189 episodes

From waste to wealth, and grids to growth, the show digs into the impact of consumption across all areas of life — it tracks the movements, discoveries and technologies making way for a sustainable future.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 50 Ratings

From waste to wealth, and grids to growth, the show digs into the impact of consumption across all areas of life — it tracks the movements, discoveries and technologies making way for a sustainable future.

    Why we let corporations act like monsters

    Why we let corporations act like monsters

    A pharmaceutical company profits from legions of addicted customers; a gambling company knowingly markets to people in debt; a hospital kills its patients.
    People who do far less damage are locked up for life, yet corporations act like horror villains and get away with no criminal penalty. 
    Why do we let them get away with it? And how do we stop them?

    Featuring: Penny Crofts, Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney

    Producer and presenter: Lawrence Bull

    • 32 min
    How to make a new carbon tax that sticks

    How to make a new carbon tax that sticks

    At least forty countries and the European Union now have a price on carbon. Australia tried, and failed in 2012. What do we need to do to make it work this time around?
    Featuring: Mona Mashhad Rajabi - Post-doctoral Research Associate, UTS School of Business Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience.
    Executive producer and post production: Lawrence Bull
    Producer and presenter: Annamarie Reyes

    • 22 min
    Dark cloud: The true cost of data

    Dark cloud: The true cost of data

    Our online lives and the massive digital infrastructure that supports them are eating up our carbon budgets. But who's paying attention?

    Featuring:
    Jessica McLean, Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Macquarie University
    Gordon Noble, Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney

    Executive producer & post production: Lawrence Bull
    Producer & presenter: Wendy Frew

    • 26 min
    We make a pro-climate ad campaign

    We make a pro-climate ad campaign

    It seems like every product has an ad campaign. Cars, cereal, chewing gum, in-soles… What about the most important issue of our time?

    Featuring: 
    Aimee Smith, Graduate Research Student and Sessional Academic in the Marketing Discipline Group at the University of Technology Sydney
    Sam Saunders, Chief Creative Officer at Sam Saunders Creative Nyoosa, and International Entrepreneur

    Producer & presenter: Lawrence Bull

    • 21 min
    The best (and worst) ads of the decade

    The best (and worst) ads of the decade

    A good ad campaign can change your behaviour for life. A bad one can hurt a good cause. But both can be very entertaining! We rate and review some of our favourites.
    Featuring: Aimee Smith, Graduate Research Student and Sessional Academic in the Marketing Discipline Group at the University of Technology Sydney
    Producer & presenter: Lawrence Bull

    • 28 min
    The race to impregnate male seahorses

    The race to impregnate male seahorses

    How do you repopulate a native species in steep decline? Join us on a dive into the front lines of our marine ecosystem to peek through the curtains on Australia’s most romantic animal.

    Featuring:
    Mitchell Brennan, Project Manager of the Sydney Seahorse Project & PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney

    Mentioned:
    Faithful pair bonds in wild seahorses, Hippocampus whitei - Amanda C. J. Vincent
    A seahorse father makes a good mother - Amanda C. J. Vincent
    iNaturalist: Sydney Seahorse Project
    Instagram: Sydney Seahorse Project

    Producer & presenter: Lawrence Bull

    • 22 min

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50 Ratings

50 Ratings

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A great listen!

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An delightful, evergreen listen!

A great podcast for anyone curious about the future of sustainability and looking for an accessible, polished introduction to new ideas.

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Reliable and enjoyable

I highly rate this podcast, informative but yet easily digestible and covers some common topics as well as insights I’d never have thought of.

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