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PLASTIC AND INFERTILITY - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967748/ JEZ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5qmIjlaAqQ TANGALOOMA PUMA - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-08/feral-cat-tangalooma-puma-caught-crow-in-stomach-moreton-island/101742590 PULLING OUT - https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/glencore-pulls-plug-on-1-5b-thermal-coal-mine-in-qld-20221208-p5c4px CALLED IT!!!!! - https://thepack.news/african-conservation-parks-use-swedish-cake-electric-motorbikes-to-combat-wildlife-poaching/

Rols: "So... waves push the warm water in to the land" Craig: [patiently] "No mate, again, swell doesn't move the water, the swell moves through the water." Rols: "Ohhhh. Of course. Right on." In spite of the verbatim extract above, this was hopefully an interesting chat to listen to, because Craig Brokensha is an absolute wealth of ocean knowledge and I've been really really keen for the chance to sit down and pick his brains. This guy is an oceanographic beast. Thank you for being so generous with your time Craig you chartlord! Yewww READ CRAIG'S WORK ON SWELLNET >>> https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-analysis/2022/12/15/get-your-mjo >>> https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-analysis/2022/11/29/la-nina-the-end >>> https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-analysis/2022/11/22/why-so-cold >>> https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-analysis/2022/10/12/202223-tropical-cyclone-outlook >>> https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-analysis/2022/09/12/analysing-winter-2022

PLEASE DONT SUE ME WSL OR OBRIEN GLASS REPAIR I AM JUST A BLOKE DOING HIS JOB. cheers. And WSL. you really need to nurture the talent you have in the booth. Flow like what Rosy hodge has doesn't come along every generation. Nurture it and drop some beats. . Source material: 1. https://youtu.be/8r-kW_7LyL8 2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/02/worlds-oldest-recorded-tortoise-prepares-for-190th-birthday-party 3. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-impact-shellworks-biodegradable-plastic 4. https://www.businessinsider.com/notpla-plastic-waste-seaweed-packaging-2020-10 5. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211119-can-flying-ever-be-carbon-neutral *** IG @lucky__roland

1. https://www.drive.com.au/news/volvo-australia-to-go-electric-only-from-2026/ 2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-09/wheat-grown-indoors-offers-potential-for-global-food-security?leadSource=uverify%20wall 3. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-17/recycle-collapse-proof-plastic-recycling-system-broken/101666054 4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967748/ *** IG @lucky__roland

“We can always cut corners and make things easier for ourselves, but then we're just devaluing who we are, and what it is that we're trying to do.” - BOSS. www.pvindustries.com.au

Real word? Nope. Know what it means but? Of COURSE. Another week and another round of enjoyably questionable climate headlines, including the dark art of burning feces to make electricity, and whether gluing your cranium to a painting will help people take you more seriously. Tis a rich world out there people! And our accomatosis will not last forever. REFERENCES >>> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-12/logan-city-aims-to-use-poo-power-human-waste-to-energy/12748782 >>>https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/climate-protester-glues-head-to-priceless-masterpiece-in-dutch-museum-in-latest-shock-protest/news-story/b6fb5785256a618ebb71f9fde79b8e61 >>> ***I couldn't track down the video of the protestors locked in the car, sorry, but i bet you can if you look hard enough*** >>> https://neurosciencenews.com/birdsong-mental-health-21639/ >>> https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/03/31/how-has-birdsong-helped-us-to-stay-calm-during-lockdown >>> https://reasonstobecheerful.world/recycled-chopsticks-sustainable-furniture/ --- IG @lucky__roland

Ahoy! Well it's been a hot minute since we've wagged chins like this. First pod update in a while and frankly I just don't think my thoughts woulda been all that helpful to youse in the interim. I mean they really might actually not be helpful to you ever. Hopefully not though and you get something out of this! Even if it's just feeling a bit better about yourself and the world we live in. Anyhow lots more talkies to come! With actual real other human people, instead of just me on my pat malone. Choice!

