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In this summer instalment of erstwhile podcast This Must Be The Place, Liz Taylor (no, not the actor – who is dead by the way) talks with Brendan Gleeson (no, also not that other actor). Brendan Gleeson is Professor of Urban Policy at the University of Melbourne and has had a decades-long career in publishing urban research. But since 2021 Brendan has for health reasons “stepped off the plate” from heading the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute – he hasn't read an academic theory text in over a year, and has instead been rescaling his focus to the local and the everyday of life in the Hotham Hill area of North Melbourne. Brendan's recent projects include setting up an independent press, Shiel Street Press (named for the North Melbourne street – also home of the Public Records Office), publishing a book of poems based on Gardiner Reserve in North Melbourne (“Records of the Loss Property Department of Gardiner Reserve”), and researching the life and times of a long-lived cockatoo (Cocky Duggan) who lived in a hotel in North Melbourne in the mid 20th century and was known for his “more than passable impersonation of men vomiting”. Gardiner Reserve is a place Brendan suddenly spent a lot of time in, living and observing at a walking pace, and the “Records of the Loss Property Department of Gardiner Reserve” book is a faux-corporate drama made up of pictures and poems, in large part inspired by items left behind in the park that Brendan's flat faces onto – beginning with the triggering sight of a set of sparkly children's shoes discarded (but neatly arranged) in a playground. From these lost and found items – shoes, toys, milk crates, crochet rugs, single crutches, the routine sadness of lost cat signs - the discussion gets on to themes of loss, grief, time, decay, children gone and grown, and the broader cultural fascination of discarded objects. Liz ties it into Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project and his theories of modernity and decay, and to “Found Magazine” including Speckles the proto-viral “Loss Cat”. Also covered are municipal micro-regulations, public trees, Blue Lake, urban noises (lots of them are in the background), the anxiety of public toilet announcements (“door locked – your maximum use time is…”), North Melbourne Swimming Pool, and of course concluding with the tale of Cocky Duggan of the Court House Hotel. It was a long conversation and most of the background on Shiel Street Press has been cut but you find more information here - https://www.shielstreetpress.com.

Grant Blashki, Associate Professor at the Nossal Institute and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne and Lead Clinical Advisor for Beyond Blue, discusses the biggest threats to health posed by climate change; Guy Abrahams, Co-Founder and Ambassador for CLIMARTE, explores the role of art in facilitating behavioural change specifically in relation to climate change; and the team canvass some new medical inventions. With presenters Dr Mal Practice, Nurse Epipen, and Dr Motu.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/radiotherapyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RadiotherapyOnTripleR/Twitter: https://twitter.com/_radiotherapy_Instagram: https://instagram.com/radiotherapy_tripler

Anitra Nelson wants to see a different sort of society - one that cares about people, that cares about the state of the Earth and puts both those values ahead of the profit so prized by the prevailing capitalist society. The honorary principal fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute from the University of Melbourne wrote about that in her 2022 book "Beyond Money: A Postcapitalist Strategy" (pictured) and talks about the idea in the video clip "Beyond Money". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

A prolific author and adventurous thinker, Associate Professor Anitra Nelson (pictured), and her book, "Beyond Money: a post-capitalist strategy", were at the core of two webinars staged by the Global Tapestry of Alternatives. Professor Nelson, who is with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, has argued that the power of money ceded to capitalism must be reappropriated and handed to communities. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

My guest today is Tim Flannery. Tim Flannery is a monologist and paleontologist. He was the chief commissioner of the Australian Climate Commission and Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council. He was named Australian Humanist of the year in 2005 and Australian of the Year in 2007. He is currently a fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne. Tim is also the author of his new book "The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of COVID-19"In this episode, we talk about the Glasgow Climate Change Conference and where the world is at with respect to our carbon reduction goals. We also talk about the trade-off between industrialization in developing nations and reducing carbon emissions and whether we're in the midst of a sixth mass extinction. We go on to discuss whether climate change is making natural disasters worse, the efficacy of lifestyle changes, like becoming a vegetarian, and much more. 

My guest today is Tim Flannery. Tim Flannery is a monologist and paleontologist. He was the chief commissioner of the Australian Climate Commission and Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council. He was named Australian Humanist of the year in 2005 and Australian of the Year in 2007. He is currently a fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne. Tim is also the author of his new book "The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of COVID-19"In this episode, we talk about the Glasgow Climate Change Conference and where the world is at with respect to our carbon reduction goals. We also talk about the trade-off between industrialization in developing nations and reducing carbon emissions and whether we're in the midst of a sixth mass extinction. We go on to discuss whether climate change is making natural disasters worse, the efficacy of lifestyle changes, like becoming a vegetarian, and much more. 

