environment

Rowena met up with Penny Algar, who is an artist and horticulturalist, to talk about how Penny explores the inter-relationship between humans and the natural environment in her artworks.
 
Penny is particularly passionate about bringing art into environmental conservation projects and she often uses art to raise awareness about climate change and the importance of conservation and revegetation.
 
Here is Part 1 of Rowena's conversation with Penny.

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Art in Public Space Interview with Penny Algar 4 September.mp3

How much closer are we to setting a price on carbon? In one of its first moves, the Gillard government is set to appoint a climate change committee to ask the big question: what's better? a carbon tax or a market-based approach?

Hayley Crane reports.

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Price on carbon - SYNcast.mp3

Would you give up your bomb for $2000? Probably?
 
What about if you HAVE to spend that money on a more environmentally, hybrid car?
 
Below the Line's Josh Fagan looks in Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Cash for Clunkers scheme.

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One of Tony Abbott's first announcements in the election campaign was that he would establish a "standing Green Army, 15 000 strong".
 
It's a scheme he's been working on since the beginning of the year, and it's something that he personally is passionate about.
 
One of the first projects to be supported by the Green Army will be at Peppergreen Farm, in Ballarat.
 

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Emissions trading, energy efficiency, carbon tax...what does it all mean?

Kevin Rudd faced a big backlash when he decided to shelve his emissions-trading scheme - one of his key election promises - but how many Australians actually understand how an ETS would work and what other parties are proposing?

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Tim Flannery - SYNcast.mp3

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the latest environmental disaster at the hands of the petroleum industry. The spill is the size of Melbourne's CBD, and the big issue in the US now is who's to blame?

Should petroleum and mining companies be held accountable for their actions, or is it up to governments to intervene?

Reporters Phoebe Roth and Ally Bergamin.

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BP oil spill - SYNcast.mp3

In the face of a clear scientific consensus, 30 per cent of Australians think concerns over global warming are exaggerated. How did it get to this?

We get most of our understanding of science from the media, so are journalists to blame that the heat has left the issue?

Panorama's Nick Toscano and Hayley Crane talk to a journo about balance and bias in reporting climate change, and to the Greens on why the political push has cooled, and why they blocked the ETS.

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Climate change balance- SYNcast.mp3

1st May Get Growing Episode
 
1. Intro - what's on the show this week
 
2. In the garden - planting garlic
 
3. Gardening at university - interview with Dan Musil, Melbourne University environment officer and keen guerrilla gardener.
 
4. Food ethics - interview with Dan Musil about his social justice and environmental reasons for getting involved in growing vegies.
 
5. Guerrilla gardening - Dan Musil talks about the practicalities of guerrilla gardening in Melbourne
 

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24th April Get Growing Episode
 
1. Intro - what's on the show this week
 
2. In the garden this week - pulling out summer annuals and planting winter vegies. Choosing the right type of broccoli.
 
3. Garden design - interview with Landscape architect Tim Mitchell
 
4. Bush Tucker - Warrigal greens
 
5. Penny pinchers - finding cheap fertiliser
 
6. The harvest - Green tomato pickle
 
7. What's on the show next week

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24thAprilGetGrowingPodcast.mp3

86 per cent of Victoria's energy comes from brown coal power, but it's also one of our highest pollutants. Aluminium company Alcoa - the state's main exporter - has joined with Loy Yang Power, which will provide brown coal power to their smelting plants near Geelong until 2032.

How will this affect efforts to combat climate change? Why coal instead of renewable energy like wind or solar power?

Naomi Black speaks to the managing director of Alcoa Australia, Alan Cransberg, and Victoria McKenzie-McHarg from Environment Victoria.

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ALCOA - SYNcast.mp3