Holly Hammond is a stalwart of the social activism community, but when she's not on the baricades or on a march, she's practising radical self-care, and helping others to do the same. Burnout is endemic in the activist community, but maybe it doesn't have to be. Holly's efforts, and organising, have helped scores of members of the community overcome burnout, overwhelm, and emotional fatigue. With host Bronwyn, a self-care advocate in her own right, this conversation dives deep into how we need t...
Mar 27, 2019•46 min•Ep. 65
The Climate Reality Project Australia and Al Gore are headed to Brisbane to train people like you, yes you, in the Climactic community, to #LeadOnClimate. Host Mark is thrilled, and humbled, to be attending the Climate Reality - Brisbane Training in June of this year, and he wants you to be there as well! Applications close on April 18th. Tell a friend, a family member. The public acceptance of the facts of climate change has never been higher, which means we need to ramp up the action, and thes...
Mar 24, 2019•49 min•Ep. 64
Doctor Richard di Natale is many things, beyond being a general practitioner and public health specialist. He's an Australian Senator in the Federal Government, and leader of the Australian Greens Party, a powerful third party. The Greens are a fascinating party with an amazing story, and this episode could easily have dived solely into politics, as Richard of course has a ringside perspective. But, instead of doing that, this is a conversation with a powerful politician about being a person, wh...
Mar 20, 2019•40 min•Ep. 63
The School Strike for Climate is one of the most energizing, and effective, things happening in the climate movement. From Greta Thunberg striking from school, one student standing up and doing what seemed obvious, what seemed called for, has spiralled and grown into a worldwide movement, that has hit home, taken root, and sprouted in an unbelievable way here in Australia. Here at Climactic we are so inspired by the SS4C movement, and the amazing young people involved. We do not seek to speak fo...
Mar 12, 2019•41 min•Ep. 62
Jackie Matthews is many things, a businesswoman, mother, co-host of community stalwart The Sustainable Hour, and much else. Maxine sits down with Jackie for a chat about her story, the recycling crisis, the school strikes, and the climate emergency. You'll find a lot to learn in this episode, and we hope you enjoy it. If you do, please consider leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts , and sharing the show with a friend. Climactic Community Corner — Send us your own message, up to one m...
Mar 06, 2019•46 min•Ep. 61
Climactic host Maxine not only attended the Paddle Out in protest of Equinor's plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight, paddled out herself, but was an intrepid on-the-ground reporter. Listen in to learn what is happening in the Bight, just what the locals have to say about it, and learn how to get involved! Special Guest: Damien Cole. Support Climactic Links: Great Australian Bight Alliance — Submit your public comment to Equinor by March 20! VIC - Surfrider Foundation Australia Damien Col...
Mar 04, 2019•14 min•Ep. 60
Gretchen Miller is a creator of beautiful audio. A twenty year veteran of the ABC, she's produced radio features for the ABC, RN, and BBC. She's also passionate about the environment, well aware of climate change, and to our immensely good fortune, an early supporter, and key advisor, of Climactic. As a member of the Climactic Collective, Georgia did her very first interview with Gretchen, and you wouldn't believe this is it. Georgia is a natural and turns this into a fascinating conversation ab...
Feb 27, 2019•45 min•Ep. 59
The Climactic Collective is the next phase for Climactic, and it starts now. Member of the Climactic Collective Bronwyn Gresham brings us this interview with Carolyn Ingvarson, founder of the influential group Lighter Footprints. Based in the eastern Kooyong area of Melbourne, the group started initially in response to the film, An Inconvenient Truth, as a way to gather like-minded locals to make improvements in their home and personal sustainability. But the group has grown into something much ...
Feb 20, 2019•43 min•Ep. 58
It was around this time a year ago that the idea for Climactic was born. So it's very appropriate to take this opportunity to announce some new changes, and improvements. Climactic is no longer just a podcast. Climactic is now a podcasting collective. With four podcasters spread around the country making the show, with the help of an editor, a producer, and a marketing intern, we're now more capable, and dynamic, than ever. Groups are beginning to use Climactic as a platform for telling their ow...
Feb 13, 2019•23 min•Ep. 57
Mik and Anthony are names and faces familar to many in the Australian sustainability community. Their show, The Sustainable Hour, has been running for over half a decade, with over 250 hours of great climate change discussion and interviews and growing. They joined Mark on the side of the Sustainable Living Festival to talk to two younger, fresher faces, Anthony and Fatima, who joined with other leaders of the nationwide School Strike for Climate movement for the next stage of the campaign for a...
