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CLIMATE ACTION SHOWFebruary 17th 2025Produced by Vivien Langford C O L L I S I O N   C O U R S E  from The Sustainable Living Festival 2025 Guest speaker: David Spratt with Emily Rice from The Breakthrough Foundation “The very act of trying to look ahead and to discern possibilities and offer warnings is in itself an act of hope.” – writer Octavia Butler  This is  the idea which guides David Spratt's unflinching look at the collsion course we are on towards an unliveably climate changed world.This is an edited version of the talk he gave to the Sudstainable Lioving Festival on 11th February. The MC was Emily Rice from the Breakthrough Foundation. He desribes the tipping points and the unpredictability of the future unless we draw down current emissions.If Saudi Aramco says we should "abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas", we need to know how to push back, keeping in mind at least seven of the generations of all species that we hope will follow us.For the slides and full report : https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/collisioncourse Many Climate Action Radio listeners will be impatient to take action and David Spratt looks at the political context within which we must act. The guiding idea here is: “Political reality must be grounded in physical reality or it's completely useless.” – Prof. Hans Joachim SchellnhuberWe hear about  a risk report commissioned by the Albanese Government. It was presented in 2022 but will "never to be seen again" as the risks documented make a nonsense of current policies to subsidise and permit new coal and gas projects. Checkout Slide 8 to see how the proposed development at Fisherman's Bend will look as sea level rise and tidal surge swamp it.file:///C:/Users/61424/Downloads/2502%20Collision%20Course%20NSF%20events-1.pdf“Australia's largest urban renewal project … by 2050 will be home to approximately 80,000 residents and provide employment for up to 80,000 people with a plan for parks, schools, roads, transport and community facilities and services to ensure liveability as the precinct grows over the next 30 years … supported by a suite of evidence-based research reports, strategies and plans.” (fishermansbend.vic.gov.au)   

Todays episode is a recording of my Poverty Mindset presentation I did on March 24 at the Kentucky Sustainable living festival in Bowling Green Kentucky. CONNECT WITH ME http://www.patchofthemonth.co/ PATCH OF THE MONTH CLUB http://toolmantim.co/ WEBSITE http://toolmantim.shop/ AMAZON AFFILIATE https://c3c5a9.myshopify.com/ MERCH http://www.youtube.com/c/toolmantimsworkshop/ YT https://rumble.com/c/ToolmanTimsWorkshop RUMBLE https://odysee.com/@Allseasonsmain:5 ODYSEE https://mewe.com/i/toolmantimsworkshop - MeWe http://www.facebook.com/toolmantimsworkshop/ - FB http://www.instagram.com/toolmantimsworkshop – IG https://twitter.com/toolmantimworks TWITTER http://t.me/toolmantimsworkshop TELEGRAM http://www.tiktok.com/@toolmantimsworkshop TIKTOK https://www.twitch.tv/toolmantimsworkshop TWITCH https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toolmantim SPOTIFY https://freesteading.com/members/toolmantim/ FREESTEADING npub1738csh60emd5yl97sr092z0vqhde2fqgz3tdumcuvns2qker296q4dpx5q NOSTR http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com EXPERT COUNCIL https://www.empshield.com/link/cmz0bp0/ Save $50 on EMP Shield Mailing Address If you have anything interesting tool related you'd like to send my way, for review or just because, use the address below. U.S.A. Mailing address Toolman Tim Cook 102 Central Ave Ste 10699 Sweet Grass, MT 59484 CANADIAN Mailing Address ‘Toolman Tim' P.O. Box 874 Provost, Alberta T0B3S0 Canada As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases Opus.Pro https://www.opus.pro/?via=toolmantimsworkhsop StreamYard https://streamyard.com/pal/c/5780333750648832 TubeBuddy https://www.tubebuddy.com/pricing?a=Toolman

My guest this evening I a driving force behind the Kentucky Sustainable Living Group on FB and well as the Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival. I asked him to come on to chat about how he got into Sustainable living, about his group and what to expect from the festival. I would like to welcome to LOTS to Talk about. Jason Sparks. It should be a great chat. Check out all the related links Jason providedFestival website link: https://Kentuckysustainableliving.comJason's YouTube:https://youtube.com/@kentuckysustainableliving3583Jason's T-shirt website:https://stores.inksoft.com/chickentractoronmeth/shop/home Don't Hate Money. Grab the Fold card and get free satoshis using my link to sign up and request the card.  https://use.foldapp.com/r/FANEWETX Are you a Taphophile, or enjoy cemeteries and the history and stories behind them? Consider joining my Cemetery Explorers Club.  https://thelotsproject.com/explorersclub/ Get Outdoors and Do Some Camping (get $10 off your first visit), or use some extra space to set up a side income. Check out Hipcamp: https://hipcamp.com/i/briana439fae Amazon Affiliate General Link: https://amzn.to/3CuqCCRFind Out More at https://www.thelotsproject.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-lots-project/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Opening the show we dip into a SLF the Sustainable Living Festival  presentation given by  Yarra Libraries called Money Talks, Money Walks - divesting from fossil fuels. Kylie Robertson from Market Forces made some interesting points around:Shell does well out of War here Bank Loans drive Environmental Destruction here Burrup Peninsula here II As the Voice to Parliament is being discussed the level of disrepect for traditional landowners over irreplaceable country being damaged by Government auspiced industry is a little hard to overlook. We speak with Raelene Cooper, a Mardudhunera woman and former Chair of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, about Woodside's devastating gas projects and other damaging industries such as a fertiliser factory that are damaging the 40,000 year old rock on the Burrup Peninsula.FOE High Country Road Trip here II The threat of logging in the High Country is real. FOE is planning a road trip to the High Country to bring city and local people together in the fight to protect our old growth forests. info. We chat with Cam Walker, from FOE about the trip.Everybody's Home here II Maiy Aziz from Everybody's Home talks to us about how Government policies that are propping-up investors is driving homelessness.Interest rate hikes & wage suppression here II Don Sutherland from Solidarity Dynamics explores the interest rate hikes, inflation and wages.    