Investigative journalising your own life is like paddling upwind. sometimes, just turn around and WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH straight into the future, again and again and again. (The real headline: I've officially lost me mind.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i739SyCu9I https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-urine-idUSKCN1N71WR *** IG @lucky__roland

Surf-fried and climate-addled, let's mash some more brain cells together and see what happens! *** *** Long blink or thinking hard? https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/11/02/joe-biden-dozes-off-cop26-moos-pkg-vpx.cnn >>> Thanks prince william for listening to my podcast, it means a lot and I'm looking forward to hanging out >> *** *** IG @lucky__roland

Time to dismantle all the leaf blowers and send them piece by piece to NASA/Australia Space. Also time to get more people to go surfing. Both matters of urgency. . ----->JOHN BARILARO RESIGNS = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0tMDqWe7wQ . -----> RED HANDED PROPAGANDA = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-02/government-told-science-agency-to-rush-reef-report-release/100422190 . -----> VEZEN WU NEGATIVE IONS =https://www.facebook.com/worldsurf1/photos/scientist-vezen-wu-of-columbia-university-became-convinced-that-the-scientific-e/696332627184140/ *** IG @lucky__roland

Where oh where would we be without surfing, to practice thinking thoughts, and where oh where would we be without this podcast, to call ourselves out for thinking the most silly ones. * And then occasionally - just occasionally - explore the environmental narrative of Australia just long enough to hear a big echoey thunk, and realise we've actually... struck pure+critical gold? Look, I don't want to toot my own horn with too many words here, but I called this one to a tee. * The EXACT scenario we projected a few episodes ago, about how suss it seemed that a "good news" research paper could come out about the Great Barrier Reef days before a vote in front of the World Heritage Committee, has played out EXACTLY how you and I discussed it could. FOI documents proving how vulnerable our scientific institutions are to budgetary intervention, and how high and dry that leaves us regular Aussies in the conservation of our most previous survival assets. * It's all a bit farked really, but still no reason not to have a laugh. THanks for listening and tell a mate please, thanks. --- first clip of KS pipe magic --> https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNFIbWIqrb/ --- VINDICATION! proof I'm not just full of shit and actually occasionally strike gold --> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-02/government-told-science-agency-to-rush-reef-report-release/100422190 --- *** --- IG @lucky__roland

Another journey to the bottom of the brain ocean! More thinking thoughts and practicing doing life for the first time. More incisive locked down surf analysis. Exploration of Australia's abysmal environmental reputation and the misconception of footprint reduction as emotionally prohibitive, rather than the reality (eternally liberating.). Also holiest of surf lords Kelly Slater released a single! Did you know that? Well, he did! In 2014! And I just realised he wrote it about climate change so we dove into that a bit too. cheers r. USED CAR SALESMAN - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2021/may/10/clarke-and-dawe-keith-pitt-refuses-to-say-a-battery-can-back-up-a-wind-farm-video LOVE HATE - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-09/uk-government-accused-of-dropping-fta-climate-commitments/100445668 KELLY SLATER SINGS REAL NICE!!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIdVDfl3zNY *** IG @lucky__roland

"The Reef is healthy" - Aus govt. greenwashing - https://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/great-barrier-reef-in-recovery-from-bleaching-and-cyclone-damage/news-story/a5731665865ae62fa1e75e5df4b87f6a * "... actually the Reef is still massively at risk" - everyone else - https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jul/29/the-lobbying-push-that-killed-off-a-fight-to-save-the-great-barrier-reef-podcast * and yet - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-23/great-barrier-reef-avoids-in-danger-unesco-tag/100319652 * +++ EXTINCTION REBELLION +++ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7378840/search-and-rescue-squad-called-in-to-remove-protesters-from-parliament-house/ * 6m GWS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7PruoblIXM *** IG @lucky__roland

Is wearing excessive aftershave in the surf ok? What's the real relationship between news and government? Will we really outrun climate change? More questions, more delirium, more chef Ramsay and we bloody loving it mate. Oh, and also, ahem, PEITH KITT IS A SLIPPERY USED CAR SALESMAN and he's selling your already-broken car back to you. Straya 2021 and another big fat fuck you from us to the IPCC/rest of the world! Just so's we all know what's happening here as far as climate politics in this country. Struth. Sorry earth. Anyway thank goodness for G.R. and sunrise tv hey?! Very good. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/24/great-barrier-reef-avoids-unesco-in-danger-listing https://www.dailysabah.com/life/environment/great-barrier-reef-looks-poor-despite-period-of-coral-recovery *** IG@lucky__roland

Sparkalicious! *** IG @lucky__roland

We frothing!!! PS to Barnaby: noone is trying to convince you the climate's not changing... we thought that was you? Mate who are even are ya? Come back to the real world, please. Australia needs you. Creepy Juicy Sausage Face vid 1 —> https://twitter.com/Barnaby_Joyce/status/1209372444726743046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1209372444726743046%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F7news.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Fbarnaby-joyce-shares-bizarre-christmas-message-and-twitter-responds-c-620697 CJSF vid 2 —> https://www.instagram.com/p/CQpGbq1jZcj/?utm_medium=copy_link *** IG @lucky__roland

