27th February - No exceptions for big polluters
With the government’s news to put a price on carbon next year, all the big money-making polluting industries are out lobbying for exemptions. Hear an economist's point of view on how we can all afford a carbon tax and how it should be implemented especially for our biggest and dirtiest carbon emitters.
Guests: John Dale, Grattan Institute; Don Henry, Australian Conservation Foundation; Isabela Ratajczak-Juszko,Global Cities Research Institute RMIT Presenter: Christie Stott
20th February - Climate denial at fever pitch
According to Clive Hamilton, an orchestrated attack on climate science and scientific consensus has reached fever pitch. He discusses the elements of climate denial and what it’s doing to derail governments and individuals in the movement to mitigate the climate crisis.
Guests: Clive Hamilton, author www.clivehamilton.net.au Presenter: Rachel Maher   
13th February - A Muckaty update
The federal government hopes to build a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty in the Northern Territory. Hear about the court case against the dump, the legislation which could be passed any day now, and how the nuclear waste could be trucked through a town near you, en route to Muckaty.
Guests: Nat Wasley, Arid Lands Environment Centre; Dave Sweeney, Australian Conservation Foundation; Jim Green, Friends of the Earth, www.nuclearfreeways.org.au Presenter: Domenica Settle  
6th February - Brazil floods & the Kajbar dam
We talk to James Dalton from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature about the Brazil mudslides, big rains, flooding and water management. And to Peter Bosshard, from International Rivers, about the proposed Kajbar dam, on the Nile in northern Sudan, which threatens the survival of the Nubian people and their culture.
Guests: James Dalton, International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Peter Bosshard, International Rivers Presenter: Jenny Denton
29th January - Actions from the Front Line
A grim update from the the Rising Tide 7 on the bitter fight for climate justice and an even grimmer story about how Indigenous Tasmanians are fighting to protect a forty thousand year old heritage site from demolition by the state government.
Guests: Carly Phillips; Mumirimina People Presenter: Nicky Stott 
23rd January - Wanted: Ethical and sustainable timbers
Banning the importation of illegal timber has the potential to promote sustainable forestry practices in neighbouring countries. NGOs in PNG are looking to Australia to lead by example while their own government has stripped landowners' capacity to legally challenge timber and mining projects.  And what sustainable forestry harvesting practices do we have in our own backyard?
Guests: Recce Turner, Greenpeace Australia; Kenn Mondiai, PNG Eco Forestry Forum; James Felton-Taylor, Australian Sustainable Timbers Presenter: Christie Stott
16th January - Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean
A story that inevitably hits the headlines at time of year is the whale hunt that the Japanese government undertakes in the Southern Ocean in the name of research, and the diplomatic tension between Australia and Japan about it.  This year, in addition to regular reports of clashes at sea between anti-whaling activists and harpoon vessels, Wikileaks cables reveal behind-the-scenes tension within both Japanese and Australian governments over whaling.
Guests: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Greenpeace Australia Presenter: Racheal Maher  
9th January - Does greening your home make a difference? 
Does greening your home make a difference? What happens in your brain when you shop? Plus, why Al Gore's lunch wasn't as green as it seemed, and how your bank could be investing your money in coal, and what you can do about it.
Guests: Liz Minchin, author of Screw Light Bulbs; Trish Harrup, Greenpeace Presenter: Domenica Settle 
2nd January - An environmental overview
Friends of the Earth campaigns coordinator Cam Walker talks carbon, climate change, the Murray Darling Basin, and about 'Lock the Gate' - a coalition of farmers and conservationists in Queensland fighting coal seam gas mining on prime agricultural land.  Guests: Cam Walker, Friends of the Earth Melbourne Presenter: Jenny Denton  
25th December - Sustainable water?
Why desal when you can recycle? With a water crisis at hand, WA begins a trial of recycling water for consumptive use and the community seems positive. Meanwhile, local government in Northern NSW is forcing an unwanted and unsustainable dam on a world heritage region at Byrrill Creek.  Guests: Phil Kneebone, WA Water Corporation; Fiona Gibson, PhD student UWA Australia; Joanna Gardener, Save Byrrill Creek. Presenter: Christie Stott & Nicky Stott 
19th December - Sustainable community development in Tanzania; and "Climarte"
An inspirational community project in Tanzania uses principles of sustainability to combat social issues. And "Climarte" - the new climate network that calls on artists to join the chorus for change.
Guests: Mohamed Salim, Kesho Leo; Guy Abrahams, Climarte. Presenter: Rachel Maher  

