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A look into climate change, the Paris accord and New Zealand's role in a global existential crisis.

Imagine my relief.

  • Jan 24, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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Alex Dyer: Productive Civil Disobedience

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 53:21


If you spend time around the Wellington CBD, chances are you’ve seen Alex Dyer. He and his big yellow cargo bike are a regular featureContinue reading

Sue and Rick: The end of the hunger strikes

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 49:55


The 2020 hunger strikes and climate vigil went for 103 consecutive days, ending at Labour’s landslide election. Soon after, the crew of regulars found themselvesContinue reading

From the mainland: Paul Neiman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 45:10


The day Paul Nieman arrived to provide hunger striker Sue Boyd had to step down for medicalreasons. He found himself taking her place and spentContinue reading

Robin Treadwell: Carrying the torch

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 32:12


Robin Treadwell: Retired doctor, activist and mother, made the trip from Waiheke to take up the Hunger Strike role after David Goldsmith returned home. LorraineContinue reading

Siana Fitzjohn: Fearless Conversations.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2020 52:23


Siana Fitzjohn is fearless. In March, she scaled a 100m oil rig in Cook Strait, so you may have seen her in the news. SheContinue reading

Molly Meluish: Knotty Problems

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2020 30:52


We met Molly Melhuish on the lawn of parliament, supporting David Goldsmith during his hunger strike. She is the 81-year-old we might all aspire toContinue reading

We belong with each other: David Goldsmith.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 57:14


Last month, David Goldsmith and Tim Musson came to Wellington from Christchurch and moved into Viard House, a part of the Catholic Cathedral in HillContinue reading

listening to the voices: Eduardo Salazar

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 92:22


 Eduardo Salazar from Peru came to talk about the difference a road makes in his country. The documentary we talk about (Voices of the Road)Continue reading

Alicia Hall: One in a million.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 61:36


This episode, I’m proud to introduce Emma Knight, a school striker and Fridays for Future supporter – we met on the lawn of parliament duringContinue reading

Parihaka: we begin by sharing who we are.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 91:58


Take a course in another language and you will soon be introduced to simple one to one mappings – kia ora, haere rā, tēnā koutou,Continue reading

Not Another Acre: Ihumātao

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 74:38


The bus was pulling out of Te Kuiti when I heard about the fire at the Sky City Convention Centre. The rooftop burned for fiveContinue reading

Stealth Vegan

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 91:32


Tēna koe, nau hoki mai ki taku kōnae kōrero – te taunga o te oranga ngākau. https://www.facebook.com/lemonwoodeatery/ The arguments around livestock and plant based foodsContinue reading

Why don’t we know? Thomas Everth and the school curriculum.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 77:14


The recent school strike saw 170,000 people in the streets of Aotearoa demanding action on climate change. A physics teacher in Whitianga makes the pointContinue reading

Marcus.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 59:39


From the outside you probably imagine those caught up in climate action to be a somber lot. How could you face all of this gloomContinue reading

Becoming Porous: Buddhism and Activism

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 83:34


Spend long enough staring into this problem and we all come to the same thought: we’ve been looking at everything the wrong way. Things weContinue reading

Waiting with Ollie

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 33:03


One day a man gets up from his desk and goes to a hardware store. He buys paint, some sticks of wood and makes himselfContinue reading

Re-Tooling communities: Transition Towns

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 88:51


So what happens when things fall apart? One group wondering this is Transition Towns. Quoting one group from Southend on Sea: “by shifting our mind-setContinue reading

Release your Kraken! Dr Sea.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 64:29


Dr Sea just released this video too – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FkH7qO3y9w&list=PLoZ9-YO7tGnpdohVBvbskUg-3hYCcdSF_&index=1 At 19 years of age an Austrian left home to start her life underwater. Her nameContinue reading

Greenpeace: Looking ahead with Amanda Larsson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2019 57:49


