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CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 26TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordBANGLA DESH REVISITED IN THE GREAT ASIAN HEATWAVE 2023 This is a repeat of the 2020 radio show taking us to Bangladesh. In the wake of Cyclone Mocha this year and the Asian heatwave which has caused many deaths we revisit these resourceful people to learn about courage.GUESTS: Runa Kahn - Founder of Friendship The Mangrove Project is Very Important: It Shows Things Can be Done - Friendship NGO- Cyclone Mocha makes landfall; Bangladesh spared mass destruction - Friendship NGODr Saleemul Huq - He has published hundreds of scientific as well as popular articles and was recognized as one of the top twenty global influencers on climate change policy in 2019 and top scientist from Bangladesh on climate change science. Recently he has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to combating international climate change. Bangladesh rocked by power cuts as cyclone hits gas supply | Reuters ‘Alarmin

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 19TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordMOTHER EARTH? ....PALLIATIVE CARE A comment made  by a nurse in the human chain around the NAB Sydney HQ hit like a depth charge.Her placard showed Mother Earth with a thermometer in her mouth. I said  "She looks like she's in intensive care". "No, said the nurse, she's palliative".It chilled me because palliative suggests no more heroic measures, just smooth the dying pillow. This week watching videos of  Blockade Australia people hanging in harnesses above the Port in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, I thought something is indeed dying. Our economic system of infinite growth is leading to ecological collapse. We need to let it go.One of the young people livestreaming his comments said " People recognise the system is not broken. It is designed this way and it is tearing away our future"They were not disrupting the export of coal and gas, which has a long history. They were interrupting the flow of goods that fuels consumerism.Another dangling  pers

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOW JUNE 12th 2023PRODUCED  in the Studio at 3CR by Juliet and RachelINTERVIEWS  by Vivien LangfordRADIOTHON : STAY TUNED . STAY RADICALGive generously to community radio. Here is how: GiveNow - Community Radio Federations Donations Fund GUESTSPeter Bennett From his experience in the Emergency  Departments of busy hospitals Peter sees teamwork and training as essential. How are we training and creating the teamwork necessary to withstand the climate emergency?  Now, after a sojourn in remote communities, he takes climate action. He  was part of the Move Beyond Coal event that circled the NAB HQ in Sydney plus a dignified and meditative sit -in at their foyer. He sees that as long as they finance new coal and gas projects, they are detroying the health of all future generations. .Getting-to-know-our-rural-GPs.pdf (racgp.org.au) Coral Bleach Was  an "effluent" protester at the " Super Dirty Gas Awards" . Market Forces Analysis was shaming  the top superannuation companies :First Super Dirty Gas

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJUNE 5TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford WORLD   ENVIRONMENT   DAY- FOCUS ON PLASTICStories - Environment Day | United Nations Guests :Tero Mustonen - Winner of the Goldman prize for Climate and Energy 2023. He is featured in this weeks episode of Fear and Wonder produced by Michael Green and Joelle Gergis for The Conversation Tero Mustonen, a Finnish scholar, fisherman and president of the NGO Snowchange Cooperative, brought together Sámi Indigenous knowledge holders, Western science, and community members to preserve culture and protect and restore massive areas of carbon-capturing peatlands.About 30% of the country’s surface is composed of peatland. Peat bogs have a layer of decomposed plant material that traps water and carbon dioxide due to the lack of oxygen. As a result, peatlands store a significant amount of carbon, making them crucial for regulating the Earth’s climate. However, peatlands grow slowly, about 1 meter (3 feet) every 1,000 years.In Finland, peat is burned to create en

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMAY 29TH 2023PRODUCED by Vivien LangfordWith guest producer Simon Walker K N O W I N G   W H A T   T O  D O N A B    B A N K I N G    C L I M A T E   F A I L U R ER E W I L DI N G  - ANIMALS KNOW WHAT TO DO.  Guests: The Climate Congregation - In prayer and meditation at NAB HQ in Sydney. This is a group of eminent                                                    citizens  from the Budhist, Christian and Muslim faiths.  David Finnigan -  Writer and climate expert has a short piece about rewilding in the suburbs. You can see his play in Sydney SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA  at Belvoir Theatre until the end of JUNE.  (440) David Finnigan - How to fall in love with the world as it unravels - YouTube Oswald Schmitz  - Oastler Professor of Population and community ecology in the Yale University School of Environment.He is in Conversation with Simon Walker about how  Conserving Wildlife Can Help Mitigate Climate Change (yale.edu) " Solving the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis are not separa

  CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMAY 22ND 2023 Produced by Vivien LangfordSCENES  FROM  THE  CLIMATE  ERAGuestsCarissa Licciardello - Director at Belvoir Theatre of Scenes from the Climate EraDavid Finnigan - Writer of Scenes from the Climate Era. (401) David Finnigan - When will the climate era end? - YouTube“We knew there was a mass extinction happening, we all felt bad about it. But you couldn’t think about it every second of every day. I had a bad breakup that year, I was trying to pay rent. We were just living our lives.”A frog, the last of its species, starts calling for a mate, but there’s no-one to hear.A group of friends reminisce about the last time they took a flight, before all that came to an end.Landholders in Borneo confront western environmentalists over who owns the forest.A scientist is coached on how to speak to the media in digestible soundbites.A family takes to the water, needing a new home, new hope…A remarkable, illuminating, shocking, wry, and sometimes inspiring piece of theatre, Scenes from the

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW MAY 15TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford HEATWAVE SCIENCE ------ EXTINCTION PREVENTIONUNITE TO SURVIVE Guests :Extinction Rebellion TV Live.(396) XR Big One. 21-24 April 2023 - YouTube The Big One featured 200 climate action groups gathered in London in April. A joyful crowd of 60,000 extra ordinary people swarmed  with more pageantry than the coronation. I extracted some comments to show the depth, education and ardour of these climate activists determined to turn the tide.. We hear from The Climate Media Coalition , XR doctors and nurses, Trade Unions, Engineers for climate action and a retired policeman on how Citizens Assemblies can cut through the futile battles in court. They did not disrupt traffic or glue themselves to banks. They did not disrupt the London Marathon and they did not get the ususual outraged media coverage that anger and disruption generate.They  created their own media and we will bring you more extracts from The Big One in the following months.The aim was to be in

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOW MAY 8th 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordSEA LEVEL RISE, GLACIERS AND OCEANS Featuring : Fear and Wonder Part 2 Guests:Greens Senator Jordan Steele-John  on Woodside's contribution to the Safeguards Mechanism Bill(20+) Senator Jordon Steele-John | FacebookHe refers to the IPCC Sixth report. If you want to dip in try Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate — (ipcc.ch) Journalist Michael Green with part 2 of his series Fear and Wonder, courtesy of The Conversation.Today, IPCC author Joelle Gergis introduces us to an  Icelandic Glaciologist and a British Oceanographer who also plays music. We learn about the causes of sea level rise.Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the climate is changing (theconversation.com)Join the Climate Council | Climate Council Music : David Rovics "Kiss behind the barricades from his new album  Killing the Messenger | David Rovics (bandcamp.com) As  you listen to this podcast consider supporting the Greenpeace Crew on the Rainbow Wa

CLIMATEACTION SHOWMAY 1ST 2023PRODUCED BY Vivien LangfordUNITE TO SURVIVE +Fear and Wonder Part 1 MAYDAY is an internationally recognised radio word to signal distress.Our MAYDAY show highlights the 4 day Extinction Rebellion event in London. The Big One.Their banner on Westminster Bridge said "UNITE TO SURVIVE".The distress already felt by workers is shown in thiscomment by NHS Spokesperson Holly Blackler:"We've experienced a pandemic and a heatwave that took us to the limits of our endurance. These two issues are intertwined. The climate crisis unfolding in front of us... and we are deeply concerned for our patients. For that reason XR has our unfailing support" FEAR AND WONDER Episode 1By kind permission of The Conversation we bring you interviews with climate scientists. IPCC Author Joelle Gergis is our guide in this episode created by journalist Michael Green. We meet paleoclimatologist Kim Cobb underwater with the corals and learn about modelling and citizen science from Ed Hawkins.  

 THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 24TH 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordGREENPEACE TAKES ON THE CLIMATE CRIMINALS GuestsDavid Ritter - CEO Greenpeace Australia/PacificChristine Rose -  Lead Climate Campaigner Greenpeace Aotearoa/New Zealand A thrilling case study in successful climate actionPower Play: Transforming Australia's biggest climate polluter | A Greenpeace Documentary - Bing video Brilliant video from the victims of floods and landslides in NZ North Island 2023.The Fonterra Company is their greatest climate polluter. They returned the debris from Cyclone Gabrielle to the sender and surrounded Fonterra's HQ with climate crime scene tape.Flooding Fonterra - Bing video

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWAPRIL 17TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford BOB BROWN -  NSW ! STOP NATIVE FOREST LOGGINGRecorded at  Pitt St Uniting Church Sydney, saved by Jack Mundey's Green BansGuests:Wendy Harmer - M.CJustin Field, Sue Higginson and Alex Greenwich - Members of NSW ParliamentSusie Russell - NE Forest Alliance - Bulga Blockade - Forest ProtectorTekeza Frank - South Coast Conservation Group - Tree sitter Brumen State ForestMark Graham - EcologistJoin the campaign to Protect Native Forest Australia’s Native Forests - Bob Brown Foundation Quotes from Ecologist Mark Graham “I have extensively and intensively surveyed these forests and can categorically state that Forestry Corporation NSW are currently destroying the very last bastions of the globally significant forest biota known to depend upon these forests.” “As good recent example of Forestry Corporation NSW shifting their operations at their leisure:  Bagawa SF was listed on Plan Portal as "Completed" until recent days. They then changed it to "Suspend

 CLIMATE ACTION SHOWApril 3rd 2023Produced by Vivien LangfordHUMANITY'S MOMENT BY JOELLE GERGIS Guests: Joelle Gergis, CHristie Wilson and Charles Le FeuvreJoëlle Gergis – Humanity’s Moment : A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope is the first in our PSC in Conversation series for 2023. Begun in 2022, the series is designed to invite deeper conversation about the emotional and existential dimensions of climate change, looking at some of Australia’s most interesting thinkers on this topic. Dr Joëlle Gergis is an award-winning climate scientist and writer. She is an internationally recognised expert in Australian and Southern Hemisphere climate variability and change who has authored over 100 scientific publications. Joëlle is a lead author on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report — a global, state-of-the art review of climate change science.Joëlle will be talking with PSC’s Charles Le Feuvre, about her latest book, Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Cas

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOW MARCH 27th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford VIOLET COCO,  ALAN GLOVER  and the  PHANTOM AMBULANCE"It's time for Courage" Violet CoCo"Be sand, not oil in the wheels of the world " Gunther Eich Rally outside Downing Centre Court 16th March 2023Lill, Nat -Maritime Union of Australia, Tonique, Deanne Coe, David Shoebridge -Greens MP, Rachel Evans S.A candidate, Bonnie, XR Drummers, Knitting nanas Unionist ARRCC, 350, Green Left. Press Conference after the court restored freedom to Alan and VioletViolet CoCo, Alan Glover - Fireproof AustraliaSue Higginson MP NSW Parliament Eddie Lloyd - Edwina (Eddie) Lloyd - Harm Reduction AustraliaBrenda Dobier - Psychology For A Safe Climate MusicMiguel Heatwole - Anthem Stand up proud you singers allSerge Quadrado - Heroes' March    

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW March 20th 2023Produced by Vivien Langford H E L L  O N  E A R T HAccording to Australian Climate Scientist , the late Professor  Will Steffen, we are risking billions of deaths and hell on earth. Tipping points are tipping and this generation will determine the fate of life on earth in all its bio-diversity. Let's convince Super funds that there is nothing better to invest your money in than the continuity of life. Tell them how to vote at the next bank AGM.  Guests :Pablo Brait  - Market Forces- https://www.marketforces.org.au/were-your-retirement-savings-used-to-block-climate-action/Fahimah, Chris, Bubbly and Manjot -  Move Beyond Coal - https://www.movebeyondcoal.com/who_we_are(link is external)Naomi Klein - The Intercept on Cop 27https://theintercept.com/2022/10/04/cop27-egypt-climate-summit/(link is external)https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/18/greenwashing-police-...(link is external)Ineza Grace from Rwanda - The African COP -https://theelders.org/news/loss-and-damage

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWMARCH 13TH 2023PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD TRENDS TOWARDS THE GREEN TRANSITION GuestsGiles Parkinson and Tim Buckley in Conversation at the ReNEW Economy WebinarGile Parkinson is the Editor of ReNew Economy News and analysis for the clean energy economy (reneweconomy.com.au)Tim Buckley is the  Director of  Climate Energy Finance  Alex McInTosh and Nick Zeltser chatting about startups and technology predictions for 2023from A Positive Climate, This is part of  an uplifting podcast about tackling climate change - it is an inspiring look at the products, people and technologies making a real difference. If you would like to hear more :Episodes | A Positive Climate Music by Kangaroo Vindaloo -  Song for JohnI recorded this with a group of friends for our "brother" John, who at the time was on his death bed. John was a friend, father, brother and lover of life.I wanted to capture the sound of a place - that place is Lake Haridas in Fryers Forest, Victoria Australia. I wanted the song to come fro

 CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 6TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford T H E  C L I M A T E   D I S P O S S E S S E DGuests:Teall Crossen - Author of  The Climate Dispossessed (bwb.co.nz) Environmental lawyer at   environmentaljustice.co.nz  Dr Peter Sainsbury - Author of "Sunblock for Planet Earth" and many more articles in the independent Online Journal Peartls and Irritations. Sunblock for Planet Earth (johnmenadue.com)Are the climate dispossessed refugees in the eyes of the law?Teall Crossen, an Environmental Lawyer from Aotearoa NZ, says "No".She says  "NZ is stealing from the people of the Pacific. We are stealing their land, their homes. their water and possibly we may recolonize their future". Dr Peter Sainsbury asks "How can we best  reduce GHG emissions? Stop burning coal, eat less meat or block out the sun? He investigates  the latest IEA report and  asks should citizens  bail out the  9,000+ coal burning  commercial generators which are slowing down the transition to clean energy worldwide? 

CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWFEBRUARY 27TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford PRESS BRIEFING  THE CLIMATE STORY IN 2023. This is an  edited version of the  webinar from COVERING CLIMATE NOWPress Briefing | The Climate Story in 2023 — Covering Climate Now Thanks to :Mark Hertsgaard -  American journalist and the co-founder and executive director of Covering Climate Now.  author of seven non-fiction books, including Earth Odyssey (1998) and Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth (2011). Dr Saleemul Huq - International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Dhaka, BangladeshTaxing air travel could fund climate victims | International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Bill Mc Kibben - Author and Co Founder of 350.org. and  Who we are - Third ActFrom Climate Exhortation to Climate Execution | The New Yorker Dr Marcia Rocha - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris Did you know that the average household in the United States has a new “bank account” of $8,000 to spe

 CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 20th 2023PACIFIC  PEACE  TALKS  DUNEDIN  NZ "NO ONE IS FREE 'TIL EVERYONE IS FREE " Father Walter Lini- First PM VanuatuINTERVIEWS AND SPEECHES FROM THE NUCLEAR  CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE AT OTAGO UNIVERSITY IN AOTEAROA NZ Speaker bios - Nuclear Connections (mailchimpsites.com) As Cyclone Gabrielle fuelled by  a marine heatwave,  brings more floods and damage to Auckland NZ, we watch anxiously in February 2023In November 2022, I was invited to a conference by climate activists in Otepoti Dunedin.Nuclear Connections Across Oceania (November 2022) | Te Ao O Rongomaraeroa (otago.ac.nz)  I wanted to hear about climate action from Pacific people. There are three interviews and a speech but honestly most of the people found it hard to focus on  climate action with the immediate problem of Fukushima waste water about to be discharged into their part of the world The Pacific. They are worried too about the militarisation of the Pacific through RIMPAC military

Presented and produced by Carly Dober Guest: Julia Symons Julia is a psychologist and climate activist. I chat to her about the mental and emotional benefits to engaging in activism. Guest: Juliete LamontJuliete is a documentary maker and currently on the frontlines defending Bulga Forest in NSW.https://savebulgaforest.org/SONGS:  Arctic Monkeys- there better be a mirrorballFirst Biege- moon motion

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordFebruary 6th 2023 AOTEAROA/NZ  - Climate Action beyond Ardern When I visited New Zealand before Christmas I was enchanted by its beauty and the friendly welcoming spirit in Dunedin.  I met a regular listener to our podcast and several of the people who are taking constant climate action there. When I told them how impressed I was at the Ardern Labor Governments achievements they told me not to be so starry eyed, that there was a long way to go. In fact they are part of the civil society that made offshore oil drilling unacceptable. They stood up against Nuclear armed ships in their ports and I was invited to a Nuclear Free Pacific conference to meet Pacific Leaders (Those interview on February 13th)Like Australians, New Zealanders are lying down in front of coal trains and lobbying politicians. Indeed as Rosemary Penwarden said the only way you can catch a train the length of the South Island now is if you are a lump of coal. They want to restore passenger rail an