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Most of us expect that children born today, will live peaceful, prosperous lives to a ripe old age, but on our current trajectory this seems highly unlikely. This podcast series considers ten imminent threats to human survival, and what we can do to stop them. It has been developed by Australia21, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank for the public good.
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Survival Matters Australia21

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Most of us expect that children born today, will live peaceful, prosperous lives to a ripe old age, but on our current trajectory this seems highly unlikely. This podcast series considers ten imminent threats to human survival, and what we can do to stop them. It has been developed by Australia21, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank for the public good.
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    Episode 5: The need for urgent political action

    Episode 5: The need for urgent political action

    Survival Matters is a podcast series produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In this episode we speak with Ian Dunlop, an Australia21 Director, former international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chair of the Australian Coal Association, and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He speaks to us about the political challenges we face in addressing climate change and related threats to human survival.

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    • 26 min
    Episode 4: The impact of consumption on health

    Episode 4: The impact of consumption on health

    Survival Matters is a podcast produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In this episode we speak with Professor Fiona Stanley, a maternal and child health epidemiology and public health expert, and 2003 Australian of the Year. She discusses the impact of consumption on human health, and the social factors that have led us to the predicament that we now face as a species. 

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    • 22 min
    Episode 3: Young people and climate change

    Episode 3: Young people and climate change

    Survival Matters is a podcast produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In this episode we speak to Hannah Ford, the Campaigns Coordinator of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, and the 2018 ACT Young Environmentalist of the Year. We explore the way young people are beginning to act politically and socially on issues of climate change and threats to human survival. 

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    • 14 min
    Episode 2: The ten threats to human survival

    Episode 2: The ten threats to human survival

    Survival Matters is a podcast produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In this episode we speak with science writer Julian Cribb about ten interacting threats that are putting the future of humanity at risk: ecological collapse, resource depletion, weapons of mass destruction, climate change, global poisoning, food insecurity, population and urban expansion, pandemic disease, and uncontrollable new technologies, and human self-delusion. 

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    • 21 min
    Episode 1: Anthropocentrism and our culture

    Episode 1: Anthropocentrism and our culture

    Survival Matters is a podcast produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In our first episode, we speak with Emeritus Professor Bob Douglas, a retired public health academic and a Founding Director of Australia21, about the need for a change in the way humans think about the planet. He explains the difference between “anthropocentrism” and “eco-centrism”, and why we need to embrace the latter.

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    • 14 min

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