Shows / Earth Matters
Earth Matters
Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.
Episodes
- Earth Matters
Pooing in nature
This week we look at the best ways that humans can interact with nature, errr when nature calls.We talk to Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick about the Poo Project…
- Earth Matters
Drug policy reform: The missing link to climate justice
Drug policy reform: The missing link to climate justice The International Coalition on Drug Policy Reform and Environmental Justice has published its first…
- Earth Matters
How to prepare for a 'once in a lifetime' natural disaster... again
The 2020s have been a story of fire, floods, and natural disasters. Communities are still recovering from 'once in a lifetime' natural disasters, and preparing…
- Earth Matters
From the Coal Port Blockade: First Nations Panel: How can we best show solidarity with first nations people?
This amazing First Nations panel responds to the questions: “How can the environment and climate movement best show solidarity with first nations people?”“What…
- Earth Matters
From the Coal Port Blockade: Speeches on the Beach and the power of washing up!
Deep thinking Grant Howard, who works in the coal industry, shares his realisation that politicians:“deliberately lied; not to protect mine workers but lied…
- Earth Matters
Seismic testing in Gunditjmara Ocean
This episode was inspired by a recent a Nyamat Yarkeen Karween - Southern Ocean Dreaming Gunditjmara Ceremony that host Phil Evans attended recently in…
- Earth Matters
Tragedy of the Water Commons
Transcript and Reference ListWhen most Australians can access all the water they could ever want with the simple twist of a tap it’s easy to think that water…
- Earth Matters
What we need in Australia's new nature laws
What we need in Australia's new nature laws The Federal government is overhauling the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act or EPBC Act…
- Earth Matters
Festivals and the Environment: talking trash, transport and toilets
Summer is here again and for many people - it is festival season! But when you hit the dancefloor, what will be the environmental impact? And what are…
- Earth Matters
The People's Blockade of the World's Largest Coalport
Thousands of climate activists took to the water on the weekend of November 25-26, blockading the coal port in Muloombinba Newcastle.Jacob spoke to blockade…
- Earth Matters
War and the Environment: Palestine
“If we don’t end war, war will end us.”H.G. WellsAs true as it was back in 1936, it is still true today. And whilst the human cost of war is undeniable, not…
- Earth Matters
World Disability Day: Dee Mould and Bec Horridge chat about Health Sovereignty and give praises to the Newcastle coal port blockade.
Dee and Bec respond to the Earths urgent screaming; the luscious, living system all around us and really try to help. Global boiling activists Dee Mould and…
- Earth Matters
Emissions impossible and "Biodiversity on a knife edge"- Alpine insect decline
Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation Members and Directors outside a flaring exploration well on Tanumbrini Cattle Station.Photo courtesy of Thomas Houlie kindly…
- Earth Matters
Fighting for Banaba Part 2
Professor Katerina Teaiwa and Itinterunga Rae Banteiti join Priya to discuss the colonial history of phosphate mining on Banaba and the fight by Banabans for…
- Earth Matters
Fighting for Banaba Part 1
Professor Katerina Teaiwa and Itinterunga Rae Banteiti join Priya to discuss the colonial history of phosphate mining on Banaba and the fight by Banabans for…
- Earth Matters
Fire threatens endangered purple-crowned fairy-wren
Fire threat to purple-crowned fairy-wren Wildfire threatens the survival of the endangered purple-crowned fairy-wren, a tiny bird that lives in riparian zones…
- Earth Matters
Jail can not rehabilitate forest defender Dr Collette Harmsen. Just tear up the wood supply agreements.
Dr. Colette Harmsen, in lutruwita (Tasmania) was released on Friday 13/10/23 from her three months sentence in prison, for having stood up for the protection…
- Earth Matters
Women bringing new agendas to COP28: Part Two
At a time when the world has moved from global warming to 'global boiling' according to the UN Secretary General, all eyes are on COP 28 (UAE, Dec 2023) for…
- Earth Matters
Ecuador votes to 'keep oil in the soil'
Waorani leader Alicia Cahuiya standing next to a tree near her community marked to be cut down by Petroecuador, the company now banned from drilling in Yasuní…
- Earth Matters
Women bringing new agendas to COP28: Part One.
