CLIMATE ACTION SHOW

OCTOBER 20TH

Produced by Vivien Langford

THE  SOLACE  OF   KNOWING   WHAT  TO   DO

DISASTERWISE CONFERENCE WITH SURVIVORS OF CLIMATE CHAOS

Guests:

Dr Jean Renouf - PLAN C -  Trains communities to be prepared for emergencies. The time is now. 

He spoke to the Disasterwise conference about  mentoring programmes PlanC provides  free to communities.

They create networks of Community Carers and Responders. One group is among High School Students who learn how to care for each other during and after a crisis. One whole day is spent on learning about how dangerous disinformation and mis information can be for a community in an emergency.

As Jean says " There is a solace in knowing what to do"

Bernadette Trench Thiedeman - Artist and film maker  "Disaster Conversations"  She speaks about connecting up people who have experienced disaster like her friend Natalie, whose house and whole community was innundated  by the flooding Fitroy River and an artist she met in Brazil whose community had been devastated by a killer landslide.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-04/brazil-fitzroy-crossing-remote-na...

Natalie Davey - Co Producer of Disaster Conversations   and

Broadcaster at Fitzroy Crossing's Wangki Radio . Winner of Community Broadcasting Award Best Indigenous Broadcaster

She speaks about the comfort of talking to people who have experienced the same huge loss of community as she has.

She also describes how in COVID Times she and her father were helpful to their communities by broadcasting health messages in many different langauges. During the flood, their morning radio show tried to cheer the community and give useful information. They were a trusted voice and able to pass on messages   in contrast to the outside services who were often not so well connected. 

Listen to their podcasts here : https://www.wangki.org.au/shows/danggujarra/