LL:PR: what's on Earth Matters this week
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 126a Indira Narayan 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 11/5/2001 INTRO : Hello and welcome=85 OUTRO : ... this time next week. DURATION : last voice 25'40 frogs fade to music to 28'15 Miners Wasting the Oceans: Submarine Tailings Disposal,=20 Simon Divecha, Mineral Policy Institute, Sydney Ocean dumping is one of the methods used by mining companies to dispose of their tailings. Submarine Tailings Disposal (STD) has been promoted as safe and reliable alternative to land based disposal. Simon Divecha from the Mineral Policy Institute, a non-government organisation advocating and supporting communities across the Asia Pacific region who a re concerned about impacts from mining, talks about how there is little evidence to support mining companies claims, in fact that there has been negative ecological and social impacts which have arisen in areas in PNG and Indonesia where STD has been implemented. In:1'38Submarine tailings disposal=85. Out: 12'06 =85that the practice should be allowed to go ahead Dur: 12'06 Culling Wild-Ness: The Dingoes of Fraser Island Linden Schneiders, The Wilderness Society, Brisbane=20 Last week a dingo attack on 2 brothers left a tragic death of one of them, because of inefficient management of the dingo population on the heavily visited Fraser Island. Linden Schneiders talks about the Queensland Government's ad hoc political announcement of a cull of any dingo hanging around areas occupied by humans on the island. He explains why this cull shouldn't happen and what sort of ecological ramifications it will have on dingoes around Australia and on the biodiversity of World Heritage listed Fraser Island. In:16'32 You know the dingoes on Fraser=85=85. Out: 25'00 =85on a place like Fraser Dur: 9'31 MUSIC: Zero 7 - Give it Away -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 27/10
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 112a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 27/10/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome =85"=20 OUTRO : "... bye." DURATION : voice ends @ 25'30" frogs til 26'30" International Environmental Film Festival Today on Earth Matters we hear about two environmental film festivals taking place in opposite corners of the world. First up we speak with Marianne Chapwie of the EcoMedia Institute in Freiburg. She's the coordinator of the 17th International Environmental Film Festival which occurred in Freiburg, Germany, from October 18th to the 22nd. The festival featured environment-focussed films from Europe, India, Australia and much more.=20 IN: "Firstly Marianne =85" OUT: " .. take place in Freiburg." DUR: 11'30 Australia's Wild Spaces Film Festival Wild Spaces is Australia's annual environmental and social justice film festival and this year it's to be held in over 18 places around the country over November 3rd to the 5th. Today on the show we speak to Christiana Stergiou, National Director of Wild Spaces, about the range of films on show, how Friends of the Earth has taken on coordination this year and where you can go to see great environmental films over November 3rd to 5th.= =20 IN: "So Christiana =85" OUT: " =85 over the phone." DUR: 7'50 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 20/10
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 111b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 20/10/2000 INTRO : "Hello and thanks for =85"=20 OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : voice ends @ 26'03 frogs til 27'03" Californian energy deregulation Dan Berman is a resident of California and campaigner for community controlled energy. He's also an environmental activist who recently visited Melbourne where he gave a public lecture on "energy reform, social justic and the environment". Today on Earth Matters we hear from Dan on the Californian experience of opening up energy creation and distribution to a 'competitive' market. IN: "First Dan =85" OUT: "=85 tend to be for it." DUR: 12'40" Lead Poisoning and its on the environment October 20th is Lead Poisoning Awarenss Day - it commemorates the publication of a magazine article which, for the first time, described how lead can poison children. That was over 100 years ago and today lead continues to poison both people and environments. Elizabeth O'Brien is the National Coordinator of the LEAD Group, an organisation seeking to eliminate childhood lead poisoning and to protect the Australian environment from lead by 2002, and today she speaks with Earth Matters about the lead poisoning in Australia, environmental impacts and the future funding cuts set for Australia's only Lead Advisory Service. IN: "Well it's interesting =85" OUT: " =85 it is a national service that we run." DUR: 10'45" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 13/10
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 111a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 13/10/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome =85"=20 OUTRO : "... see you later." DURATION : voice ends @ 27'50 frogs til 28'50" Australia's Salinity Crisis This week the Federal Government announced a 7 year plan to address Australia's salinity problems under the banner of a Salinity and Water Quality package. Currently it's estimated that 2.5 million hectares across Australia are detrimentally affected by salinity and this is expected to drastically increase over the coming 30 years. Today we hear from Tim Fisher, Land and Water Ecosystems Coordinator with the Australian Conservation Foundation, as well as Dr John Williams of the Land and Water division at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industral Research Organisation (CSIRO) speaking about the significance of Australia's salinity problem and the changes that we face. DR JOHN WILLIAMS IN: "It's probably =85" OUT: " =85 that's the sort of scale of the problem." DUR: 1'20" TIM FISHER IN: "Some two years ago =85" OUT: " =85 for the Australian environment." DUR: 9'11" DR JOHN WILLIAMS IN: "So John =85" OUT: "=85 on solutions." DUR: 6'51 Military exercises in the Great Barrier Reef? The Great Barrier Reef in Queensland is wellknown as a popular tourist destination and place of envrionmental wealth - it's less well known as a site for military exercises involving nuclear submarines. According to the Queensland state government the US/Australian Operation tandem thrust proposed for Shoalwater Bay will place the Great Barrier Reef "at risk of a major environmental disaster". Today we hear from Jeremy Tager from the North Queensland Conservation Council. IN: "Jeremy can you =85" OUT: "=85 lobbying and advocacy." DUR: 5'12" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 22/9
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 109b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 22/9/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see next week." DURATION : 26'30" (frogs til 27'30") Walden Bello - Filipino academic and activist Today on Earth Matters we hear excerpts from Walden Bello, Filipino academic and activist speaking at the Australian Council for Overseas Aid's (ACFOA) conference - "Development Challenges in the Global Economy". Walden is Executive Director of Focus on the Global South, a research insititute based in Bangkok, Thailand, and Chairman of the Board of Greenpeace in South-east Asia.=20 Walden addresses the issue of legitimacy of organisations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation and questions the ability to "reform" such instititutions. He also raises concerns regarding the United Nations involvement with multinational corporations, as well as non-government organisations. PART 1 dur: 11'20" PART 2 dur: 13'58" PS apologies for no cue sheet last week - it was Meena Ramon from the Penang Consumers Association and environmentalists at the Green Block outside the World Economic Forum in Melbourne -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 1/9