The rather beautiful Capitol Theatre in Melbourne's Swanston Street was the venue for an equally beautiful forum "Why a Call to Art" staged by "Climarte" as a part of the month-long "National Sustainable Living Festival". Dr Lara Stevens was the host and the additional presenters were Professor Brian Martin, Professor Patricia Piccinini and Dr Jen Rae. The forum was introduced by Jo Lane from Climarte and the Melbourne City Council (a major sponsor) was represented by Rohan Leppert. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Housing is an essential human need, but as the average median house price in Australian capital cities now exceed $1 million, this requires some very significant dropping into the marketplace in order to afford a roof over our heads. According to the research of PGAP's esteemed guest Dr. Alex Baumann, the act of owning a property of one's own can place one in that dreaded 1% richest people in the world. Alex discusses why the privatisation of land forces us all into lifestyles that are antithetical to the degrowth movement and why housing needs to be at the core of post-growth activism. Alex also explains why public housing is one overlooked solution and how reinvigorating this asset is part and parcel to a degrowth future. Ready to have your whole perspective on housing turned around? This is the episode for you! Dr. Alex Baumann and I found each other on the Town Planning Reblellion (TPR) Facebook group. Find out more about TPR and its parent organisation, Holistic Activism here (https://holisticactivism.net/town-planning-rebellion-tpr/). Want to be an ACTIVE part of the housing revolution? This is a great place to start. I interviewed TPR founder, Mark Allen on season 2's “Exploring Christie Walk EcoHousing with Adelaide Chronicles and Town Planning Rebellion. (https://pgap.fireside.fm/christiewalk)” If you liked the themes in this episode you'll love that one. I first came across Alex's good work in an article in The Conversation titled: “We are the 1%: the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet (https://theconversation.com/we-are-the-1-the-wealth-of-many-australians-puts-them-in-an-elite-club-wrecking-the-planet-151208).” The article was co-written with Samuel Alexander, whose has been a inspiration for me in the Degrowth movement. Speaking of Samuel Alexander! The song of choice for this episode, “Meditations on Simplicity” is from the Mortimer's Method album ‘Dreaming Backwards, Falling Awake' (https://mortimersmethod.bandcamp.com/album/dreaming-backwards-falling-awake), based on excerpts from the Degrowth fiction novel ‘Entropia' by Samuel Alexander. ‘Entropia' isn't the only fiction work on post-growth out there. PGAP interviewed Sharon Ede (https://pgap.fireside.fm/magenovel), post-growth activist and author of ‘Mage', in season two of PGAP. Alex is even more animated on video! He explains many of the points raised in this episode and more in the YouTube video “A New Path to Sustainability (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRHIhmxknF4).” Ted Trainer is an inspiration for Alex and was brought up several times during the interview. You can hear the PGAP interview with Ted in full here (https://pgap.fireside.fm/tedtrainer). Finally, Martin Tye, Australian regional chapter director of CASSE, will be giving a zoom presentation for the Sustainable Living Festival on "Degrowth & the Steady State" on 06th February, 9am AEDT. More information can be found on the SLF website (http://www.slf.org.au/event/degrowth-steady-state/). Martin was a guest on the first ever episode of PGAP (https://pgap.fireside.fm/steadystate) and I'm sure he will be just as excellent in his presentation as he was on the episode! Essentially, I can't recommend him enough. Please contact PGAP (https://pgap.fireside.fm/contact) with your thoughts and feedback or rate and review us on Apple Podcast. (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-growth-australia-podcast/id1522194099) Share PGAP with your friends, families, network, your bitter enemies and the neighbourhood cat. Basically, everyone. Post-Growth Australia Podcast is made possible from the kind support of SPA (https://population.org.au/) Special Guest: Alex Baumann.

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 Full podcast of Tasmania Talks with Mike O'Loughlin for Friday 8th October 2021. 