12th December - Getting the climate message across: Artists and scientists on what it takes
Have scientists failed in communicating climate change? Can artists communicate where scientists can't? And is art even relevant, when most of us barely go to theatres or galleries? A recent conference brought artists and scientists together to answer these questions and more.
Guests: various Presenter: Domenica Settle
5th December - Freeport: the military, the mine and its multibillion dollar blind eye (Part 2)
Indigenous West Papuans live in fear of the Indonesian security forces. In the last nine years Freeport McMoran paid them $US 65 million for protection. The second part of a two-part program on the Freeport mine focuses on the company’s complicity in brutal military repression.
Guests: Richard Chauvel, academic; Diarmid O'Sullivan, Global Witness;Kylie McKenna, PhD research student; John Ondawame, West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation; Abigail Abrash, human rights advocate; John Braithwaite, author; Pius Ginting, Friends of the Earth Indonesia.. Presenter: Jenny Denton  
28th November - Negotiating Tasmania's Native Forests - between hope & hype
The conservation movement & logging industry announced an historic negotiation agreement in Tasmania, October 2010 – including an imminent moratorium on logging in high conservation value forests – local conservationists & activists critically comment.
Guests: various Presenter: Nicky Stott
14th November - Pavan Sudhdev analyses the value of nature (PART 2)
This is the second part of a lecture delivered by Pavan Sukhdev, an economist and the head of the UN Green Economy Initiative. Pavan was in Australia earlier this year, as a guest of the Centre for Policy Development in Sydney.
Guests: Pavan Sukhdev, UN Green Economy Initiative Presenter: Rachel Maher
7th November - Famines and rooftop  gardens
Author Julian Cribb argues that if we don't do something about our food system, the world faces famine. And Sidonie Carpenter of Green Roofs Australia believes that we could transform our cities by using roofs to grow food and other plants.
Guests:  Julian Cribb, Author; Sidonie Carpenter, Green Roofs Australia Presenter: Domenica Settle
31st October - The devastating impacts on West Papua of the Freeport mine (Part 1)
The first of a two-part program on the massive resource-extraction operation at the heart of West Papua’s human rights tragedy is focused on the devastation of the environment and of local indigenous people’s lives caused by the company and its practices over 40 years.
Guests: John Ondawame, West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation; Abigail Abrash, human rights advocate; John Braithwaite, author; Pius Ginting, Friends of the Earth Indonesia. Presenter: Jenny Denton
24th October - The river knows no border
Recent reports from the occupied Palestinian territories  reveal a worsening water crisis. The environmental threat caused by the Gaza blockade and Israeli settlements in the West Bank is as brutal as the physical threat caused by the settlers themselves.  Guests: Maria Lewis, Palestine Solidarity Project; Nader Khateb, Palestinian Friends of the Earth; Faiz al Tanib, National Action Committee on water & soil contamination; Cara Flowers, Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Group (EWASH). Presenter: Nicky Stott
17th October - Pavan Sudhdev analyses the value of nature (PART 1)
This is the first part of a lecture delivered by Pavan Sukhdev, an economist and the head of the UN Green Economy Initiative. Pavan was in Australia earlier this year, as a guest of the Centre for Policy Development in Sydney.
Guests: Pavan Sukhdev, UN Green Economy Initiative. Presenter: Rachel Maher
10th October - Islander flee rising seas, and more