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 108a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 1/9/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you later." DURATION : 25'00" (frogs til 26'00, music til 31'00) ReNew: Magazine of the Alternative=20 Technology Association (ATA) The Alternative Technology Association is 20 years old this year - it's a non-profit group concerned with the promotion and use of appropriate technology. It's current publication is called ReNew and Kulja Coulston is it's editor. Earth Matters caught up with Kulja this week to hear about the most recent edition of the magazine ReNew, which includes an article about renewable energy in remote aboriginal communities in Australia. (Contact number: 03 9388 9311) IN: Well ReNew is a magazine =85 OUT: =85 about the ATA as well. DUR: 9'25 Global Greens 2001 Conference Over Easter of 2001 the Australian Greens will be hosting the Global Greens 2001 conference in Canberra. Margaret Blakers of the Australian Greens is the conference convenor and today we hear from her about the aims of the conference, a draft charter for greens around the world and how to find out more if you'd like to go along to Global Greens 2001.=20 (The phone number to contact the conference organisers is 026 247 6305. If you'd like to check out their website where you can also register your interest via email go to www.global.greens.org.au) IN: It's a conference =85 OUT: =85 if you can come. DUR: 10'10 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 25/8
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 107b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 25/8/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 25'40" (frogs til 26'40, music til 31'00) Western Australia Parks Proposal Condemned It's not often that the announcement of new National Parks and Conservation Reserves is met with such disappointment. West Australian Premier Richard Court made the announcement to convert some 540,000 hectares in to 2 National Parks and 3 Conservation Reserves. The proposal has been widely condemned, primarily because it blatantly fails to respect and involve the aboriginal traditional owners.=20 Premier Richard Court has labelled those opposing the parks proposal as following a political agenda. Maria Mann is from Environs Kimberley, a local environment group based in Broome, and she rejects the Premier's accusation saying that it's simply about good conservation and opposing a cynical exercise in trying to win green credential. Here Maria Mann begins by describing the land now proposed for conservation. IN: "Okay well there's two basic areas =85" OUT: " =85 visiting the area." DUR: 9'40" Mining Monitor, publication of the=20 Mineral Policy Institute Mining Monitor is the publication of the Mineral Policy Institute based in Sydney. It's aim is to provide detailed, referenced information to inform and support community organisations concerned about the impacts of mining projects - including oil and gas - in Australasia and the Pacific.=20 Environmental journalist Bob Burton is the editor of Mining Monitor and Earth Matters caught up with him this week to talk about just what's in the latest edition of the publication. IN: "Well ummm =85" OUT: " =85 in Washington as well." DUR: 10'10" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 14/7
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 104b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 14/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : last word 25'30" (last frog c. 26'30") music til c. 30'30" World Heritage Bureau considers Kakadu There's been no work done at the Jabiluka uranium mine since September 12th 1999, and last September was also the original date set for the mine to be up and running. Not only has that clearly not been achieved but there's also no clear sign as to when the proposed mine will be up and running.=20 Partly the hold up has come from the issue being taken into the international forum, primarily through the World Heritage Bureau, as Kakadu is World Heritage listed. From June 26th to July 1st the Bureau met in Paris and Kakadu was on it agenda. Dave Sweeney from the Australian Conservation Foundation attend the meeting and joins us today. IN: "The meeting was =85" OUT: " =85 (music)" DUR: 14'00 Tasmanian Forest Cycle Later this year a group of concerned environmentalists are going to get on their bikes and cycle around Tasmania. The aim is to inform and activate communities around the state on forestry issues. Earth Matters caught up with Rob Fairlie who's organising the Tasmania Forest Cycle. IN: "It started last year =85" OUT: "=85 ethical superannuation funds." DUR: 7'05" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 7/6/2000
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 104a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 7/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : last word 25'30" (last frog c. 27'00") music til c. 31' Light Rail Proposal for Fraser Island Fraser Island lies off the southern coast of Queensland and is a national and international environmental icon best known for its unique forests and long white sandy beaches. Yet a current proposal is concerning local environment group Friends of the Earth Maryborough - it's a light rail that would cross the width of the Island. Ross Daniel from Friends of the Earth Maryborough joins Earth Matters to describe the proposal and his concerns IN: "There's been a proposal =85" OUT: " =85 another rail line across the island." DUR: 7'30" New Regulations set to restrict forest access Under the previous Kennett Government in Victoria a range of moves were made to restrict public access to government information and procedures. Under the current Bracks government many promises have been made about open and accessible government. But when it comes to the state's forests practices, that certainly remains to be seen. Currently there are moves to restrict public access to parts of Victoria's native forests which would be brought in under Occupational Health and Safety regulations. The changes would potentially impact on forest activism against the logging of the states old growth native forests. Today we hear from Robin Dyall, Principal Solicitor with the Environment Defenders Office in Melbourne. IN: "My understanding is =85" OUT: " =85 use such a device." DUR: 5'45" International Whaling Commission Annual Meeting According to the Australian Conservation Foundation the Japanese Whaling Association hired public relations firm Shandwick to run its campaign in the lead up to the International Whaling Commission meeting held in Adelaide from July 3rd to 6th. The challenge, presumably, was to put a positive spin on slaughtering whales while contesting that there's any scientific reason for protecting them. While the impact of such PR on the public is unclear, Japan certainly succeeded in exerting its influence on the outcomes of the meeting itself. Denise Boyd is an Oceans Campaigner with Greenpeace. IN: "The International Whaling Commission =85" OUT: " =85 is all about." DUR: 6'25" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 103b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 30/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 27'15" (frogs til 28'15") Federal Renewable Energy Bill With climate change and an every decreasing pool of non-renewable resources, there is clearly a need for Australian society to move away from their dependence on fossil fuels as the primary energy source. The Federal Government's Renewable Energy Bill goes a small way to achieving this, but it's not without its problems.=20 For example, just what is considered a renewable energy resource? Is it just wind, water and sunshine, or is it also our native forests? Libby Anthony is the general manager of the Alternative Technology Assocation, and today she joins Earth Matters where she begins by outlining the content of the current Renewable Energy Bill. (Contact details: Alternative Technology Association 03 9388 9311, www.ata.org.au) IN: "Yes well the Renewable Energy =85" OUT: " =85=20 DUR: 11'30 The Solar Sailer Well while the energy sector is being forced to move just slightly away from fossil fuel dependency with the Renewable Energy Bill, others are are moving ahead independently with innovations that remove the need for polluting fossil fuels. One such person is Robert Dane, the inventor of the Solar Sailer a large boat set to be used as a commercial ferry service on Sydney Harbour. Jim Beatson spoke to Robert Dane, who begins by describing the Solar Sailer. IN: "Well it's a =85" OUT: "=85 burnt fossil fuel." DUR: 10'10" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week?23/6/2000