Jon Dee, Keynote Speaker at Sustainable Living Festival Launceston

Martuwarra, the Fitzroy River, is located in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia – renowned and cherished for being one of the last of the world’s isolated, vast and by global standards – relatively untouched by Western development. Of course, like all places that haven’t yet been concreted over by a dominant culture that demands to grow infinitely on a finite planet, Martuwarra, the Fitzroy River, is under threat to be next on the chopping block. But not without a fight! PGAP talks to Professor Anne Poelina, Chair of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council and a Nyikina Warrwa Traditional Owner, is a custodian of her family’s connection to Mardoowarra, at the lower end of the Fitzroy River. Through observation and practice of Indigenous ‘First Law’ - the first Australian law embodied the rules for living in coexistence with nature – Anne believes it is possible to transition from a culture of invasive development and exploitation to an entrepreneurial culture of care and custodianship. Thirteen years ago, our then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said ‘Sorry’ on behalf of the nation to Australia’s Indigenous people. Since then, you could be forgiven for thinking whether any of this apology has sunk in with the various mining, road construction and other ‘business as usual’ industries that continue to plunder sacred lands that were never ceded. In Western Australia, Rio-Tinto blasted the Juukan Gorge caves – 46 000 years of human cultural significance gone in an instant with the help of some explosives. As I was recording this episode, I learnt that Mining giant BHP have recklessly harmed a Banjima sacred site in the Pilbara region in the same state. And don’t think this is a peculiarly Western Australia phenomena - I’ve just today passed Ararat in Victoria, near the sacred Djap Warrung birthing trees are under relentless threat by the state government to be removed in order to widen a road. This absurdity is straight out of the plot-line of a Douglas Adams novel. In the eyes of the dominant neo-liberal culture, nothing is sacred from mining, fracking, road-widening, grazing, water theft – general exploitation. How could it be when Growth on a finite planet is the modus operandi and any other way of being or relating to the land is seen as anti-development, anti-progress, radical and dangerous? Hence – the ongoing and relentless displacement of First Nations people, culture and land, whether we are talking Brazil, West Papua, West China or, indeed, Western Australia. I personally feel that the conversations around Post-Growth, Degrowth and even national population and migration policy are lacking First Nations’ perspectives, both in public discourse and in the literature. However, if you scratch under the surface, I believe there are voices to be heard on these issues. A couple of years ago, I ran a seminar at the Sustainable Living Festival for Sustainable Population Australia (https://population.org.au) with Richie Allen, director of ‘Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation’, titled “Population: Indigenous and Environmental Perspectives”. Richie’s mother Violet ran for the Sustainable Australia Party in the ACT state elections, and it was through SAP connections that Prof. Anne Poelina and I met. It is also interesting that Lowitja O'Donoghue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowitja_O%27Donoghue) was once a trustee with SPA. And so, Prof. Poelina and I happen to be united in our position to population and migration policy. I am sure that there is no united ‘First Nation’ perspective on population policy and I could bet that opinions on this topic are as diverse as the 360 language groups that comprised the original custodians of this continent pre-colonization. Yet if we are to ‘de-grow’ and ‘decolonise’, then taking time to listen to Indigenous wisdom, including love, respect and connection to land and water, is absolutely crucial. During the interview, Anne shares with us some insight into Indigenous ‘First Law’ as a way out of the anthropocentric, growthist quagmire we find ourselves in; towards a future of sustainability, stewardship and reconnection with each other, the land, water and life. Following my interview with Anne, I play an excerpt of the musical tour-de-force which is "Yimardoowarra" from Nyikina Warrwa artist "Kalaji". Yimardoowarra means belonging to Martuwarra, the Fitzroy River - such a perfect soundtrack for this episode! You can listen to the entirety of the track on "Kalaji"s artist page here. (https://soundcloud.com/kalaji-mcs) Want to find out more about Prof. Anne Poelina and the Martuwarra-Fitzroy River council? Anne has kindly provided some fantastic links below: Martuwarra Fitzroy River Website: www.martuwarrafitzroy.org Dr Anne Poelina “Wake Up The Snake! Collective wisdom brings nature back to balance | TEDxPerth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZmflOQarnM RiverOfLife, M., McDuffie, M., & Poelina, A., (2020). Martuwarra Country: A historical perspective (1838-present). Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council; Nulungu Research Institute, The University of Notre Dame Australia. https://www.doi.org/10.32613/nrp/2020.5 RiverOfLife, M., Poelina, A., Alexandra, J., & Samnakay, N. (2020). A Conservation and Management Plan for the National Heritage listed Fitzroy River Catchment Estate (No. 1). Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council, Nulungu Research Institute, The University of Notre Dame Australia. https://www.doi.org/10.32613/nrp/2020.4 Poelina A and McDuffie M (2015) Three Sisters, Women of High Degree. Madjulla Inc., Broome. Available at https://vimeo.com/147866161 - Password: Kimberley. Poelina A and McDuffie M (2017) Mardoowarra's Right to Life, Madjulla Inc., Broome, WA, Australia available at https://vimeo.com/205996720 access password: Kimberley. Post-Growth Australia Podcast is made possible with the support from Sustainable Population Australia (https://population.org.au/) Special Guest: Dr Anne Poelina.

Mark Spencer (pictured at Melbourne's 2019 Sustainable Living Festival) convinced that collective action is essential if humanity is to address and learn to live with climate and so with that in mind he created and set up the "Climactic Collective" Mark is what might be called a "podcast groupie" and so having an audio background or life-long interest, it was only natural he would lean to towards creating a collective of podcasts, hence the "Climactic Collective". Nearly 20 podcasts can be found on the Climactic Collective and they are all, in one way or another, about telling stories; stories about how people are living with the reality of the climate crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BUILDING THE BUSINESS CO-ALITIONMay 18th. Produced by Vivien Langford  and Andy BrittGuests at the Climate Emergency Summit at Melbourne Town HallPaddy ManningIan DunlopPaul GildingHeidi LeeSimon Holmes a CourtThis lively panel discussion, recorded before the pandemic showed us how great shifts can happen suddenly, is even more relevant now. Right now the Climate community is zooming and publishing and trying to influence the stimulus spending towards a livable biosphere. The practical solutions from tonight's panel  shine a light on the path forward.  Ian Dunlop, with his depth of  experience in the fossil fuel industry, speaks of the " predatory delay and moral bankruptcy " of some business leaders,who had the best access to information and knew the risks of rising emissions. He says we must keep talking about the risks as CEOs have not accepted the urgency of emissions reduction. Paul Gilding says " If a country has a good plan, the business community will support it" Heidi Lee finds that " It's not enough to say No. We must find something to say YES to. She gives practical examples of BZE's work with four trade unions and the people of Collie W.A (Hear our broadcast of November 18th 2019). She is more sympathetic to the costs and difficulties faced by industry in transition and she received rousing applause. Her can do message was much appreciated by the well informed audience whose questions showed how the public is way ahead of the politics Simon Holmes a Court reported on the demand internationally for our Green Hydrogen. He asked "are there any transition plans apart from BZEs that see NO role for gas? " And this is highly relevant, as we ease up from the pandemic and the gas lobby is positioning us to depend on it far into the future even for making hydrogen. Paddy Manning was able to  guide the panel to deeply explore the realities we face. His new book "Body Count" show how aware he is of "the hopeless failure to convey the risks of accelerating emissions leads to confusion" Climate change now has its own body count in Australia which is highly exposed and must get better prepared. He said in a previous interview " After 30 years of debate it's not so much climate change that's killing us, It's ignorance and confusion" Thanks to the Sustainable Living Festival  

