WHO'S GONNA SAVE US‪?‬ ABC listen

We’re all online, all the time. You’re online right now! 

But have you ever stopped to think about what's behind the screen? What sort of infrastructure is required to keep us online 24/7? 

And – how much energy does it use? 

Guests: Guy Danskine, Tanya Notley, Kate Pounder, Glenn Uidam, Jackie McKeon

Host: Jo Lauder
Reporter: Joel Werner
Series Producer: Cheyne Anderson
Executive Producer (audio): Joel Werner
Executive Producer (digital): Clare Blumer
Sound engineer: Hamish Camilleri

We want to know who YOU think is going to save us from climate change? 

Who’s your climate hero?

Think big and small – is it someone like Saul Griffith, with an ambitious plan for the nation? Or maybe it’s more local, like the gang at Totally Renewable Yackandandah, who are focused on transforming their community’s future?

Whoever it is, we’d love to hear your ideas!

Email us at climatepod @ abc DOT net DOT au and maybe your suggestion will feature in future seasons of the show! 

And stay tuned for the final episode of season 1, coming soon… 

Politicians have been slow to act on climate change, even though people want more action. So what would happen if everyday people got the keys to climate policy? 

Well, France gave it a crack. In 2019, 150 French citizens were asked to come up with their country’s climate policy and told that their ideas would be adopted.

But did it work? And is deliberative democracy a climate solution we’ve been overlooking? 

Guests: Amandine Roggeman, Louis-Gaeten Giraudet, Professor Nicole Curato.

Host: Jo Lauder
Reporter: Jo Lauder
Series Producer: Cheyne Anderson
Executive Producer (audio): Joel Werner
Executive Producer (digital): Clare Blumer
Sound engineer: Hamish Camilleri

Traditionally Australia's electricity system has been dirty, and heavily centred around coal communities. But there's a shift happening. 

Towns around the country – from Yackandandah, to Shackleton, to Marlinja – are using renewables to take control of their energy.

The benefits are flowing back into local communities, and remote places are finally getting reliable power.

Guests: Karrina Nolan, Trent Di Fulvio, Margot Hammond, Ben Bristow, Aaron Brown, Ian Fitzpatrick, Michelle Croker, Matthew-Charles Jones, Chris Horton, Donna Jones, Geraldine Dixon, Mark Raymond and Ray Dumakarri Dixon, Lauren Mellor. 

Host: Jo Lauder
Reporters: Belinda Smith, James Purtill
Series Producer: Cheyne Anderson
Executive Producer (audio): Joel Werner
Executive Producer (digital): Clare Blumer
Sound engineer: Hamish Camilleri

Saul Griffith has an ambitious plan to save the planet. And it all begins at home.

It’s an electrified revolution for the Australian household! We also meet the petrolheads swapping out fossil fuels for electrons.

Climb in, help the environment, save money… and have some fun along the way.

Guests: Saul Griffith, Andrew Davies, Cameron Gardiner

Host: Jo Lauder
Reporters: Joel Werner, James Purtill
Series Producer: Cheyne Anderson
Executive Producer (audio): Joel Werner
Executive Producer (digital): Clare Blumer
Sound engineer: Hamish Camilleri

Gomeroi woman Dorothy Tighe stood up to a room full of powerful people for her country. Student Solomon Yeo took his message from a Vanuatu university to the UN General Assembly. 

Solomon's story and the fight of the Gomeroi are part of a new wave of climate action: one that's happening in courtrooms.

It's all about finding bold and creative ways to stand up and be heard, amid a surge of climate litigation around the world. 

The law is there to protect us. So what can it say about the biggest threat of all?

Guests: Dorothy Tighe, Karra Kinchela, Solomon Yeo, Samson Vilvil Fare, Romabeth Siri, Ralph Regenvanu, Jacqueline Peel

Host: Jo Lauder
Reporters: Ellie Grounds, Cheyne Anderson
Series Producer: Cheyne Anderson
Executive Producer (audio): Joel Werner
Executive Producer (digital): Clare Blumer
Sound engineer: Hamish Camilleri