Pulling CO2 out of the air. Drawdown. Carbon removal. Carbon capture. Negative emissions. Sequestering carbon. This child has many names. Some see it as ‘the climate change cure’, while others say it is but a cloudy distraction designed to move
Tag: carbon sequestration
Bring soils into the conversation
A regenerative hour about stable soil sinks versus ‘coke of the farming world’ – with Chris Balazs from Sage Farm, Cindy Eiritz from Healthy Soils, permaculture singer and songwriter Charlie Mgee from Formidable Vegetable Sound System, and Colin Mockett from
The Victorian government’s climate pollution targets
“79 per cent of Victorians would be proud to live in a state that is leading the way on climate change.” ~ Findings of a survey by Sustainability Victoria who in 2016 commissioned Wallis Market and Social Reseach to interview
The Great Debate 2018 – and the little coral that could
Audio recordings of the presentations at the feature festival event ‘The Great Debate’ at the Big Weekend of the National Sustainable Living Festival 2018 on 9 February 2018. Photos by Julian Meehan The event set out to explore the vital
Drawdown for a safe climate
To return to safe levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere – the famous 350 parts per million – we have got to figure out how we can rapidly drawdown huge amounts of carbon. The trouble is that we now
Immediate solutions in a climate emergency
In The Sustainable Hour on 21 February 2018, we talk about why we need to draw down massive amounts of greenhouse gases for a safe climate – and about how we can do it. The program features three presentations which
Reversing climate change: The middle gets it
“The middle gets it. The middle is happening.” ~ Paul Hawken, American author In The Sustainable Hour on 14 February 2018: • Architect Alvyn Williams from Soft Loud House Architects about passive houses and star rating systems • Councillors Susan
Delusional podcasters delve in natural climate solutions
On 19 July 2017 in The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse, we delve in natural and agricultural solutions to the climate change crisis. We have our regenerative studio phone lined up to Verity Morgan-Schmidt, the newly appointed CEO of
Students and scientists sounding the climate trumpet
Guests in the studio: Daniel ‘Sully’ Sullivan, Sarah Hathway and Lois Newman. Prerecorded interview: Tim Flannery, author. More info below. Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 136 on 94.7 The Pulse: » To open or download this programme in mp3-format,
Carbon diem: Seize the carbon
How can we effectively reduce our fossil fuel emissions to zero? Will we have to wait for federal politicians to cut their ties with the fossil fuel industry and for consensus in the United Nations before we can begin the