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
- 506
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Climate politics and democracy
Trump politics, anti-woke rhetoric and Australian climate policy. Wilderness Society takes on Federal Minister for Environment ahead of election. As Trump shockwaves ricochet around the world, we ask…
Sun 13 Apr 2025
What the Frack? Part 2
In the Northern Territory, communities are in the fight of their lives. The fracking industry is determined to expand operations, which have so far been exploratory, and begin to produce gas for comm…
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Earth Matters: Partnership on climate between First Nations and settler women: Potential and opportunities
In what has been called a ‘transformational decade’ towards 2035 emissions reduction targets, this conversation explores how two underrepresented groups in climate change decision making, First Natio…
Sun 30 Mar 2025
What the Frack? Part 1
Today’s show is the first of two exploring fracking, one of the more controversial elements of the government’s ‘gas-led’ future roadmap. We hear from climate scientist and policy expert Dr Bill Hare…
Sun 23 Mar 2025
Climate Fear in an Election Year
Climate Fear in an Election Year As we prepare to hit the polls again this year, the major parties are scrambling to demonstrate their environmental credentials. Grassroots organisers are looking at …
Sun 16 Mar 2025
Localisation movement, Currie Country indigenous food initiatives, women's environmental empowerment
Have you been to a farmers’ market recently? If so, you’ll know the great feeling that buying locally grown food and connecting with your community brings. You’ll also be contributing to something b…
Sun 09 Mar 2025
A festival of women leading climate action /Arid Lands Environment Centre NT: defunded by Country Liberal Party state government.
The founder of The Women’s Climate Congress (WCC) Janet Salisbury invites women of Australia, in all diversity, to come together in Castlemaine at the end of March, with other women to explore how wo…
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Be inspired by some nice people! Gecko Environment Council, Arid Lands Environment Center
Today we see inside one of Australia's longest-running environment organizations, the Gecko Environment Council on the Gold CoastTackling Council and State Government, this volunteer-based group has …
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Native Title and Nuclear Colonialism
Native Title and Nuclear Colonialism "The sacred sites we're protecting have been handed down to use from generation to generation... We're fighting to protect that country because that's where it al…
Sun 16 Feb 2025
Women tackling climate advocacy in Antarctica
As fires rage and temperatures exceed the 1.5-degree threshold, learning about environmental changes in Antarctica helps us understand what's happening.This week we speak to two women raising awarene…
Sun 09 Feb 2025
Indigenous rangers help rare rock wallabies. Gurridyula: Water is our sovereign
Indigenous rangers in the Kimberley have put metal turkey feeders filled with kangaroo pellets to help one of Australia’s rarest animals survive, after a devastating wildfire swept through its habita…
Sun 26 Jan 2025
"When People of Colour shape what the movement looks like, it's for the benefit of all marginalised identities and everyone in general.” Anjali Beames [with transcript]
Time to meet Anjali Beames an 18 year old climate activist, co -coordinator of the Rising Tide caucus for People of Color, interviewed by Nicky Page from Radio Adelaide. “When People of colour shape …
Sun 19 Jan 2025
Paddling into the Wind. Peoples Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port, 2024 - Part 3
Join the community at the Rising Tide Peoples Blockade of the ships that export coal and the climate crisis. Put on this life jacket, and you can paddle out with Bec and Tatt. It's safe to leave your…
Sun 12 Jan 2025
Thinking Like a Mountain
John Seed and his colleagues are helping people all over this country and overseas find their ecological self.Plus: John gives practical suggestions on how to find direction in life.Music: A new re…
Sun 29 Dec 2024
Kuyang Lapakira: Lake Bolac Eel Festival
The Lake Bolac Eel Festival is held at Lake Bolac in southwest Victoria in autumn to celebrate the Eel harvest. It continues a tradition that goes back tens of thousands of years when Indigenous peop…
Sun 22 Dec 2024
Earth Matters: Rising Tide Disrupts Coal Ships. Meet the People of the Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port 2024 -Part 2
Buddy up with Bec and experience this multifaceted Protestival. We will be chatting to the people involved, hearing fab and funny speakers and kicking off shoes to groove with Gurridyula. Aunty …
Sat 14 Dec 2024
Peoples Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port - 2024, Part 1: Deep Welcome to Country
Join the the circle of thousands and be challenged by a deep and unique Welcome to Country at the Peoples Blockade of the worlds largest coal port. Uncle Judulu, didge and singing melds to a deep pl…
Sun 08 Dec 2024
Secrets, radioactivity and gas in your community?
Would you prefer gas, secrets or radioactivity with your cancer? The proposed Middle Arm Gas Hub in Darwin threatens residents with cancerous fumes and us all with global heating. The ask is simple;…
Sun 01 Dec 2024
Women Negotiating the Climate Part 2
We all have to respond to climate extremes yet many groups are still cant find seats at climate negotiation tables. This Earth Matters gets into the nitty gritty of inclusion issues at the global …
Sun 24 Nov 2024
Forest destruction from mining & Centring Pacific climate priorities
Sonia Randhawa (Wednesday Breakfast) interviews geospatial analyst with the World Resources Institute Radost Stanimirova about the loss of forest cover related to mining. Read more here: https://ww…
Sun 17 Nov 2024
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