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 103a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 23/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you later." DURATION : 26'10" (frogs til 26'30") Esmeralda starts up again in Romania At the end of January this year Australian mining company Esmeralda was exposed for being involved in a huge cyanide spill in Romania. The company is part owner of the gold tailing reprocessing operation at Baia Mare. At the time there was international outrage at the extent of the damage caused by the accident, and it's unlikely that the environment of the region will ever fully recover from that amount of pollution. Yet, it seems the mine is once again up and running. Today on Earth Matters we hear from Geoff Evans, Director of the Mineral Policy Institute, who recently visited the site.=20 The web address for the Mineral Policy Institute, which has a range of background information about the cyanide spill in Romania, is = www.mpi.org.au IN: "Well a million litres =85" OUT: " =85 here in Australia." DUR: 14'10" Students and Sustainability 2000 From July 3rd to the 7th students and environmental activists from around Australia will gather at Griffith University in Queensland for this year's Students and Sustainability conference. This week Earth Matters caught up with Meryan Tozer, one of Queensland's National Union of Students environment officers, who's currently involved in organising the big week. (The phone number to get more information about this year's Students and Sustainability conference is 073 875 3919. And the website is www.asen.org.au/ss2000) IN: "Well the overarching =85" OUT: " =85 ss 2000." DUR: 8'05" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 16/6
DEAR EARTH MATTERS listeners and supporters! This week the national edition of EARTH MATTERS will be a repeat (details below) as 3CR is having its Radiothon and the show will be presented live on 3CR in Melbourne.=20 SO, as many of you know, Earth Matters is only made possible through the existence and support of 3CR Community Radio in Melbourne. If you'd like to support the show, and the station that brings you the show, then why not make a donation! You can either ring in now or during the live show on Sunday June 18th between 11 and 11:30am, or send your donation to PO Box 1277 Collingwood, VIC 3066, or drop in to 21 Smith in Fitzroy. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, Juliet EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 102b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 16/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... next week." DURATION : 25'25" (frogs til around 27'00") SHARON BEDER, "Global Spin: the corporate assault on environmentalism" Sharon Beder is the author of "Global Spin, the corporate assault on environmentalism." Today Sharon joins us to discuss the revised edition of the book which takes a particular look at Greenpeace's involvement in building the dream of the "green" Olympics. Sharon Beder maintains that the major environmental crisis that we currently face is not one of biodiversity loss, or land clearing, but of corporate domination over what we see, hear, think and believe. Today Sharon joins Earth Matters to discuss Greenpeace's role in the "green" Olympics push, the repercussions this has, and the general trends that environment groups have taken in recent years with regard to "solution" finding. IN: "Well I mean basically we have all these =85" OUT: "=85 membership or their subscriptions up." DUR: 9'56" SHORT BREAK "Will Greenpeace continue to uphold the principles of its founders, or will it become just another symbolic marketing hook, a subscription sold to suburban householders to be taken in regular doses as a palliative for environmental anxiety while they continue their lifestyle as polluting producers and consumers?" Given that Greenpeace is seen by so many as being a key element of the Australian environment movement, I asked Sharon what the responses had been to her attacks on Greenpeace.=20 IN: "Umm well when I first published =85" OUT: "=85 running after their tails in a way." DUR: 11'00" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 8/6
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 102a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 9/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 26'55" (frogs til 28'00") Greenpeace targets "Green Games"=20 Olympics major sponsors Greenpeace has teamed up with Canadian-based activist organisation Adbusters to target Coca Cola and its environmental record. The focus is on Coca Cola as a major sponsor of the Green Games, or the Sydney Olympics, and how it's failing to comply with the green guidelines. Rupert Posner is the Olympics Campaigner with Greenpeace here in Australia. [The address is www.cokespotlight.org. ] IN: "Firstly Rupert =85" OUT: " =85 as is possible." DUR: 10'23 Alternative website subverts government World Environment Day 2000 On Monday June 5th the Australian government played world host to the United Nations World Environment Day 2000. Part of the "celebrations" was the Environment Australia website, publicising all the good news about the state of Australia's environment. Citizens Against Enviornmental Hypocrisy countered the government propaganda by launching their own alternative site and today we speak with Dr Terence Turtle about the site and its impact. [The address of the site is www.cat.org.au/wed - and it's well worthwhile having look at the official government site first to compare the 2! The government's site is at www.environment.gov.au/wed ] IN: "Okay well a group of us =85" OUT: " =85 reply to that." DUR: 11'10 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 2/6
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 101b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 2/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 26'50" (frogs til 27'30") Tropical Wetlands of Oceania The Tropical Wetlands of Oceania project is working with local communities and organisations in three countries to establish a comprehensive protection scheme for a vast area of land and sea. Encompassing areas of the Northern Territory and Queensland as well as the Arafura Sea and in to West Papua and PNG, the project is working closely with indigenous communities in all three countries. Today on Earth Matters we speak with Donna Luckman of the World Wide Fund for Nature in Darwin about the project, and particularly about the work done in Australia with the Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation. IN: "The Tropical =85" OUT: " =85 people themselves because they have a great store of knowledge." DUR: 8'50" Victoria's first Indigenous Protected Area Indigenous land management is being put in to action on the south-west coast of Victoria at Deen Maar, Victoria's first Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) - which was declared back in November 1999. Sarojini Kirshnapillai is a marine campaigner with the Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) and she went down to visit the property in order to hear about the significance of the place and the challenges it faces.=20 Today we hear from both Lionel Harradine, Chairperson of the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust, and Project Officer with the Trust, Neil Martin. (Recordings by Sarojini Krishnapillai). IN: "Deen Maar is the name of =85 OUT: "=85 035 567 1003." DUR: 14'21 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 19/5
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 100b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 19/5/2000 INTRO : "Hello, I'm Juliet Fox =85" OUTRO : "... see you next week." DURATION : 25'55" (frogs til c.26'30") Western Basalt Plains Grassland Today on Earth Matters we explore an urban development which threatens one of Australia's most endangered ecosystems. It's a housing development which - if it gets the go ahead - will potentially destroy a significant remnant of Western Basalt Plains Grassland.=20 The situation paints a familiar picture of our continuing environmental impact through unsustainable urbanisation - and begs the question as to just who's responsible for ensuring the protection of these small but significant environments. There's just 0.1% of the Western Basalt Plains Grassland community left, and yet it's survival continues to compromised by still more destruction. On the show we hear a range of people about the proposed development site at Baldwin Avenue (north Sunshine) in Melbourne's western suburbs. Gordon Duncan, vice president of Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley joins us to express his concerns about the situation, as does Colin Hocking, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology in the School of Life Sciences and Technology at Victoria University.=20 We're also joined by mark Wingfield, Manager of Flora and Fauna for the Port Philip region with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, to discuss what the department is doing about the situation. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 21/4
