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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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Custodians of Country (Part 2)
Heal Country, Heal Climate series NAIDOC 2021Custodians of Country (part 2) is from a 3 part episode, which covers the role and relationship of First Nations…
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Custodians of Country (Part 1)
Heal Country, Heal Climate series NAIDOC 2021Custodians of Country (part 1) is from a 3 part episode, which covers the role and relationship of First Nations…
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Groundswell: Wrath of the Forest Protectors
The fight to protect native forests intensifiesIn 2019 the Vic Gov supposedly committed to winding down the native forest logging industry with a 2030…
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Fight for the Trees: National Tree Day
'We actually can't live without trees. They keep everything going' (Peter Vadiveloo)Guest presenter Nicky Page chats with volunteer facilitator Anna Markey…
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Floodplain Harvesting: Legal or not?
Floodplain harvesting in the Murray-Darling Basin is under the spotlight once again.A new inquiry in the NSW Upper House will seek to determine if the practice…
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Bushfire, heatwave & storm havens: Creating safety for all
When we are parched by heatwaves, fires rage and smoke clogs the air we all want to be safe. The South Coast Health and Sustainability Alliance in Moruya has…
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Yanaay Santos: Give Gomeroi Land and Water Back
'Enough is enough', says Gomeroi Woman Polly Cutmore from Moree Community. 'It's Time!'Gomeroi Woman Polly Cutmore from Moree Community speaks about her…
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Young Climate Feminists: Radical Futures Roundtable Pt 2.
Young intersectional feminists re-imagining climate justiceThis week on Earth Matters Part 2 of a two part series envisioning radical futures with young…
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Young Climate Feminists: Radical Futures Roundtable Pt 1.
Young intersectional feminists re-imagining climate justiceThis week on Earth Matters Part 1 of a two part series envisioning radical futures with young…
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2021 Radiothon Live Show: PLUS Via Campesina bonus
Please give what you can during our annual Radiothon fundraiser—You can donate now online and pledge your donation to Earth Matters —or call the station on 03…
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How much can a koala bear?
Between land clearing, climate changed induced bushfires and native forest logging our cute and cuddly koala have had a rough trot. Michael Jones from 2NVR…
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Reconnecting and Protecting: Ecopsychology
EARTH MATTERS RADIOTHON 2021: Please give what you can during our annual Radiothon fundraiser—You can donate now online and pledge your donation to Earth…
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School Strike 4 Climate: Back on the Frontline
The School Strike 4 Climate Australia movement is back on the streets!Tens of thousands of students are back on the front line with mass climate strikes for…
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In Murky Waters & Baaka - the Forgotten River
Something's fishy in water management. This weeks episode brings you two special productions - Baaka the Forgotten River and In Murky Waters. Feast your ears…
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Tomorrow Movement: & Sunbury against Toxic Soil
Tomorrow Movement & the Sunbury against Toxic Soil CampaignGuest presenter Eiddwen Jeffery chats with Desiree Cai all about the new Tomorrow Movement—a broad…
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Telling stories of cyclones
People of the Pacific Islands are already feeling the ravages of climate change - be that loss of food production as sea levels rise, the erosion of…
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Lake Menindee Filling at Last
Since 2016 Lake Menindee has laid desolate, dry as a bone. But this week flows returned and with them hope for people and the environment. This week on Earth…
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This is called getting in harms way in order to stop a much greater harm. Treason March of Last Generation and Blockade Australia:
Climate urgency spawns more pledges to disrupt using non-violent civil disobedience. Sergei, Greg and The Treason March supporters are walking from Sydney to…
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The Online Safety Bill is a threat to activism
What if the government stopped you from sharing videos of police violence? Or spied on your private communications? And did it in the name of keeping you safe?…
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Aric McBay: Full Spectrum Resistance (part 2)
Interview with Aric McBay about Full Spectrum Resistance (part 2)Part two of a two part interview with farmer, anarchist, organiser and author Aric McBay, on…
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Aric McBay: Full Spectrum Resistance (part 1)
Interview with Aric McBay about Full Spectrum Resistance (part 1)Part one of a two part interview with farmer, anarchist, organiser and author Aric McBay, on…
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Vaccine Apartheid: People before Profit
Vaccine Apartheid: People before Profit90% of people in the global south won't be vaccinated for up to several years due to corporate profiteering. Millions…
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To save Koalas we must [get off our asses and] come together please.
