Ep. 91 National Day of Action, Arkaroola Uranium Exploration, community gardens + more!

Aired on 2ser: 11th February 2010

Click to download: Ep. 91 National Day of Action, Arkaroola Uranium Exploration, community gardens + more!

National Day of Action

February 13th will mark the 2nd anniversary of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's National Apology to the Stolen Generations. However, Indigenous Australians across the country are still campaigning against ongoing Northern Territory Intervention policies and the continued failure to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act. On the 13th there will be a National Day of Action calling for an end to the NT Intervention and income quarantining, as well as demanding Aboriginal controlled housing, jobs and services for all communities.

The 3rd Degree's Libby King spoke to leader of the Intervention Rollback Action Group and resident of Mount Nancy town camp, Barbara Shaw, and Monique Wiseman from the Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney.

rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com

stoptheintervention.org

Uranium Exploration at Arkaroola

Over 100 mining companies are exploring for uranium in Western Australia. Less well known is the fact that South Australia is also facing the possibility of a new uranium mine in the Northern Flinders Ranges at Arkaroola. The 3rd Degree's Hannah Walters spoke to Margaret Sprigs from the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary.

www.savearkaroola.com.au

Community Valentine's Day in the Garden!

"A day getting down and dirty to lovely tunes with your Valentine in the secret garden? Now that is romance!" The Angel St Community Permaculture Garden is holding a special event this Valentine's day along with the Permablitz collective for a new take on love and working bees! There will be music, permaculture workshops, garden tours and plenty of food. Libby caught up with JP from the Angel St Garden.

Contact: miller.jess@gmail.com

Events

National Book Launch: This is What We Said

This book puts on record some of the views about the NT Intervention that were expressed by Aboriginal people during the NTER consultations in June-August last year. Using photographs and quotations from consultations at Bagot, Ampilatwatja, Utopia and Yirrkala communities, it provides a graphic account of the depth of despair and anguish of many Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory regarding the Intervention.

Canberra: 11 February, at ANU Co-op Bookshop. 5pm for 5:30pm

Sydney: 16 February, at Gleebooks (49 Glebe Point Road), 6pm for 6:30pm

To order a copy of the book: gleebooks.com.au

Check out the plethora of book launches at a capital city near you: stoptheintervention.org/facts/films-and-literature

Reclaim the Lanes

A roving street party in newtown! It's about time that we celebrate our community, local art & music, and the potenial of our neighbourhoods. Together we can see our public streets as meeting places and open areas of community engagement instead of transit routes dominated by cars. The goal is to have a totally free community event celebrating vibrant local creativity. There will be bands, sound systems and installations along the way, ending up in a beautiful lost alleyway of the inner west. Bring your friends, drums, mobile sound systems, couches on wheels, bikes, skateboards, picnic rugs and drinks. Meet at The HUB in Newtown Square, opposite the train station at 2pm.

Presenters: Hannah Walters and Libby King

Ep. 35. Christmas Special!

Aired on 2SER 25 December 2008.

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Peats Ridge Festival
As we roll up to a new year in a polluted world, what better way to kick it off than a sustainability festival? We hear how Peats Ridge steps lightly on the local environment. From the Land of Hopeless Utopians to geodesic domes to fertiliser-harvesting toilets - the festival is about people coming together, having fun and imagining a better world.

Christmas Lunch
It's the biggest meal of the year! How can you make it more sustainable? We're advised to stay away from meat, stay in season and rethink what the 'local' Coles means - Plus a few hot ideas for very last minute earth-friendly pressies, and some ideas for true food resolutions!

Mitigation Gap Report
Last week Kevin Rudd announced a 5-15% reduction in Australian emissions by 2020 as part of the release of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme White Paper. This is low - but the Mitigation Gap Report, published by the Global Climate Network, states that even the higher targets suggested internationally are also too low. The 'Mitigation Gap' is the disparity between diplomatic targets and the targets science tells us we need. The Third Degree's Nick Hollins speaks to Andrew Pendleton from the Institute for Public Policy in London, and is coordinator of the Global Climate Network.