The Carteret Islands in Papua New Guinea are disappearing into the sea. Ursula Rakova tells Earth Matters about helping her people migrate from the islands. Also, we hear about new coal mines in Western Australia, and how to get a price on carbon right.
Guests: Ursula Rakova, Carteret Islands resident; Louise Morris, Conservation Council of Western Australia; Damien Moyse, Alternative Technology Association Presenter: Domenica Settle 
3rd October - Trading species for land development - offsetting our concerns
An amendment to the NSW Threatened Species Act in June has introduced a scheme known as Biodiversity Certification for land developments. Environment groups are outraged as changes allow developers to bypass a threatened species assessment, trade in species protection and destroy habitats.    
Guests: Pepe Clarke, Nature Conservation Council; Jeff Angel, Total Environment Centre; Rachael Warmsley, NSW Environmental Defender's Office Presenter: Christie Stott
26th September - Victorian land justice
Land justice for Victoria? Victoria has just passed legislation for a system of negotiated land claim settlements between Aboriginal traditional owners and the state government. Victorian Traditional Owner Land Justice Group co-chair Graham Atkinson and Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation chairperson Peter Lewis discuss the new framework.
Guests: Graham Atkinson, Victorian Traditional Owner Land Justice Group; Peter Lewis, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation Presenter: Jenny Denton   
19th September - Malabar Headland and water justice in the Murray Darling Basin
Malabar Headland in Sydney’s South East looks set to become a National Park as a result of an ALP election promise, and Friends of the Earth start campaigning on water justice in the Murray Darling Basin.
Guests: Peter Ryan and Alan Hall, Friends of Malabar Headlands; Jono La Nauze, Friends of the Earth Presenter: Rachel Maher
12th September - A world without economic growth?
Economic growth isn't great for the planet, because it relies on us consuming more and more, forever. But are there alternatives? Hear from the New Economics Foundation on their alternative, and the Robin Hood Tax campaign on an idea they want to implement right now.
Guests: Ruth Potts, New Economics Foundation; Adele Webb, Jubilee Australia. Presenter: Domenica Settle 
5th September - Gas reductions, threatened species and feral goats
The ACT is leading the way on climate action with the tabling of the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bill. Many species in the NT are at risk of disappearing and right now the Threatened Species List is up for review. Completion of a new 140km goat proof fence at a former pastoral station in WA aims to improve the landscape and restore biodiversity.
Guests: Shane Rattenbury, ACT Greens; Phoebe Howl Canberra Loves 40%; Simon Ward, NT Department of Natural Resources and Environment; David Blood, WA Department of Environment and Conservation  Presenter: Nicky Stott and Christie Stott 
29th August - Pakistan floods and East Gippsland forests
Shah Murad Aliani, talks about a lack of environmental consideration in land and water use intensifying the impact of the disastrous floods. Coordinator of Environment East Gippsland, Jill Redwood, and Prof. David Lindenmayer speak about the court decision to halt logging at Brown Mountain in Victoria's north.
Guests: Shah Murad Aliani, International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Jill Redwood, Environment East Gippsland Presenter: Jenny Denton  
15th August - Trouble on the Darling Downs
The Darling Downs is just west of Brisbane, has incredibly fertile black soil and is studded with mining exploration licences. Anger is brewing among farmers, about loss of food farming land, about climate change and about having no say, as mining companies move on to the family farm. On Earth Matters two Darling Downs farmers talk about what's happening to them, what farmers plan to do and what the alternatives are.