Koalas are in crisis. To save Koalas we must come together. Long time campaigner Sue Arnold says: "We need a national protest over what's happening to our…
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Save Westernport from AGL
Save Westernport From AGL Westernport Bay is an internationally significant wetland, home to a great diversity of marine life and endangered birds. But AGL…
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The People's Clean Air Action Plans
Every year, approximately almost 5,000 people die in Australia as a result of exposure to toxic air pollution. Environmental Justice Australia has released two…
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The Last Forests: It's blockade time again folks!
The Last Forests: It's blockade time again folks!Chris Schuringa from Goongerah Environment Centre speaks with Nicky Stott about how concerned community…
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Lake Torrens: Is it the next Juukan Gorge?
Is Lake Torrens the next Juukan Gorge? Lake Torrens in South Australia is a sacred site and place of deep cultural significance to Kokatha, Adnyamathanha…
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The Climate Action Now Sign project (CAN Sign).
A well organised, new project bringing beautifully designed, inexpensive Climate Action Now Signs to the people promises to help wake Australia up to the need…
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Invasion Day Naarm 2021: Dawn service & rally highlights
Invasion Day Naarm 2021: Dawn service & rally highlightsHighlights from the Invasion Day dawn service and rally in Naarm (melbourne) this week including…
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Under the cover of COVID
There’s so many things we had to stop and put on hold when COVID hit. But one thing that didn’t stop was the relentless resource extraction of mining and…
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False Promises & Real Solutions: Part 2
False Promises & Real Solutions: Part 2Part two of a two part series with long time anti-geoengineering watch orgs—ETC Group & Friends of the Earth crew…
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Fungi fights forest fire and builds the Global Carbon Soil Sponge [Encore]
We must start cooling the planet.Walter Jehne and Cindy Eiritz explain how to restore the Earth s hydrological cooling system AND restore the “soil carbon…
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Sydney's newest suburbs are too hot to live in
Sydney's newest suburbs are too hot to live inTemperatures in western Sydney, home to 2.3 million of Sydney’s poorest residents, are already peaking at…
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Massive opposition to 850 fracking holes in the Pilliga
When Polly Cutmore heard that Minister Susan Ley had approved the 850 gas fracking wells in the Pilliga she immediately took a detour to Canberra to rally…
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Can legislation strangle a river system?
The practice of diverting floodwaters into private storages is being legislated in the NSW northern Murray-Darling. What will this mean for environment and…
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Drinking water for coal
The ground is cracking and subsiding, water is vanishing, wetlands are being drained, and habitats are destroyed. Why? Because successive New South Wales…
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False Promises & Real Solutions: Part 1
False Promises & Real Solutions: Part 1We've all heard the extremely disturbing hype about geoengineering as a so-called solution for climate change—but how…
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And the REST is history
A young ecologist, Mark McVeigh, took his super fund REST to court over its failure to consider the risk of climate change to his investments. Today on Earth…
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Follow the Money: federal budget recap
Follow the Money: federal budget recapIn the federal budget announced last month, A$52.9 million was allocated to expanding Australia’s gas industry, and an…
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How good is hemp. Grow it and Regenerate Earth.
