Could you travel halfway around the globe, without getting on a plane? I met Sacha in the enviromental movement while attending (and recording) at protests in Naarm/Melbourne. Sacha's been on a journey since leaving Australia earlier this year, as they relocate to Canada. But they're doing this without flying. We recently exchanged audio messages where we talked about the trip, and Sacha shared their experiences. Me while out walking or on my workday commute, Sacha from a rooftop in Lucknow, Ind...
Oct 28, 2023•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Climactic is a production of Here Media - and today's that very literal. Under One Blue Roof is a podcast miniseries from Maroushka Saldhana on the intersection of homelessness and the climate crisis, and one we had the pleasure of producing. This is one of episode from that series, highly recommend checking out the rest if you like this....
Jun 25, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the 1st January 2023, Extinction Rebellion (XR) made a shock announcement titled simply ‘We Quit’. After years of public disruption raising the alarm on the climate and ecological emergency, they had decided to shift their focus into mobilising larger numbers of people – to unite to survive. That led XR and hundreds of other campaign groups and NGOs to bring 100,000 people on to the streets outside Parliament in London, 21-24 April, for ‘The Big One’. Join climate justice activist Simon Moore...
May 30, 2023•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Climactic has returned. Now a production of Here Media this feed will feature the best of our climate-engaged work, and curate the best of other climate podcasts. Get in touch with us at hello@heremedia.studio to pitch us a show, work with us, suggest a show to feature, or just say g'day. This short episode explains the plans for the feed going forward, and ends with two trailers of upcoming episodes....
May 29, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's been 159 days since the last episode on the Climactic feed. This is a (pre)announcement of plans for the return of Climactic in the new year, and an update (and thank you) to all of you who've stayed tuned. See you in 2023! Mark
Nov 22, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Who are we? Storytellers and podcasters. The climate crisis is going to take all of us to address, and before long everyone will be climate change-effected. Isn't it time our podcasts engaged with that reality? And yet, on June 24th, 2022, the Climactic Collective will disband, and the website Climactic.fm will deactivate. Here's why. See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Jun 16, 2022•10 min•Ep 334•Transcript available on Metacast Read the comprehensive shownotes here . See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Jun 04, 2022•1 hr•Ep 333•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan Quinnell from the Climate Media Centre recorded with members of some of Australia's leading climate action groups, the day after the election. This short episode is a great way to listen back on their excitement from the election results, and a great way to get yourself pumped to take action in this new chapter for Australia! Audio grabs and quotes below: Rural and regional Australians respond to the Federal Election, and what they want to see happen next: AGRICULTURE Fiona Davis, CEO of F...
May 28, 2022•17 min•Ep 332•Transcript available on Metacast Sci Fight is a quarterly science comedy debate, with your definitely qualified host, Alanta Colley (citation needed). Sci Fight brings together science folk and comedy folk, and makes them debate the big issues in a silly way. This round we turn to pleasure. Finally! What is it? Where does it come from, and can I have some please? Pleasure is part of our biological make-up; evolution's way of prodding us to consume calories, procreate, and not freeze to death, so surely seeking pleasure is only ...
May 20, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Ep 331•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode a great conversation with Ross Anderson , all about the truly inspiring story of AQUNA Sustainable Murray Cod and the premium, murray cod they produce for consumers, restaurants, international markets and leading chef's like Josh Niland. It's an uplifting, can-do story about business leadership and innovation, smart, passionate people and their commitment to sustainability that all adds up to a world first, all grown in regional NSW. I've long wanted to do a 'positive' story abou...
May 11, 2022•55 min•Ep 330•Transcript available on Metacast Mike King shares his journey transitioning from professional arborist to foraging tour guide and plant educator, with a focus on how to create space in life to be creative and follow your interests. We talk about native spices, edible plants, taking over an abandoned horticulture project, where to get educated on plants, foraging tours and much more! Links: Follow Mike on Instagram Finders Eaters Foraging (book a foraging tour with Mike) Earthworkers Programme (16- 20th May) Country Calendar Epi...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 329•Transcript available on Metacast Vote Gas Out: Renewables are our future As the federal election campaign is upon us, the webinar aims to inspire and assist us to challenge the Governments' gas expansion schemes in our local federal election campaigns.Speakers: Freja Leonard, Lock the Gate Saul Griffith, author of ‘The Big Switch' Bruce Robertson, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis This action webinar will remind us, that Governments' policies for massive gas expansion across Australia will be devastating for...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 328•Transcript available on Metacast Get your Pinkish Pods! What does your laundry have to do with the climate crisis? What's a Pinkish Pod? Can Mark make Eav interested in Unique Selling Points, marketing, and revising Milton Friedman economics? Find out in this episode! See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Apr 21, 2022•46 min•Ep 327•Transcript available on Metacast Get more of Climate Conversations here. Phoebe Gardner (pictured), co-founder and CEO of Bardee, is so excited about her young company, that her positivity is almost palpably and, most certainly, infectious. The Melbourne-based Bardee is built around, or upon, the wonders of what could be one of our climate heroes, the Black Soldier Fly. Listen to Phoebe talk and you'll get a sense of just how important this small insect is with regard combating the climate crisis. Enjoy " Music for a Warming Wo...
Apr 17, 2022•28 min•Ep 326•Transcript available on Metacast Get more episodes here. Guest in The Tunnel on 6 April is Robert Patterson from Geelong Renewables Not Gas. We hear excerpt of speeches from UN Chief Antonio Guterres, Labor leader Anthony Albanese and Geelong climate activist Lauren Dillon. Read the full notes, full of tweets, videos and more info at https://climatesafety.info/thesustainablehour406/. See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep 325•Transcript available on Metacast Get more of Nourishing Matters To Chew On . A great conversation with Alex about his experiences, reflections and the perspectives he brings to his work that's all about people centred development for community and ecosystems resilience, livelihoods and food security in a changing climate. Alex has deep experience in community development and working with Indigenous people in East Timor, Central Australia and now with island communities in the Pacific. We kick off with the idea of the ‘island' a...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep 324•Transcript available on Metacast Learn more about food security and farming in Melbourne's last market gardens. The last chance lands: Werribee South's market gardens - by Jess Fairfax , on ABC Earshot. This episode is from Climate Conversations, get more here . Jamie Gilbert is the key player behind the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo but immediately points out that he is just one of a committed and enthusiastic small team that makes the annual event a reality. But it is more than Jamie and his small team, as working equally ...
Mar 26, 2022•29 min•Ep 323•Transcript available on Metacast 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) programme...
Mar 18, 2022•21 min•Ep 322•Transcript available on Metacast 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 bac...
Mar 12, 2022•26 min•Ep 321•Transcript available on Metacast 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, an...
Mar 06, 2022•50 min•Ep 320•Transcript available on Metacast 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....
Feb 26, 2022•38 min•Ep 319•Transcript available on Metacast 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 th...
Feb 18, 2022•50 min•Ep 318•Transcript available on Metacast 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 explo...
Feb 12, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep 317•Transcript available on Metacast 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 implementi...
Feb 05, 2022•52 min•Ep 316•Transcript available on Metacast 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 mor...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 315•Transcript available on Metacast 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 podcaste...
Jan 22, 2022•52 min•Ep 314•Transcript available on Metacast 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. See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Jan 15, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep 313•Transcript available on Metacast Subscribe to the PCAN Podcast from https://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 in th...
Jan 14, 2022•49 min•Ep 312•Transcript available on Metacast 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 of R...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep 311•Transcript available on Metacast 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 climate cha...
Dec 31, 2021•59 min•Ep 310•Transcript available on Metacast 