Feb 11, 2019•35 min•Ep. 56
Climactic had a huge year at the Sustainable Living Festival, and we had so many amazing interviews we're bringing you some specials this week! In this first bonus, Carol Ride, founder of Psychology for a Safe Climate, talks to Mark about the impact the Black Saturday fires had on Victoria, how the pace of environmental disaster is quickening, and how it's more important than ever to take care of our mental health. Support Climactic Links: My Coping Plan on the App Store Psychology for a Safe C...
Feb 10, 2019•9 min•Ep. 55
First up, Climactic is going for an Australian Podcast Award, and if we're to have a hope of winning, we need your vote! We have a guide on how to vote for us, and a link to vote, right here . This is the LAST week to vote! Voting ends midnight February 15th! Maiysha is incredible, as a public speaker, a rally organizer, a storyteller. If you're a young person, she's also very relatable, as she's just started her final year of high school. If you're older, that just makes her all the more remark...
Feb 06, 2019•32 min•Ep. 54
First up, Climactic is going for an Australian Podcast Award, and if we're to have a hope of winning, we need your vote! We have a guide on how to vote for us, and a link to vote, right here . Now, this episode is a dream come true for the team. One of the reasons behind Climactic is to give environmental groups a platform in the podcasting space to get comfortable telling their story. Stop Adani Gold Coast took that opportunity, seized it really, and made an amazing story. This episode really s...
Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 53
Jo Dodds is becoming a widely-known figure in the climate change community. From being an active member of the community, to running for council as an independent, Jo had the best interests of her community at heart. But her work on climate change, her activism, her willingness to speak truth to power at this time of active climate denial in Australian politics, that came later. We learn what activated Jo, what drives her, and how she maintains her relentless pace. She's gone onto deliver keynot...
Jan 23, 2019•52 min•Ep. 52
Past guest Beth Hill leads a talk with the vice-president of the amazing group, Psychology for a Safe Climate, for a special episode this week. The topic at hand is bushfire, and the psychological impact they have on those affected. You'll hear first-hand experiences, engagement with the difficulty of how and when to introduce climate change into the conversation, and some starks facts of the ground-truth of Australia's bushfire future. It was great to get to work with PSC, and we appreciate get...
Jan 16, 2019•35 min•Ep. 51
Welcome back to year two of Climactic! To start off the new year we’ve got a first for you in today’s show. Our first overseas guests. Joining us are Helene and Raoul Costa de Bureaugard, a young couple living in my hometown of Seattle, Washington. We talk about their campaign to add a new Nobel Prize, one dedicated to recognizing and rewarding the amazing work happening to mitigate, avoid, and reverse climate change. Enjoy! Credits: Hazel Fidecaro — Producer Rich Bowden — Co-Founder Mark Spence...
Jan 09, 2019•35 min•Ep. 50
This episode is a part of the first annual Climate Podcast Showcase, for more information on this visit www.climactic.fm/climatepodcase , and for more information on this show please visit A Rational Fear . ClimateWeekQLD Hello Dan Ilic here — Thanks to the Queensland Government for inviting us to perform at Climate Week . The team of producers were incredible, and the production staff at the Brisbane Powerhouse were slick professional units. You may notice there is one word we’re avoiding to sa...
Jan 05, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 49
Hello folks, hope you’ve had a fantastic holidays, and we are so happy to be back with you. We announced in our last episode of 2018, which was a ripper, and if you haven’t checked that out that, you’re missing out on some quality Rich banter, that we’d be back on January 10th. Well, we couldn’t wait. And this was a great opportunity to play you something we’ve been holding onto for months now. Back in August of last year, I had the chance to go on the excellent podcast The Blunt Report , and ha...
Jan 02, 2019•2 hr 38 min•Ep. 48
It's been a big year. In the cultural awareness and response to climate change, in dramatic moments, slow-burning stories, trends, macro-enomic factors. Sadly, it's also been a big year for emissions. But it was also the year that a new platform launched, that lets people from all backgrounds talk about how they're encountering, and grappling with, climate change. For the whole team behind Climactic, this has been a monumental year. And so we want to say thank you for joining us on this wild rid...
