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
Resisting shock politics in a Trump world
On this week’s show, we listen to a wide ranging conversation between best-selling author and journalist Naomi Klein and comedian Aamer Rahman. Recorded just days after Donald Trump won the 2016 US p…
Sun 08 Apr 2018
Saving the Murray Darling PART 1
Dr Jackie Kelly is one of the many people who dedicate their time and are committed to better environmental outcomes for the health of our rivers and wetlands. And today we’re in conversation with K…
Sun 01 Apr 2018
War Costs the Earth
In this edition of Earth Matters we look at the costs of war to the environment through habitat destruction, nuclear test fallout, chemical pollution, weather manipulation, depleted uranium, and CO2…
Sun 25 Mar 2018
Land-clearing in NSW + growing solar
Changing light bulbs isn’t stopping climate change so people are breaking their own addictions to coal and doing it for themselves. 1.8 million rooftops in Australia have solar panels. Solar Citizens…
Sun 18 Mar 2018
Exploring Seedbanks
Exploring SeedbanksAustralia is home to two seed banks and coming up on Earth Matters in this program we are joined by guest Dr Sally Horton as we take a look inside the Australian Grains seedbank at…
Sun 11 Mar 2018
Telling stories of cyclones
People of the Pacific Islands are already feeling the ravages of climate change - be that loss of food production as sea levels rise, the erosion of shorelines, king tides, and the increased occurren…
Sun 04 Mar 2018
Protect language, protect country
Karina Lester, Yankunytjatjara-Anangu woman from South Australia, tells us about her work to reclaim, revive and maintain Aboriginal languages.Karina's late father was blinded by the nuclear testing …
Sun 25 Feb 2018
Chinese Ban on recycled products impacts Victorians
This week on Earth Matters we explore the current recycling issue affecting some Victorians as the Chinese Government ban on foreign recyclables came into effect on January 1st 2018. The Victorian St…
Sun 18 Feb 2018
We need writers who can remember freedom
On this week's show:We take time to listen to three writers and activists who help us see our world differently, helping us to imagine other possible futures.Hannah Donnelly is a Wiradjuri woman from…
Sun 11 Feb 2018
The Boot on our Necks
All around the planet widespread ideological folly on the neoliberal bandwagon is targeting environmental activists systemically via government and big business. But Indigenous land rights activists …
Sun 04 Feb 2018
CRISPR; update on Fawkner toxic site
At the end of last year the Commonwealth government’s Office of the Gene Technology Regulator quietly proposed to deregulate a new genetic modification technique know CRISPR.Also, we bring you an upd…
Sun 28 Jan 2018
Decolonising Climate Action
This week on Earth Matters - A Decolonising Climate Action panel discussion held in Melbourne at the Black Dot Gallery Brunswick in April 2017.Featuring a poetry performance by Kate West panel follow…
Sun 21 Jan 2018
Natural Beekeeping Part 2
Earth Matters this week we bring you to PART 2 of our conversation - Keeping Bees in a natural environment with program guest Adrian Iodice from Beekeeping Naturally and coming up in this program you…
Sun 14 Jan 2018
Protecting Belfast Coastal Reserve
On this week's show we're going to Belfast Coastal Reserve. Stretching 22 kilometres between Warrnambool and Port Fairy in Victoria, this small strip of land is important environmentally, culturally,…
Sun 07 Jan 2018
Natural Beekeeping Part 1
Coming up in this program all you need to know about natural bee care in our environment as we explore Beekeeping Naturally and we take a look at how it compares to conventional bee keeping methods a…
Sun 31 Dec 2017
Gideon Levy. Gaza, the biggest cage on Earth
Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and commentator. He writes for Haaretz newspaper and is a fierce critic of the occupation of Palestine.On this episode of Earth Matters we hear him speak in Canbe…
Sun 24 Dec 2017
Disability, Climate Change and Natural Disasters Part 2
This week's on Earth Matters we bring you Part 2 of our International Day of people with a Disability broadcast as we bring you audioof a timely discussion on the intersection of disability, climate …
Sun 17 Dec 2017
Why should environmentalists care about the peace movement?
On today's show we're looking at the recent cases that were held in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, prosecuting peace activists who walked onto the secretive Pine Gap military base. We will be …
Sun 10 Dec 2017
Disability Day 2017 – Disability, Climate Change and Natural Disasters
This week's on Earth Matters we celebrate International Day of people with a Disability and we bring you audio of a timely discussion on the intersection of disability, climate change and natural dis…
Sun 03 Dec 2017
Out of our depth: deep sea mining in Papua New Guinea - episode 2
Newly engineered deep sea mining machinery sits waiting at Port Moresby. Canadian company Nautilus Minerals wants to mine gold and copper 1600m underwater in Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Sea.The surro…
Sun 26 Nov 2017
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