In my view there's no overstating the significance of surfing as the holy grail of mental health preservation. I reckon even the shittiest surf is better than no surf at all, for the simple reason of connection time. Vibing with nature, plugging into the mainframe, self-observation/sublimation/preservation, whatever you want to call it... for vitality, there's just nothing like surfing. Rob works with Waves of Wellness, a charity administering surf therapy to people with the most to gain from feeling ocean energy in their chests. Genuine stoke sessions! Conversations like these make me feel really grateful for the chance to indulge my armchair appetite for all things mental health with the thoughts of someone educated, and in action changing lives. WAVES OF WELLNESS —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqNlAc09N2s63N_6sNm_4OQpYBBc26rWiKNjiueVnosCRCiA/viewform MASON HO'S LATEST MAGIC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkXqp4JetwY www.wowsandnsurf.com *** IG @lucky__roland

Hmm. Critical agenda items this bulletin: surfing, time traveling, surfing, bathymetry, surfing, mental health, surfing, reality tv, more surfing, more rubbish, more surfing? The usual I suppose. PS bathymetry is the broad study of oceanic topography as opposed to the anecdotal idiosyncrasies of the sandbanks at my local. Here's a helpful link —> https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=bathymetry PPS obviously there's no such thing as an accidental hate crime.

This chat was with my friend Inde Halligan and we dove straaaaaaaaaaaight into the deep end of the pool for a chat about life and all of its confusing eccentricities. Inde is one of the fiercest and most committed climate warriors I've ever met, and nothing's off limits to chat about which always makes for a fun yarn. I'll let what we spoke about do the talking. Enjoy! *** @lucky__roland

I’ve been wondering if maybe the meaning of life is to accept in any given moment that we’re hurtling towards oblivion no matter what, and still be able to have a laugh about things. N’mean? So what’d we talk about this episode. Hmm. Greta Thunderbird. How I’m a hypocrite. Below Deck. Why I’m a hypocrite. E-bikes. Emissions reduction targets. Chris Hemsworth. Bit of everything I suppose? Journey in a journey in a journey, as usual. Hope everyone’s doing ok out there! xoxox

Crumbs. Fully lost the plot with this one. But oi, just trying me best! Just trying my best to be me, and keep being me, and be nothing but myself. Is that a Macy Gray lyric? MaYbe. Cool. Cool and real nice. CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZnaSr3TII *** IG @lucky__roland

“I’m here to put myself out of a job.” Being the National Campaign Director for Surfrider Foundation is a seriously demanding gig. You know how at work sometimes you can have a lazy day, fire off a few emails, make a couple of calls, but really, you know that you’re full tilt mindsurfing some faraway sandbank and only putting in about 40% effort? Yeah, Damo can’t do that. (Probably wouldn’t even if he could.) Because there’s no room for faking it in this fight for Planet Earth! And no one knows the value of authenticity in 2021 better than this bloke. Damo cares about climate change more than anyone you know. Definitely more than our “ministers for the environment”, and probably even more than your friendly-but-slightly-overbearing neighbour who always chews your ear a bit too hard about composting and whatnot. It’s impossible to convey the depth of work Damo Cole is putting into the fight for your future, for your climatic freedom, and that of your kids, and their kids, and their kids’es kids. So please tune in, please listen to him speak, please take his words to heart, and I’m certain you’ll agree with me by the end of it. Damo is the real deal, and worth your attention in every conceivable instance. www.surfrider.org.au *** IG @lucky__roland

My grandma will be so disappointed in me for this episode I reckon. Probably even my regular ma too. I think I dropped so many more f bombs than usual - maybe Chef Ramsay really is rubbing off on me - but swear words are just too much fun sometimes. Anyway this critical bulletin is pretty much all about surfing, but also covers the following urgent current affairs: - rude people - another run in with Chris Hemsworth - finding soft plastic in recycling bins - lucky rolses’ near miss of a police indictment for indecent exposure. Thanks for tuning in! Leave a review! Tell ya mates! Go get bazzed! Ring ya grandma! Yew *** IG @lucky__roland

Is Chef Ramsay’s food footprint his responsibility............? Fark. Gonna be thinking about this one for a while. *** @lucky__roland