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 98b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 21/4/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you again next week." DURATION : 26'00" (frogs til 27'00") Parliamentarians for a Nuclear Free Future On Saturday April 15th Parliamentarians Against Uranium Mining held their first national meeting in Adelaide. The group - which changed its name to Parliamentarians for a Nuclear Free Future - aims to work in with existing environment groups to campaign against uranium mining and Australia's involvement in the nuclear cycle. Giz Watson of the Western Australian Greens is one of the convenors of the group and today we hear from her about the organisation and it objectives. IN: "The group =85" OUT: " =85 having a go at that." DUR: 8'00" Govt reports on Kakadu to the World Heritage Commission This week the Federal Government submitted it's report on Kakadu to the World Heritage Commission as part of their requirements in keeping the region off the "in danger" list. Key concerns of the World Heritage Commission surrounded the cultural and environmental impact of the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine. Dave Sweeney is with the Australian Conservation Foundation, and today we hear some of his comments following the release of the Government's report. IN: "Well the Australian Government's =85" OUT: "=85 international arena (?)." DUR: 5'00" Waste Knot Forum Earlier this month, community groups in Victoria concerned about waste issues met to discuss approaches and solutions at the Waste Knot Forum. Tamzin Rollason is the Waste Minimisation Project Officer at Environment Victoria which organised the forum. IN: "Firstly Tamsin =85" OUT: " =85 passionate about something." DUR: 10'30" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 14/4
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 98a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 14/4/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you again next week." DURATION : 27'00" (frogs til 28'00") Ok Tedi Traditional Owners On April 11th traditional owners form the Ok Tedi region in Papua New Guinea cme to Melbourne to highlight the social and environmental problems that continue to come from BHPs Ok Tedi mine. They dumped dead fish and mud and called on BHP to clean up and get out of Ok Tedi.=20 3CR's Jennifer Macey attended the action, where she spoke with Ok Tedi traditional owner Barnabas Uako about how the river once was, the outcomes of the legal settlement of 1996, and what BHP should do now.=20 IN: "When the mine =85" OUT: " =85 clean it up." DUR: c.9'50 Earth Day celebrates 30 years April 22nd is Earth Day, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary. Today on Earth Matters we talk to Cam Walker, National Liaison Officer with Friends of the Earth Australia, about the signficance of the day and its origins back in 1970.=20 We also reflect on just how things have changed over the last 30 years with regard to the state of the environment on a global level, and what types of solutions need to be taken on over the next 3 decades. IN: "The first Earth Day =85" OUT: "=85 global perspective either." DUR: c.14'15 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 7/4
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 97b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 7/4/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... next time." DURATION : 26'45" (frogs til 27'45") UN looks in to depleted uranium in Kosovo March 24th was the first anniversary of the NATO bombing of Kosovo. Throughout the conflict thousands of rounds of ammunition containing depleted uranium were used, leaving a toxic legacy for generations to come. Last year Earth Matters brought you news of the use of depleted uranium with an interview with Radoje Lausevic of the Serbian Ecological Society in Belgrade. Just recently the United Nations Balkans Task Force finalised its investigation in to the environmental consequences of depleted uranium. As early as last year they had determined that the Kosovo conflict did not cause an environmental catastrophe affecting the Balkans region as a whole, and now they say that NATO has not supplied them with sufficient information to carry out environmental and human health impact assessments - including that of the consequences of depleted uranium. Today we hear from activist Jane Howarth about the issue. IN: "Well it's very unclear =85" OUT: "=85 pursue this issue." DUR: c 10' Australia's fishing industry and sustainability There are many examples around the world of fishing industries having to completely shut down due to overfishing. Partly in an attempt to face such issues, the Australian government is currently looking at sustainability and Australia's fishing industry. Today we hear from Paddy O'Leary is the Regional Coordinator of the Marine and Coastal Community Network in the Northern Territory, about the process and the concerns. IN: "Firstly Paddy =85 OUT: "=85 definitely a no go." DUR: 11:46 -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 24/3
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 96b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 24/3/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... next week." DURATION : 25'25" (frogs til around 27'00") SHARON BEDER, "Global Spin: the corporate assault on environmentalism" Sharon Beder is the author of "Global Spin, the corporate assault on environmentalism." Today Sharon joins us to discuss the revised edition of the book which takes a particular look at Greenpeace's involvement in building the dream of the "green" Olympics. Sharon Beder maintains that the major environmental crisis that we currently face is not one of biodiversity loss, or land clearing, but of corporate domination over what we see, hear, think and believe. Today Sharon joins Earth Matters to discuss Greenpeace's role in the "green" Olympics push, the repercussions this has, and the general trends that environment groups have taken in recent years with regard to "solution" finding. IN: "Well I mean basically we have all these =85" OUT: "=85 membership or their subscriptions up." DUR: 9'56" SHORT BREAK "Will Greenpeace continue to uphold the principles of its founders, or will it become just another symbolic marketing hook, a subscription sold to suburban householders to be taken in regular doses as a palliative for environmental anxiety while they continue their lifestyle as polluting producers and consumers?" Given that Greenpeace is seen by so many as being a key element of the Australian environment movement, I asked Sharon what the responses had been to her attacks on Greenpeace.=20 IN: "Umm well when I first published =85" OUT: "=85 running after their tails in a way." DUR: 11'00" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 10/3
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 95b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 10/3/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : " =85 (Vandana Shiva) all excluded groups." DURATION : 25'45" (frogs til around 26'45") International Women's Day 2000 SPECIAL! March 8th marks International Women's Day and on 3CR community radio, where Earth Matters is produced, the day was marked with 24 hours of special broadcasting - including an hour looking at women and the environment. Today on Earth Matters we hear excerpts from the show. Forest violence and its impact on female forest activists Many people may be aware that there's been a range of violent incidents against activists involved in forest campaigns around Victoria. An extremely alarming recent example of this occurred in the forests of East Gippsland in Victoria, where a group of 40-50 loggers and others attacked a camp at Goolengook. The affect this had on women involved in environmental campaigning was an issue I took up with Fiona York. Fiona is a longtime forest campaigner based at GECO - the Goongerah Environment Centre Office. IN: "Fiona um" OUT: "no worries." DUR: 4'55 Globalisation and the September World Economic Forum Globalisation and the encroachment of multinational companies into all parts of the world has already had a devastating affect on peoples and environments internationally. Last November environmentalists and a broad spectrum of community groups demonstrated their opposition to globalisation in Seattle. In September the World Economic Forum will meet in Melbourne to continue their discussions on globalisation. Protests are already being planned, and Sarojini Krishnapillai speaks to Nicole Oke of the Globalisation Action Group. IN: "So tell us" OUT: "casino." DUR: 4'20 Women in marine education Finally on Earth Matters we hear from Alex Giannuzzi from the Marine Discovery Centre in Queenscliff, Victoria, about the centre's activities and the role of women in marine science and education. IN: "Alex Giannuzzi" OUT: "bye." DUR: 4'40 The show also includes some women and environment "facts" and 2 international solidarity messages from Indian activists Vandana Shiva (45") and Rukmini Rao (50"). -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 18/2
