Transition Australia wants to make it easier to find groups and events no matter where you live...here's a bit of a test about how we could make this happen, and give you some ideas about what's on this week. We'd love to know your feedback about how to make this of use to the community. If it was shorter, a maximum of four minutes, would you like it added to the weekly show? Would you be interested in hearing about a range of events, from across the country? Please send feedback to hello@climac...
Nov 27, 2019•9 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast Mark joined Daniel Bleakley on the steps of the Victorian Parliament for a chat about the past 7 days of his hunger strike, the global XR hunger strike, his methods and self-care through this experience, and much more. From Daniel; "Day 7. Seventh day of Extinction Rebellion Hunger strike. Starting to feel a bit weak but still focused. Today I'm continuing to request a meeting between members of the Andrews Government and a group of XR representatives to discuss our demands which are: That the G...
Nov 25, 2019•26 min•Ep 126•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Climactic Community Corner Southeast MP Engagement Group, next meeting 6pm, Tuesday, 10th December, Port Phillip Ecocentre, St Kilda. Email seastmpeg@gmail.com , or visit Climate for Change - Take Action Better Buds 2020 - https://www.facebook.com/betterbuds2020/ Rally for Life - November 28th, Victorian Parliament Steps 'The gap is larger than ever' according to the United In Science report pub...
Nov 23, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep 125•Transcript available on Metacast Mark sits down with three organisers of the next climate strike, and they look back on the year of school and climate strikes that it's been since November 30th, 2018. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Special Guests: Fatima Kidwai and Marco Bellemo. Support Climactic Links: School Strike 4 Climate - Home School Strike 4 Climate - Events See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Nov 18, 2019•50 min•Ep 124•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Climactic Community Corner Night Terrace Kickstarter Larry Leadbeater Kickstarter The Commons Library Recorded at Howler, October 17th. Sci Fight Science Comedy Debate is a bi-monthly science and comedy debate held at Howler Bar, Brunswick in Melbourne. Hosted by science comedian Alanta Colley, it’s almost always a lot of fun and only occasionally results in defamation cases. Now also lives in p...
Nov 16, 2019•2 hr 33 min•Ep 123•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Climactic Community Corner Night Terrace Kickstarter Nature for Life Rally - November 28th, 12pm, Melbourne Parliament, Spring Street. Meet Paul Shelton. Paul is the director of Growing Spaces, Member of the founding committee of Transition Australia and past president of Transition Darebin for four years. Winner of Darebin Sustainability Awards local hero in 2016 and Winner of Australia’s most ...
Nov 09, 2019•52 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast This collaboration with the great Reversing Climate Change podcast brings you an interview with an Australian soil carbon expert, from a No-Till Conference in Kansas, USA. Thanks to Ross, Christophe and Alessandra for allowing us to bring you this episode of their fantastic podcast, Reversing Climate Change. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Climactic Community Corner Night Terrace Kickstarter “We’ve got to nurture the land, nur...
Nov 02, 2019•56 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Australian Premiere ‘What were you doing while the planet was burning?’ This is the question posed by The Hottest August, offering fascinating perspectives from a broad range of everyday New Yorkers – from the optimists to deniers, through to the futurists. Billed as the ‘Humans of New York’ approach to a climate change filmmaking, The Hottest August explores the different ways people respond to...
Oct 31, 2019•30 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! New Climactic host Tess interviews photographer Patrick Rose about his last 18 months with the UN Development Program in the Solomon Islands. Patrick has a wealth of experiences and stories from the Pacific and this episode will bring you closer to our neighbours, and give you a greater perspective on climate justice. Special Guest: Patrick Rose. Support Climactic Links: Heart for Solo Patrick R...
Oct 26, 2019•50 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast Our thanks to La Trobe University and Prof. Robert Manne for allowing us to record and produce this episode. Thanks to Reece Gray, Climactic editor, for production. Recorced at the National Gallery of Victoria, September 17th 2019. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! The Ideas and Society Program, convened by Professor Robert Manne, is a forum for discussion about the future of Australia and beyond. In 2019 we are hosting a series...