My guest today is Tim Flannery. Tim Flannery is a monologist and paleontologist. He was the chief commissioner of the Australian Climate Commission and Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council. He was named Australian Humanist of the year in 2005 and Australian of the Year in 2007. He is currently a fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne. Tim is also the author of his new book "The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of COVID-19" In this episode, we talk about the Glasgow Climate Change Conference and where the world is at with respect to our carbon reduction goals. We also talk about the trade-off between industrialization in developing nations and reducing carbon emissions and whether we're in the midst of a sixth mass extinction. We go on to discuss whether climate change is making natural disasters worse, the efficacy of lifestyle changes, like becoming a vegetarian, and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some economists have long argued that to really save the planet – and ourselves – from the climate crisis, we need a fundamental overhaul of the way our economies work. In this episode, we explore the ideas of the degrowth movement and their calls for a contraction in the world's consumption of energy and resources. We also compare degrowth to other post-growth proposals for governments to reduce their fixation on economic growth.Featuring Samuel Alexander, research fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Lorenzo Fioramonti, full professor of political economy at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and also a serving Italian MP, and Beth Stratford PhD candidate at the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds in the UK.And Veronika Meduna, science, health and environment editor at The Conversation in Wellington, gives us some recommended reading about the coronavirus situation in New Zealand. The Conversation Weekly is produced by Mend Mariwany and Gemma Ware, with sound design by Eloise Stevens. Our theme music is by Neeta Sarl. You can sign up to The Conversation's free daily email here. Full credits for this episode available here. Further readingBeyond GDP: here's a better way to measure people's prosperity, by Henrietta Moore,UCLTime for degrowth: to save the planet, we must shrink the economy, by Jason Hickel, London School of Economics and Political ScienceRediscover the ideas of Jacques Ellul, pioneer of décroissance, by Patrick Chastenet, Université de Bordeaux (in French)‘If you want summer, get vaccinated' – Jacinda Ardern sets the target for re-opening New Zealand, by Michael Plank, University of Canterbury and Shaun Hendy, University of AucklandNew Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low, by Collin Tukuitonga, University of Auckland See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Grant Blashki, Associate Professor at the Nossal Institute and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne and Lead Clinical Advisor for Beyond Blue, discusses his new book Climate, Health and Courage exploring the link between human health and the health of the planet; and the team canvass the health risks for kids returning to school, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, Mental Health Week, and some recent COVID controversies. With presenters Dr Doolittle, Dr Patient, Cyber Sioux, Dr Training Wheels, and Panel Beater.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/radiotherapyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RadiotherapyOnTripleR/Twitter: https://twitter.com/_radiotherapy_Instagram: https://instagram.com/radiotherapy_tripler

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I am so delighted to welcome Dr Dominique Hes to the Sense-Making in a Changing World Show. In this episode we explore what it means to design for life to thrive and deeply listen to Country in the face of multiple crises.Dominique is an award winning educator with over 25 years of experience in universities, communities and professional organisations with focus on design, placemaking, regenerative development, biophilia and urban greenery.  Dominique has degrees in botany, engineering and architecture and brings an interdisciplinary approach to all her work.  She is an Adjunct Fellow at the Cities Research Institute at Griffith University and Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne. Her passion is teaching people their potential agency in contributing to a thriving future. She is also author of Designing For Hope: Pathways to Regenerative Sustainability with co-author Chrisna du Plessis, and Chair of the Board of Greenfleet - a leading not-for-profit organisation committed to protecting our climate by restoring our forests. Dominique and I are both members of the Regenerative Songlines Australia and she also recently became a member of the Permaculture Education Institute.Come and join us in conversation.________________________________Download this list of 10 of Morag's favourite books.   Morag's 4 part introduction to permaculture video series.________________________________LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF PERMACULTURE WITH MORAG GAMBLEExplore the permaculture films, articles, masterclasses and other resources on Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel & blog. Find out more about the Permaculture Education Institute and becoming a certified permaculture educator.If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible Garden.I acknowledge the Gubbi Gubbi people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live , work & play, and pay my respects to their elders past present and emerging.Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