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 94a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 18/2/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to Earth Matters=85" OUTRO : "... bye." DURATION : 26'30" (frogs til around 27'30") Traditional Land Owners Attacked in the Rainforest of Colombia The U'wa are a small indigenous nation of around 5000 people living in rainforest country in the north-east of Colombia in South America. Over the last 20 years the U'wa have been fighting oil companies wishing to drill for oil on their traditional lands. Just recently their strong stand was met yet again with violence.=20 Cam Walker is the national liaison officer with Friends of the Earth Australia, and today he outlines the details of the attack, the oil company involved and the important solidarity role that the international community plays. IN: "There's been quite =85" OUT: "=85 and our support." DUR: 11'20 Restructuring urban transport=20 and moving away from car dependency Australians consistently rank air pollution as one of their major environmental concerns. Yet planning, funding and policy decisions continue to enhance our use, and dependency, on cars and trucks - the major= pollutors.=20 Today on Earth Matters we hear from Peter Newman, Professor of City Policy at Murdoch University in Perth, as he addresses a Melbourne audience at a health and transport seminar. IN: "Diesel burning =85" OUT: "=85 for us to choose." DUR: approx. 12' -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 4/2
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 93a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 4/2/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... again next week." DURATION : 25'15" (frogs til around 26'30") World Wetlands Day 2000 On February 2nd 1971 the Convention on Wetlands was signed in the Iranian city of Ramsar, located on the edge of the Caspian Sea. The official title of the treaty is The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat - but nowadays it's more commonly known as the Ramsar Convention.=20 Sarojini Krishnapillai is a marine campaigner with the Victorian national parks association, where on World Wetlands Day they turned their focus to some local concerns. Today on Earth Matters Saro joins us and begins by describing just what sort of a wetland exists on Westernport Bay. IN: "Well the whole of Westernport Bay =85" OUT: "=85 needs protecting." DUR: 8'15" Campaign against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean On January 25th Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise cruised into Fremantle, Western Australia, after taking non-violent action against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean. Greenpeace says that Japan's Antarctic whaling program is in violation of articles 65 and 120 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas, a convention which sets out how states should follow the International Whaling Commission in protecting whales.=20 Japan continues to ignore both the commission and the convention and intends to kill 440 Minke whales this year. Today we hear from John Bowler, a Greenpeace campaigner on board the Arctic Sunrise, speaking from the ship docked in Fremantle. IN: "Yes well we've just come back from =85" OUT: "=85 of the global community." DUR: 10'10" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 21/1
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 92a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 21/1/2000 CUE SHEET INTRO : cam walker "It's not part of the debate for the reason =85"=20 OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 27'15" (frogs til around 28'15") "Against Nature" re-broadcast on ABCTV Back in December 1997 the BBC screened a 2 part television documentary titled "Against Nature". The program has a strong anti-environmental message, with just who's behind the program remaining unclear. In Britain it was the subject of an independent television commission inquiry which saw official apologies made and a right of reply debate televised.=20 Last July the ABC broadcast the controversial series, but not the debate. And now, it seems, it's time for the repeat. "Against Nature" is to be screened on the ABC over two consecutive Tuesdays - January 25th and February 1st. When the ABC bought the series it apparently paid for 2 broadcasts, and as far as they're concerned series purely shows the otherside of the debate.=20 Cam Walker of Friends of the Earth disagrees - seeing it as misleading propaganda produced by an alarming combination of the the far left and the far right. DUR: 14'45" Protection for Western Victoria Over 80% of the original vegetation of Western Victoria has been cleared, which is one reason why regional and local environmenta groups have got together to propose a new National Park.=20 Today we hear from Geraldine Ryan of Environment Victoria about the proposed Greater Glenelg National Park, and the current consultation paper for the Regional Forest Agreement of the western region. DUR: approx. 9' -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 14/1
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 91b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 14/1/2000 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to ..."=20 OUTRO : "... again next week. Bye." DURATION : 27'15" (frogs til around 28'15") Greenhouse gas emissions and immigration Last month the Australia Institute, a progressive think tank based in Canberra, released a report titled: "Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions". Authored by Hal Turton and Clive Hamilton, the report asserts in its Executive Summary that: "The analysis shows that Australia's population growth has been one of the main factors driving growth in domestic greenhouse gas emissions". In relating the matter to immigration they state that: "emissions per capita in countries of origin is only 42% of average emissions in Australia" and that the "implication is that as immigrants alter their lifestyle to that of Australians, they increase global greenhouse gas emissions." In a letter to a Melbourne newspaper, National Liaison Officer with Friends of the Earth, Cam Walker, wrote that : "Rather than raising concerns about new immigrants entering the country, we should be concerned at the massively disproportionate per capita greenhouse emissions produced by the Australian community as a whole." Today on Earth Matters 3CR's Heather Benbow speaks to Cam Walker, of Friends of the Earth Australia. IN: "Um in my mind there's 3 main things =85" OUT: "=85 at Kyoto." DUR: 5'15" Messages on Gene Technology Genetically modified crops and foods continue to be developed and distributed throughout Australian society. This week around Australia information will be distributed in supermarkets in the form of a brochure produced by Biotechnology Australia - but who are they are what interests do they represent? Bob Phelps is with the GenEthics Network - a group based at the Australian Conservation Foundation in Melbourne campaigning against untested and unlabelled genetically modified products. IN: "Biotechnology Australia =85 " OUT: "=85 bloopers as them." DUR: 17'05" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 7/1/00