This is an interview with the ABC from during my trip last year and I’m pretty sure I answered um to EVERY question like the cool and not-5-years-old bloke that I am. Thanks to my friend Jack for reaching out and giving me this portal through time! ***>>> @lucky__roland

I think I really ran my mouth with this one. I’m actually a bit worried this week’s podcast got overly crass, and I know there was an inordinate amount of rude language - one beer instead of my usual pink lemonade and that’s what happens I guess - thing is I can’t really stomach listening back to it to check but I think I talked about Jesus a lot? Which is weird because I’m not Christian. (I don’t think.) And also we talked about how Gordon Ramsay somehow calms me down which I can’t really explain. Anyway. There’s also a new segment called Dumb Shit, and it’s me, the perennial dumb shit, calling myself out for the dumbest environmental shit I’ve been complicit in doing. Cool guy! Nice guy. Stoopid guy. Cool. CHEF RAMSAY IS PURE FLAME - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb4D17Ms1p8&list=PLtDhGGOwmMhG-hdiRo3IeriBeIrjYuO-8&index=155 IDIOT SANDWICH - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3_UHG73oQ *** @lucky__roland

Another week, another unfiltered soupy mind melt of self torquing my way to a straight jacket, choon in! @lucky__roland

GOT DREAMS?! Still can’t stop thinking about rubbish. I’ve been thinking heaps about plastic in particular, cause that’s what the most scary rubbish is made of and everything. Plastic in the sea is so gnarly because it must look SO DELICIOUS to marine animals. Think about it. All squidgy, brightly coloured... balloons must look like lollies to turtles. Delicious looking, deadly underwater lollies. Which brings me to also ask what do you think about fake meat burgers and snags and general barbecue fodder? Something about it all feels a little bit suss to me? Anyway enjoy this extremely important broadcast. And if you rate/review/subscribe/share/blaaaaaaah blah blah, you’ll be doing someone a massive favour. (If it the favour for someone doesn’t end up being for the person you share it with, it’ll be for me. So it’ll hopefully be 2 favours in 1, which is mad for your karma and stuff, ok cheers) HEAVY VID ——> https://www.instagram.com/p/CK5qqxnjslt/?igshid=1o4w6pvazrdka

LEAH IS A WEAPON HUMAN. I didn’t actually mean to type that in caps, but then I realised the caps was actually plenty appropriate. I love shooting the breeze with this woman. This particular time we ran through lots of different stuff, from grass angels to pollution. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good! leahsmark.com.au/ Whale IG post —> www.instagram.com/p/CK-71dUMwa2/?i…id=1d1riggij2bv9 @lucky__roland

Hey wrinkly old future rols, dial into this with the chip in your head or whatever autonomous thought machine you’ve had installed by 2100... or wait, actually maybe disconnect it. That sounds like a more realistic instruction for 85 years time. The nonsense you said in this recording is almost certainly not allowed anymore. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ WHALE TRACKER IG POST —> https://www.instagram.com/p/CK-71dUMwa2/?igshid=1d1riggij2bv9 STORY —> https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-02-05/marine-life-oceans-noise-pollution-environmental-impact/13109596

GDAAAAAAAAAAAAY 2021 I’ve realised I’m just full tilt obsessed with rubbish, mainly pollution and everything, but also mainly how much of it I can talk. And when I say I love talking to people, OBVIOUSLY I’m including all the people in my head. Cool. And nice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i2eZaJsC7g

Aren’t ambiguous words like “cool” and “weird” kind of unhelpful in their ubiquity? Especially in terms of the power words can have on how depressed or anxious we feel? This was a pretty big way to round out the year for me; easily one of the most meaningful conversations I’ve ever had (let alone recorded). I’m hugely thankful to Nick for making time for me and setting the tone for a challenging and seriously impactful conversation about mental health. I hope this resonates positively somewhere out there, because even if listening to it helps just one person, it will be worth me having almost broken down crying in the middle of it! Check out Nick’s work at the links below. *** https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/26247/nick-carroll-the-aftermath https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/25959/nick-carroll-how-to-cope-with-suddenly-not-being-able-to-surf https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/25324/nick-carroll-the-burden-of-the-beaches @lucky__roland

You know that 6th sense feeling you get when someone’s looking at you? Yeah. Anyway. This yarn was a blast. I bloody love this bloke!!! *** IG @lucky__roland