Arron Wood was Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne until 2020 and served on council for 8 years. He has a long resume of environmentalism that began when, after swimming in the family billabong, he emerged with a rash all over his body due to blue-green algae blooms. Since then, he has taken a practical approach to environmental campaigning and seeks outcomes that benefit not just the environment but also the people and businesses that operate within it. He serves on boards such as South East Water in Melbourne and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, combining his environmental and business nous to create a sustainable and profitable future. He is currently the Chief Industry Engagement and Education Delivery Officer for the Bendigo Kangan Institute. Follow Arron Wood: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arronwood/ http://arronwood.com/ Arron's book ‘Billabong Boy': https://www.amazon.com.au/Billabong-Boy-Arron-Wood-ebook/dp/B005PSUMAU -------------------- Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/jm_8b56LZEg Subscribe to Discernable on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/discernable?sub_confirmation=1 Stay connected in case we disappear: https://www.discernable.io/crew -------------------- 0:38 Receiving the Order of Australia 2:16 The ‘Billabong Boy' from Mildura 4:20 Realising that environmentalism is good for people and business too 5:42 Kids Teaching Kids environmental program 7:05 Working with country people 10:25 Modern day environmentalism is fashionable 11:15 Finding common ground to champion the environment 13:08 The psychology behind environmentalism 16:48 The polarization of the environment debate 19:18 Opinions are the new facts 20:10 Australia's penetration of rooftop solar 22:12 Government incentives renewables vs coal 25:04 You don't have to shut down business for sustainability 27:28 Australia's new export market: green hydrogen 30:45 The transition to renewables globally 34:40 The failure of governments to manage transitions to renewable energy 37:20 The middle ground is the hardest place to be 41:07 Is Nuclear an option for Australia? 46:52 Be honest when discussing renewables! 49:08 Melbourne council's failure in recycling waste 53:03 What is humanity's role in nature? 56:10 Adapting to natural cycles and businesses moving due to climate 1:06:00 Urban wetlands to slow down water 1:09:25 Misanthropy: humans are not a ‘cancer on the planet' 1:14:30 The art of compromise 1:15:40 Running for Mayor of Melbourne 1:21:03 Impact of lockdowns on Melbourne CBD 1:22:58 Arron's struggle finding identity and purpose 1:27:08 The world is going through a collective trauma 1:30:45 Governments must adapt their pandemic response 1:33:55 Censorship culture: media shuts down debate 1:37:18 Creating a culture of fear is dangerous 1:39:16 In real pandemics governments fight fear (not create it) 1:45:40 What will businesses do if there is another lockdown? Non compliance. 1:51:00 Korean Fried Chicken and cuisines around Melbourne 1:52:21 Behind the curtain of Melbourne local politics 2:01:07 Predictions for the new Mayoral team 2:07:10 The Magic Wand Question

As a GP with over 25 years of experience and the lead clinical advisor for the not for profit organisation Beyond Blue, Prof. Grant knows a thing or two about depression, anxiety and the human experience. Prof. Grant is an Associate Professor at the Nossal Institute and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne. He is an Honorary Professor at Luohu Hospital Group in Shenzhen, China and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Prof. Grant's research has three themes: General Practice/Primary Care, Sustainability and Mental Health. He has co-authored 125+ publications in peer reviewed journals, six books and more than 20 government/policy reports. He has co-convened conferences about GP Psychiatry in Australia, Italy and Israel and leads the Master of Public Health subject, Environmental Challenges and Global Health. In our conversation we discuss depression, anxiety, social media and much more. With Prof. Grant's experience as a GP and his extensive exposure to the voices of those struggling through a mental health battles Prof. Grant offers many insights and reflections and pointers to the amazing resources available. Some links from our chat: http://www.blashki.com (links to all of Prof. Grant's books, publications and other podcasts can be found here) https://www.futureleaders.com.au/book_chapters/Climate-Health-and-Courage/Susie-Burke-and-Grant-Blashki.php (we talked about this a little offline, not enough to include in the podcast but climate change mental health impacts is a trending area and a big issue for many people, in this chapter Prof Grant shares some great insights into this topic). For emergency support contact: 000 for police, ambulance or fire services  13 11 14 for Lifeline, a crisis support and suicide prevention service for all Australians 1300 726 306 Perinatal Anxiety and Depression (PANDA) National Helpline 03 9935 7400 GriefLine National Helpline 1800 250 015 Alcohol and Drug Support Line 1800 858 858 National Gambling Help Line 1300 22 46 36 Beyond Blue