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 91a REPEAT PROGRAM Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 7/1/2000 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to ..." OUTRO : "... see you later." DURATION : 26'55" (frogs til around 27'00") Arsenic contaminated groundwater in Bangladesh Today on Earth Matters we visit the village of Nillkhanda in Bangladesh to discuss and explore the issue of arsenic poisoning. Arsenic is found in the groundwater of around 65% of Bangladesh and it currently threatens the health of some 70 million people throughout Bangladesh. Arsenic is believed to be naturally occurring in the earth's crust throughout Bangladesh, yet with the massive use of groundwater some of the underground rock has been exposed to oxygen. For arsenic, oxidisation means that it becomes water soluble. Arsenic is toxic and carcinogenic, and already 7000 people have been diagnosed with arsenic poisoning and an unknown number have died. Just last week Earth Matters spoke with Dr Hasina Momotaj, Research Officer with the Arsenic Project, Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on a visit to an affected village. Today we join Dr Hasina at Nillkhanda where she describes the present situation. It is through tube wells that the people access the groundwater, and at Nillkhanda only one tube well out of 42 is arsenic free. We also hear from a 4 year old girl suffering some of the symptoms of arsenic poisoning, and from an older man who also tells us about the range of people who consistently come and try and sell him cures and remedies. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 17/12
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 89b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 17/12/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to environmental =85"=20 OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 26'55" (frogs til around 27'30") Queensland Land Clearing Laws at Last Clearing of native vegetation in Queensland has sky-rocketed over the last few months in anticipation of land clearing restrictions. After more than a year, the Labor state Government has finally pushed through legislation that restricts land clearing.=20 Today on Earth Matters we hear from Imogen Zethoven of the Queensland Conservation Council to get the details on the legislation and the problems and shortfalls arising from it. We also hear about the range of reactions that the regulations have been met with, and whether this means the end of the increase in land clearing in the sunshine state. IN: "Well there's some good parts =85" OUT: "=85 even with this new legislation." DUR: 10'25" Marine National Park Proposal for Victoria While the level of land conservation in Australia continues to be scrutinised, one thing's for certain - environmental protection is much greater on the land than in the sea. A lengthy Victorian process that seeks to address this issue recently reached a key juncture, with the release of the Environment Conservation Council's Marine National Parks proposal for Victoria. Today we hear from Sarojini Krishnapillai, Marine Campaigner with the Victorian Natonal Parks Association, about the proposal and the community's role in shaping the future of marine conservation. IN: "Saro firstly =85" OUT: "=85 acquaculture debate over Summer." DUR: 9'00" A look back at the World Trade Organisation Talks Some weeks back we spoke to Anna Reynolds, National Liaison Officer with the Australian Conservation Foundation, before she went to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Seattle. Anna spoke about concerns surrounding genetically modified foods and eco-labelling, and as she mentioned back then, there was a chance that the talks would fail - and that's exactly what happened. IN: "Well the talks actually =85 OUT: "=85 inside and outside the meeting." DUR: 4'05" -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 26/11
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 88a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 26/11/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "(shane rattenbury) The WTO can =85"=20 OUTRO : "... see ya later." DURATION : 26'15" (frogs til around 27'15") World Trade Organisation meets in Seattle It's being called the Battle in Seattle with labour, consumer and environmental activists gathering to protest against the meeting of the World Trade Organisation. Established in 1995, the WTO was set up to regulate and liberalise global trade and today it includes over 130= countries. Shane Rattenbury is the Poltical Officer for Greenpeace Australia, and today he outlines how the WTO has affected environments globally, and gives us the details on a recent report by Greenpeace on safe trade. IN: "Perhaps the most =85" OUT: "=85 on it's delegation." DUR: 7'00 WTO and eco-labelling and genetically modified foods From November 30th World Trade Organisation representatives will enter into what's being called the Millenium Round, which could see further rules that fail to take account of the affect global trade has on the environment.=20 Anna Reynolds is attending the WTO talks in Seattle and today she joins us to outline the Australian Conservation Foundation's concerns about the future of eco-labelling and genetically modified foods.=20 IN: "I'm going as =85" OUT: "=85 focus on that as well." DUR: 7'15 Land Clearing in Queensland continues =85 Some 85% of vegetation cleared in Australia occurs in the state of Queensland and yet the current Beattie Labor Government has stalled in its moves to legislate for land clearing restrictions. Today 3CR's Geraldine Cahill speaks to Imogen Zethoven of the Queensland Conservation Council about the ongoing push to stop the clearing of vegetation throughout Queensland and the extent of the land degradation. IN: "1997 showed 340,00 hectares =85" OUT: "=85 introduced together." DUR: 7'30 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 19/11
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 87b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 19/11/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to environmental ..." OUTRO : "... see you later." DURATION : 26'55" (frogs til around 27'55") Solar, Wind and Water Industry Plan Alternative energy has long been seen as a key element in providing solutions to environmental concerns such as global warming, pollution and the threats associated with nuclear power. Today on Earth Matters we attend the launch of the Victorian Solar, Wind and Water Industry Plan at the offices of the Electrical Trade Union in Melbourne. The Industry Plan is a joint venture of unions, industry and Earth Worker and seeks to move from fossil fuel energy sources to renewables. Leigh Hubbard, Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council begins by outlining his commitment to the plan and how he intends to put the Trades Hall building on to Green Power - that is, power that's sourced from renewables. We also hear from Dean Mighell of the Electrical Trades Union, Leigh Snelling of Moreland City Council and Dave Kerrin from Earth Worker. "No Jobs on a Dead Planet" Launch and Forum Earth Workers' "No Jobs on a Dead Planet" tour included a range of events around Melbourne culminating in a forum at Trades Hall. Speakers included VTHC Secretary Leigh Hubbard and Greens Senator Bob Brown. Today we hear from Green Bans activist of the 1970s Jack Mundey on the alliances that need to be built, and Yorta Yorta woman Monica Morgan on the challenge faced by taking in to account indigenous social justice concerns. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 12/11
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 87a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 12/11/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Thanks for tuning in ..." OUTRO : "... see you later." DURATION : 25'00" (frogs til around 26'00") PART 2 Arundhati Roy - Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy is the author of "The God of Small Things" which received world acclaim when it won the Booker Prize. More recently Arundhati has received further attention through her campaigning against the massive Narmada dam project in India. Today on Earth Matters we hear the final part of Arundhati's address to over a thousand people at La Trobe univeristy in Melbourne. Arundhati begins by outlining some of the statistics and data which come out of the bureaucracy that is behind the project. As she says, "the statistical bedrock on which this project sits is faulty". She also outlines how the "benefits" of the project are highly exaggerated and often put up as been of direct benefit to the poor - the very people who are people displaced. IN: "Because this river flows through" OUT: "not been able to rehabilitate." DUR: 7'45 Changing the river with dams has seen massive deposits of silt, forcing women to walk miles to collect water, and small boats to get caught in circular currents. Whole villages are submerged with some promises of "project affected people" (PAPS!) being relocated - often this leads to people being separated, communities broken up and totally inappropriate "rehabilitation" being implemented. IN: "Even though the dam is nowhere near its" OUT: "the land for absentee landlords." DUR: 8'15 Resettled people are often set up in tin shacks for years on end, while they're told that it's only temporary. The people's fight to save their river systems and protect their lives has seen whole communities standing for hours in their homes as water rises. Finally Arundhati states that this is a fight that must be won, and she hopes that people aware of the situation will take action. IN: "There's another category" OUT: "so be there. Thank you." DUR: 8'25 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 29/10
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 86a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 29/10/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to ..."=20 OUTRO : "... see you later." DURATION : 26'15" (frogs til around 26'30") Salinity Crisis in the Murray Darling Basin A recent report titled the Murray Darling Salinity Audit paints a grim picture for the future of the Murray Darling river basin, an area which directly affects four states - Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. The Salinity Audit reinforces the direct correlation that exists between land clearing and increased salinity. Today we speak to Charile Sherwin, Biodiversity Campaign Coordinator with the Australian Conservation Foundation, about the Salinity Audit and the future outlook of salinity in the Australian environment. IN: "There is salt naturally" OUT: "future dryland salinity problems." DUR: 11'25 What do Australians think about our increased involvement in the nuclear fule cycle? Australia is currently experienceing an unprecendented level of inolvement in the nuclear fuel cycle. And the plan is to increase that even further. There are proposals for new uranium mines, national and international radioactive waste dumps and another reactor in Sydney. Greepeace has coordainted some independent market research to find out just what Australians think about the situation, and today 3CR's Geraldine Cahill speaks with Greenpeace's Jean McSorley. IN: "Greenpeace " OUT: "wash their hands of their responsibility." DUR: 4' Koongarra in the wings in Kakadu Koongarra is one of 3 uranium mineral leases in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. Recently steps were taken to see the mine move toward getting up and running. Today we get the details from Mark Wakeham, one of the coordinators with the Environment Centre of the Northern Territory. IN: "Koongarra is a " OUT: "... exploration license was granted." DUR: 6'05 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 15/10
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 85a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 15/10/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to environmental ..."=20 OUTRO : "... see you again next week." DURATION : 25'55" (frogs til around 27'00") Charhogla - an eco-village in Bangladesh Situated around 40 kilometres south-east of the capital Dhaka, Charhogla is an eco-village project that began just three years ago. Today on Earth Matters we visit the village with executive director of the Environment and Social Development Organisation (ESDO), Hossain Shariar. Shariar begins by giving us some background on the Bangladeshi non-government organisation ESDO, which has also campaigned heavily throughout Bangladesh against the use of plastic bags. We hear how plastic bags clog the city after floods, causing stagnant water which people (especially children) drown in and which also spreads disease. After the floods of 1988, Dhaka remained under water for 58 days and some 25,000 children died during and after. Shariar then outlines the details of what ESDO is trying to do at Charhogla, including organic farming, wildlife conservation, a plastic bag free environment and micro credit schemes for the rural women. IN: "I'm Hossain Shariar" OUT: "out of 3,800." DUR: 7'52 One woman directly involved in the eco-village project is Aklima Bagum. She owns a small shop which has a strict rule of having no plastic bags. ESDO has supported her in establishing the shop and helping her to have economic autonomy. With the help of Afsana Bintay Amin, program associate with ESDO, we speak to Aklima about her shop, family and challenges. IN:"Before she" OUT: "of this region." DUR: 6'45 We then return to Hossain Shariar for some more details about the project at Charhogla, who's supporting it and his ideas about solar power and biogas. Shariar also stresses the need for ongoing and more extensive support from overdeveloped nations. IN: "About the" OUT: "positive way and manner." DUR: 7'50 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 10/9
REPEAT SHOW Earth Matters Programme 82b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 Comradsat Programme 10/9/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Thanks for joining me, I'm Juliet Fox and ..." OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 26"30 (frogs til 27"30) Dr Helen Caldicott on Ecology and the Human Spirit Today on Earth Matters we hear excerpts from an address by Dr Helen Caldicott to an audience in Oregon, in the United States. Helen is a world renowned environmental activist, founding President of Physicians for Social Responsibility and author of many books, including "Nuclear Madness" and "If you love this Planet". Helen speaks out on multinationals ruling the world, the fundamental problems of the consumerist society and the arrival of genetically engineered food and farming. She also talks about her personal passion and commitment to a safer future, and how surely all of humanity cares about the planet their children will inherit and will therfore act in its best interests. We also hear readings from an article in the Los Angeles Times last year by Helen on America's nuclear dealings with China - it's push for more nuclear technology as the answer to global warming and the US nuclear industry's encroachment into countries such as China and Indonesia. Three excerpts from Helen courtesy of Alternative Radio @ 5-6" each, interspersed by two readings from the LA Times article @ 1" and 2" and music. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 3/9
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Sunday 1pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 82a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 3/9/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to ..." OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 24'50" (frogs til around 26'00) Greenhouse gas emissions trading The Greenhouse Effect is a natural occurrence that is currently being exacerbated by human activity. The predicted results include an increase in sea levels of 15-95 centimetres and a warming of the earth that could see the Great Barrier Reef die out in 30 years. In 1997 the Kyoto Climate Change conference in Japan tried to address the massive global problem by creating the Kyoto Protocol. Its aims were to wind back global greenhouse gas emissions by creating reduction targets for each country. Australia managed to achieve an overall increase of some 8%. Today 3CR's Marion MacGregor explores the ways governments and companies are seeking to make the most of the situation, including a profit, out of any proposed reductions in overall greehnouse gas emissions. One way is making carbon credits a commodity on the national and international trading markets. On the show we hear firstly from David Harrison, senior advisor, Australian Greenhouse Office, on how carbon credits will become a tradable commodity. Col Sutherland, from Eddisson Mission Energy, joins Earth Matters to discuss his company's involvement in setting up tree plantations to offset the carbon emissions from his brown coal industry in the La Trobe Valley in Victoria - so called "Bush for Greenhouse". Anna Reynolds is the National Liaison officer with the Australian Conservation Foundation. Anna asks whether tree planting really is an effective way to offset the pollution caused by burning coal? Together with Erwin Jackson, from Greenpeace, they also question the appropriateness of dealing with the Greenhouse Effect in this way rather than addressing how we can move to renewable energy and stop our dependence on fossil fuels. We also hear from Chris Mitchell from CSIRO Atmospheric Research Division, who explains the developing national carbon credit accounting system and just how much is known about the amount of carbon that is stored in forests. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 27/8
