Radio Luftballett

In this podcast, Calum explores the concept of the 'one ticket for the whole journey' Interrail pass and to what extent this can allow people to take less flights. He looks into the positives and challenges to this method and how it can be best used in the future to make it easier for societies to travel long distances by train. In this podcast series Calum will look into different aspects of societal and behavioural change in Norway and Europe - from train travel in Europe to how businesses can be ‘agents of change’. He is studying on the Climate Change Management Master at HVL and is interested in how societies will shift to lower patterns of consumption in the future in order to meet the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. In his first podcast he will explore how easy it is to travel between Norway and Scotland by train, and if an ‘Interrail’ pass can make this easier. The benefits and drawbacks of this method to make travelling by train easier will be discussed. In the next few series of podcasts he will look into the role of organisations such as Protect Our Winters, DNT and commercial businesses in whether they have a role in inspiring society to shift to lower patterns of consumption. Music Credit - Lily of a Day - Rosie Morton

Adam Gairns in conversation with Hans-Kristian Ringkjøb and Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa from the Energylab the Energy Podcasts produced by Adam Gairns A new podcast series that seeks to simplify the complicated language and terms used to describe the energy systems we depend on everyday. Through interviews with a wide range of people and groups currently working on technological solutions we'll explore basic terms — like what is a "kilowatt"?— and broader issues such as what can researchers and politicians can do to better communicate their energy projects. From discussions of the energy that we consume daily to discussions of how it scales up into larger undertakings like off shore wind turbines, we explore what it takes to bring clean energy to Norway and beyond. Photo Credits - mikeguest.co.uk

Peter Haugan is professor of oceanography at the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen and adjunct research director at Institute of Marine Research in Norway. He is presently the elected chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC of UNESCO). He teaches and supervises master and PhD students in oceanography and renewable energy. He has a broad background in natural science ranging from petroleum reservoir simulation to polar and climate research and is presently heavily involved in research for sustainable development and science diplomacy.

Every Friday Portland-based poet Alicia Cohen will post an audio reading of a new poem from her series Reading Drawdown here on Radio Luftballett ​ What is Reading Drawdown? A collection of 100 hundred poems, one poem for each solution proposed in Drawdown. The first poems of this series will be published serially at Luftballet.com on Fridays through June 2018. ​ What is Drawdown? A comprehensive plan to reverse global warming. www.drawdown.org ​The result of ten years of work by researchers who have identified and modeled the 100 most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change. It is a path forward that can roll back global warming within thirty years. ​Why Reading Drawdown? An Introduction by Alicia Cohen: When I first heard of Project Drawdown from my friend and collaborator, the artist Margrethe Kolstad Brekke in Norway, I was deep in a depression due to the wildfire season in the American West where I was born and where I live. This summer, 2017, was unlike anything I have ever known. For three years running our summer skies periodically turn dark grey and the sun blood red as we are warned by the authorities to stay inside and avoid breathing deeply. I have never seen such skies before and this summer was the worst—it happened over and over and even into the fall. Global warming modeling shows the West's forests only burning with more frequency through this century. ​

Radio Luftballett met with Lars Schmidt and his Natural Circus on the train from Bergen to Oslo. www.larsschmidt.org Lars might be described as a sort of modern day drop out. He is a nature lover. Some say he is a poet. He grew up in a small village, spending most of his time outside. Since then he has been wearing many hats. He has worked as ice-cream vendor, truck driver, actor for film and television, dancer, as gardener and landscaper, theater director, filmmaker and shepherds help, doorman and photographer... International conferences with academics and politicians, club or contemporary art scenes, life on organic farms, collaborations with movie stars, or times at the military are parts of his pathway. He has lived in luxury villas, run down squats, expensive hotels, and a couple of vans, and knows the life of mountain shepherds as well as the bustling of metropoles like New York, Paris, Buenos Aires or Berlin. In short: He has made the round enough to experience the absurdity of modern civilized life and at some point he had to leave. He would like to give 'mountains and rivers' a voice. First and foremost for their own sake. But he says that he thinks, that the most important thing that can be learned in these times, can be learned from mountains and rivers. Photocredit: Randi Brecke

Andreas Ytterstad on the topic of constructive narratives, role of the media, and the need for climate jobs as a brigde to the future. Andreas Ytterstad https://www.hioa.no/tilsatt/andreasy Brigde to the Future http://broentilframtiden.com/english/ Radio Luftballett is produced by Margrethe Kolstad Brekke/KORO Vågestykke. Soundscapes and jingles by Hilde Annine Hasselberg and Thorolf Thuestad-- based on Jon Gjerde`s recordings of hanggliderloops.