Guests: Ruth Armstrong, Basin Sustainability Alliance; Rob McCreath, Friends of Felton Presenter: Domenica Settle 
8th August - Community exclusion in Rosebery and saving the Weld
Residents of Rosebery are pursuing recognition of their exposure to heavy metals from a nearby lead mine while mine owners, MMG, state there is no risk of environmental contamination. An update from South West Tasmania on old-growth clear felling & threatened World Heritage Area.
Guests: Isla McGregor, Whistleblowers; Jenny Webber, Huon Valley Environment Centre Presenter: Nicky Stott, Christie Stott
1st August - Melbourne Water Youth Conference
More than 400 kids came together in Melbourne in June for a conference about water sustainabiity run by Kids Teaching Kids. Peter Davis went along and captured some of the action.
Guests: Various  Presenter: Peter Davis
25th July - Community campaigns to improve one million Victorian homes
The One Million Homes Alliance has a multi-billion dollar vision to improve the energy and water efficiency in almost half of Victoria's houses over the next five years, with priority given to low income households.
Guests: Brad Shone, Moreland Energy Foundation; Sue Fraser, Kildonan Unitingcare Presenter: Rachel Maher
18th July - Red gum protected, Indigenous people in the driving seat
In late June the Barmah National Park was launched, part of 200,000 hectares of red gum now protected. It’s divided the local community, but it’s a historic occasion for the Yorta Yorta people, who will finally be getting some control of their land.
Guests: Various  Presenter: Domenica Settle
11th July - "Greening" al-Naqab and not dealing with waste
Indigenous activists in southern Israel and in Australia discuss the impact ethnic cleansing continues to have on biodiversity in the Naqab Desert. And a risky shipment of the waste stockpile of toxic HCB is bound for a hazardous incineration process in Denmark – why can’t Australia clean up its own waste?
Guests: Khalil Al-Amur, Bedouin activist; Kim Bullimore, Australian/Murri activist ; Dr Mariann Loyd-Smith, National Toxics Network Presenter: Nicky Stott and Christie Stott
4th July - The Kimberley LNG, marine sanctuary campaign and cassowaries in trouble
A controversial LNG processing plant is being built at James Price Point in the Kimberley; the call for a network of Australian marine sanctuaries is to be declared; and Queensland’s cassowaries are in trouble, with a pre-election campaign to pressure the federal government into buying homes for the birds.
Guests: Renae Williams, The Wilderness Society; Michelle Grady, Pew Environment Group; Ruth Rosenhek, Rainforest Information Centre. Presenter: Jenny Denton 
27th June - Alternative technology in East Timor and ethical shopping
Hear how Alternative Technology Association volunteers are helping instal solar lighting and water pumps in East Timor; and we take a look inside the 2010 guide for ethical shopping.
Guests: Anton Vikstrom, Alternative Technology Association; Nick Ray, Ethical Consumers Group Presenter: Rachel Maher
20th June - Australia ditches the car
Australia ditches the car: Los Angeles stopped building freeways 20 years ago, and now it looks like Australians are finally ditching their cars for bicycles and public transport, and our governments are putting real money into sustainable transport.
Guests: Peter Newman, transport activist;  Peter Bourke, Cycling Promotion Fund; Janet Rice, Greens candidate for the seat of Footscray  Presenter: Domenica Settle
13th June - Forestry NSW Woodchipping our koalas
A critical Australian Koala habitat in Mumbulla State Forest, on the far south NSW coast, is in danger of being destroyed byForestry NSW illegal logging. Since March 2010, local activists have been blockading to defend the forest – including state-protected zones sacred to traditional Indigenous Owners.  Guests: Lisa Stone, South East Forest Rescue Network; Lee Rhiannon, Greens NSW Upper House.  Presenter: Nicky Stott
6th June - What's going on with uranium?
Turning his back on billions, Djok clan man Jeffrey Lee is offering land containing one of Australia's biggest uranium deposits for inclusion and protection in Kakadu National Park. We speak to ACF anti-nuclear campaigner Dave Sweeney and NT Environment Centre coordinator Stuart Blanch about Jeffrey Lee and the Koongarra deposit.  Guests: Dave Sweeney, Australian Conservation Foundation;Stuart Blanch, Northern Territory Environment Centre Presenter: Jenny Denton
30th May - Identifying with the river and harnessing the wind
An Australian first in harnessing the wind and how the Conservation Council of South Australia is building awareness about the River Murray through pictures and stories.
Guests:  Julie Marron, Conservation Council of South Australia; Vicki Horrigan, Hepburn Wind Presenter: Rachel Maher
23rd May –  Massive expansion of the coal industry
Australia's coal industry is expanding on a massive scale, from mega mines in Queensland to a doubling of Newcastle's coal export capacity. And it's not just the climate on the line, with threatened species and water at risk, and coal dust settling in people's houses and in their lungs.
Guests include: Alan Hayes, Australian Coal Alliance; Patricia Julien, Mackay Conservation Group; Steve Phillips, Rising Tide  Presenter: Domenica Settle
16th May – Buying back the river's water
The Murray-Darling River system is in dire straits, but can the water buyback scheme help to restore it? Dr Paul Sincliar believes it’s so important that the Australian Conservation Foundation initiated their own buyback process to Just Add Water. And hear about Community Sustainability Grants from the Conservation Council South Australia.
Guests: Dr Paul Sincliar, Australian Conservation Foundation; Julie Pettett, Conservation Council South Australia. Presenter: Christie Stott
9th May – Big issues from Bolivia and Brazil