This man is a fair dinkum icon of surfing right across the globe. Mctavish surfboards are revered for their insane quality of craftsmanship, refined over more than 60 years (..!!!) in the shaping bay. Bob is a fizzy, excitable and positive human being who was an absolute pleasure to talk to. I’m not sure you’ll hear a more genuine demonstration of how essential passion is for a meaningful contribution to the planet. This conversation was a treat I’ll never forget! *** www.mctavish.com.au IG @lucky__roland

Nico Kypreos made me - barista of 11 years, espresso bar owner of 5 - feel like my love for coffee is in fact only a vague interest. This bloke full tilt lives and breathes it. And the most beautiful thing about Nico’s obsession with coffee is what I observed to be his use of it as a vehicle to change his world for the better. Marvell St is the epitome of a mindful enterprise, with every corner of the business scoped and sculpted for purpose and optimum ethics. Sustainability is paramount, right next to insane quality of coffee. So it was a mega treat to slurp some amazing coffee and talk shop with the coffee industry’s answer to Elon Musk. Grab yourself a brew, sit back and geek out with us! https://marvellstreet.com/

Talking about the unresolved genocide of Australia’s First Nations is fraught with social peril, not least for a white bloke of insane privilege like me. But I definitely don’t think that’s a valid reason not to discuss it! Truth is, this episode is big. I don’t want you to listen to it because it’s gonna give me another click or play or subscriber or whatever. In context of this conversation, I couldn’t care less about any of that. I want you to listen to this episode because I genuinely want you to consume the wisdom of these women, and their insights as modern indigenous people on why racial inequity is still such a shitfight in this country. Australia is beautiful, but she is culturally broken, and we’re all suffering for it whether we realise it or not.

Jimmy Cocking heads up the Arid Lands Environment Centre, but only when he’s not directing energy down the myriad of other channels along his equilibrium of environmental integrity. I wanted to talk to him about fracking, amongst the other climatic challenges facing desert communities. The climate is an alarming emergency that for most of the world is happening in slow motion. For some people though, who are responding with maximum and all-consuming urgency, it’s a constant firefight accelerating at a disturbing pace. Jimmy Cocking is one of these people. Jimmy’s walking the talk, and he was so fucking motivating to absorb! https://www.alec.org.au/

Biodynamics is like next-level, supercharged organic farming meeting a Harry Potter potions class, with dinkum magical results. A chemical-free, ethically sound, environmentally beneficial method of growing food, using comprehensive land management that focuses on holistic ecosystem health... plus some weird and wonderful natural elixirs to enchant the whole process with utter respect for the complexity of mother nature. To me, biodynamic agriculture feels like the closest thing in the modern world to a legitimate spiritual contract between farmer and earth. It also happens to produce KILLER wine!!! Many thanks to Paxton Wines for this awesome (and delicious) educational experience. Order some of the good stuff - https://paxtonwines.com/ More info on biodynamics at the links below - >>> https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/ten-things-worth-knowing-about-biodynamic-farming/ >>> https://biologicwine.co.za/2014/11/19/biodynamic-preparation-bd500/ >>> https://thewineidealist.com/2013/05/24/biodynamics-101-pt-2-prep-501-use-the-light-force/

G’daaaaaaaaaay MATES! This episode is with Ngangiwumirr and Arrende woman Rayleen Brown, eminent Australian authority on native food. As far as social efficiency goes, Rayleen’s industry seems like a total no brainer to me. Prioritising wild-harvested native foods with indigenous conservation techniques is such a powerful opportunity to contend with two big problems at the same time! Those problems being 1) healing the as yet conspicuously-unspeakable Australian genocide, in relation to 2) our perpetual deficit of willingness for meaningful climate change action. The Great Australian Suffrage of Environmental Connectivity, volume 2020. Know what I’m getting at? I reckon we need to urgently increase our sustainability efforts, and respecting the expertise of the greatest conservationists in history seems like a bloody obvious start!!! And it begins with food. www.kungkascancook.com.au

Know that feeling? The ol’ scarcity complex, strikes again.