What detoxes CO2 out of the air, regenerates the soil, needs little pesticide or water and helps prevent deforestation?Hemp is a strain of Cannabis Sativa that…
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Indigenous Environment Network: Soil not Oil
Indigenous Environment Network: Soil not OilThe Indigenous Environmental Network presents at the Soil not Oil conference 2020 on Indigenous traditional…
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Against Eco-Fascism [encore]
Against Eco-fascism: an environmentalism without nature [encore] We often think of environmental politics as inherently progressive and humane. But from more…
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Plans to Pump the Fitzroy
The Martuwarra or Fitzroy River in the Kimberely, WA, is one of the last pristine rivers on Earth, but farming magnates are seeking to open up this unique…
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Lessons from the fires - Climate change and threatened species
12 months on from the start of last year's horror bushfire season, four experts discuss what we can learn from last summer's fires to better protect not just…
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Guardians of the Forest: Indigenous youth global call out
Guardians of the Forest: Indigenous youth global call outThis week on Earth Matters four young indigenous rights activists from around the world discuss…
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Calling for a referendum on the environment and a renewables led recovery. & NSW, VIC, TAS forest campain updates
The school strikers for climate action are back! Rosie and Jimmy will tell you clearly what they want. Into the lawns of Parliament House Canberran, they plant…
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Not-so-golden rice: Agro-imperialism in a time of COVID-19 (Part 3—Final)
Not-so-golden rice: Agro-imperialism in a time of COVID-19 (Part 3—Final)The Gates Foundation funded project ‘Golden Rice’ is an unnecessary and unwanted GMO…
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Workers for Climate Action
At the beginning of the pandemic the Morrison Federal government announced the creation of the COVID commission. Stacked with mining and fossil fuel interests…
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Inquiry Into Fast Tracked Dams
NSW Upper House inquiry underway into impacts of dams in Murray Darling fast tracked by NSW Gov.The Murray-Darling supports RAMSAR wetlands and critical…
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Not-so-golden rice: Agro-imperialism in a time of COVID-19 (Part 2)
Not-so-golden rice: Agro-imperialism in a time of COVID-19 (Part 2) The Gates Foundation funded project ‘Golden Rice’ is an unnecessary and unwanted GMO…
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200 Years in Antarctica: Australia's bicentenary development plans
200 Years in Antarctica: Australia's bicentenary development plans On the 200th anniversary of the first European sighting of Antarctica, Australia is planning…
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"The extinction crisis in Australia's cities and towns "
A new report titled "The extinction crisis in Australia's cities and towns " has just been released by the Australian Conservation Foundation.It shows that…
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Not-so-golden rice: Agro-imperialism in a time of COVID-19 (Part 1)
Not-so-golden rice: Agro-imperialism in a time of COVID-19 (Part 1)The Gates Foundation funded project ‘Golden Rice’ is an unnecessary and unwanted GMO…
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A history of the world in seven cheap things [encore]
On today’s show, Raj Patel helps us un-pack the history of capitalism, and how it has radically altered the ecology of this planet. Patel is the co-author…
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"Leave Our Lakes Alone" - Darling-Baaka Community Says No
"Leave Our Lakes Alone" - Darling-Baaka Community Says NoThe Menindee Lakes in far west NSW are the site for large water savings project under the Murray…
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‘Once in a decade chance’: Australia’s environment law review and why it matters
‘Once in a decade chance’: Australia’s environment law review and why it mattersLidia Thorpe, Gunai/Brabwauloong/Briakaloong/DjapWurrung/Gunditjmara Greens…
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Non-violence verses direct action: We need both!
Non-violence verses direct action: We need both!Leslie James Pickering, Burning Books co-owner & former ELF spokesperson, and radical treatise 'Eco-Warriors'…
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Tall trees trashed for pulp and planks. We wont buy it!
Jenny Weber works alongside Bob Brown. She takes us to the heart of the campaign to save Tasmania's Tarkine wilderness where 20 people recently occupied tree…
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The NT Fight Against Fracking
NT Fight Against FrackingThe Federal government's National Covid-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) has proposed a boost to the country's economy through an…
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Cloud Frightening: Techno-spin & false solutions
Cloud Frightening: Techno-spin & false solutionsLouise Sales (FoE Emerging Tech Project) & Silvia Ribeiro (ETC Group) discuss environmental, safety and green…