Earth Matters
Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Episodes
- 507
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
On the chopping block. An end to native forest logging in Vic.?
Finally the Victorian government has acknowledged that native forest logging must end. After decades of mismanagement, financial losses and environmental destruction. The government has announced all…
Sun 01 Dec 2019
Defend the Laws that Stop New Coal Mines.
If you are starting to think that the grip of the coal and gas industry on Australian land and politics is impossible to break -take hope. New coal mines are being knocked back by the courts for thei…
Sun 24 Nov 2019
IMARC Blockade live outside broadcast (Pt 2)
IMARC blockade live outside broadcast (Part 2)Recorded live at the (IMARC) International Mining & Resource Conference blockade in Melbourne Oct 28-31. Presenters Viv Malo & Robbie Thorpe (The Black B…
Sun 17 Nov 2019
IMARC Blockade live outside broadcast (Pt 1)
IMARC blockade live outside broadcast (Part 1)Recorded live at the (IMARC) International Mining & Resource Conference blockade in Melbourne Oct 28-31. Presenters Robbie Thorpe and Viv Malo (The Black…
Sun 10 Nov 2019
Resisting state repression - resisting business as usual
On today’s show we hear about Queensland’s new anti lock-on laws. Then we get a report-back from Blockade IMARC in Melbourne and the violent police response. Guests: Andy Paine (Frontline Action on…
Sun 03 Nov 2019
"We wish to restore our rights over those countries": Uncle Albert Hartnett
"Everything that we have been fighting for over years of our activism has been for the rights to be able to make decisions about what happens on our countries. . My Country is been raped and pilla…
Sun 27 Oct 2019
Djab Wurrung, XR & the Nueva Vizcaya Barricade
Djab Wurrung, XR & the Nueva Vizcaya BarricadeThis week on Earth Matters we hear from Djab Wurrung and Gunai sovereign Lidia Thorpe update on Djap Wurrung protection blockade; Extinction rebellion sp…
Sun 20 Oct 2019
Warburdar Bununu - Water Shield documentary
Warburdar Bununu - Water Shield documentary is a new short film highlighting the fight for water rights and mining on country near Boorooloola in the Northern Territory. In this program you'll hear f…
Sun 13 Oct 2019
Fighting mining from Ecuador to Australia
Mining is at the forefront of climate change, and the opposition to it is the nexus of indigenous and environmental struggles. A prime example of this is Ecuador. It’s one of the most bio-diverse cou…
Sun 06 Oct 2019
Black throated finch and Adani contractors under pressure.
This is about the fate of the black throated finch as Adani is bulldozing some of its last natural habitat . Michael Kane from the Mackay Conservation Group challenges the legitimacy of using …
Sun 29 Sep 2019
Mauna Kea Struggle: Aloha, Not for Sale
Mauna Kea Struggle: Aloha, Not for SaleThis week on Earth Matters we hear from Kanaka Maoli activists involved in the ongoing resistance struggle and protest blockade against the construction of a gi…
Sun 22 Sep 2019
Fighting Eco-Fascism
Fighting eco-fascism: an environmentalism without natureWe often think of environmental politics as inherently progressive and humane.But from more mainstream far right parties with a presence in nat…
Sun 15 Sep 2019
Future histories - technology isn't neutral
Can we simply innovate our way out of the present climate crisis? Or do technological fixes hide another problem - that of a deeply unequal and unjust world? Until we start to understand that climate…
Sun 08 Sep 2019
Wangan Jagalingou establish a sovereignty camp / Sounds from a StopAdani lockon
Adani is currently clearing trees for the construction of its Carmichael mine in Queensland.In todays show we hear Adrian Burragubba leader of the Wangan Jagalingou family council and the traditio…
Sun 01 Sep 2019
Djab Wurrung Eviction: Our Way, or the highway!
Djab Wurrung Eviction: Our Way, or the highway!The Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy blockade is facing eviction this week! For fifteen months now they have made a stand to protect more than t…
Sun 25 Aug 2019
Behind Enemy Lines - The Songs of the Terania Creek and Nightcap Blockades
To mark the 40th anniversary of Australia's first forest blockade at Terania Creek in 1979 Earth Matters presents a program in which musicians Brenda Liddiard and Lisa Yeates reflect on the songs tha…
Sun 18 Aug 2019
The Vanishing River, Voices from the Darling, Part 3: Sarah Moles, Cathryn Milne.
Cathryn Milne: Student and environmentalist: Mildura: " We need a royal commission NOW and a grass roots human movement." There is desperation and calls for strong action as the Darling …
Sun 11 Aug 2019
Decolonising Anarchism: Indigenous Anarchist Federation
Decolonising Anarchism: Indigenous Anarchist FederationIAF members Bombshell and insurgent e on the formation of the Indigenous Anarchist Federation, and their own personal and political histories as…
Sun 28 Jul 2019
Kimberley Calling: The Frack is Back
Kimberley Calling: The Frack is BackThe WA moratorium on fracking is to be lifted in the Kimberley next month, with an estimated 40,000 wells set to be drilled across the region. Meanwhile big agribu…
Sun 21 Jul 2019
The Vanishing River, Voices from the Darling , Part 2: Barry Stone
Barry Stone: Employment Agent, lives on Lake Menindee in NSW. Behind him is 15 kilometres of dry lake-bed to the other side. As this water system dries he knows the actual damage that is happeni…
Sun 14 Jul 2019
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