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Earth Matters
Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.
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The need for Climate Adaptation/ Industrial burning of Victorian Forests
Vicky Ellmore is an organiser from the Act on Climate initiative within Friends of the Earth Melbourne. Vicky joined us to chat about the need for climate…
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Tackling Plastic Waste: Producer Responsibility + Plastic-Free July
Tackling Plastic Waste: Producer Responisibility + Plastic-Free July ‘…85% of Australians are hugely concerned about plastic pollution…We need our leaders to…
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Wreck Bay PFAS
In this episode of Earth Matters, host Keiran Stewart-Assheton discusses the ongoing impacts that PFAS contamination has had on the Wreck Bay Aboriginal…
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Yuin Orcas
In his introductory show, host Keiran Stewart-Assheton talks about his people's historic connecion to Beowa (Orcas) of the South Coast, and the impacts of the…
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Food Sovereignty Pt. 1: Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
The food system accounts for about 25% of total greenhouse gas emissions, yet it is commonly left out of discussions about the climate emergency. Over half of…
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Challenging aqua nullius through education, decolonising water management
Western hubris about water leads to really bad water policy - kate harriden Australia’s First Peoples looked after the country’s waterscapes for millennia…
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International Seed Day with Canberra Seed Savers
Join the throng of Seed Savers with their small table stalls of free seeds and activities at the Canberra City Farm. Why save seeds?How to save seeds.Make a…
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Calls for national Moratorium on Seismic Blasting
Calls for national Moratorium on Seismic BlastingCommunities gathered in Warrnambool to call for an end to gas exploration in the Otway Basin and a national…
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Restoring Democracy in the Disinformation Age
Restoring Democracy in the Disinformation Age Access to reliable, accurate information is essential for democracy. From misleading health advice to conspiracy…
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Climate politics and democracy
Trump politics, anti-woke rhetoric and Australian climate policy. Wilderness Society takes on Federal Minister for Environment ahead of election. As Trump…
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What the Frack? Part 2
In the Northern Territory, communities are in the fight of their lives. The fracking industry is determined to expand operations, which have so far been…
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Earth Matters: Partnership on climate between First Nations and settler women: Potential and opportunities
In what has been called a ‘transformational decade’ towards 2035 emissions reduction targets, this conversation explores how two underrepresented groups in…
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What the Frack? Part 1
Today’s show is the first of two exploring fracking, one of the more controversial elements of the government’s ‘gas-led’ future roadmap. We hear from climate…
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Climate Fear in an Election Year
Climate Fear in an Election Year As we prepare to hit the polls again this year, the major parties are scrambling to demonstrate their environmental…
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Localisation movement, Currie Country indigenous food initiatives, women's environmental empowerment
Have you been to a farmers’ market recently? If so, you’ll know the great feeling that buying locally grown food and connecting with your community brings…
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A festival of women leading climate action /Arid Lands Environment Centre NT: defunded by Country Liberal Party state government.