Today on Moments of Clarity, I speak to Toby Kent.  Toby was Australia's first Chief Resilience Officer. Before this, Toby spent two decades working, across five continents on significant corporate and community-based partnerships. He has worked internationally to help major corporate, government, and non-government organisations achieve their commercial and operational objectives. Toby is a Board member of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia and an Associate of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne. He has a Masters degree in Housing and Urbanisation from the London School of Economics. Toby is now working on his newest venture EllisKent consulting with his friend and colleague, Brett Ellis. Toby and I discuss his work in Melbourne as Chief Resilience Officer, sustainability and urban planning, the similarities and differences between working with government and corporates, the impact of Covid, facing the climate crisis, individual resilience vs collective resilience, how to make progress in the face of inaction and cynicism, Toby’s personal journey of resilience and much more. Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tobykent1/https://mobile.twitter.com/tobykent01https://www.elliskent.com/https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/resilient-melbourne-strategy.pdfhttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/meet-the-man-helping-to-future-proof-melbourne-20200418-p54kzi.htmlhttps://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/takeover-melbourne/https://resilientmelbourne.com.au/takeover-melbourne/https://resilientmelbourne.com.au/https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/melbourne-profile/smart-city/open-innovation/Pages/open-innovation.aspxhttps://www.bcsda.org.au/post/media-release-bcsd-australia-welcomes-toby-kent-to-board Time StampsIntroduction 0:00 - 3:45Part 1 3:46 - 33:05Part 2 33:06 - 64:55Part 3 64:56 - 88:53Outro 88:54 - 89:33 If you enjoy Moments of Clarity, please share the podcast with family, friends and social networks. It would be brilliant if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe to the podcast too.Instagram: @momentsofclaritypodcastFacebook: @momentsofclaritypodcastTwitter: @BarneyMOCEmail: momentsofclaritypodcast@gmail.comPodcast by Matthew SortinoMusic by Christian ProchiloArtwork by Michael Chrisanthopoulos 

Amanda Palmer presents an intimate conversation with Tim Flannery, recorded July 23, 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland.Tim Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer and public scientist. He has discovered more than 30 mammal species including a new type of tree kangaroos. Tim served as the Chief Commissioner of the Climate Commission, a Federal Government body providing information on climate change to the Australian public. In 2013, Tim announced that he would join other fired commissioners to form the Independent Climate Council. Tim is a professorial fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. His books include The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers. His TED Talk is entitled, “Can Seaweed Help Curb Global Warming?”In this episode we talk about the power of seaweed to draw down large greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, the vastness and unexplored nature of the Australian Outback, the death of The Great Barrier Reef, how different countries view the climate crisis, the convict roots of Australia and its effects on modern politics, the lack of climate change coverage in the mainstream media, how to be a leader on climate change in your own community, and the battle against tribalism and skepticism.@FlanneryTexBooks:https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/27157.Tim_FlanneryTED:https://www.ted.com/speakers/tim_flanneryNo ads.No sponsors.No censorship.We are the media.Exclusive content is available to Patrons only.Go to Patreon.Become a member.Get extra stuff.Join the community at amandapalmer.net/podcast 

Dr Lara Stevens (pictured) talks about feminism, or "feminisms",  Val Plumwood and Mother Earth, and why it's not "Father Earth". Dr Stevens, a researcher with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, helped me better understand why women are playing such a leading role in humanity's response to the climate crisis. "The climate debate isn't just about science; it's also about gender and power. Ecofeminism takes this seriously, and ecofeminist philosophy is uniquely positioned to help us reimagine our place in the world and the ways in which we can care for the environment", the ABC said in an introduction to a session on the Philosophers Zone entitled "Feminism, ecology and motherhood". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant Blashki is Lead Clinical Advisor for Beyond Blue, an Associate Professor at the Nossal Institute for Global Health, and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute both at the University of Melbourne, a lead editor of Future Leaders books, Health Ambassador for the Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation, Honorary Professor at Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group in China. Grant is a public speaker and active media commentator on public health issues. His three themes of research are on Mental Health, Environmental Health and Global Health. He has also co-authored over 125 peer-reviewed publications and 7 books, the latest one on the subject of Artificial Intelligence. He is the lead editor of the textbook General Practice Psychiatry which has been translated into Italian and Mandarin.   View the video interview and blog here: https://www.ccentricgroup.com/grant-blashki   Ccentric is a market-leading executive search firm in Australia with an exclusive focus on healthcare, academic healthcare, digital health, and not-for-profit and human services – industries that improve the quality of life. Ccentric has four division including Ccentric Executive Search, CcSelection, CcInterim and CcLeadership which allow Ccentric to assist clients with their needs ranging from mid-level leadership to c-suite executive search, interim management, leadership assessment and succession planning. To keep up-to-date with the latest news from Ccentric subscribe here today