Ørjan Kongsvik Aall is the founder of Protect Our Winters Norway. https://protectourwinters.org Radio Luftballett is produced by Margrethe Kolstad Brekke/KORO Vågestykke. Soundscapes and jingles by Hilde Annine Hasselberg and Thorolf Thuestad-- based on Jon Gjerde`s recordings of hanggliderloops.

RADIO LUFTBALLETT met LARS SCHMIDT and his NATURAL CIRCUS on the train from Bergen to Oslo. www.larsschmidt.org Lars might be described as a sort of modern day drop out. He is a nature lover. Some say he is a poet. He grew up in a small village, spending most of his time outside. Since then he has been wearing many hats. He has worked as ice-cream vendor, truck driver, actor for film and television, dancer, as gardener and landscaper, theater director, filmmaker and shepherds help, doorman and photographer... International conferences with academics and politicians, club or contemporary art scenes, life on organic farms, collaborations with movie stars, or times at the military are parts of his pathway. He has lived in luxury villas, run down squats, expensive hotels, and a couple of vans, and knows the life of mountain shepherds as well as the bustling of metropoles like New York, Paris, Buenos Aires or Berlin. In short: He has made the round enough to experience the absurdity of modern civilized life and at some point he had to leave. He would like to give 'mountains and rivers' a voice. First and foremost for their own sake. But he says that he thinks, that the most important thing that can be learned in these times, can be learned from mountains and rivers. Photocredit: Randi Brecke

Radio Luftballett met Norwegian Greenpeace leader Truls Gulowsen in the midst of a historic trial. Produced by Margrethe Kolstad Brekke/KORO Vågestykke, 2017. Soundscapes and Jingles - based on Jon Gjerde`s recorded hangglider loops- by Hilde Annine Hasselberg and Thorolf Thuestad.

DRAWDOWN is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Based on ten years of research, the book outlines one hundred solutions for drawing carbon out of the atmosphere back to safe levels within thirty years. Over the next months, Portland based poet Alicia Cohen will read DRAWDOWN. For each of the solutions she will write a poem, to be read out load on Radio Luftballett. Alicia Cohen is a poet based in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of three books of poetry: Coherer (Verge Books), Debts and Obligations (O Books), and Bear (Handwritten Press). Her work is included in anthologies including Make It True: Poetry from Cascadia, Salt: Poetry on the Oregon Coast and forthcoming Earth Bound: Compass Points Toward an Ecopoetics and Counter-Desecration Phrasebook: A Glossary for Writing Within the Anthropocene both from Wesleyan University Press. She had a doctorate from the poetics program at SUNY Buffalo and has written on the politics of visibility in contemporary poetry; presently she is working on questions of ecology, feminism and housework. Radio Luftballett is produced by Margrethe Kolstad Brekke/KORO Vågestykke 2017. Soundscapes and Jingles - based on Jon Gjerde`s recorded hangglider loops- by Hilde Annine Hasselberg and Thorolf Thuestad.

DRAWDOWN is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Based on ten years of research, the book outlines one hundred solutions for drawing carbon out of the atmosphere back to safe levels within thirty years. Over the next months, Portland based poet Alicia Cohen will read DRAWDOWN. For each of the solutions she will write a poem, to be read out load on Radio Luftballett. Alicia Cohen is a poet based in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of three books of poetry: Coherer (Verge Books), Debts and Obligations (O Books), and Bear (Handwritten Press). Her work is included in anthologies including Make It True: Poetry from Cascadia, Salt: Poetry on the Oregon Coast and forthcoming Earth Bound: Compass Points Toward an Ecopoetics and Counter-Desecration Phrasebook: A Glossary for Writing Within the Anthropocene both from Wesleyan University Press. She had a doctorate from the poetics program at SUNY Buffalo and has written on the politics of visibility in contemporary poetry; presently she is working on questions of ecology, feminism and housework. Produced by Margrethe Kolstad Brekke/KORO Vågestykke 2017. Soundscapes and Jingles - based on Jon Gjerde`s recorded hangglider loops- by Hilde Annine Hasselberg and Thorolf Thuestad.

Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa holds a dr. scient. degree in applied mathematics from University of Bergen. She has a broad experience from science (fish stock assessment, reservoir mechanics and seismic) and from private sector (marketing and management). She was the director of Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) from January 2010 to June 2017. She has been an associate professor at Geophysical institute, UiB, since 2016. She is involved in the development at Bergen Energy Lab where she now chairs the programme committee. Radio Luftballett is produced by Margrethe Kolstad Brekke/KORO Vågestykke, October 2017. Soundscapes and Jingles - based on Jon Gjerde`s recorded hangglider loops- by Hilde Annine Hasselberg and Thorolf Thuestad.