The founder of The Women’s Climate Congress (WCC) Janet Salisbury invites women of Australia, in all diversity, to come together in Castlemaine at the end of…
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Be inspired by some nice people! Gecko Environment Council, Arid Lands Environment Center
Today we see inside one of Australia's longest-running environment organizations, the Gecko Environment Council on the Gold CoastTackling Council and State…
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Native Title and Nuclear Colonialism
Native Title and Nuclear Colonialism "The sacred sites we're protecting have been handed down to use from generation to generation... We're fighting to protect…
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Women tackling climate advocacy in Antarctica
As fires rage and temperatures exceed the 1.5-degree threshold, learning about environmental changes in Antarctica helps us understand what's happening.This…
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Indigenous rangers help rare rock wallabies. /Gurridyula: Water is our sovereign
Indigenous rangers in the Kimberley have put metal turkey feeders filled with kangaroo pellets to help one of Australia’s rarest animals survive, after a…
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"When People of Colour shape what the movement looks like, it's for the benefit of all marginalised identities and everyone in general.” Anjali Beames [with transcript]
Time to meet Anjali Beames an 18 year old climate activist, co -coordinator of the Rising Tide caucus for People of Color, interviewed by Nicky Page from Radio…
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Paddling into the Wind. Peoples Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port, 2024 - Part 3
Join the community at the Rising Tide Peoples Blockade of the ships that export coal and the climate crisis. Put on this life jacket, and you can paddle out…
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Thinking Like a Mountain
John Seed and his colleagues are helping people all over this country and overseas find their ecological self.Plus: John gives practical suggestions on how to…
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Kuyang Lapakira: Lake Bolac Eel Festival
The Lake Bolac Eel Festival is held at Lake Bolac in southwest Victoria in autumn to celebrate the Eel harvest. It continues a tradition that goes back tens of…
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Earth Matters: Rising Tide Disrupts Coal Ships. Meet the People of the Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port 2024 -Part 2
Buddy up with Bec and experience this multifaceted Protestival. We will be chatting to the people involved, hearing fab and funny speakers and kicking off…
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Peoples Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port - 2024, Part 1: Deep Welcome to Country
Join the the circle of thousands and be challenged by a deep and unique Welcome to Country at the Peoples Blockade of the worlds largest coal port. Uncle…
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Secrets, radioactivity and gas in your community?
Would you prefer gas, secrets or radioactivity with your cancer? The proposed Middle Arm Gas Hub in Darwin threatens residents with cancerous fumes and us all…
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Women Negotiating the Climate Part 2
We all have to respond to climate extremes yet many groups are still cant find seats at climate negotiation tables. This Earth Matters gets into the nitty…
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Forest destruction from mining & Centring Pacific climate priorities
Sonia Randhawa (Wednesday Breakfast) interviews geospatial analyst with the World Resources Institute Radost Stanimirova about the loss of forest cover related…
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A community is putting their bodies on the line to save Greater Gliders before they are gone for ever.
A small community are putting their bodies on the line to save Greater Gliders before they are gone forever their homes felled by Forestry Corp. Even the local…
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Earth Matters: Women Negotiating the Climate
Warmly, three skilled and powerful women share what they actually do in their jobs as international climate negotiators and advocates. Dr Sally Box, explains…
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Tell the Truth! Climate, lies and social media
Today on Earth Matters, in the lead up to an upcoming Federal Election, we are looking at how so called fake news is slowing down the environmental action in…
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Cook Islanders Resist Deep Sea Mining
Today's show features an interview from the 26th of September this year with members of Cook Islands grassroots collective Ocean Ancestors Louisa Castledine…
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Earth Matters: Housing First Nation families after fire in South East NSW. / Music from Nature
Yuin elder, Tom Slockee describes his experience organising the rehousing of aboriginal families who fled their burning houses in Mogo NSW in 2019. Music: Why…
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Connecting Communities day of Healing
The Connecting Communities gathering on Walbunja and Brindja-Yuin Country, Moruya on Saturday 23rd March, bought hundreds of people together for a day of…
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Earth Matters: Caring for Future Generations and all Life on Earth. Part Two; a Womens Climate Conversation
This Womens Climate Conversation identifies some tools and ways forward to caring for future generations and all life. Guests: Susan Moylan-Coombs is the…
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Earth Matters: Caring for Future Generations and all Life on Earth. Part One; a Womens Climate Conversation
“Caring for future generations and all Life” is the topic of this ground breaker Womens Climate Conversation. “How do we look to the future when we haven’t…
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Is it time to ban 1080?
1080 is primarily used in the struggle to protect native species from other invasive animals - but it is even used to control native dingoes, and other species…
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Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation tells Beetaloo fracking companies to “ Pack up and go home”.
