All Episodes
Nov. 3, 2020
Alex Spathis explains why he wrote "The Light Electric Vechicle and The Climate"
Alex Spathis, a retired electrical engineer, sees the light electric vehicle as just one of the many things we must adopt if was we are to negotiate the climate crisis.
Nov. 1, 2020
Environment Victoria helps with telling stories about the climate
Environment Victoria's Health Rivers campaigner, Tyler Rotche, is leading a bunch of enthusiasts through a five-week profgram of workshops known as "Rivers Storytelling: why stories matter".
Oct. 29, 2020
Another warning about 'baked-in' changes to our climate
Joëlle Gergis came into my orbit in 2009 when I first heard Professor David Karoly speak at the University of Melbourne's Festival of Ideas.
Oct. 24, 2020
Sally Gillespie helps us understand why we feel what we feel about the climate crisis
Sally Gillespie (pictured) has a background as a Jungian psychotherapist and through her book, " Climate Consciousness " helps people better understand the reasons they feel the way they do about the climate crisis.
Oct. 21, 2020
Anitra Nelson takes us on a journey through degrowth
Anitra Nelson (pictured) is an advocate of degrowth, in fact passionate about it and that becomes obvious when you read the latest book she has co-authored with Vincent Liegey, " Exploring Degrowth: a critiical guide ".
Oct. 20, 2020
Paying top dollar to take us ever closer to the climate abyss
Michael McCormack (pictured) has tried to spin his way out of his government paying an exorbitant amount for a tiny piece of land to be used for a piece of infrastructure that is in every sense contary to what Australia needs to do if we are to play our part in avoiding the worsening of the climate crisis.
Oct. 18, 2020
Smashing idols and addressing the climate crisis
Germaine Greer, writing in The Female Eunuch half a century ago, argued the idolatrous behaviour of men robbed women of their chance to make an equal contribution to the world and those same, or similar, idols exist today contributing to the worsening of the climate crisis.
Oct. 13, 2020
Scott Morrison conflates waste with the climate crisis
Scott Morrison (pictured), like so many others, conflates waste with a real and measurable effort to tackle the climate crisis.
Oct. 10, 2020
Clover Hogan - unknown (to me) but showing the way to tackle the climate crisis
Clover Hogan (pictured) was someone I had never heard of until I saw her speaking during a webinar organized by The New York Times on which a panel discussed 'Climate-ready food systems".
Oct. 8, 2020
The good life is about leisure used in an intelligent manner - Georgescu-Roegen
The late Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (pictured) saw the good life as being one in which leisure was used in an intelligent manner.
Oct. 7, 2020
Seema Abdullah is committed to challenging the climate crisis
Seema Abdullah (pictured) used her casting vote as the mayor to see the City of Greater Shepparton join the throng of other municipalities in declaring a climate emergency.
Oct. 3, 2020
Misunderstanding the climate crisis, confusing it with the environment
The climate crisis and the environment are inextricably linked but at the same time distinctly different things - the first is about our behaviour the second, the environment, is simply about those things around us that support all life on earth, including you and me.
Oct. 2, 2020
Kim O'Keeffe is passionate about many things and wants to be returned to the City of Greater Shepparton Council
Kim O'Keeffe (pictured) sees Shepparton as being on the cusp of something great and is eager to again have a seat of the City of Greater Shepparton council table to play an active role in ensuring the greatness.
Oct. 1, 2020
James Watson, a Professor of Conservation Science is the ideal man to talk about the climate crisis
James Watson (pictured), a Professor of Conservation Science and the Director of the Centre Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the University of Queensland , has watched as the natural world he so loves being destroyed.
Oct. 1, 2020
Royden James - a 'country boy' with vast Local Government experience
Royden James (pictured) spent 35-years working in Local Government and upon retiring, set up home at Murchison with the view that such concerns were behind him.
Sept. 30, 2020
Ben Ladson wants to take his passion to the City of Greater Shepparton council table
Ben Ladson (pictured) is convinced his passion would add a new, and needed, dimension to the administration to the City of Greater Shepparton .
Sept. 29, 2020
Shane Sali has 'skin in the game' and wants to use his skills to make Shepparton a better place
Shane Sali (pictured) is in every way a Shepparton man, with skills and knowledge that make him a good choice as a new member of the Greater City of Shepparton council.
Sept. 29, 2020
Fern Summer voted against the idea of a climate emergency, but understanding the benefits has changed her view
Fern Summer (pictured) unexpectedly joined the City of Greater Shepparton council in 2012, but has matured and now thoroughly enjoys the role and hopes the ratepayers will elect her on October 24 for a third term.