Heaps Better

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Heaps Better

To shake themselves out of climate anxiety and into climate action, hosts Ash Berdebes and Jess Hamilton make a pinkie promise to protect the planet and their sanity.

Together they hit up experts and everyday legends blazing a trail to a heaps better future, and find answers to the question that has so many of us beat: What should I do about climate change, and can I even make a difference?

Spoiler alert... You can.

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Episodes

04: How can we make leaders listen?

For collective action to succeed, we need to influence the influential. Who should we be targeting here, and how do we communicate about climate change in a way that actually makes a difference? We hear inspiring stories of everyday people making big changes through their words, voices and stories, meet friends in the Pacific who’ve been fighting this fight for decades, and work out how we’re going to change course to a heaps better future, together.  Download the Heaps Better a...

Dec 14, 2020•35 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast

03: How can we stop funding the climate crisis?

Is our money financing the climate crisis? Our financial experts explain the influence of those holding the financial puppet-strings, and show us the potential impacts of divesting from fossil fuels like coal. Ash and Jess learn about the power we all have to shift money on a global scale, and how easy it is to make sure your money is clean and green! Download the Heaps Better action plan from our website for a step-by-step guide to cleaning up your finances: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/heapsbe...

Dec 07, 2020•39 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

02: How can we speed up the renewables revolution?

Ash and Jess find out about Australia’s potential as a global leader in renewable power, and start to unpack the structures and powers that keep us dependent on fossil fuels. We learn more about what everyday people can do to kick coal out of the system, speed up the renewable energy revolution, and encourage big businesses to do so too! Download the Heaps Better action plan from our website for a step-by-step guide to getting a slice of the solar pie: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/heapsbet...

Nov 30, 2020•44 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

01: How can we be better planet savers?

Ash and Jess begin in a world of climate anxiety - and to get out of it they’re going to need a plan. We go back to basics - what even is climate change? And what do we need to do to stop it? We unpack the concept of collective action - why it works and where it’s worked in the past. We realise that  instead of individual action we need to work out how to change the system - so together, we’re ditching the guilt and self-blame and finding where our personal ‘superpow...

Nov 23, 2020•40 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast

Want to make the planet heaps better?

If you want to save the planet but don't know where to start, this podcast is for you. Treat Heaps Better as your rocket booster how-to guide, and turn your climate anxiety into climate action. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 12, 2020•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast