Environmental as Anything Interviews
Tune in to in depth interviews and reports featuring environmental leaders and experts exploring the challenges, solutions and opportunities for our threatened ecologies, climate and civilisation. Presented and produced by Sean O’Shannessy on Bundjalung Country Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/EnvironmentalAsAnything (Feel free to rebroadcast any content from this podcast for non commercial purposes with proper attribution) https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalAsAnything/ Tune in to the Environmental as Anything Show live on 92.9 River FM every Saturday 2-5pm AEST http://2ncr.org.au/streaming.html
Episodes
Scott "Sooty" Daines on the legal battle to save our gliders in Styxx River State Forest and across NSW
Al Oshlack discusses the result of the case to protect Cherry Tree State Forest and a recent case in NSW Land & Environment Court which looks likely to remove barriers to community groups taking legaql action for our forests. He also discusses the latest news for the North Lismore Plateau mega development threatening ecologic...
Everyone in Bundjalung country has a story to tell of the devastating effects of the climate emergency and the incompetence and corruption of the official responses to the disatsers they have created. Very few are as poignant and powerful as the tale told by Susan Anderson of how her community has been excluded from their homes to make way for developers. Bec Horridge and Sean O'Shannessy went to visit the site and hear and see the...
At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. This is a report from the Lismore launch of the film about how we did it. Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers and blockaders about how this historic event came together.
Northern Rivers man, Surya McEwen, is setting sail with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to bring desperately needed food and medicine to Palestinians in Gaza. Spokesperson for the Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine, Subhi Awad, spoke to us on this dangerous humanitarian mission of hope.
https://www.suryasailsforgaza.org.au/
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Professor david Lindenmayer is one of the worlds leading experts on forest ecology. He has spent the past 40 years researching and writing about the intricacies of how our forests function as sanctuaries for wildlife and plants as well as water, fire and cllimate. He has just written a myth busting tour de force of a book called "The Forest Wars - The ugly truth about what's happening in our tall forests"
He talked Sean O'Shannessy...
Over half a million Victorians went without power and at least 60 homes were reported destroyed in extreme storms, heat and fires but somehow the capitalist media managed to report all this without mentioning the "C" word once. Bravo! Courageous effort (NOT!)
For those first responders and aghast observers in the midst of the #climateEmergency what they want is a government response that addresses the best science and gives timely ...
The gorgeous coastal village of Brunswick Heads in Arawkwal Country in the Shire of Byron Bay is home not only to the archetypal "Sea Change" community but also to some extraordanarilay rare and endangered ecologies. Right now it is also home to a David and Goliath struggle between megabucks corporate developers and a local community campaign determined to protect their precious wallum heathland from rapacious profiteers. In this e...
Peter Dutton has threatened to reduce access to independent legal representation for community groups attempting to enforce the law against the climate crimes of the fossil fuel industry. Dutton was speaking to an event organised by the Council for Minerals Energy in Perth to an audience including some of the Liberal Party's biggest donors.
Independent Federal MP Zali Steggall (OAM) spoke to Environmental as Anything on the politi...
On Environmantal as Anything this week Action for Climate in our Courts, Forests, Streets and Boardrooms:
- COP28 & Geo Engineering - George Pick
- Knitting Nannas Constitutional Challenge to Anti Protest Laws - Helen Kevelde & Sue Higginson
- Climate Energy Finance Year's Round up - Tim Buckley
- Tarkine Forest Action - Scott Jordan from Bob Brown Foundation
- Disrupt Burrup Hub NOPSEMA Blockade in Perth - Veterinarian "Maz"
On this weeks show:
- Action in Myrtle State Forest & Styxx River State Forest for koalas and gliders this week - Luca Lamont, Dailan Pugh, Sue Higginson and Fridays4Forests
- Faith based communities rising up for the creation - Thea Ormerod and Anne Lanyon
- COP28 speed bumps and the real transition to renewable prosperity - George Pick
- Aussies call for a ceasefire in Palestine
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A special report from The Rising Tide People's Blockade of the World's Biggest Coalport, including:
- Bob Brown
- Adam Bandt MP
- Sue Higginson (MLC)
- Grant Howard - Coal miner for #NoNewCoal
- Riff Raff Radical Marchinig Band
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On this week's show:
- Forest Pledge Launch - Sophie Scamps MP https://www.sophiescamps.com.au/pledge_to_end_native_forest_logging
- Forest Protest Charges Dismissed - Susie Russell
- School Strike 4 Climate - Voices from across Australia at the frontlines for climate justice https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/
- Australian Climate Case - Isabelle Reinecke https://www.gratafund.org.au/australian_climate_case_melbourne_hearings
- Tuval...
On this weeks show:
- Sail4Sanity - Two Illawarra grandfathers are sailing and paddling a kayak between two of Australia’s key coal ports, Port Kembla and Newcastle, to draw attention to the need to halt the burning of fossil fuels, while hopefully demonstrating that a great deal of fun can be had in water craft that don’t burn up the planet. Calling for more immediate and effective action by our government to reduce fossil fuel ...
Our fire seasons keep getting hotter and longer. The world has been burning all year, North America is ablaze, and Queensland has suffered tragic losses to the out of control fires burning there. Here in NSW we are yet to see the worst of it but our courageous fireies are breathing a sigh of relief as rains fall to dampen the dozens of fires threatening a Black Spring. Daniel Ainsworth from the Northern Rivers Regional Fire Service...
In this weeks show:
- A report on the Brisbane Magistrates Court appearance by the "Parliament 14" climate activists charged under the criminal code with “disturbing the legislature”, which carries a maximum sentence of 3 years in jail.
- Activist, educator, academic & writer, Aidan Ricketts shares his analysis of the current state of anti-protest laws in Australia.
Aussie's freedom of speech, assembly and association are under a nationwide concerted attack.
Dr. Colette Harmsen, released on Friday 13/10/23 from her three months sentence in Tasmania and prison for having stood up for the protection of our precious native forests spoke to Sean O'Shannessy on the day of her release about her reasons for taking the actions that got her locked up, her experience of prison and her intentions for fut...
The fundamental freedoms of all Aussies are under attack from dark forces that would silence us and shackle and oppress us. On this week's show we shine a light on three courageous campaigns to stand up and be heard against the will of the corporate capitalist state
- John Shipton - Free Assange
https://www.assangecampaign.org.au/
- Tahlia Stolarski - Disrupt Burup Hub
https://www.disruptburruphub.com/
- Rachel P...
Dr Steve Sutton has nearly two decades of experience working in and researching bushfires . As Chief Fire Control Officer in the Northern Territory, Steve was responsible for Territory-wide bushfire control, hazard reduction and bushfire mitigation, and oversaw the operations of the Territory’s volunteer bushfire brigades. He is an advocate for grass-roots initiatives to weave networks of belonging that foster resilience to climate...
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