Samuel Janama Sandy is chair of the Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation representing eleven native title areas across the Beetaloo area that is slated for…
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WA's nuclear submarine waste dump
Approvals for a new nuclear waste facility on Meandup/Garden Island in WA were recently granted to service US and UK submarines.We speak with Mia Pepper from…
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Justice for Bougainville?
Today, we're looking at a significant legal battle brewing in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea that voted for independence in 2019…
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Blockade Australia update
We catch up with Ella and Nate from Blockade Australia for the latest about their ongoing spree of actions.We also take a look at why Blockade Australia are…
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Pilbara Climate Network - activism in the belly of the beast
What is it like to be an activist in the belly of the beast?We talk to Chris, Fiona, and Rachel from the Pilbara Climate Network about their experience working…
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Wangan Jagalingou occupation of Waddananggu./ South East Forest Rescue wins right to sue./ Blockade at Pentarch timber mill
We hear the story of Coedie, the Wangan and Jagalingou man who for over a thousand and thirty days has been reoccupying his country in defiance of Adanis coal…
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Why nuclear energy won't work in Australia
This week, Peter Dutton received a radioactive reception after announcing a bold plan to implement nuclear energy, should the Liberals win the next federal…
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Earth Matters: Knitting Nannas needle Chris Bowen/ Dispossessed Cabbage Tree Island residents want to go home.
Fifty Knitting Nannas against Coal, Gas and Greed made power tea in Canberra and needled against the government's Future Gas Plan. What’s the point of going to…
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Decolonising environmental action
Much of the environmental catastrophe happening around the world is being driven by ongoing colonialism.Recently Friends of the Earth held a panel discussion…
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Global heating 'off the charts' & heatwaves in SE Asia
Over the last twelve months, scientists have been documenting a string of record breaking temperatures.The global average between May 2023 and April 2024…
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Land rights and the fight for enviromental justice in Palestine
Land rights and fight for environmental justice for PalestineProfessor Mazin Qumsiyeh is a scientist, author, activist and academic at Bethlehem University and…
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Surging interest in the work that reconnects: Deep Ecology workshops with John Seed happening now. [Transcript included]
Reconnecting with nature; the living world, through Deep Ecology workshops is taking off in Australia. John Seed and his colleagues are helping people all over…
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The fight to save Wallum
Right now in Brunswick Heads in northern NSW, hundreds of activists are fighting to save an important ecosystem.Property developers have been given the…
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Fracking in the Wild West
We take a look at how the campaign to stop fracking and unconventional gas mining in WA is going.The long running campaign has had many successes along the…
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Bid for World Heritage Listing for the Nullarbor and the Great Australian Bight
Bid for World Heritage listing for the Nullarbor and the Great Australian Bight Mirning Elders supported by the Wilderness Society of South Australia are…
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Peter Dutton Threatens Independent Community Legal Representation
Peter Dutton has threatened to reduce access to the Environmental Defenders Organisation; the independent legal representation for community groups attempting…
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Environmental histories and futures in lutruwita
On Saturday March 23, Tasmanians headed to the polls in an early election – but one issue seemed to be absent in the public debate: the environment.With the…
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Whalers Way: a space oddity
Whalers Way is a peculiar choice for a new orbital rocket launch complex. The remote conservation area is one of the last remnants of uncleared land on South…
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Building an anti-colonial environment movement
On today’s program, you'll hear a selection of conversations from and about this year's Anti-colonial Student Environment Network (ASEN) Training Camp…
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"Women Speaking out about COP 28": A "Womens Climate Congress Conversation"
Humanity is at a cross-roads for reducing carbon emissions to secure the climate. At COP28 women played a significant role in bringing greater ambition to the…
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Queer Ecologies
In celebration of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this weekend, Jacob delves into the relationship between queer identities and the natural world.'Queer…
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Stopping Seismic: The Great Ocean Rescue Tour
Stopping Seismic: The Great Ocean Rescue Tour The Great Ocean Rescue Tour to stop seismic blasting in the Otway Basin rolled out across the southwest coast of…