Climate Emergency. What can one do? Presented as part of the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne Playback Theatre Company in collaboration with Climate for Change are hosting an evening of conversation and performance - sharing stories, knowledge, and empowering action. Part workshop, part improvisational performance, The Power For Change will recap the climate science, offer a pathway for change and use the power of playback theatre to deepen the conversation. Audience reflections and stories about our individual and collective response to climate change will power the creation of theatre, and inspire ongoing action after the event.The night will provoke the mind, nourish the heart, and, ultimately, motivate meaningful action. Recorded by Fien Van Den Steen - check out her blog at https://finfinnews.com/ See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Climate Emergency. What can one do? Presented as part of the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne Playback Theatre Company in collaboration with Climate for Change are hosting an evening of conversation and performance - sharing stories, knowledge, and empowering action. Part workshop, part improvisational performance, The Power For Change will recap the climate science, offer a pathway for change and use the power of playback theatre to deepen the conversation. Audience reflections and stories about our individual and collective response to climate change will power the creation of theatre, and inspire ongoing action after the event.The night will provoke the mind, nourish the heart, and, ultimately, motivate meaningful action. Recorded by Fien Van Den Steen - check out her blog at https://finfinnews.com/ Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Climate Emergency. What can one do? Presented as part of the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne Playback Theatre Company in collaboration with Climate for Change are hosting an evening of conversation and performance - sharing stories, knowledge, and empowering action. Part workshop, part improvisational performance, The Power For Change will recap the climate science, offer a pathway for change and use the power of playback theatre to deepen the conversation. Audience reflections and stories about our individual and collective response to climate change will power the creation of theatre, and inspire ongoing action after the event.The night will provoke the mind, nourish the heart, and, ultimately, motivate meaningful action. Recorded by Fien Van Den Steen - check out her blog at https://finfinnews.com/ Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Climate Emergency. What can one do?Presented as part of the Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne Playback Theatre Company in collaboration with Climate for Change are hosting an evening of conversation and performance - sharing stories, knowledge, and empowering action.Part workshop, part improvisational performance, The Power For Change will recap the climate science, offer a pathway for change and use the power of playback theatre to deepen the conversation. Audience reflections and stories about our individual and collective response to climate change will power the creation of theatre, and inspire ongoing action after the event.The night will provoke the mind, nourish the heart, and, ultimately, motivate meaningful action.Recorded by Fien Van Den Steen - check out her blog at https://finfinnews.com/ See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join RMIT lecturers and researchers to discuss how we can shape the future of our cities Cities shape us and we shape our cities. We are living in uncertain times. Can cities hold significant answers to addressing some of the challenges facing us today? We all have heard about nature-based solutions, low-carbon futures, liveable, socially just, smart and climate resilient cities. What do they mean? Join RMIT lecturers and researchers to discuss how we can shape the future of our cities to find out how their teaching and research has real life impact - creating urban spaces that protects the environment adapts to climate change and are equitable. Panel members Dr Susie Maloney (Climate change adaptation policy) Dr Susie Moloney is an Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning in the School of Global Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University. She is also a member of the Centre for Urban Research (CUR), RMIT. Her research focuses on land-use planning, urban sustainability and climate change and the implications for policy and governance arrangements particularly at the local and regional scale. She has worked for both the public and private sectors in the urban planning and sustainability policy domains. Over recent years she has worked on a range of applied climate change research projects with local and state government and community sector organisations. She is one of the co-founders of The Climate Change Exchange which is a not-for-profit organisation that is committed to the goals of equity and ecological sustainability in working towards a climate resilience future. Hosted by CUR, RMIT during its pilot first year, the Climate Change Exchange aims to build the capabilities of organisations to make evidence-informed decisions and take actions that target the root drivers of risks and vulnerabilities. Candace Jordan Candace is a Climate change adaptation and sustainability officer at City of Melbourne. She has been working as a climate change adaptation practitioner for over eight years across state and local levels of government. Candace has been involved in the development and implementation of City of Melbourne's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Refresh 2017 with a particular focus on mitigating urban heat and monitoring and evaluating the cities adaptation strategy. She has a collaborative approach to adaptation planning and policy, building relationships across organisations and disciplines to achieve positive adaptation outcomes. During her time at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Candace led the delivery of the Inter-jurisdictional Adaptation Working Group and contributed to the development of Victoria's second statewide Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Candace is passionate about building Melbourne's and its community's resilience to the impacts of climate change to ensure Melbourne remains a great city to live in and enjoy. Dr Anthony Kent (sustainable transport policy) Anthony Kent is lecturer and researcher with the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT. He is currently researching the place of second-tier cities in broader settlement patterns with a focus on environmental and economic outcomes and potential. Dr Georgia Garrad Georgia Gerrard is a Research Fellow with the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group at RMIT. She is a quantitative ecologist and has worked on projects related to imperfect detectability and informative Bayesian priors in ecology. She is currently working on a project investigating better planning for biodiversity in the urban fringe; one of four native grassland projects funded by The Myer Foundation. This project aims to address incompatibilities between native grassland conservation and urban development in Melbourne, by improving prospects for grassland conservation within housing developments, and investigating alternative urban development scenarios that mitigate impacts on existing grasslands. Her research interests also include the use of science to inform environmental policy, adaptive management and structured decision making. Professor Usha Iyer-Raniger (Circular economy/ building apartment and housing design standards for a changing climate) Usha is a Professor at the School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT University. She is also the Co-Lead of the United Nations One Planet Network's (OPN) Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme (SBC), (10YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and Production aligned with SDG12. Usha brings wide industry experience to her teaching and research. She has been involved in key projects on sustainability and circularity in the built environment since her commencement at RMIT University at the Centre for Design. Her research projects include national and international projects. Associate Professor Andrew Butt Andrew is a lecturer with over 20 years practical experience in planning. Andrew's research includes investigations of the processes and practice of planning in non-metropolitan settings. He is particularly interested in the way in which land use planners operate as professionals in a context where drivers of change often sit outside of the limits of planning action. He is presently developing a collaborative project developing scenario modelling for future population and land use change, impacts and policy options in central Victoria, Australia. These include a focus on the politics of planning for intensive agricultural systems. He is also involved in research on planning for agricultural systems, particularly intensive agriculture.Facilitator/ Moderator Dr Mittul Vahanvati Mittul works at the intersection of environmentally sustainable buildings, disaster recovery and community resilience. She is currently the lead researcher working with rural communities in Victoria to co-produce their climate resilience action plan. She is also part of a team of researchers involved in a large-scale action-research project in the Solomon Islands, 'Climate Resilient Honiara', funded by the UNFCCC Adaptation Fund and administered by UN-Habitat. Mittul completed her PhD research in 2018, investigating the long-term impacts of post-disaster housing reconstruction projects in terms of building community resilience. She entered academia after 10 years of practice in architecture industry in Australia, Switzerland and India. She is co-founder of a Melbourne-based design + build studio Giant Grass (GG) and coordinator of RMIT's Urban Futures Early Career Researchers' Network. Support Climactic Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Sci-Fight hits Kalaide Theatre for this special National Sustainable Living Festival event! Academics, scientists and comedians put forth the case as to whether this is fine or whether it's time to unleash chaos. Come and make your breakdown evidence based! Humans have made it through some pretty tricky times. We survived that ice age 40,000 years ago. The black plague epidemic wasn't exactly a bundle of laughs. Then there was a world war, AND its sequel, which was even worse than the original. We even soldiered through the Boy Band fad of the 90s. Which girl were they all even singing about? But now we're in the midst of a Climate Emergency; one accurately predicted by oil company Exxon's scientists as far back as 1982. We're experiencing more and more extreme weather events across the globe; floods, fires and cyclones. We have all the scientific data we need to predict the worsening situation, we even have the technology to replace the primary causes of global warming, yet we're in the grip of a pandemic of global leadership by a bunch of white, complacent businessmen with fossil fuel fetishes. Is this the time to panic? Or is this the boot in the backside that homo sapiens needed to turn things around? Are we at our best when it comes to an emergency? Did things need to get this bad to tip the populace out of climate complacency and in to action? RMIT and Sci Fight Science Comedy Debate come together for this special Sustainable Living Festival event; bringing together academics, scientists and comedians to debate whether this is a time for hope, or a time to watch the most well-informed animal on the planet become endangered. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sci-Fight hits Kalaide Theatre for this special National Sustainable Living Festival event! Academics, scientists and comedians put forth the case as to whether this is fine or whether it's time to unleash chaos. Come and make your breakdown evidence based!Humans have made it through some pretty tricky times. We survived that ice age 40,000 years ago. The black plague epidemic wasn't exactly a bundle of laughs. Then there was a world war, AND its sequel, which was even worse than the original. We even soldiered through the Boy Band fad of the 90s. Which girl were they all even singing about?But now we're in the midst of a Climate Emergency; one accurately predicted by oil company Exxon's scientists as far back as 1982. We're experiencing more and more extreme weather events across the globe; floods, fires and cyclones. We have all the scientific data we need to predict the worsening situation, we even have the technology to replace the primary causes of global warming, yet we're in the grip of a pandemic of global leadership by a bunch of white, complacent businessmen with fossil fuel fetishes. Is this the time to panic?Or is this the boot in the backside that homo sapiens needed to turn things around? Are we at our best when it comes to an emergency? Did things need to get this bad to tip the populace out of climate complacency and in to action?RMIT and Sci Fight Science Comedy Debate come together for this special Sustainable Living Festival event; bringing together academics, scientists and comedians to debate whether this is a time for hope, or a time to watch the most well-informed animal on the planet become endangered.Support Climactic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sci-Fight hits Kalaide Theatre for this special National Sustainable Living Festival event! Academics, scientists and comedians put forth the case as to whether this is fine or whether it's time to unleash chaos. Come and make your breakdown evidence based!Humans have made it through some pretty tricky times. We survived that ice age 40,000 years ago. The black plague epidemic wasn't exactly a bundle of laughs. Then there was a world war, AND its sequel, which was even worse than the original. We even soldiered through the Boy Band fad of the 90s. Which girl were they all even singing about?But now we're in the midst of a Climate Emergency; one accurately predicted by oil company Exxon's scientists as far back as 1982. We're experiencing more and more extreme weather events across the globe; floods, fires and cyclones. We have all the scientific data we need to predict the worsening situation, we even have the technology to replace the primary causes of global warming, yet we're in the grip of a pandemic of global leadership by a bunch of white, complacent businessmen with fossil fuel fetishes. Is this the time to panic?Or is this the boot in the backside that homo sapiens needed to turn things around? Are we at our best when it comes to an emergency? Did things need to get this bad to tip the populace out of climate complacency and in to action?RMIT and Sci Fight Science Comedy Debate come together for this special Sustainable Living Festival event; bringing together academics, scientists and comedians to debate whether this is a time for hope, or a time to watch the most well-informed animal on the planet become endangered.Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sci-Fight hits Kalaide Theatre for this special National Sustainable Living Festival event! Academics, scientists and comedians put forth the case as to whether this is fine or whether it's time to unleash chaos. Come and make your breakdown evidence based! Humans have made it through some pretty tricky times. We survived that ice age 40,000 years ago. The black plague epidemic wasn't exactly a bundle of laughs. Then there was a world war, AND its sequel, which was even worse than the original. We even soldiered through the Boy Band fad of the 90s. Which girl were they all even singing about? But now we're in the midst of a Climate Emergency; one accurately predicted by oil company Exxon's scientists as far back as 1982. We're experiencing more and more extreme weather events across the globe; floods, fires and cyclones. We have all the scientific data we need to predict the worsening situation, we even have the technology to replace the primary causes of global warming, yet we're in the grip of a pandemic of global leadership by a bunch of white, complacent businessmen with fossil fuel fetishes. Is this the time to panic? Or is this the boot in the backside that homo sapiens needed to turn things around? Are we at our best when it comes to an emergency? Did things need to get this bad to tip the populace out of climate complacency and in to action? RMIT and Sci Fight Science Comedy Debate come together for this special Sustainable Living Festival event; bringing together academics, scientists and comedians to debate whether this is a time for hope, or a time to watch the most well-informed animal on the planet become endangered. Support Climactic Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Anitra Nelson (pictured) was the chair of the organizing committee for the Australian New Zealand Society of Ecological Economics (ANZEE) 2019 conference held at Melbourne's RMIT University.Because of Anitra's interest in "eco-cohousing" she was a part of Melbourne's annual Sustainable Living Festival and it was her knowledge and experience as an author and an associate professor at Melbourne's RMIT University, where she is attached to the Centre for Urban Research, that she took to the festival.Anitra is multi-talented and you can learn about those skills and read her impressive range of skills and achievements by visiting her website.