This Week's Guests: Claudia Santangelo, arts producer of the Peats Ridge Festival; Tim Barker, founder of Regenerate and member of the Figure8 sustainable production collective; and Renata Field from Alfalfa House, a community food co-operative in Enmore.

Presenters: Libby King, Dominic Santangelo and Tessa Dowdell

Ep 18. International Carbon Trading and more

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Ep 18. International Carbon trading, coal expansion in Gunnedah Basin, Food Crisis and MyPower cycling team.

This week:
-Damien Lawson, climate justice coordinator from Friends of the Earth joined us in the studio to talk about international carbon, why its not going to help us reduce emissions and its effects on developing nations under the kyoto protocol clean energy mechanism. There will be film screening happeing on tuesday on the topic 'The Carbon Connection' (see below for details).
Click here to make a submission to the governments Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Rising Tide Australia have a form letter to help out here. Submissions are due to 10th September.

-Our 'Burning Issue' of the week is the coal exploration and expansion of the Gunnedah plains regions. The China Shenhua Energy group was last week given rights to explore land adjacent to BHPbillitons licesne area in Caroona. Jessica Minshall talked with Tim Duddy from the Caroona Coal Action Group about the expansion and taing direct action.

-A global food crisis is threatening humainity. The cost of staple foods has risen by an estimated 83% over the past three years, and there are many factors contributing to the price surge. These include finaical speculation, the use of grain for bio-fuels, and the ising demand for food combined with eclining agricultural yields. The 3rd Degree's Nick Holins spoke with Julian Cribb, Ajunct Professor of Science Communication at UTS, to get his view on the crisis, and what Australia should be doing about it.

-My power is one of many groups cycling around Australia right now to promote sustainability, They're in the Northern Territory at the moment. The 3rd Degree's Andy Smal caught up with Mareki from the MyPower team after their visit to Mataranka Primary School.

This weeks Hot Events:
Public Forum: Green jobs for a greener Hunter – What are the Prospects?Presented by Lake Macquarie Climate Action and Climate Action NewcastleThursday 28th August, 730pm, St Albans Church, Charlestown.

Film Screening: The Carbon Connection – the story of two communities, one in Brasil and on Scotland, linked by carbon trading. Presented by Friends of the Earth Sydney. Tuesday 2nd September, 630pm, Brown St Community Hall, Newtown Library.

And two fantastic fundraisers to support climate camp arestes: -

FauxBQ – Friends of the Earth Sydney are hosting a FauxBQ, a feast of fake meat!Come along for a protein rush and a beer. Camperdown Park, Newtown, 2-6pm. $5 a plate, if its wet call Holly 0417 682 541

Presenters: Libby King and James Hitchcock

EP.1 23/04/08 Permablitz and more

Our pilot show went well. Pats on the back for all that made it possible!

-Nick talked with us about Greenwash, you can find more info on the corpwatch website.
-We also challenged you to submit your best greenwash culture jams, we will have more information on next weeks show so stay tuned.
- Anne talked with David Spratt from Carbon Equity and Adrian Whitehead from the Zero Emissions Network about their views on the climate movement and emissions reduction targets. You can find the report Climate Code Red here.
- We also talked with Renata Field, Real Food campaigner from Friends of the Earth Sydney, about Permaculture and Permablitz, which is a permacultral community working bee , contact Renata foesydney[at]gmail.com to get involved!















Download our pilot podcast:

Part 1 - Nick on greenwashing
Part 2 - Anne with David Spratt and Adrien Whitehead on where they see the climate movement
Part 3 - Renata from Friends of the Earth Sydney on Permablitz and Food

On next weeks show, tune in for all the goss on why Electricity Privatisation may just sell out our chances of cutting back greenhouse gas emissions.