Oct 23, 2019•52 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Beth Spencer is one of the hosts of the first new show from the Climactic Network, a stable of shows by and for the climate community. In this episode Mark and Beth discuss writing, the climate crisis, tuna (yes, really), and methods of engaging and coping with the climate crisis. She gives us beautiful readings of two of her poems, and then we share the first episode of Art Breaker with you. Yo...
Oct 19, 2019•58 min•Ep 117•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! This is the third episode from Australian Science Week, from guest host Dr Renee Beale of the Royal Society of Victoria. Guest Dr Sahajwalla explains how a future economy, one built around localisation and reuse could solve our waste problems. Climactic Community Corner Trash Bags on Tour - Phillip Island Tour Adrift Labs - Job Opportunity Listen to our episode with head of Adrift Labs, Jenn Lav...
Oct 12, 2019•38 min•Ep 116•Transcript available on Metacast Week one of the International Rebellion by XR is finishing, and we're sharing a couple stories from Brisbane and Melbourne about the week that was, before crossing to London for more from the epicentre of the rebellion. Special Guest: Katherine Copsey. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Oct 11, 2019•21 min•Ep 115•Transcript available on Metacast A story of an arrest, the shaky foundations for harsh bail, your rights as a protestor in Australia and advice. Along with some chants, slam poetry, and inspiration. We're halfway through week one of the International Rebellion. Here's a resource when considering peaceful arrest. Special Guest: Violet Coco. Support Climactic Links: Support Activists - MALS Fundraiser Melbourne Activist Legal Support See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Oct 09, 2019•33 min•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast Climactic member Simon Moore sends in a dispatch from the streets of London highlighting the first day of the International Rebellion there. The cat and mouse game with police, a rousing speech from journalist George Monbiot, and beautiful choiral singing. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Oct 08, 2019•12 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast We bring you on the ground chats with rebels in 5 cities to get beyond the headlines in three special episodes. Look out for specials Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Support Climactic Links: A Throw Away Planet - Facebook A Throwaway Planet video interview See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Oct 07, 2019•31 min•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! With 15 years in big corporations, working to increase their social responsibility and environmental sustainability, Asha became friends with host Georgia. They sit down for a chat about Asha' story, the power of finding your own story, and how Asha is building a social enterprise to help empower girls and young women. Asha has worked across large corporates in Australia and the UK She's contrib...
Oct 04, 2019•48 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast Recorded at Howler, August 21st. This month, Sci Fight Science Comedy Debate is partnering with Science Gallery Melbourne to explore their 2019 exhibition theme: Disposable. Are we a disposable species? The 20th Century has seen humanity's focused on creating inbuilt obsolescence, of single use everything, why should it not apply to the whole human race as well? We turned liquid dinosaur juice into fuel for our cars, we took perfectly happy and inert carbon and flung it into the atmosphere, and ...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast Brett Tait, Founder of We-Refill joins Mark for a rapid reaction to Coca-Cola's hostility to refilling stations at the Brisbane Festival. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Special Guest: Brett Tait. Support Climactic Links: Coca-Cola's plastic secrets | DW Documentary - YouTube Coca-Cola Wins 2018 Motherfucker Awards! - YouTube See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Sep 29, 2019•19 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Kate Selway is an Earth scientist who is passionate about understanding how our amazing planet works. She has led research teams in the deserts of central Australia, the savannas of East Africa, and the frozen expanses of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Join this conversation hosted by Dr Renee Beale from the Royal Society of Victoria, about what got Kate started, her work, and it's impact on the field of climate change study. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Pod...