At a time when the world has moved from global warming to 'global boiling' according to the UN Secretary General, all eyes are on COP 28 (UAE, Dec 2023) for…
- Earth Matters
Outcomes of the call to End Native Forest Logging in Australia at the ALP National Conference.
Sean O Shannessy talks with Felicity Wade from the Labor Environment Action Network about outcomes for our native forests at the recent ALP National Conference…
- Earth Matters
Rising Tide: civil resistance for climate justice
With the effects of climate change being felt around the globe, a small grassroots civil resistance movement is reforming, and they are called Rising Tide.We…
- Earth Matters
Uncle Bunja Smith: " A vote for Yes is a vote for hope and opportunity". 43 climate groups support writing Yes. With Djaarmby Band. Transcript too.
Uncle Bunja Smith says he wants "to see a permanent voice to parliament so we may be able to close the gap”. Uncle Bunja is asking people to find out about The…
- Earth Matters
Unpacking the "Save the Bees" campaign
"Save the bees" has become an environmental catch cry – but with honeybees colonies on the rise, what bee species are in need of saving and how should we go…
- Earth Matters
Saving Westernport Bay: A community takes on AGL
Saving Westernport Bay: A community takes on AGL On October 17th 2017 AGL announced it would install a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) in…
- Earth Matters
Nuclear waste and what to do with it
A 2021 national inventory found Australia’s low and intermediate waste has a combined volume greater than seven Olympic swimming pools. This episode looks at…
- Earth Matters
Environmental dimensions of the 'war on drugs'
Environmental Dimensions of the 'war on drugs' We investigate the environmental dimensions of the war on drugs and the international drug prohibition regime…
- Earth Matters
AUKUS: a feminist perspective
Australia is preparing for war, but is there an alternative?Margaret Reynolds from the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom joins the show to…
- Earth Matters
"The Path to a Sustainable Civilization", by Mark Diesendorf and Rod Taylor.
Hear Rod Taylor co-author of a new book The Path to a Sustainable Civilization with Mark Diesendorf.with Ecopella environment choir singing “Let's Pretend” and…
- Earth Matters
The fight for container deposit schemes
As Victoria and Tasmania become the last two states in Australia to implement a cash for container deposit scheme Earth Matters reflects on the community…
- Earth Matters
Communities say NO but seismic blasting in the Otway Basin one step closer as TGS/SLB Environment Plan released for public comment
Community says NO but seismic blasting in the Otway Basin one step closer as TGS/SLB Environment Plan released for public comment On Thursday, July 13th…
- Earth Matters
Small Island Developing States and the climate crisis
Small Island Developing States and the climate crisis In our final episode of the 'Loss, Damage, and Denial' miniseries, Jacob speaks with Tristan Ward, a…
- Earth Matters
Valuing the world's disappearing kelp forests
Valuing the world's disappearing kelp forestsKelp forests are disappearing around the world and in Australia due to warming oceans, pollution and other human…
- Earth Matters
Knitting Nannas confront Forestry in Australia and Japan's "green" strategy. They also offer youth Nanna wisdom..