Big issues from South America – the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia, and its ‘people’s agreement’. And in Brazil the Belo Monte dam, a massive hydroelectric project, which would dry out a 100km stretch of a tributory of the Amazon, displace 20,000 people and cost more than $10 billion.
Guests:  Eduardo Giesen,  Friends of the Earth Latin America; Aviva Imhof, International Rivers  Presenter: Jenny Denton 
2nd May – The power of the forest and toxic houses
A vision for the future of forestry in Victoria – how plantations offer the dual benefits of creating sustainable jobs and supplying us with timber (Recorded at Sustainable Living Festival). Also, how the air inside our homes can be up to 90 times more polluted, how products in your average home can be damaging our health, and tips to make your home environment less toxic.  Guests: Luke Chamberlain, The Wilderness Society; Jo Immig, National Toxics Network Producer: Domenica Settle
25th April – Trading away environmental laws?
Concerns about new free trade agreement which could make it hard for Australia to create environmental laws. And a very different approach to the economy: a new project to get people meeting their neighbours and sharing stuff.
Guests: Harvey Purse, Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network; Michael Green, The Sharehood. Presenter: Domenica Settle
18th April – Plastics adrift on the open sea
Marine debris is listed as one of Australia’s key threatening processes and the biggest culprit is of course, plastic. Three groups outline their initiatives in marine conservation and cleanup – WWF’s marine watch; the Carpentaria Ghost Net Programme and South West Marine Debris Cleanup in Tasmania.
Guests: Lydia Gibson, WWF-Australia; Riki Gunn, Northern Gulf Resource Management; Matt Dell, South West Marine Debris Cleanup. Presenter: Christie Stott
11th April – The costs of activism
The fight to block gold mining in El Salvador claimed the lives of three environmental activists last year. Now Canadian company Pacific Rim is suing the country, under CAFTA, for not letting it go ahead with extraction. Meanwhile Sydney climate activist Natasha Verco is awaiting judgment in Copenhagen on charges that carry a maximum penalty of 12 years imprisonment.
Guests: Dr Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador; Holly Creenaune, Friends of the Earth Sydney. Presenter: Jenny Denton
4th April – Choose the right Easter seafood and transforming landscapes in the Central Desert
How to make wise choices and keep your Easter seafood consumption sustainable; an update on the community gardens project in Alice Springs, after two unseasonally wet months; and the annual Peter Rawlinson award for grassroots campaigning – nominations are open.
Guests: Ben Birt, Marine Conservation Society; Jimmy Cocking, Arid Lands Environment Centre. Presenter: Rachel Maher
28th March – Playing politics with nuclear waste
The government is planning a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty in the Northern Territory. Find out the big money connection, how the Indigenous community came to be divided on the issue, and why the government has decided to ignore the advice of scientists and doctors.
Guests: Dave Sweeney, Australian Conservation Foundation; Dr Bill Williams, Medical Association for Prevention of War. Presenter: Domenica Settle
22nd March – Forests to the Sea
The NSW Government’s announcement to protect over 100,000ha of red gum forests comes with a catch – that the vulnerable Millewa forests will continue to be heavily logged for another five years. Also, plans to scuttle the HMAS Adelaide off the NSW coast has local residents concerned about the detrimental effects of heavy metals and PCBs.
Guests: Jonathan La Nauze, Friends of the Earth Melbourne; Steven Ross, Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations; Ian Cohen, NSW Greens MP; Quentin Riley, No Ship Action Committee. Presenter: Christie Stott
15th March – Sharks and climate disinformation
We talk to climate scientist Prof. David Karoly about organised attempts to create confusion about climate change; and Toni Nossiter, a Snowy Mountains woman on a 1400km 'advocacy walk' for sharks through the south-west of WA, as well as the Australian Marine Conservation Society's Ben Birt about the situation of sharks in Australia.
Guests: Prof. David Karoly, Science Research Melbourne University; Toni Nossiter, Walks for Awareness; Ben Birt, Marine Conservation Society Presenter: Jenny Denton
28th February – Freeways eat bush
Two islands of biodiversity facing the bulldozers as freeways expand: the Beeliar Wetlands to the south of Perth, and the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve on the southern edge of Melbourne. Hear about them, and how viable the alternatives are.
Guests: Joe Branco, North Lake Residents' Association; Gillian Collins, Friends of the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve, Tony Morton, Public Transport Users' Association Presenter: Domenica Settle
21st February – Reconnecting the bush
Gondwana Link is a habitat restoration project aimed at reconnecting 1000km of native vegetation across the south of WA. We look at how the project evolved as a successful form of landscape-scale conservation and the positive effects it’s having on the land, communities and conservation groups.
Guests: Keith Bradby, Gondwana Link; Wayne O’Sullivan, Wilderness Society; Angela Sanders, Bush Heritage; Barry Heydenrych and Eugene Eades, Greening Australia Presenter: Christie Stott
14th February – Transition Decade and the 'Gagged' on the Gunns 20
The Transition Decade and the Gunns 20: Giselle Wilkinson talks about the campaign's clarion call to get on board and make the change to a safe climate happen. And Greg Ogle, former Wilderness Society legal coordinator, talks about his book 'Gagged' and the disaster of the Gunns litigation against Tasmanian forest protesters.
Guests: Giselle Wilkinson, Transition Decade; Greg Ogle Presenter: Jenny Denton

