Episodes
Find more of The Good You Can Do here.  The Wairarapa Eco Farm was born out of a desire to produce quality food with ecological integrity. The farm is situated on the Tauherenikau Plains in South Wairarapa. Over the last 20+ years, it has grown from bare paddocks into a secluded oasis. The owners, Frank and Josje, and their family have created their very own micro-climate which has given them the opportunity to grow a wide variety of crops for their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)...
Published 03/19/22
Find more of The Good You Can Do here.  The Wairarapa Eco Farm was born out of a desire to produce quality food with ecological integrity. The farm is situated on the Tauherenikau Plains in South Wairarapa. Over the last 20+ years, it has grown from bare paddocks into a secluded oasis. The owners, Frank and Josje, and their family have created their very own micro-climate which has given them the opportunity to grow a wide variety of crops for their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)...
Published 03/19/22
Find more of Climate Conversations here. Manik Suri (pictured) through his company "Therma" is working to ensure the temperature of the world is just right - not too hot and not too cold. Those Goldilocks-like conditions - not too hot, not too cold, but just right - are aimed at ridding the world of its massive food waste numbers, numbers that are, according to Manik, "crazy". Manik appeared with his counterparts at a New York Times event at last year's Glasgow COP 26 to talk about getting...
Published 03/13/22
Find more of Climate Conversations here. Manik Suri (pictured) through his company "Therma" is working to ensure the temperature of the world is just right - not too hot and not too cold. Those Goldilocks-like conditions - not too hot, not too cold, but just right - are aimed at ridding the world of its massive food waste numbers, numbers that are, according to Manik, "crazy". Manik appeared with his counterparts at a New York Times event at last year's Glasgow COP 26 to talk about getting...
Published 03/13/22
In light of the flooding on Australia's east coast, and the invasion of Ukraine, a re-release of a highly relevant episode. The International Organization for Migration estimates that between 25 million and 1 billion people will move as a result of climate change within the next 30 years. Toby Kent, the City of Melbourne's first Chief Resilience Officer, joins Mark Spencer to talk to the Deputy Executive Director of the Mayors Migration Council to talk migration, urbanisation, climate change,...
Published 03/06/22
In light of the flooding on Australia's east coast, and the invasion of Ukraine, a re-release of a highly relevant episode. The International Organization for Migration estimates that between 25 million and 1 billion people will move as a result of climate change within the next 30 years. Toby Kent, the City of Melbourne's first Chief Resilience Officer, joins Mark Spencer to talk to the Deputy Executive Director of the Mayors Migration Council to talk migration, urbanisation, climate...
Published 03/06/22
Find more episodes from The Independents here.  Journalist and foreign correspondent Zoe Daniel talks about how her work has taught her to listen, to suspend judgement, and how to synthesise the best information available, to position Australia as a valuable player in climate-positive futures. She is standing for the seat of Goldstein. https://www.zoedaniel.com.au/ See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Published 02/27/22
Find more episodes from The Independents here.  Journalist and foreign correspondent Zoe Daniel talks about how her work has taught her to listen, to suspend judgement, and how to synthesise the best information available, to position Australia as a valuable player in climate-positive futures. She is standing for the seat of Goldstein. https://www.zoedaniel.com.au/ Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/
Published 02/27/22
Get the full miniseries here. Do it! As the prospect of runaway climate change becomes tangible, serious consideration is given to technoscience to lessen the likelihood of triggering this tipping point. What's to gain and what's at risk when technoscience is proposed to manipulate the global climate on such a scale?  From micro and synthetic biology to earth systems and climate engineering, in this episode we consider some of the emerging science that perhaps – just perhaps – might help with...
Published 02/18/22
Get the full miniseries here. Do it! As the prospect of runaway climate change becomes tangible, serious consideration is given to technoscience to lessen the likelihood of triggering this tipping point. What's to gain and what's at risk when technoscience is proposed to manipulate the global climate on such a scale?  From micro and synthetic biology to earth systems and climate engineering, in this episode we consider some of the emerging science that perhaps – just perhaps – might help...
Published 02/18/22
Find the whole show here.  In this episode, learn how play can be used to provoke productive conversations about climate. We chat with Harry Lee Shang Lun, the game designer of Convergence. Written in collaboration with Noongar researcher Cass Lynch, and commissioned by Arts House for Refuge 2021, Convergence is a hybrid web and tabletop experience that invites players to question what decisions they will make to create and break a world living through climate change.  In this interview, we...
Published 02/13/22
Find the whole show here.  In this episode, learn how play can be used to provoke productive conversations about climate. We chat with Harry Lee Shang Lun, the game designer of Convergence. Written in collaboration with Noongar researcher Cass Lynch, and commissioned by Arts House for Refuge 2021, Convergence is a hybrid web and tabletop experience that invites players to question what decisions they will make to create and break a world living through climate change.  In this interview,...
Published 02/13/22
Subscribe to Nori's Reversing Climate Change podcast here: https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change Prior to COP26, there was a big problem in international carbon accounting. Both the country where a carbon credit was generated and the country where it was sold could count those very same credits toward their Paris climate commitments. COP26 seeks to remedy this issue with the practice of double entry bookkeeping. But is it too late? What are the unintended consequences of...
