (e.g. the 2016 Rio Olympics)
- why did Simone need to manage dogs and alligators at the Olympics? (new event!?)
- how many stray dogs in Rio found new homes leading up to the Olympic Games as a result of the efforts of Simone's work and her team?
- how the Rio Olympics got their Gold medals - how hard is it to find sustainable gold?

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This week we spoke with activist and researcher Daisy Charlesworth about cooperative cohousing projects around the world. Here are the key points:

• why is it unsustainable to buy/own investment properties?
• what are cohousing and cooperative housing?
• what do cohousing and cooperative housing look like in practice?

Here are the links for some of the projects discussed:
Nightingale Housing, Melbourne, AUS
LILAC, Leeds, UK
Mietshäuser Syndikat, Germany

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This week we were honoured to be joined by Prof. David Schlosberg, Director of the Sydney Environment Institute and Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. 

You'll learn:

• What is environmental justice? What is multi-species justice?
• Can we give rights to the environment?
• How can we put this into practice?
• How are we adapting to climate change?
• What are some of the contemporary environmental justice movements in this space? - who are they, where are they happening?

Useful links:

• The Sydney Environment Institute and find them on socials @SEI
• Learn more about Prof. Schlosberg and his work here
• For more info on carbon capture technology, read here
• The Guardian article about the trouble with gas in AUS
• Plastic Rain!? 
• Wilflife caught in shark nets

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This week we spoke with Corey Tutt,  an Indigenous mentor and STEM champion. He is the founder of DeadlyScience, an initiative that provides science books and early reading material to remote schools in Australia. Tutt is the 2020 NSW Young Australian of the Year and he was born in Nowra, New South Wales. He is an aboriginal of Kamilaroi country.

We spoke with Corey about Deadly Science and some of the amazing work they are doing; as well as what it has been like growing up as an Indigenous man. Corey also described to us what life is about and how we should all take care of ourselves and the environment instead of hate and biases.

https://deadlyscience.icu/

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This week we talked with Dr. Adam Lucas about the web of connections between coal lobbies, conservative media, and Australian politics. This is one of the interviews we've been most excited about and what we learned truly shocked us.

**EDIT** The Heartland Institute think tank is based in Chicago, Illinois, NOT California.

What you'll learn:

• the various methods used by the fossil fuel industry to deny climate change 
• these include creating think tanks such as The Heartland Institute and funding climate science denial research
• the 'revolving door' and 'golden escalator' movements of staffers between coal lobbies and government 
• how to talk to climate deniers and internet trolls (and learn from Bella about what not to do)
• traceable and untraceable donations

To learn more:

• Watch the Greenpeace documentary 'Dirty Power' and visit their website.
• visit the Michael West Media website and learn about the staffers and MPs moving through these 'revolving doors'

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Take a listen to learn from Heidi and Bella about SOA, sea cucumbers, and anal teeth.
This week Heidi and I founded an organization called SOA Australia and we want to tell you what it's all about. We've had a full-on few weeks of interviews, so take this week to digest what you've learned already, and learn about an awesome project that we've started in Aus and one that you can be a part of!
What is SOA?
SOA stands for Sustainable Ocean Alliance and is a global non-profit organization that promotes the protection of Earth's oceans by supporting ocean start-ups and hosting Youth Ocean Summits.
SOA Australia, started by Heidi and Bella, is the Australian mentor hub for all Australian SOA hubs. Take a listen to hear what we'll get up to and like our Facebook page to become a member.

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This week we strapped our historian boots on and took a virtual flight to Malta where we met with maritime archaeologist Mieke Kassulke! This episode you'll learn about:

- maritime archaeology in the Meditteranean and worldwide

- fertility cults (Heidi's like of 3 nipples and excitement over hot, Paeonian singles)

- what is a Paeonian single?

- sustainable tourism 

- has Mieke found Atlantis?

Thank you, Mieke for joining us and letting us dive into your fascinating world of maritime archaeology 

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This week, apart from learning how to make a Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich, we interviewed the incredible Dr. Ainsley Elbra to break down some key concepts surrounding renewable energy and mining. You'll learn about:
- the renewable energy race and its environmental impacts
- the concerns we should have about renewable energy
- the effect of mining on community displacement
- mining multi-national company (MNC) tax avoidance

In a recent article titled ‘A typology of Avoidance’ (we'll post the link) for the Sydney Environment Institute, Ainsley highlighted how the global race to address the climate crisis has overlooked the negative impacts of the global shift to renewable energy.

We tackle a lot of big questions this week, so strap your boots on and get ready to learn!

About Dr. Elbra:
For her master's thesis, Ainsley examined private governance as a solution to Africa's resource curse. Lately, Ainsley’s research seeks to understand the displacement effects of mining and renewable energy, with a focus on developing states. She is currently co-leading a research project on multinational corporate tax avoidance. This work looks at voluntary governance solutions and firms' responses to calls for greater tax transparency.

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This week we spoke with Orlando Hayes. Orlando is an ecological consultant at the Engineering company Arup and the co-founder of a non-profit called ShoutOut - a non-profit focused on connecting service providers and people experiencing homelessness (link to their Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/shoutoutsyd). 

We speak with him about ecological cities, some of the cool things cities are doing to promote ecological diversity in the city, what being carbon neutral versus carbon zero means, and why we should all just stay home forever (animals should rule the environment - not us). All jokes aside - please enjoy this episode with ORLANDO HAYES.

 

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