Stir Crazy! Episode 90: Today we are joined by TRNN visual producer Andrew Corkery, TRNN climate reporter Steve Horn, Principal Research Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne Anitra Nelson, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice and Development in Kenya Griffins Ochieng, and Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott. Hosted by Kim Brown.This article/video segment is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis.

Kirsten Larsen is co-founder with partner Serenity Hill of the Open Food Network. It's a not-for-profit, global collaboration building food distribution systems that are fair, local and transparent. The Network's flagship open source platform had been successfully enabling ethical food distribution in multiple countries. Now, in the wake of COVID-19, it has gone to a whole new level, as producers look for alternative ways to sell quality produce, and eaters look for alternative ways to access it. The Network reports a tenfold increase in people signing up to the platform, and a tenfold increase in turnover. This grass roots initiative now spans 13 countries, and continues to grow. As the greeting on the Open Food Network website puts it: Food Unincorporated - sometimes the best way to fix the system is to start a new one. Kirsten is a farmer herself, and an Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, at the University of Melbourne. She sees her work as focused on the complex challenges of sustainability and resilient food systems, and on the design and implementation of responses that also support healthy communities and regional economic development. Kirsten was kind enough to join me online from her home in Violet Town, Victoria, Australia. Title slide pic: from the Shepparton News. Credit: Megan Fisher. Recorded on Friday 12 June 2020. Music: The System, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra. Get more: Open Food Network - https://openfoodnetwork.org.au/ Moving Feast - https://movingfeast.net/ The international award the Network won - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/06/08/mozilla-announces-second-three-covid-19-solutions-fund-recipients/ Thanks to all the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, and you have the capacity at this time, please consider joining them, by heading to our website at www.regennarration.com/support. Thank you for helping to keep the show going. And get in touch any time by text or audio at www.regennarration.com/story Thanks for listening!

Associate Professor Janet Stanley (pictured) from the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne understands the implications and complications of bushfires and talks about those issues with Climate Conversations.Janet also has a keen interest in urban design and sees a distinct link between how we design our villages, towns and cities and keeping people safe during the climate worsened bushfire season.Like all of us concerned about the climate crisis, Janet can be dispirited by the broader inaction she sees from our decisions makers, particularly from the Federal Government and has some good advice to renew those spirits.

“I’ve always followed the issues that the Australian community are concerned about,” says social researcher Dr Rebecca Huntley. “There are high levels of concern in the community about climate change, regardless of how you measure them, but people have very low levels of expectation that our leaders not only can, but will, do anything about it,” she says. Dr Huntley says studies have revealed a common misconception in which people believe there are greater numbers of climate change deniers and coal supporters in the community than there actually are. “That’s because those voices are amplified in the media, in certain parts of corporate Australia and in some parts of the government, so that’s a really important misconception,” she says. “This is why things like reform of the political donation system, certainly at the Federal level, is an important part of restoring people’s faith that a transition away from old energy sources to these new renewable energy sources, is something that will actually happen.” Episode recorded: November 18, 2019. Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath. Producer, editor and audio engineer: Chris Hatzis. Co-production: Silvi Van-Wall and Dr Andi Horvath. Banner image: Shutterstock.