The talk with Greenpeace is well overdue. Amanda Larsson and I kept this talk a little shorter, it being skype and all, and we crackedContinue reading

Whee!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2018 125:18


Catarina Gutierrez arrived on our shores brimming with ideas. Her world has better urban transport; fairer, more inclusive communities; and much more fun. After delvingContinue reading

Tom Bennion: Banning Oil and Gas Exploration.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 112:50


Tom Bennion is an environmental lawyer. Like Shaun Hendy in the previous episode he sees reductions in air travel as vital to reducing emissions. IContinue reading

Shaun Hendy: Un-Silencing Science

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 121:22


Shaun Hendy is a theoretical physicist from Auckland university. He is also a science communicator and he wrote a book, ‘Silencing Science’, which discusses theContinue reading

Unwired: the state of Wellington’s bus system. (ReVolt Wellington)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 86:35


  (Note: scroll to the bottom for the podcast episode. You can get to the ‘Imagine My Relief’ podcast with Spotify or using iTunes search)Continue reading

The unbreakable Rosemary Penwarden

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 49:27


There is a saying in Taranaki. If you can’t see the mountain, its probably raining. If you can, its going to rain. Dairy country. MilkingContinue reading

Outliving the bastards. Fiona and Abbie in gaslands. (NZ Climate Change)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2018 92:56


Abbie Jury and Fiona Clark live in the Tikorangi, Taranaki. Their story will probably surprise you. The arguments that a reduction of extraction here willContinue reading

Just doing tomorrow: Suzi Kerr

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 62:16


Motu is a charitable trust, founded in 2000 with the aim of to promoting well informed and reasoned debate on public policy issues relevant toContinue reading

Nicky Hager: the chemistry of change (Climate change in New Zealand)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2018 110:03


  I’ve known Nicky Hager for a few years now and we’ve rarely talked shop. I tend to gush a little over my guests onContinue reading

Down the road from Parihaka – resisting oil and gas in Taranaki

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018 83:16


Lyndon Devantier and Catherine Cheung are ocean scientists and activists living on the side of Mount Taranaki, just down the road from Parihaka. They cameContinue reading

We’re not asking: Oil Free Wellington

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2018 87:45


James Barber is a member of Oil Free Wellington, an activist group trying to prevent oil exploration in New Zealand. Naomi Klein has pointed outContinue reading

Blockadia with the Pacific climate warriors – 350 Aotearoa

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 87:14


Aaron Packard of 350 Aotearoa joined me for this episode. He is part of the global 350.org movement dedicated to climate action. We talked aboutContinue reading

Your Nuclear Free Moment – read by Fiona

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018 15:26


This was to be an article in the SpinOff – we’ve since decide to create something shorter for them – probably next week. In theContinue reading

Down in the hole: the Coal Action Network Aotearoa

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018 116:19


Tim Jones of CANA joined us for a chat about the state of coal in NZ. There’s more than you think and there are moreContinue reading

Five Uneasy Pieces

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2017 48:10


The ground has been changing around us so quickly in the last few weeks that its been impossible to keep up. As Tim Moreton pointedContinue reading

Democracy you can touch.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2017 45:55


Teall Crossen worked on climate justice issues in New York for the Pacific. She returned home to be part of changing the government with theContinue reading

Affordable Electric Cars – (Climate Change in NZ)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2017 72:36


Sigurd Magnusson is a software developer turned EV advocate in Wellington, New Zealand. He and I talked about our hopes for the growth of ElectricContinue reading

Lets talk to an expert.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 65:45


Goodness we talk about climate change a lot. And yet we rarely spend time with a specialist. That’s a bit silly. So this week IContinue reading

Sarah sues the government. An NZ view on climate change and the Paris accord (New Zealand)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2017 39:36


Finally – the talk with Sarah Thomson in Auckland. We talk about floods and denial and curious fact the NZ does not have a constitution.Continue reading

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