This is one cinema with a difference! Powered by bicycles, the Climate Emergency Cinema invites you to experience a series of outdoor films at MPavilion celebrating the urgent grassroots action around climate change. Co-curated by the Transitions Film Festival and the Little Projector Company, the curated program of short films and award-winning feature documentaries will be introduced by leading thinkers and activists leading the climate emergency campaign here in Melbourne. You'll even have the chance as an audience member to ride a bicycle and help power the screenings! Thanks to guests: Vanessa Petrie, BZE Luke Taylor, SLF Sofi Krige, Greenfleet Kylie Lewis, Ofkin Program— Please note the screening on Tuesday, 14 January has been rescheduled to Wednesday, 5 February. We hope to see you there! Tuesday, 21 Jan—Panel + Metamorphosis Tuesday, 28 Jan—Panel featuring 2040 impact producer Kim Ingles, Chrissy Downes of Student Strikes Melbourne, and Darebin Councillor Trent McCarthy + 2040 Wednesday, 5 Feb—Panel + Climate Emergency Short Films Support Climactic Links: Climate Emergency Cinema | MPavilion — This is one cinema with a difference! Powered by bicycles, the Climate Emergency Cinema invites you to experience a series of outdoor films at MPavilion celebrating the urgent grassroots action around climate change. Co-curated by the Transitions Film Festival and the Little Projector Company, the curated program of short films and award-winning feature documentaries will be introduced by leading thinkers and activists leading the climate emergency campaign here in Melbourne. You'll even have the chance as an audience member to ride a bicycle and help power the screenings! Program— Please note the screening on Tuesday, 14 January has been rescheduled to Wednesday, 5 February. We hope to see you there! Tuesday, 21 Jan—Panel + Metamorphosis Tuesday, 28 Jan—Panel featuring 2040 impact producer Kim Ingles, Chrissy Downes of Student Strikes Melbourne, and Darebin Councillor Trent McCarthy + 2040 Wednesday, 5 Feb—Panel + Climate Emergency Short Films Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Children are being invited to download a black and white drawing of L-E-S mascot Spark-E, color it, and bring it to the Sustainable Living Festival.