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Sunday 1pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 81b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 27/8/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to ..." OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 25'35" (frogs til around 26'35) Wongungarra Protected in the Victorian Alpine National Park There's no doubt that the Regional Forest Agreement process has been the focus of much ongoing concern with regard to the outcomes in actual forest conservation. While the whole process continues to be criticised, there was a recent win in Victoria's north-east. Wongungarra is a region deemed the "last remaining wilderness area in Victoria", and with the recent signing of the Regional Forest Agreement for Victoria's north-east it has been encorporated into the state's Alpine National Park. Today on Earth Matters, 3CR's Melanie Iona speaks to the Wilderness Society's Gavan McFadzean about the recent decision. Crop and Seed Patenting Patenting is the system by which people or companies make sure that they gain the maximum profits for their idea or so-called "discovered" plant or organism. Taking out a patent or copyright is an increasing practice as the knowledge economy grows and corporations seek to own knowledge. Recently Kate Raworth, an economist and co-author of this year's United Nations Human Development Report, spoke to UN Radio in New York about her particular concerns regarding the expanding business of patenting. Australia's Seed Savers' Network Annual Conference The Seed Savers' Network is an Australian gorup that seeks to positively challenge the notions of seed ownership by companies or corporations. Today we hear from Jude Fanton, Director of the Network, about the aims and origins of Seed Savers, and about their up and coming annual conference to be held in Byron Bay in late October. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 16/7
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 78b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 16/7/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to ..." OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 24'10" (frogs til around 25'10) Kakadu Not "IN DANGER"?? On Monday July 12th the 23rd session of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee met in Paris and declined to list Kakadu "in danger". Environmentalists and the Traditional Owners of Jabiluka, the Mirrar people, attended the gathering to request that Kakadu be listed due to the potential threat posed by the Jabiluka uranium mine. It was a request supported by some of the most eminent scientific bodies in the world, and required the vote of at least 15 of the 21 member states of the World Heritage Committee. That Kakadu wasn't listed is not only of great concern to the Mirrar traditional owners whose land and lives are threatened, but also for the integrity of the World Heritage Convention - the highest international body supposedly protecting cultural and natural values around the world. Today on Earth Matters we hear from both Ben Oquist of the Australian Greens and Dave Sweeney of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) speaking form Paris. We also speak with Executive Director of the ACF, Don Henry, about just what the World Heritage "in danger" criteria are, what the 3 World Heritage advisory bodies did and why they made the recommendations to list Kakadu as in danger. Throughout the discussions we also canvass some of the concerns surrounding the whole ordeal including the bullying tactics of the Australian Government and the future integrity of the World Heritage Committee. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: What's on Earth Matters this week 30/4
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Programme 73a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Programme 30/4/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : RADOJE LAUSEVIC : "The Serbian Ecological =85" OUTRO : "... see you later." DURATION : 25'00" (frogs til around 26'00) The environmental consequences of NATO bombings in Yugoslavia Today on Earth Matters we're joined on the phone by Radoje Lausevic - Secretary of the Serbian Ecological Society in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Radoje speaks about the very serious environmental problems facing his region as a result of NATO attacks. Radoje begins our discussion by outlining what the Serbian Ecological Society does and also by describing the natural elements of the region. We learn that Yugoslavia is recognised internationally as being a region of high biodiversity and and is home to one of Europe's largest rivers, the Danube. A range of environmental concerns are addressed, including the acute air pollution issues facing the region due to the consistent and wide spread bombing of chemical facilities. We also touch on the effects of jets and chemcial fumes on the ozone layer and on global warming. Radoje speaks about the use of Depleted Uranium in the weapons of the USA and NATO, and the devastating effects they can have on human health and the environment. Groundwater pollution issues are addressed and Radoje speaks about the problems associated with gathering data about the extent of the pollution problems and how official data is being withheld due to fears of creating further mass panic. Finally Radoje outlines the plea he and his organisation have for the rest of the world in asking them to consider the severe and lasting environmental consequences of NATO's attacks and to immediately seek a peaceful solution. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: What's on Earth Matters this week 5/2/99
EARTH MATTERS can be heard in 3CR Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday at 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs between 8-9pm, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston 7:30pm Monday, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Programme 67a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Programme 5/2/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : Hello and welcome to Earth Matters ..." OUTRO : "... on Earth Matters. See you later." DURATION : 26'20" (frogs til around 27'20) Regional Forest Agreement process - solving the conflict? Recently environmentalists and loggers gathered on the steps of Parliament in Melbourne, while inside the 2-day national public hearing of the Senate Inquiry into the Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) legislation went on inside. This action came soon after a blockade and "counter-blockade" in Victoria's Otways forests. Just the sort of clash that the RFA process was supposed to sort out. Today on Earth Matters we hear from Yorick Piper from the Forestry Division of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and Gavin McFadzean from the Wilderness Society in Victorian. Yorick explains why a "picket line" was established in the Otways forests and what the CFMEU's position is on the RFA legislation. Gavin joins the program to give his view of the "picket line", as he was one of 16 environmentalists held in the forest on the other side. He also answers questions with regard to just how the environment movement is dealing with the issue of job security for timber workers and how the union fits into this. The Battle for Big Hill Big Hill is just 50 metres high, but it's the lookout point for the visitors to and residents of Stawell in north-west Victoria. Plans to see the hill turned into an open-cut gold mine have caused great concern among residents and they've formed the Big Hill Action Group. The concerns of the group include environment and health issues, as well as noise levels and decreases in property values. Big Hill is part of the Box-Ironbark ecosystem - and the mine itself along with tailings dams and pipelines with detrimentally affect the area. A primary health concern is the presence of dust particles that can lodge in the lungs.