Ian Dunlop is a former senior Executive of Royal Dutch Shell and has worked in oil, gas and coal exploration and production, and in scenario and long-term energy planning. He chaired the Australian Coal Association 1987-88, and the Australian Greenhouse Office Experts Group on Emissions Trading 1998-2000, which developed the first emissions trading system design for Australia. Ian Dunlop has wide experience in energy resources, infrastructure, and international business. He has worked at senior level in oil, gas and coal exploration and production, in scenario and long-term energy planning, competition reform and privatisation. He is Chairman of Safe Climate Australia, a Director of Australia 21, Deputy Convenor of the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil, a Fellow of the Centre for Policy Development, a member of The Club of Rome and of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Climate Change Taskforce. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science at the University of NSW, and an Associate of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, writing extensively on governance and sustainability issues. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/environmental-as-anything/message

This episode begins with a road accident in 1997 initiating a journey that led to recently listening to Dr Kate Dooley discussing "Climate and biodiversity nexus: implications for land based mitigation" at a near packed session at the University of Melbourne.Being only audio, this podcast episode obviously does not include the slides shown by Dr Dooley, but they can be accessed on a link distributed by Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.Climate Conversations talked with Dr Dooley a few months ago and the discussion can be found here.

In 2007, Kevin Rudd famously declared climate change to be “the great moral challenge of our generation” Nevertheless, successive Labor and Coalition governments have failed to act effectively towards action on climate change or mitigating its effects. Corruption, denial and delay have permeated our institutions and have contributed to the current political inertia that has produced both outrage and hopelessness, as well as profound alienation from our democratic system. But it doesn’t have to be this way... Individuals and groups both domestically and overseas are fighting to change the politics of climate change before it is too late. But how do we change climate politics when the power is not with grassroots activists and individual citizens? Who is standing in our way? What makes our democratic system amplify some political points of view and not others? Who has most access to the levers that change political outcomes? What can we do to change that? For a discussion on why so much has gone wrong with the politics of climate change, and where to look to successfully change how climate politics get heard, join us for this event on the 10th of April! Speakers: Victoria McKenzie-McHarg Victoria is currently Manager of Strategy and Planning at Bank Australia. Bank Australia are strongly committed to supporting renewable projects and lending to low-income households for solar installations. Victoria has been chair of the Climate Action Network Australia since October 2015, and is a Board member of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne. Her previous positions include Climate Campaigner at Environment Victoria from 2007 to 2013, a Director at the Moreland Energy Foundation from 2011 to 2014, and a Climate Campaign Manager at the Australian Conservation Foundation from 2014 to 2015. David Spratt David has been an important climate activist and author for many years. Best known as co-author of the influential book Climate Code Red, he is Research Director at the Breakthrough Research Centre for Climate Restoration, and authored/co-authored many key reports on the growing significance of the acceleration of climate change, most recently "What Lies Beneath" (co-authored with Ian Dunlop), described as the inside story of how climate policy has become embedded in a culture of failure and scientific reticence. David is a member of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne.

Welcome to La Trobe University’s Clever Conversations. In this episode from our Ideas and Society program, we bring together two of the world’s leading voices on the environmental, ethical and political issue that is climate change. You will hear from La Trobe alumnus, Tim Flannery. Tim is a distinguished mammologist, palaeontologist, world-renowned writer and Head of the Climate Council. He has been leading the climate change fight in Australia for many years. You will also hear from Robyn Eckersley, who is the Professor and Head of Political Science at the University of Melbourne. Robyn is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She is the most significant political scientist in Australia, and thinks creatively about solutions to the problem of climate change. This conversation is part of the Ideas and Society 'A Better Australia?' series.

The idea of fashion being both ethical and sustainable is at the heart of the new book by Clare Press - "Rise and Resist: How to change the world". The author, journalist and speaker talked with about 100 people at the University of Melbourne after being interviewed by the deputy director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, Dr Sangetha Chandrashekeran. Clare is thoroughly disappointed by Australia's lack of action on climate change and in voicing that displeasure said "They need a rocket up their ....!".

Katerina Gaita is the founder and CEO of Climate for Change, a new not-for-profit working to create the social climate in Australia for the action we need on climate change. Climate for Change focuses on supporting those who do understand the scale and urgency of solutions needed to have more effective conversations with people around them who do not. She is also a mother, a wife, daughter, sister, friend and active community member.Previously Katerina worked with Environment Victoria and ran a sustainable living business. She has trained with Al Gore and many other experts climate communication and behaviour change. She is a Centre for Sutainable Leadership Fellow and an Advisory Board Member of Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.Prior to pursuing her passion in sustainability and environment, Katerina studied and worked in the field of law, working as an assistant to Amicus Curiae in the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic, Professor Tim McCormack and as a researcher at the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA).