Children are being invited to download a black and white drawing of L-E-S mascot Spark-E, color it, and bring it to the Sustainable Living Festival.

Last week students were striking for climate action all around the world. To show us how the students are thinking Vivien Langford recorded this panel discussion at Melbourne's Sustainable Living Festival. The speakers are Jean Hinchcliffe, Harriet O'Shea-Carre, Jagveer Singh, Matt Wicking and Marco Bellemo. As one of them said " We cannot vote, but we are considering litigation".And "We have hope so be afraid".Episode links:Sustainable Living Festival slf.org.auAustralian parents for Climate Action AP4CA.orgAlso, coming up in Melbourne:Ceres Harvest Festival ceres.org.auExtinction Rebellion Australia ecoshout.org.au

Mik and Anthony are names and faces familar to many in the Australian sustainability community. Their show, The Sustainable Hour, has been running for over half a decade, with over 250 hours of great climate change discussion and interviews and growing. They joined Mark on the side of the Sustainable Living Festival to talk to two younger, fresher faces, Anthony and Fatima, who joined with other leaders of the nationwide School Strike for Climate movement for the next stage of the campaign for a safe future, Climate Leaders. Enjoy this spirited discussion, where the enthusiasm of youth meets the wisdom of two long-time veterans. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mik and Anthony are names and faces familar to many in the Australian sustainability community. Their show, The Sustainable Hour, has been running for over half a decade, with over 250 hours of great climate change discussion and interviews and growing. They joined Mark on the side of the Sustainable Living Festival to talk to two younger, fresher faces, Anthony and Fatima, who joined with other leaders of the nationwide School Strike for Climate movement for the next stage of the campaign for a safe future, Climate Leaders. Enjoy this spirited discussion, where the enthusiasm of youth meets the wisdom of two long-time veterans. Support Climactic Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Second bonus episode from the National Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne. The veteran hosts of The Sustainable Hour joined in a great conversation with two of the Melbourne organisers of Climate Leaders. Enjoy!

