Climactic
Your stories on climate change
About the show
We live in Climactic times.
The culmination of billions of lives lived since the Industrial Revolution. The Anthropocene — our current age of technology, machines, and an insatiable need for fuel — has changed the planet and set us on a new path.
There is now broad agreement that the consequences of our collective actions are severe. We’re facing an unprecedented future with a destabilised natural world due to rising temperatures.
Climactic tells the stories of the people making a difference. Regular people like us, in a daily struggle to live sustainable lives. We want to be the people's voice on climate change, embedded in the community, from the perspective of the actual people.
We want to hear these powerful stories. Are you a member of a community environmental group? Do you have knowledge of climate change? A regular person struggling to figure out your role?
We'd love to help you tell your story.
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Episode List
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Beth Spencer — In Depth with James Bradley | Author of Clade
September 22nd, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
adani, art breaker, author, clade, climate change, essay, fiction, great barrier reef, literary, literature, non-fiction, sustainability, the change, wrack, writing, ya, young adult
Author and new collective member Beth Spencer hosts award-winning Australian author James Bradley on Climactic.
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Simon Moore — XR Leeds | The Rebellion Continues
September 18th, 2019 | 47 mins 49 secs
climate change, extinction rebellion, leeds, sustainability, uk, xr
Correspondent Simon Moore sends in an update about the unfolding story of Extinction Rebellion, and the wider climate community, in Leeds, UK.
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The Amazon Fires Special
September 14th, 2019 | 41 mins 44 secs
amazon, amazonia, bolsonaro, brazil, climate change, fires, sustainability
In this episode we grapple with the emotions and reactions to the land clearing fires in the Brazilian Amazon. We hear from members of the community, past guests, and hear context from news services.
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Violet Coco — My Arrest Story | Extinction Rebellion Victoria
September 13th, 2019 | 12 mins 39 secs
activism, activist, climate change, extinction rebellion, melbourne, nonviolent direct action, nvda, sustainability, xr
Violet Coco shares the story of her arrest on September 6th.
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Bronwyn Gresham — Three Lessons on Self-care in Activism, with Anthony Gleeson
September 7th, 2019 | 39 mins 56 secs
activism, adani, burnout, climate change, depression, extinction rebellion, mental health, sustainability, the sustainable hour
Bronwyn has a great chat with community stalwart, long-time activist, former school teacher and community radio host Anthony Gleeson, and gleans three key lessons about personally sustaining activism.
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Dr. Darlene Lim — NASA Geobiologist
September 1st, 2019 | 35 mins 13 secs
biology, climate change, exobiology, geobiology, mars, nasa, royal society, science, science week, space, sustainability
Dr Renee Beale, Curator of National Science Week for Victoria, sits down with key speaker Dr Darlene Lim for a chat about the natural world, and what the study of Mars analogues has taught her about life on Earth.
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August Activism Update
August 29th, 2019 | 39 mins 39 secs
amazon, ararat, aycc, bega, bega valley, climate change, djab wurrung, frack off friday, greta thunberg, jo dodds, nt, origin energy, seed mob, stockholm, sustainability, sweden
We check in with four campaigns to hear what's the latest.
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Attending Climate Reality — Three Months On w/ Mark and Georgia
August 26th, 2019 | 58 mins 14 secs
al gore, climate change, climate reality, mike cannon-brookes, sustainability
In June, Climactic hosts Mark and Georgia attended Climate Reality Training, with Al Gore and over 700 other attendees. Hear them recap their experience and what they learned.
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Gretchen Miller | The Rescue Project — On Home Ground
August 24th, 2019 | 14 mins 18 secs
abc, atherton tablelands, bbc, climate change, gretchen miller, kangaroo, kangaroos, landcare, rescue, sustainability, tree kangaroos
This is a special guest episode from storyteller, producer, former guest and friend of the show Gretchen Miller.
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Gretchen Miller | The Rescue Project — On History, Art and Loving a Tree
August 22nd, 2019 | 17 mins 38 secs
abc, atherton tablelands, bbc, climate change, gretchen miller, kangaroo, kangaroos, landcare, rescue, sustainability, tree kangaroos
This is a special guest episode from storyteller, producer, former guest and friend of the show Gretchen Miller.
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Gretchen Miller | The Rescue Project — On Animals
August 20th, 2019 | 17 mins 52 secs
abc, atherton tablelands, bbc, climate change, gretchen miller, kangaroo, kangaroos, landcare, rescue, sustainability, tree kangaroos
This is a special guest episode from storyteller, producer, former guest and friend of the show Gretchen Miller.
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Gretchen Miller | The Rescue Project — Atherton Tablelands
August 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
abc, atherton tablelands, bbc, climate change, gretchen miller, kangaroo, kangaroos, landcare, rescue, sustainability, tree kangaroos
This is a special guest episode from storyteller, producer, former guest and friend of the show Gretchen Miller.
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Art Breaker pilot | §OJUX — Monster Not Happy
August 11th, 2019 | 43 mins 33 secs
art, art breaker, bass, climate change, drums, electronic, music, production, sustainability, synth, vocals
The pilot episode of the newest show on the Climactic Network, Art Breaker. A show about the art we love, and how it gets made, in these climactic times.
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Newsball — CFC You Next Tuesday
August 3rd, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
cfc, climate change, comedy, explicit, kigali amendment, montreal protocol, news, newsball, ozone, ozone hole, sustainability
Guest episode from Newsball — This episode has explicit language.
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Rapid Reaction — Victoria Waste Crisis | SKM Closure and CDS, with Cr Kat Copsey and Annett Finger
July 31st, 2019 | 22 mins 25 secs
cash for containers, cds, climate change, container deposit, container refund, epa, rapid reaction, recycling, skm, sustainability, waste
Mark speaks to Port Phillip Councillor Kat Copsey and CDS campaigner Annett Finger about the closure of Victoria's largest recycler by the state Environmental Protection Agency, and where to next for a broken recycling system. Is it time for a Container Deposit Scheme, or well past due?
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The RegenNarration — 2040 with Damon Gameau and Julie Leslie
July 27th, 2019 | 54 mins 22 secs
2040, climate change, regenerative, regennarration, sustainability, sustainable fashion
Guest episode from The RegenNarration by Anthony James, a panel conversation with filmmaker Damon Gameau after a screening of his film, 2040.