I think my excitement got in my way a little bit this conversation! I was frothing so hard on the opportunity to talk to this bloke, but also uncomfortably aware of how time-critical his schedule was, and how talking to a completely uneducated armchair scientist like me ranked very, very, very low as a priority. Dr Charlie Huveneers is a professor at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, and as much of an authority on sharks as they come. I reckon I could have talked to him for hours on end, but we only had 45 minutes and I wanted to pick his brains about the most controversial aspects of the great white shark debate that’s currently ravaging ocean communities. My endless thanks again to Dr. Huveneers for being so generous with his time when he could have easily just told me to bugger off! This was such a privilege. Hope you enjoy it friends, rols xox

Australia's future environmental security depends on rewriting our most conspicuous historical misconceptions. Please read Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe!!!!!!!!! *** > - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-27/extinct-bilby-release-after-100-years-sturt-national-park/12703800 > - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21401526-dark-emu > - https://hubpages.com/politics/Problems-Caused-By-Introduced-Hoofed-Animals-in-Australia > - https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/indigenous-historian-bruce-pascoe-says-weve-got-our-story-all-wrong/news-story/70518cd1c35efd73c126ec0c19bb8281 > - https://www.farmingsecrets.com/important-map-australia-early-grain-belt/

Australia's greenwashed and gas-led COVID economic recovery plan. Are you cool with it? *** > - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-19/government-backing-power-plant-gas-fired-distraction/12677222 > - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-20/scott-morrison-refuses-to-commit-net-zero-carbon-emissions-2050/12682714 > - https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-09-19/angus-taylor-carbon-capture-storage-gorgon-chevron/12676732 > - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-24/impact-of-gas-led-recovery-australias-carbon-emissions/12688564 > - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-22/malcom-turnbull-says-government-energy-roadmap-crazy/12690294

Have you ever felt like you can't talk about climate change? You're not alone. *** > - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02669-8 > - https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-09-09/environment-scientists-censored-suppressed-data/12643824

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND we're back. Sorry for the long intermission. I've been doing some stuff! Mainly goose-stepping through 2020 like everyone else, but also resolving myself towards a new understanding of the relationship between environmentalism and mental health. You'll notice this has given way to a new title, a new theme, a whole new beginning. It's still me, Rols - the luckiest human on the planet - but I'm gonna start running at this podcast in a new way. I hope you'll come for the ride, which is gonna be in my trusty 4x4 firetruck, powered by waste vegetable oil, around Australia from conversation to conversation about the sustainability of human evolution. SELF TORQUE! I'm excited a f.

This is a #sunkenplace recording from last week with my pal/wise uncle @antoineaustin. Sure, we talked a little bit about colonAvirus, but mainly we DIDN’T talk about coronalvirus, because how fkn boring is that to hear/see/read all the bloody time!! Instead, we sat down and talked supreme shit about gaming addictions. Every face-to-face conversation feels that much more meaningful these days, and this one was no exception. Talking is fun. #thesunkenplace #podcast #straya

Had a responsible and socially-distanced chinwag with my mate Fob the other day. No prizes for guessing where we podcasted from - that’s right, the sunken place, the bottom of the bloody ocean of madness that is the Coronavirus-ridden world of 2020. Enjoy our uneducated and impassioned analysis of pandemic-life! #thesunkenplace #fobandrols

The other day me good m8 Sam and I cracked a few cold tins down at the beach and shot the breeze, mainly idiosyncrasies about making coffee and 4x4s. Fun yarning and good quarantine listening!

Leah and I have been mates for a good while now. She is the weapon behind @leahsmark_illustration and a gangster eco ninja. This podcast has been a long time coming!!! We talked about, well, pretty much all the things. I got very very close to being swung at by a stranger recently for stepping between him and a woman he was abusing, we talked about that. Surf rage, gender, being “busy”, climate change, the pill... it was such a fun ramble! We didn’t plan it, but a big part of what made this recording special was talking about mental health. Being diagnosed with depression was probably the most catalytic experience of my life. It forced me to take responsibility for my happiness - to acknowledge how much of my quality of life is a choice - and it was cathartic to share moments of rock bottom (as it always it, right?!). Very grateful for this chat, thanks for the time and space lady. www.emuparade.org https://www.leahsmark.com.au/

I got fined over the New Year’s holiday period for making people free coffee in exchange for rubbish they picked up at my favourite local beach. It sucks! Particularly as I’m less than two months out from leaving on the biggest one man cleanup expedition in Australian history. I’ll be circumnavigating the coasts throughout 2020 to pick up as much rubbish as I can... goes without saying that hopefully this doesn’t keep happening. But who better to yarn to about it to than my INeedYouMan confidant @antoineaustin as we enjoyed some fresh air in his front yard. Impossible not to feel good hanging out with this bloke. Thanks for listening!!! xox #thesunkenplace

Balcony brews and a dinkum yarn with the greatest barista you’ll ever meet, and his old mate rols. www.luckyroland.com.au