Dec 19, 2018•40 min•Ep. 47
Annett Finger and Jennifer Lavers are both top in their fields, of campaigning for waste reform, source reduction, marine plastics, and marine conservation. Which means there's plenty to talk about with these two amazing figures. But, even better, they're old friends, with Jenn being Annett's supervisor during her PhD. So, luckily for Mark's sake, they're not stuck waiting for him to keep up. This episode will take you through the work of a marine scientist, a political campaigner, and all the w...
Dec 05, 2018•36 min•Ep. 45
Intrepid Climactic co-founder Rich Bowden is back in the interviewing saddle this week as he travels up to the Blue Mountains to speak to a local legend. Lis Bastian is a pillar of the permaculture community, and is now in the media game as well through her amazing initiative, the Big Fix. Hear from Lis on topics of sustainability, permaculture thinking, climate change, and the power of media for good, and why we need to recreate it to serve our communities like it should. Special Guest: Lis Bas...
Nov 28, 2018•43 min•Ep. 44
The day before polling day, here's a final update from Act on Climate, and interviews with voters and candidates on the importance of this election in the context of climate change. Special Guest: Leigh Ewbank. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nov 22, 2018•21 min•Ep. 43
This chat with Beth goes into a whole new realm of intersecting topics with climate change, the myriad ways we experience and feel it, as humans. Beth is a member of Psychology for a Safe Climate, and we learn about what that group is and how it helps the climate change community. We learn about Beth's work doing an anthropological study in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, about a community recovering from a devastating bushfire. Stay tuned to the end for an update about how other groups are ...
Nov 21, 2018•46 min•Ep. 42
Recorded excerpts from the Plastic-Free Victoria Alliance, November meeting, held at the Port Phillip Eco Centre. Support Climactic Links: Plastic-free Victoria Alliance (PVA) See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nov 18, 2018•47 min•Ep. 41
This week we get a lot more of the collective members voices in the show, as we all pitch in to discuss how the Head in the Sand action went. As this episode goes up, AoC is about to embark on a week full of actions across Victoria, and you can get involved! Check out the links to get in touch and stay in the loop. Special Guest: Leigh Ewbank. Support Climactic Links: Act on Climate Vic - Home AoC Twitter See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Nov 17, 2018•7 min•Ep. 40
Leigh Baker is a very experienced veteran of the manufacturing industry, and brings this grounded, realistic thinking to sustainability. She's a brilliant guest, a quick-wit, and out-of-the-box thinker, and her first episode with us was a listener favourite. Now, Leigh is back to talk to us about human systems, the way we make decisions as human beings, and how we can effectively influence people towards sustainability, and away from the climate crisis. Climate group leaders, volunteers, and peo...
Nov 14, 2018•35 min•Ep. 39
Banter plus a 360 degree mic makes this a lively episode. Leigh gives a great overview not just of where we're at with the election, but of the history and wins of Act on Climate. Great on-ramp for new listeners. Special Guest: Leigh Ewbank. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nov 10, 2018•14 min•Ep. 38
Tim has done a lot in 24 years. He's been part of AYCC, ultimately leading one of their groups. He's worked on Senate campaigns across Australia. Jhatkaa, the Getup of India, brought him over to work in Bangalore. Now he's in Melbourne, and doing big things. This is a powerful episode of the show where Tim's passion is on full display. And his story is very replicable. Check out [Kate's](climactic.fm/aoc6) episode out this week as well for a real both sides of the coin look at campaigning and ac...
Nov 07, 2018•38 min•Ep. 37
We're over halfway through this State Election miniseries with Act on Climate, and we're bringing you something different. Due to a change in schedule last week, the normal AoC meeting wasn't recorded, so instead we bring you an extended interview with Kate Wattchow, long-time activist and campaigner with Friends of the Earth Melbourne, both at Yes 2 Renewables and Act on Climate. We get into the daily realities of campaigner life, what propelled Kate down this path, missed opportunities to beco...
Nov 03, 2018•43 min•Ep. 36
This week is part two of a two-part interview with Brett Hedger, aka Zero Waste man. Find part one [here]( www.climactic.fm/28 ). Brett is a normal enough guy by day, a Sustainability Officer at council, but on special occasions Zero Waste Man comes out to drop reality bombs, and show a way forward. We are actively looking for more interviewers, in the capital cities, and regional areas. We're eager to train, assist, and work with the right people. Radio or interviewing experience not required, ...
Oct 31, 2018•35 min•Ep. 35