Earth Matters 31.01.2010

With nanotechnology potentially making some sunscreens dangerous, we hear which brands to go for and which to avoid. And we get an overview of the toxic chemicals which can make the air in our homes a health risk, and how to avoid them.

Earth Matters 22.01.2010

Earth Matters on the frontline of cane toad invasions in NSW and WA: research reveals a natural predator is hot on their heels, community action is uniting locals and a biodiversity program highlights their impact on our connections to country.

Earth Matters 15 01 10

Earth Matters talks to the Sea Shepherd about the sinking of the Ady Gil and South Australia’s Reclaim the Food Chain about ‘From Plains to Plate’, a sustainable food ‘convergence’ that will take place in Adelaide in February.

Earth Matters 10.01.2010

Professor Patrick Dodson discusses his vision of land stewardship and the importance of dialogue in managing the social, climatic and ecological crises we face as a nation.

Earth Matters 03.01.2010

Doing technology the wrong way: Western Australia considers lifting its ban on genetically modified crops, despite consumer concerns. And researchers find that public consultation on nanotechnology is asking the wrong people the wrong questions.

Earth Matters 20.12.2009

On Earth Matters this week Friends of the Earth’s Cam Walker talks about some of the environmental highs and lows of 2009: the problems at Copenhagen, the growing diversity of the climate movement, bushfires, renewable energy, the northern resource boom and Victorian forest victories.

Earth Matters 13.12.09

This week, how Australian expertise is helping to bring renewable energy and sustainable lighting to communities in East Timor. And we take a look at the Gunns SLAPP suit 5 years on.

Earth Matters 06.12.2009

With more drought on the horizon as the climate changes, we hear how rural Australians are coping with drought. And Brisbane City Council proves that at least at the local level there is plenty of action on climate, and some serious targets.

Earth Matters 29.11.2009

Trade Justice in the Pacific: PACER Plus – an enhanced version of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations or more of the same Free Trade exploitation… ? This week Jan Bartlett speaks with John Salong – Director of Vanuatu Women’s Development Scheme and Maureen Penjueli, Coordinator of the Pacific Network on Globalisation asking whether the Australian government has the political will to address the development needs of the region – independently of its free trade aspirations….

Earth Matters 22.11.2009

This week: ‘A Dangerous Obsession’ – Friends of the Earth UK’s new report on carbon trading warns it is ineffective and dangerous. We talk to author Sarah Clifton. And on the high seas with the Sea Shepherd. Matt Reardon and Tess O’Brien talk to volunteer medical officer Merryn Redenbach.

Earth Matters 08.11.2009

Does buying green and consuming less reduce your environmental impact? Dr Andy Scerri of RMIT argues no, while Dr Emma Rush of Charles Sturt University suggests some small things we can do in our lives which help change the whole economic system.

Earth Matters 01.11.2009

The ongoing battle to save Tasmania’s old growth forests with Natalie Keene from Still Wild Still Threatened and Aid/Watch launches a High Court appeal to keep its status as a charitable organisation with Dr James Goodman.

Earth Matters 23.10.2009

This week – environmental disasters in remote Australia: the Kimberley coast oil leak and plans for a national nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory. Plus a reading from the 350.org writers initiative.

Earth Matters 11.10.2009

How would local councils cope if petrol got really expensive? How would they pick up the garbage? Elliot Fishman gives us some ideas, and Lee Tan explains why the Rudd government hasn’t fulfilled its election promise to ban the import of illegally logged timber.

Earth Matters 27.09.09

This week—climate change and civil disobedience. Earth Matters hears from Ben Stewart, one of the ‘Kingsnorth six’ Greenpeace activists who were charged with criminal damage after shutting down a coal-fired power station in the UK; gets a taste of the action at Victoria’s ‘Switch off Hazelwood, switch on renewables’ protest; and previews Climate Camp NSW.

Earth Matters 20.09.09

This week, hunting in Australia – the story behind the controversial Shooters legislation that has preoccupied the New South Wales parliament in recent months. And sustainable living in the desert—we hear an update from Alice Springs.

Earth Matters 13.09.2009

Some times it can feel like not much is happening federally on climate change. To find out what’s happening on the ground, Earth Matters spoke to five of the dozens of community climate groups across the country, and found that the community is taking climate change into its own hands.