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
"The Path to a Sustainable Civilization", by Mark Diesendorf and Rod Taylor.
Hear Rod Taylor co-author of a new book The Path to a Sustainable Civilization with Mark Diesendorf.with Ecopella environment choir singing “Let's Pretend” and “My Kyoto”. “Break the bonds of corpor…
Sat 29 Jul 2023
The fight for container deposit schemes
As Victoria and Tasmania become the last two states in Australia to implement a cash for container deposit scheme Earth Matters reflects on the community effort to get the policy. We speak with Jeff …
Sun 23 Jul 2023
Communities say NO but seismic blasting in the Otway Basin one step closer as TGS/SLB Environment Plan released for public comment
Community says NO but seismic blasting in the Otway Basin one step closer as TGS/SLB Environment Plan released for public comment On Thursday, July 13th, TGS/SLB advised stakeholders that the nation…
Sun 16 Jul 2023
Small Island Developing States and the climate crisis
Small Island Developing States and the climate crisis In our final episode of the 'Loss, Damage, and Denial' miniseries, Jacob speaks with Tristan Ward, a social and behaviour change officer at UNICE…
Sun 09 Jul 2023
Valuing the world's disappearing kelp forests
Valuing the world's disappearing kelp forestsKelp forests are disappearing around the world and in Australia due to warming oceans, pollution and other human impacts.In this episode of Earth Matters …
Sun 02 Jul 2023
Knitting Nannas confront Forestry in Australia and Japan's "green" strategy. They also offer youth Nanna wisdom..
The Knitting Nannas were outside Forestry NSW demanding an end to the destruction of our forests that provide ecosystem services and species. They also offer some caring advice and hope to young peo…
Sun 25 Jun 2023
The fight against plastic waste
According to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Australians used 3.4 million tonnes of plastics in 2018-2019.This week Earth Matters looks at two tools in the fight a…
Sat 17 Jun 2023
Forest Victories to Ocean Fails
Last month Victoria announce the end of native forest logging in the state would be brought forward to Jan 1 2024. And just this week, a whale is entangled in a shark net in Queensland. This week on …
Sun 11 Jun 2023
Asia's melting glaciers and the climate activists fighting to save them
Home to exquisite landscapes, rich culture, and the world’s tallest peaks, the mountainous communities that inhabit the Himalayas face an existential threat. Described as the ‘water tower of Asia’, t…
Sun 04 Jun 2023
HR23: Preventing drug-related harm; protecting human rights
HR23: Preventing drug-related harm; protecting human rightsStrength in Solidarity was the theme of the Harm Reduction International Conference held in Naarm/Melbourne from April 16th to 19th this yea…
Sun 28 May 2023
Fighting not drowning: the Pacific's battle against the climate crisis
On this episode of Loss, Damage, and Denial, Jacob speaks with Tongan law student Soane Tupola about how climate change will affect his island home, and his hopes for a climate positive future.We spe…
Sun 21 May 2023
Sweltering Cities and the risks of Heatwaves
Earth Matters speaks with Sweltering Cities, a campaign in Sydney and Melbourne seeking to empower communities experiencing extreme heat by lifting up stories of lived experience and building commun…
Sun 14 May 2023
Indonesia: forest peoples recognition and rights
Forest campaigners Avi Mahaningtyas and Patrick Anderson talk about the importance of recognising forest peoples rights in Indonesia, the 30 by 30 Biodiversity Convention, the effectiveness of trop…
Sun 07 May 2023
Jabiluka 25 years on & and Menindee Fish Kills
Last month millions of fish washed up dead in Menindee as blackwater starve the river of oxygen. Barb Quayle of the Barkindji Elders Council in Menindee speaks in the days after the fish kill and for…
Sun 30 Apr 2023
As the climate warms, lives and livelihoods are at stake in Sub Saharan Africa
Despite contributing the least to global emissions, Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most climate vulnerable regions in the world. With economic dependence on agriculture, high levels of poverty, and…
Sun 23 Apr 2023
The Resistance Rocket Frog and Ecuador's anti-mining campaign
The Resistance Rocket Frog and Ecuador's anti-Mining Campaign Liz Downes chats with Judith about the reasons behind the recent proliferation of mining companies in Ecuador, the impact it's having on…
Sun 16 Apr 2023
Reflections from roundtables in the transition to Net Zero
Last year the Federal government announced a First Nations Clean Energy Strategy aimed at ensuring First Nations people have a say in energy policies and programs in the transition to net-zero. The f…
Sun 09 Apr 2023
Presenting evidence of First nations climate impacts on country. The case of the Waratah Coal mine, climate & human rights. Part 2
From the Women's Climate Congress: Presenting evidence of First Nations climate impacts on country. The case of the Waratah Coal mine, climate & human rights. Part Two This is the second part abou…
Sun 02 Apr 2023
Womens Climate Congress presents: The case of the Waratah Coal mine, climate & human rights. Part 1
In a recent historic ruling The Land Court rejected Clive Palmers proposed coal mine on the Bimble Box Nature Reserve. This ground breaking case was a test for Queensland’s new human rights act. Hea…
Sun 26 Mar 2023
Youth climate activists from East Africa on Loss and Damage
CoP27 held last November in Sharm el-Sheikh reached a landmark agreement to establish a loss and damage fund.Rich countries have agreed to bear some of the costs for permanent and irreversible climat…
Sun 19 Mar 2023
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