Internationally celebrated environmentalist, scientist, explorer, writer and 2007 Australian of the Year, Professor Tim Flannery will open the Planet Talks with a keynote address and conversation about our sustainable relationship with the planet joined by the father of Australian science broadcasting, the legendary Robyn Williams. Currently Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and chief councillor of the Australian Climate Council, Australia’s largest and most successful crowd funded organisation, Tim Flannery has published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers and named 25 living and 50 fossil mammal species. His 33 books include his latest publication is ‘Sunlight and Seaweed’ and the award winning “The Future Eaters” and “The Weather Makers”, which has been translated into over 20 languages. He has made numerous documentaries and regularly reviews for the New York Review of Books.

The Economist reports that despite increasing public concern, and renewable power now costing less than coal in some places, rising energy demand means our use of fossil fuels is heading in the wrong direction. While climate calamities, once considered freakish, are now commonplace. All this emphasises the value and importance of this panel conversation. Globally renowned energy expert, Richard Heinberg, joined us online from the USA, with one of Australia's most incisive minds in energy systems and societal futures, Josh Floyd, energy and psychology researcher Dr Andrea Bunting, host Anthony James, and another full house of 200 people, to explore why the transition to renewable energy is essential, though not enough in itself to create a sustainable, fair & flourishing society. And what we need to do, individually and collectively, to create such a society. Energy is a rapidly changing space, technologically, financially and in some ways politically, but the equally vital broader terrain of recalibrating society, our cultural norms, and how we think about and understand energy remains as important as ever. How much energy do we need? What happens to sectors like transport, agriculture and manufacturing? And what's the best and most plausible proposal we've got for actually making the transition? This event was the 3rd and final forum of the Regenerating Society Series, created by Anthony James in 2017. Recorded at the National Sustainable Living Festival in the heart of Melbourne. And introduced by Professor Brendan Gleeson, Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, valued partner in the Regenerating Society Series. Format: Anthony introduces the session, Richard speaks for 10 minutes, and Josh and Andrea for 5 minutes each. Then it's an all-in conversation with the audience. Music: Let Them Know, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra Get more: Tune into episode 006 Redefining Progress, the 2nd forum of the Regenerating Society Series, cited in this forum - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/006-redefining-progress Our Renewable Future, by Richard Heinberg & David Fridley (freely available online) - http://ourrenewablefuture.org Post-Carbon Institute - https://www.postcarbon.org Richard's award winning video, ‘300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w Pic: The Economist - https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/08/02/the-world-is-losing-the-war-against-climate-change?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/2018/08/2n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/ap/140375/n Thanks to all of our listeners and supporters for enabling the production of this podcast. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going. And thanks for listening!

Canada is putting tariffs on more than $12bn worth of American goods. They will come into effect on Sunday and will target not just US steel and aluminium but also consumer goods like orange juice, whisky and even toilet paper. We hear from our economics correspondent Andrew Walker and whisky producer Colin Spoelman from Kings County distillery in Brooklyn. President Trump has communicated much of his economic policy on Twitter; as part of the BBC's Money and Power series we hear from Dr Stephanie Hare who researches technological trends. We round up the week's biggest news stories with Katie Martin from the Financial Times and Richard Cockett from The Economist. And we're joined throughout the programme by Cathy Alexander, research fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Picture description: Canadian dollars Picture credit: Getty Images