Published 02/06/22
Subscribe to Nori's Reversing Climate Change podcast here: https://nori.com/podcasts/reversing-climate-change Prior to COP26, there was a big problem in international carbon accounting. Both the country where a carbon credit was generated and the country where it was sold could count those very same credits toward their Paris climate commitments. COP26 seeks to remedy this issue with the practice of double entry bookkeeping. But is it too late? What are the unintended consequences of...
Published 02/06/22
Listen to the show on the radio, find out how from https://www.3cr.org.au/climateaction. Subscribe to the podcast on the Climactic Collective from https://www.climactic.fm/show/the-climate-action-show. Produced & presented by Carly Dober Guests: Emma Bacon - Executive Director of Sweltering Cities Emma Bacon is the Executive Director of Sweltering Cities. Emma is an activist and campaigner passionate about sustainable and joyous cities for a world changed by a heating climate. Find out...
Published 01/29/22
Listen to the show on the radio, find out how from https://www.3cr.org.au/climateaction. Subscribe to the podcast on the Climactic Collective from https://www.climactic.fm/show/the-climate-action-show. Produced & presented by Carly Dober Guests: Emma Bacon - Executive Director of Sweltering Cities Emma Bacon is the Executive Director of Sweltering Cities. Emma is an activist and campaigner passionate about sustainable and joyous cities for a world changed by a heating climate. Find...
Published 01/29/22
The Scottish Community Climate Action Network invited Climactic publisher Mark Spencer to talk starting a climate-engaged podcast network. Follow their YouTube channel here.  Hear Mark Spencer, Climactic Collective, on Setting up a Podcast Network - by and for the climate community. Mark Spencer of the Antipodean Podcasting Network Climactic Collective will share the journey from his own Climactic podcast to joining forces with others to create a mutually supportive community of climate...
Published 01/23/22
Felicity Jefferson speaks to Mark about the psychological concepts and tools that can be useful to the climate community, and the course she is running through What Can I Do Australia.  As promised, here's some photos of the beautiful Hamilton Gardens. Mark and Eav talk about the concept of deep ecology, the small steps we took/are taking at the start of our climate engagement. We hope this is helpful, and if so, we think you'd love the course.  Support the show:...
Published 01/16/22
Subscribe to the PCAN Podcast fromhttps://www.climactic.fm/show/pcan-podcast In episode six, two special guest hosts report back from COP26 in Glasgow. Jamie Brogan, from Edinburgh Climate Change Institute and Simon Moore, from the University of Leeds, talk to a variety of delegates about the relationship between global negotiations and local level climate action. Gill Rodriguez from the International SeaKeepers Society explains how global pledges help encourage individuals to take action...
Published 01/14/22
Subscribe to The Red Line here: https://www.theredlinepodcast.com/post/episode-55-the-privatisation-of-warfare Warfare is becoming increasingly privatised, and the rules of the battlefield are shifting. With more and more PMCs involved in warfare around the world, many fronts have become companies fighting companies, and the international justice system has no framework to deal with it. This week we take a look at just how out of control the situation has become by analysing the operations...
Published 01/06/22
Part 2 of a 2-part episode. Or, watch the whole panel on YouTube here.  A Quiet Chat About Climate Change Climate change is seemingly never talked about in the tones used by friends when talking about their weekend plans, their kids grades at school, their mum’s health. Instead climate is either shouted about, during rallies and marches, and for very good reason. Or in hushed, anxious tones, with lots of knowing looks exchanged.  And yet like any social movement, making choices due to...
Published 12/31/21
Part 1 of a 2-part episode. Or, watch the whole panel on YouTube here.  A Quiet Chat About Climate Change Climate change is seemingly never talked about in the tones used by friends when talking about their weekend plans, their kids grades at school, their mum’s health. Instead climate is either shouted about, during rallies and marches, and for very good reason. Or in hushed, anxious tones, with lots of knowing looks exchanged.  And yet like any social movement, making choices due to...
Published 12/24/21
Get all episode of Nourishing Matters to Chew On from https://www.climactic.fm/show/nourishing-matters-to-chew-on/. Nourishing Matters to Chew On is a podcast that takes its cue from big picture, healthy and sustainable food system agendas and digs in to explore what these change agendas mean for us here, in Australia. It looks at how we produce and enjoy food in a Climate Change future, as well as how we value the people, places and animals that nourish us.  Join host Anthea Fawcett -...
Published 12/18/21
Find and subscribe to the series from https://www.climactic.fm/show/at-risk-in-the-climate-crisis/. In this episode, we dive into how the climate crisis is playing out locally and across the globe, and what that teaches us about our connection to the earth and each other. Our guests take us from the Birrarung River in southern Australia to the Mongolian Steppe, and to visit the shearwaters feasting on plastic on Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean. With so many lives at risk, including our...
Published 12/10/21
Mark speaks to GG, who along with Anna, are fur parents of Lyka. Anna and GG started feeding GG home-prepared meals, and it turned around Lyka's health. They started a pet food - no, a pet wellness - company also called Lyka. And the rest is history! Lyka: Australia’s only carbon negative dog food. There is no time to waste for climate action. The change happens with us and we are committed to helping the planet, one bowl at a time. That’s right. No hidden agenda, no greenwashing – just...
Published 12/03/21