The Knitting Nannas were outside Forestry NSW demanding an end to the destruction of our forests that provide ecosystem services and species. They also offer…
- Earth Matters
The fight against plastic waste
According to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australians used 3.4 million tonnes of plastics in 2018-2019.This week Earth…
- Earth Matters
Forest Victories to Ocean Fails
Last month Victoria announce the end of native forest logging in the state would be brought forward to Jan 1 2024. And just this week, a whale is entangled in…
- Earth Matters
Asia's melting glaciers and the climate activists fighting to save them
Home to exquisite landscapes, rich culture, and the world’s tallest peaks, the mountainous communities that inhabit the Himalayas face an existential threat…
- Earth Matters
HR23: Preventing drug-related harm; protecting human rights
HR23: Preventing drug-related harm; protecting human rightsStrength in Solidarity was the theme of the Harm Reduction International Conference held in…
- Earth Matters
Fighting not drowning: the Pacific's battle against the climate crisis
On this episode of Loss, Damage, and Denial, Jacob speaks with Tongan law student Soane Tupola about how climate change will affect his island home, and his…
- Earth Matters
Sweltering Cities and the risks of Heatwaves
Earth Matters speaks with Sweltering Cities, a campaign in Sydney and Melbourne seeking to empower communities experiencing extreme heat by lifting up stories…
- Earth Matters
Indonesia: forest peoples recognition and rights
Forest campaigners Avi Mahaningtyas and Patrick Anderson talk about the importance of recognising forest peoples rights in Indonesia, the 30 by 30 Biodiversity…
- Earth Matters
Jabiluka 25 years on & and Menindee Fish Kills
Last month millions of fish washed up dead in Menindee as blackwater starve the river of oxygen. Barb Quayle of the Barkindji Elders Council in Menindee speaks…
- Earth Matters
As the climate warms, lives and livelihoods are at stake in Sub Saharan Africa
Despite contributing the least to global emissions, Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most climate vulnerable regions in the world. With economic dependence on…
- Earth Matters
The Resistance Rocket Frog and Ecuador's anti-mining campaign
The Resistance Rocket Frog and Ecuador's anti-Mining Campaign Liz Downes chats with Judith about the reasons behind the recent proliferation of mining…
- Earth Matters
Reflections from roundtables in the transition to Net Zero
Last year the Federal government announced a First Nations Clean Energy Strategy aimed at ensuring First Nations people have a say in energy policies and…
- Earth Matters
Presenting evidence of First nations climate impacts on country. The case of the Waratah Coal mine, climate & human rights. Part 2
From the Women's Climate Congress: Presenting evidence of First Nations climate impacts on country. The case of the Waratah Coal mine, climate & human rights…
- Earth Matters
Womens Climate Congress presents: The case of the Waratah Coal mine, climate & human rights. Part 1
In a recent historic ruling The Land Court rejected Clive Palmers proposed coal mine on the Bimble Box Nature Reserve. This ground breaking case was a test for…
- Earth Matters
Youth climate activists from East Africa on Loss and Damage
CoP27 held last November in Sharm el-Sheikh reached a landmark agreement to establish a loss and damage fund.Rich countries have agreed to bear some of the…
- Earth Matters
PEP11 and the impact of underwater noise
PEP11 and the impact of underwater noiseThe gas-drilling proposal known as “Petroleum Exploration Permit 11” or PEP 11, is back on the agenda despite…
- Earth Matters
Carbon Cost of Logging
Did you know that Emissions from native forest logging in south-eastern Australia are greater than Australia’s domestic aviation industry? This episode we…
- Earth Matters
Threats to Australia’s amazing wild bees
Threats to Australia's wild bees Around sixteen hundred and fifty species of bees indigenous to Australia have been identified through western science and it’s…
- Earth Matters
How the climate crisis is worsening inequality
The climate emergency will continue to bring fire, floods, and extreme weather events all across the world— but not everyone is going to be affected in the…
- Earth Matters
Save Big Spotty and Australian forests .
Takesa explains her connection to the forest she lives in on Yuin Country, NSW, the impacts of taking trees and why Australian forests need protection now more…
- Earth Matters
Australia's Carbon Credits Conundrum
Carbon offsets have underpinned Australia's climate policies for the last decade. But the credibility of the carbon credits market has been tarnished with…
- Earth Matters
Plastic Straw Bans and other false solutions
The sustainability movement likes to tout self-promoted actions of recycling and zero waste, but are these movements possible for everyone? This week we…
- Earth Matters
From the Martuwarra to the Baaka - Communities in Flood
From the Martuwarra Fitzroy River in North West WA to the Darling Baaka River in Far West NSW.Remote communities are seeking control over disaster information…
- Earth Matters
Rivers' Rights as Ancestral Beings
This week Earth Matters explores how uniting Indigenous world views with emerging legal concepts offers a strengthened calls for rights for nature. It’s a…
- Earth Matters
Bushfire survivor stories help depoliticise global heating negotiations.
Jo Dodds, co-founder of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action observed at COP27 that stories from victims of extreme climate impacts help depoliticise…
- Earth Matters
Biodiversity on the line at COP 15
Biodiversity on the line at COP 15The COP 15 UN biodiversity meeting held in Montreal Canada in December 2022, was seen as a "last chance" to save the nature…
- Earth Matters
Calling in from Japan
Japan is not doing great when it comes to climate action. Absent from COP27, awarded "the infamous 'fossil' award and leading a revitalized push by for Nuclear…