Climactic had a huge year at the Sustainable Living Festival, and we had so many amazing interviews we're bringing you some specials this week! In this first bonus, Carol Ride, founder of Psychology for a Safe Climate, talks to Mark about the impact the Black Saturday fires had on Victoria, how the pace of environmental disaster is quickening, and how it's more important than ever to take care of our mental health. Support Climactic Links: ‎My Coping Plan on the App Store Psychology for a Safe Climate — Psychology for a Safe Climate See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this bonus episode from the National Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne, we hear from Carol Ride, founder of Psychology for a Safe Climate, on the tenth anniversary of Victoria's Black Saturday fires.

Climactic had a huge year at the Sustainable Living Festival, and we had so many amazing interviews we're bringing you some specials this week! In this first bonus, Carol Ride, founder of Psychology for a Safe Climate, talks to Mark about the impact the Black Saturday fires had on Victoria, how the pace of environmental disaster is quickening, and how it's more important than ever to take care of our mental health. Support Climactic Links: ‎My Coping Plan on the App Store Psychology for a Safe Climate — Psychology for a Safe Climate Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Mik and Anthony are names and faces familar to many in the Australian sustainability community. Their show, The Sustainable Hour, has been running for over half a decade, with over 250 hours of great climate change discussion and interviews and growing. They joined Mark on the side of the Sustainable Living Festival to talk to two younger, fresher faces, Anthony and Fatima, who joined with other leaders of the nationwide School Strike for Climate movement for the next stage of the campaign for a safe future, Climate Leaders. Enjoy this spirited discussion, where the enthusiasm of youth meets the wisdom of two long-time veterans. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Climactic had a huge year at the Sustainable Living Festival, and we had so many amazing interviews we're bringing you some specials this week!In this first bonus, Carol Ride, founder of Psychology for a Safe Climate, talks to Mark about the impact the Black Saturday fires had on Victoria, how the pace of environmental disaster is quickening, and how it's more important than ever to take care of our mental health. Support ClimacticLinks: ‎My Coping Plan on the App Store Psychology for a Safe Climate — Psychology for a Safe Climate See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sustainable Living FestivalWe start 2019 with the idea that "There is such a thing as too late. "Nature is booming a message of biblical intensity Flood, Fire, Pestlience.Greta Thunberg told the world financial leaders at Davos : " You are destroying biodiversity so rich people can live in luxury".So we searched for help in the Sustainable Living Festival. The big weekend is 8th -10th February along the Yarra at Birrorong Marr.Come down  to the BZE stall to find out how you can volunteer.In the studio we had six people skilled in changing the conversation and mobilising action.Belina Raffy , Tejopala Rawls and Maxwell Smith from "Sustainable Standup" at Butterfly Clubhttp://www.slf.org.au/event/sustainable-stand-up-comedy-shows-2/ Tom Robb from "There is NO planet B "( See SLF programme for venues)http://www.slf.org.au/event/no-planet-b-3/Miriam Robinson from "Grey Power Climate Protectors"https://www.facebook.com/GreyPowerEarth/ Anna Langford from "Friends of the Earth ". Her high school training is "Get S**T done" Thanks to the Radio Team: Roger Vize, Kurt Johnson and Vivien Langford 

"Change isn’t going to be easy, but there’s no time to procrastinate or hope someone else is going to fix it…it’s time to do something. YOU are the person you’ve been waiting for." — Tim Silverwood. Meet Tim Silverwood CEO of Take 3 for the Sea. Tim is an Australian environmentalist, surfer and plastic pollution campaigner. In Australia, you might have seen him on War on Waste, or if you have kids (or if you are one) you might have seen him at your school. He’s given hundreds of talks to schools, communities and businesses on the ocean plastics issue. This episode is all about what we can do to turn it around. Be warned: it's highly motivating! Our interview was recorded live at the Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne.  Thank you to the Australian documentary Blue for supporting this Episode. Follow Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspress Love the podcast? We have a Patreon page - every little helps! We are always grateful for ratings and reviews on iTunes. You can find us on Spotify now too.

Monday 25th June 2018Dr Bob Brown at the Sustainable Living Festival aroused the audIence to save the TARKINE.  He speaks to a young doctor perched as a protector in a tree to bring that remote forest to the city audience.  We hear from Jane Goodall about young people restoring the web of life or falling into despair and dramatic moments from the Sea Shepherd as it is nearly squashed by two whaling boats.  The audience gave him a standing ovation because he celebrates the altruistic side of us that takes a stand.In an interview with Vivien Langford later down by the Yarra,  Bob Brown urges us to believe in democracy.  Lobby hard to be heard and stop voting for people who will betray us with destructive policies.  He talks about DRAWDOWN actions outlined by his friend Paul Hawkins such as restoring forest management to indigenous people like the Orrang Asli in Malaysia.Vivien shows him some meatless meat and he discusses why he is not a vegan but that the people leading us to a mainly plant based diet are climate heroes.He praises those standing up against new coal mines and fighting the anti protest laws right through to the courts as true patriots.  His message is don’t get depressed ,get active.Campaigns that needs your help to save the Tarkine Forest are through the Bob Brown Foundation.The Goongerah Environment Centre is preventing logging in East Gippsland.Let us know what you are doing in a 100 words and we will read it out on the radio.  Further Reading:  

Suse and Anisa from Doing It Ourselves talk with fellow radical Guy about their experience of the Sustainable Living Festival and how we talk about sustainability versus system change. 

Welcome to Pip Permaculture Podcast #9, a cracker which features Pip Editor Robyn Rosenfeldt in conversation with permaculture Co-originator David Holmgren. In the podcast, David discusses his forthcoming book “Retrosuburbia” which features in the next issue of Pip, and will be launched at the Sustainable Living Festival and Urban Agriculture Forum later this month.