Sep 28, 2019•24 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast Climactic contributors Beth and Fien were out at climate strikes outside of the main centres, and recorded great talks with strikers of all kinds. We also have a panel from a special screening of 2040, with SS4C and SEED organisers, and a representative of the City of Melbourne. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Sep 26, 2019•45 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast Kri McNamara is attending COP25 in Chile in December as a youth delegate for Australia through Global Voices, a policy NGO. She'll be sharing with us her learnings and experiences along her journey leading up to, and at, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. This week Kri shares her experiences of visiting Parliament House in Canberra, meeting Cabinet members and diplomats, as her briefings on COP25 and her role as a youth delegate begin. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and op...
Sep 24, 2019•8 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast Author and new collective member Beth Spencer hosts award-winning Australian author James Bradley on Climactic. They discuss his cli-fi novel Clade, YA series The Change, his article in the Monthly earlier this year about the influence of the coal lobby on Australian politics and the background to the battle over the Adani mine, and his devastating and important essay in the latest issue of Meanjin Quarterly about living in the Anthropocene. Above all this is a discussion about how to face clear...
Sep 21, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast Since Simon's first dispatch, which you can hear here , a lot's been happening in Leeds, the UK, and the whole world. Extinction Rebellion have been active, and they're gearing up for more. Simon brings us the voices from the people, to go behind the headlines and banners, slogans and slanders. You'll come out of this knowing more about the Leeds community, XR, and the state of the transition of society in the face of the climate crisis. As well as speaking to passers-by and XR members young and...
Sep 18, 2019•48 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we grapple with the emotions and reactions to the land clearing fires in the Brazilian Amazon. We hear from members of the community, past guests, and hear context from news services. We'd love to continue to do these community response episodes, and we can only do that with community input. You can reach us at hello@climactic.fm , or @climacticshow on social media. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Special Guest...
Sep 14, 2019•42 min•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast Violet Coco shares the story of her arrest on September 6th. Special Guest: Violet Coco. Support Climactic Links: International Rebellion: Begins 7 October 2019 - Extinction Rebellion XR VIC - Facebook Dr Rowan Williams, "... the future of the human race is now at stake" - Extinction Rebellion - YouTube — Dr Rowan Williams, "... the future of the human race is now at stake" - Extinction Rebellion See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Sep 13, 2019•13 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast Bronwyn has a great chat with community stalwart, long-time activist, former school teacher and community radio host Anthony Gleeson, and gleans three key lessons about personally sustaining activism. Also, we celebrate our 75th numbered episode and 100th episode in total. Thanks to you for being with us, we honestly couldn't do this without an audience, and we appreciate you joining us to share in these stories. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us di...
Sep 07, 2019•40 min•Ep 101•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Renee Beale, Curator of National Science Week for Victoria, sits down with key speaker Dr Darlene Lim for a chat about the natural world, and what the study of Mars analogues has taught her about life on Earth. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Special Guest: Dr. Darlene Lim. Support Climactic See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information....
Aug 31, 2019•36 min•Ep 100•Transcript available on Metacast Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Greta Thunberg is in NYC, the Amazon's being burnt down, Origin Energy want to frack the NT, and here in Victoria we're trying to save 800-year-old trees from being cut down. There's a lot going on, so here's a bonus to keep you caught up. And, we put the call out for submissions for an Amazon special. Special Guest: Jo Dodds. Support Climactic Links: Episode 3: Djab Wurrung Trees | The JUICE Me...
Aug 28, 2019•40 min•Ep 99•Transcript available on Metacast In June, Climactic hosts Mark and Georgia attended Climate Reality Training, with Al Gore and over 700 other attendees. Hear them recap their experience and what they learned. With thanks to Marisa and Kaushik , two other attendees who sent in messages. Liking the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here! Support us directly on Pozible! Support Climactic Links: The Climate Reality Project | Climate Reality The Climate Reality Project See /privacy for privacy and opt-out informat...
Aug 25, 2019•59 min•Ep 98•Transcript available on Metacast 
