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
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
A community is putting their bodies on the line to save Greater Gliders before they are gone for ever.
A small community are putting their bodies on the line to save Greater Gliders before they are gone forever their homes felled by Forestry Corp. Even the local retired school principal has been arre…
Sun 03 Nov 2024
Earth Matters: Women Negotiating the Climate
Warmly, three skilled and powerful women share what they actually do in their jobs as international climate negotiators and advocates. Dr Sally Box, explains her role as Australia's Chief negotiator …
Sat 26 Oct 2024
Tell the Truth! Climate, lies and social media
Today on Earth Matters, in the lead up to an upcoming Federal Election, we are looking at how so called fake news is slowing down the environmental action in Australia. We explore how traditional med…
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Cook Islanders Resist Deep Sea Mining
Today's show features an interview from the 26th of September this year with members of Cook Islands grassroots collective Ocean Ancestors Louisa Castledine and Dr Teina Rongo, who spoke about Cook I…
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Earth Matters: Housing First Nation families after fire in South East NSW. / Music from Nature
Yuin elder, Tom Slockee describes his experience organising the rehousing of aboriginal families who fled their burning houses in Mogo NSW in 2019. Music: Why you tryna bring us down from Melbourne …
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Connecting Communities day of Healing
The Connecting Communities gathering on Walbunja and Brindja-Yuin Country, Moruya on Saturday 23rd March, bought hundreds of people together for a day of solidarity, unity and acknowledgment of the …
Sun 22 Sep 2024
Earth Matters: Caring for Future Generations and all Life on Earth. Part Two; a Womens Climate Conversation
This Womens Climate Conversation identifies some tools and ways forward to caring for future generations and all life. Guests: Susan Moylan-Coombs is the founding director of The Gaimaragal Group, …
Sat 07 Sep 2024
Earth Matters: Caring for Future Generations and all Life on Earth. Part One; a Womens Climate Conversation
“Caring for future generations and all Life” is the topic of this ground breaker Womens Climate Conversation. “How do we look to the future when we haven’t addressed the historical issues of the pa…
Sun 01 Sep 2024
Is it time to ban 1080?
1080 is primarily used in the struggle to protect native species from other invasive animals - but it is even used to control native dingoes, and other species of wallaby, possum and pademelon. Is it…
Sun 18 Aug 2024
Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation tells Beetaloo fracking companies to “ Pack up and go home”.
Samuel Janama Sandy is chair of the Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation representing eleven native title areas across the Beetaloo area that is slated for intensive fracking. Samuel shares some good…
Sun 11 Aug 2024
WA's nuclear submarine waste dump
Approvals for a new nuclear waste facility on Meandup/Garden Island in WA were recently granted to service US and UK submarines.We speak with Mia Pepper from the Conservation Council of WA and Nucle…
Sun 04 Aug 2024
Justice for Bougainville?
Today, we're looking at a significant legal battle brewing in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea that voted for independence in 2019. Thousands of residents have come together to …
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Blockade Australia update
We catch up with Ella and Nate from Blockade Australia for the latest about their ongoing spree of actions.We also take a look at why Blockade Australia are taking action, and what some of the conseq…
Sun 14 Jul 2024
Pilbara Climate Network - activism in the belly of the beast
What is it like to be an activist in the belly of the beast?We talk to Chris, Fiona, and Rachel from the Pilbara Climate Network about their experience working for climate justice in the remote, nort…
Sun 07 Jul 2024
Wangan Jagalingou occupation of Waddananggu./ South East Forest Rescue wins right to sue./ Blockade at Pentarch timber mill
We hear the story of Coedie, the Wangan and Jagalingou man who for over a thousand and thirty days has been reoccupying his country in defiance of Adanis coal mine, at Waddananggu in QLD On Monday 1…
Sun 30 Jun 2024
Why nuclear energy won't work in Australia
This week, Peter Dutton received a radioactive reception after announcing a bold plan to implement nuclear energy, should the Liberals win the next federal election.It marks a new chapter in Australi…
Sun 23 Jun 2024
Earth Matters: Knitting Nannas needle Chris Bowen/ Dispossessed Cabbage Tree Island residents want to go home.
Fifty Knitting Nannas against Coal, Gas and Greed made power tea in Canberra and needled against the government's Future Gas Plan. What’s the point of going to talk to politicians in Canberra and is…
Sun 09 Jun 2024
Decolonising environmental action
Much of the environmental catastrophe happening around the world is being driven by ongoing colonialism.Recently Friends of the Earth held a panel discussion looking at the intersection of colonialis…
Sun 02 Jun 2024
Global heating 'off the charts' & heatwaves in SE Asia
Over the last twelve months, scientists have been documenting a string of record breaking temperatures.The global average between May 2023 and April 2024, reached a new record of 1.61 degrees Celsius…
Sun 26 May 2024
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