Andrew, Molly and Jim chat to theatremaker Nicole McKenzie about one-person show, Being a Good Person is Bloody Hard Work, now being performed at Hares & Hyenas in Fitzroy as part of the Sustainable Living Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's podcast the Breakfasters talk to activist and hip hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez ahead of his talk at the Sustainable Living Festival entitled "Why I sued the U.S. Government" and Geraldine explains her trip to Scenic World. Hayley Inch comes in straight from Sundance Film Festival to talk film and Geraldine tells the others about the childhood goods her parents returned to her over the summer including school books followed by a chat about dream houses.

In our first show of 2017, we interview Lucy Skelton, year 9 student from Melbourne Girls College and also recent graduate of Sealife Trusts' Ocean Youth program. Passionate about the deep blue and climate change, Lucy shares her experience of the progrtam with 3CR listeners. Also in the studio, Andrew Vance, Sustainability Coordinator at Melbourne Girls College, here to promote Pedal Power, part of the Sustainable Living Festival and to promote the Two Bays program where he is a marine educator. 

Fancy living with other like-minded folk in a self-sufficient paradise? Well, now you can! We hear from co-founding members behind Vegoa, a new vegan ecovillage initiative taking shape in Portugal. We also have a presentation from Melbourne's recent Sustainable Living Festival by Sea Shepherd volunteer Claire, about Operation Icefish. www.vegoa.orghttps://www.seashepherd.org.au/news-and-commentary/news/operation-icefish-sea-shepherd-launches-new-southern-ocean-campaign.html

Viv turned out for a debate at the Sustainable Living Festival earlier this year and in this episode we bring you that recording.  The debate is called Is this the end of economic growth?Growth is stagnating, inequality is rising, resource constraints are pressing, and environmental impacts are worsening. If economic growth is killling us how do we craft an economy we can live with? MC-ed by Anthony James (The Understandascope) with guests: Miriam Lyons (Getup!) Ian Dunlop (member of The Club of Rome, Chairman of Safe Climate Australia) Jan Owens (author of "The Future Chasers")

We share the excellent talks given by Paul Mahony (climate change activist/blogger & Melbourne Pig Save co-founder) & Mark Doneddu (President of Vegetarian Victoria) at Melbourne's 2016 Sustainable Living Festival. They speak about the massive toll that animal agriculture has on climate change, human health and poverty.  These talks reference the Australian and international contexts.  Both speakers are a wealth of information.Paul Mahony's blog - www.terrastendo.net 

Karl presents at the Sustainable Living Festival on the diverse powers of so-called resource shortages. Why was Malthus the perfect remedy for the French Revolution?Show Notes

In this episode we take a look at farmers keeping carbon in the soil, Future Super keeps carbon out and Penang Citizens lower their carbon footprint.Guests:Deane Belfield - Australian Regenerative Farmers AssociationSimon Sheikh - Future SuperThing Siew Shuen - Penang Green CouncilJeremy Leggett - "Winning the carbon war"

At this years Sustainable Living Festival, The Squeaky Wheel, CrowdSpot and Treadlie presented the forum: Riding in Melbourne: Perceived fear or real risk? This forum was also a launch for the new BikeSpot project, a collaboration, enabled by a TAC Community Road Safety Grant, between The Squeaky Wheel and CrowdSpot, to understand the bicycle riding community's perceived level of safety compared to historical crashes at locations across Melbourne.Panel included: Anthony Aisenberg, Director at Crowdspot, Pip Caroll, Founder and Director at The Squeaky Wheel, Jane Waldock, Manager Sustainability and Strategic Transport, City of Yarra, Alexander Sheko, Consultant, GTA Consultants and questions from the audience. Check yarrabug.org/radio for the entire forum audio as seperate podcast. 

Lordy gee we are back talking food for 2016 and we started with Melbourne's ongoing Ramen Renaissance and where's good (or not) to get it. We also listed a whole pile of cool events that are either on now or coming up, including the 17th annual Sustainable Living Festival this coming weekend.After checking in with John at the Queen Vic Market, we were joined by Melbourne culinary icon Guy Grossi. After sharing some excitement about his new kitchen oven, we spoke about the Melbourne dining scene in general as well as the upcoming Melbourne Tomato Festival.We also spoke to winemaker Duncan Buchanan to see how the grapes are travelling right before this year's vintage.

As the climate crisis continues to unfold so too does the polarisation of core strategy within the environment movement. At one end of the spectrum, some environmentalists are fueled by a strong belief that speeding up an implosion of the global financial system is the only thing that can prevent catastrophic climate change – they emphasise a need to focus all efforts on building our resilience to survive in low resource-dependent and localised economies. Counter to this position are others who remain firmly dedicated to building a mass global movement to achieve a full-scale emergency, wartime-like transition of our economy – they anticipate the restoration of safe climate conditions by rapidly eliminating greenhouse gas pollution and actively cooling the planet through conversion of the current system. It seems that urgent times create radical responses – we have run out of time for half measures – what will it take to rescue the climate?For the full debate, including video click here.

The Sustainable Living Festival

Terri Allen is Radio Marinara's new Dive Reporter, and on Sunday brings her inaugural dive report, including her pick of where to dive this Sunday. Tim Silverwood gives us the lowdown on a marine-themed evening as part of the 2015 Sustainable Living Festival. We speak with Juliana Bahr-Thomson who is about to paddle 150km from Newcastle to Bondi Beach to raise money for the Surfrider Foundation. Dr Surf discusses the role of surfers in beach rescues, with a recently published study from the University of NSW showing that surfers may rescue as many people from the surf as surf life savers. And Angeline brings us a bucket of news from the deep.