Today we're featuring not one, but a number of special guests from a public conversation Anthony hosted earlier this year, on how we go about the much-needed tasks of redefining our notion of progress - and developing new ways to measure it. The panel was joined by a full house of around 300 people, together generating one of our most compelling public forums to date. Tim Costello AO is Chief Advocate for World Vision and one of Australia's most recognised voices on social justice, leadership and ethics. Dr Melissa Weinberg is a TEDx Speaker and well-known wellbeing researcher, who led the research for the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index. And Mike Salvaris is co-founder of the OECD Global Progress Research Network, and a driving force behind the development of the Australian National Development Index. It has long been recognised that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an inadequate measure of society's success and development. Yet it and our focus on economic growth driven by wasteful consumerism persist, despite the range of crises they cause and the growing recognition that limitless consumption doesn't make for healthy, meaningful human life. This conversation explores how we can change these flawed narratives, systems and measures, to guide us to a sustainable economy geared towards quality of life, rather than quantity of stuff. Along the way, we learn (or re-learn) plenty about Australia, the world, deeper human nature, and each other. And the sort of probing questions, fascinating findings, and inspiring projects covered here, all offer great grist for the mill for those of us looking to reset our guiding stars of happiness, success and progress. Is happiness the goal? Does it even work to try to increase our happiness? What makes for a meaningful life, and how do we institute that as the basis of our national accounts? What kind of leadership can we develop to this end? And how do we juggle the need to campaign on specific urgent issues, with the overarching need to address the common source of those issues? The ideas, stories and projects shared in this conversation offer plenty to guide and inspire. We adopted a fairly snappy format for this forum. After brief introductions you'll hear each speaker offer a 5-minute ‘fire-starter'. Then we launch into extensive dialogue with the audience. With thanks to Professor John Wiseman and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute for their support of this event. Music: Let Them Know, by the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra Production by Ben Moore & Anthony James. Get more: http://www.andi.org.au - Australian National Development Index https://www.drmelweinberg.com - Dr Melissa Weinberg's website https://www.worldvision.com.au - World Vision http://sustainable.unimelb.edu.au - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (MSSI) at the University of Melbourne http://www.slf.org.au - National Sustainable Living Festival, where this forum took place in February 2017 https://neweconomy.org.au - the developing New Economy Network of Australia, to be formalised at the upcoming New Economy Conference in September, which will feature Mike Salvaris and Anthony James among many others (you can listen to the national convenor of the network, Dr Michelle Maloney, on Rescope Radio's episode #004) Thanks to the generous supporters of this podcast, for making it possible. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by heading to our website at www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for helping to keep the show going. Get in touch any time by text or audio at www.regennarration.com/story Thanks for listening!

If a Climate Emergency is Possible, is Everything Permitted? Professor Stephen Gardiner, Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed Professor of Human Dimensions of the Environment, University of Washington In the face of escalating climate change, some scientists are pushing for a serious research program on a dramatic global ‘techno-fix’: the injection of sulphate particles into the stratosphere to block incoming sunlight. This approach to geoengineering - roughly, the ‘intentional manipulation of the planetary environment’ - is often justified by appeal to the threat of a climate emergency. Professor Stephen Gardine argues that this argument threatens to be ethically short-sighted and to encourage creative myopia. It also underestimates what some opponents mean when they refer to sulfate injection as ‘a necessary evil’. As a result, even if the emergency argument is in some sense valid, it misses much of what is at stake in thinking about geoengineering, especially from an ethical point of view. Responses by Professor Jim Falk, Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne School of Land and Environment and Lauren Rickards, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, at the University of Melbourne A Sydney Ideas and Sydney Environment Institute on 29 July 2014 sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2014/professor_stephen_gardiner.shtml

The future is almost within reach, but the portents are challenging; rarely has the future seemed so difficult a prospect. One of the sternest challenges we face is to imagine the future before it arrives and then attempt to shape it. Will the buzzwords ‘innovation’ and ‘agility’ come to mean anything more than increased efficiency and wealth for the few? Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia, Griffith Review founding editor Julianne Schultz launches Griffith Review 52: Imagining the Future. Professor Schultz is joined by co-editor Brendan Gleeson of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, and distinguished writers and Griffith Review contributors Jane Gleeson-White and Libby Robin, in a conversation around themes arising from our urgent need to address the world ahead. In association with the Griffith Review

Between 2003 and 2005 filmmaker David Hinton traveled 2,500 nautical miles on three expeditions aboard the schooner Nooderlicht filming artists, scientists and educators exploring the pristine environment of the High Arctic as part of the Cape Farewell project. The result was Art From a Changing Arctic. The film was screened at ACMI on 04 May 2015, at the conclusion of the film there was a Q&A session and discussion with David Buckland, Artistic Director, Cape Farewell (UK); Caroline Lambert, Climate and Environment Counsellor, Delegation of the European Union to Australia, Canberra; David Karoly, Professor of Meteorology and an ARC Federation Fellow in the School of Earth Sciences, Research Director, Climate and Energy at the EU Centre on Shared Complex Challenges, The University of Melbourne. The discussion will be moderated by John Wiseman, Deputy Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne. Recorded: 4 May 2015

In this episode Vivien talks to Rod Quantock, Dagmar Graczyk and Leigh Ewbank and finds out the projected date for the last Tim Tam on earth. In early 2014, Rod Quantock became a research associate at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, working on the presentations of climate change impacts and resource crises. Dagmar Graczyk, Manager for South Asia, works for IEA (International Energy Agency).Leigh Ewbank, Yes 2 Renewables Community Coordinator, for Friends of the Earth (FOE).