Think: Sustainabilit‪y‬ 2SER 107.3

Legal personhood or 'rights of nature' laws have been around since as early as the 1970s and have attracted lawmakers in jurisdictions all over the world. But what do these legal concepts offer? How do they interact with current environmental laws? And what are their limits?

Producer: Marlene Even
Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel

Featured:
Michelle Maloney, co-founder and national convener, Australian Earth Laws Alliance
Dr Virginia Marshall, Wiradjuri Nyemba woman, lawyer and Indigenous postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University

Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode of Think: Sustainability, is Australia doing its best to care for our Pacific neighbours as they confront the effects of a changing climate? How can we improve current labour programs and pathways?

Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel

Featured:
Mesulame Ratukadreu, Pacific Labour Scheme worker
Jonathan Pryke, Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute
Amanda Moors-Mailei, Student Equity Project Officer, Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion, University of Technology

Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode of Think: Sustainability, we spotlight some exciting new developments in the sustainability sector. What projects have been underway while we've been glued to our TVs, following COVID and the US election?

We talk to three experts in environmental fields to celebrate innovative renewable energy projects, the circular economy and what a Joe Biden election victory means for Australia's climate policy.

Producer: Marlene Even
Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel

Featured:
Dr Nick Florin, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF), University of Technology Sydney. Manager of the Resource Futures research group and directs and undertakes collaborative research projects with industry and government partners on resource conservation, recovery and recycling.

Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Director of the Circular Economy Innovation Network and founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) UNSW.

Dr Chris Briggs, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology and Technical Director, Business Renewables Centre-Australia.

Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode, we explore the psychology of climate change. With the help of Carl Jung's analytical psychology, we look at how our internal disorder may be hindering efforts to solve external problems. What is holding us back from effective climate action, individually and collectively?

Producer/presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel

Featured:
Jonathan Marshall, Future Fellow and member of the Climate Justice Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney

Music: Epidemic Sound

This is the second-part of a two-part series of Think: Sustainability, where we speak to those living in precarious housing situations. In part one, we spoke to public housing tenants. In this episode, we hear from some of the half a million international students trapped in Australia.

Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel

Featured:
Mon Mon Myo Myint, Rajendra Kumar, Rojal L. Shrestha, international students
Adam Loftus, School Breakfast 4 Health and Agencies Team Leader, Foodbank
Kylie Ebert, Director, Student Life, Macquarie University
Alan Morris, professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney

Music: Epidemic Sound, Blue Dot Sessions

In this two-part series of Think: Sustainability, we speak to those living in precarious housing situations in Australia. In part one, tens of thousands sit on public housing waiting lists, and a severe lack of funding in the sector means that those who make it in, are some of the most vulnerable in society.

Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel

Featured:
Alan Morris, professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
Fiona Ross, public housing tenant, co-founder Friends of Public Housing
Sara Wilkinson, building surveyor, professor, School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney

Music: Epidemic Sound, Blue Dot Sessions