ECO-SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVES FROM CANADA

07/24/23 • 59 min

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CLIMATE ACTION SHOWProduced by Vivien LangfordECO-SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVES FROM CANADAEpisode 3 - SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPLUSFIREANTS ON THE MOVE interview by Simon Walker When the young Blockade Australia person, dangling over the container port of Brisbane, said "I don't have all the answers, but others are surely working on the system change we need", it was a challenge to us to go and find the thinkers. Derrick O'Keefe in Vancouver thinks we need to be far more ambitious. Instead of wanting to protect our children and grandchildren we need to believe in a future which is safe for at least the next seven generations. He wants to see writers and creative people put their minds to the future we can work towards. Some of the ideas we discuss are from The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. Simon Walker found out about the march of Fireants from Reece Pianto. If you are wondering what is the connection with climate change you will be astounded. You can also get involved. The invasive Species Council invites you to be a citizen scientist Insect Watch: Red imported fire ant (invasives.org.au)Red fire ants now 12km north of Queensland-NSW border prompting calls for funding injection, checkpoints - ABC News Guests:Derrick O'Keefe - EcoSocialist and Founder of Ricochet News in CanadaDerrick O’Keefe is a cofounder and editor of Ricochet Media and is the author of Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil? and A Woman Among Warlords (coauthored with Malalai Joya). Derrick is a longtime political organizer in Vancouver, BC.Imagining the End of Capitalism With Kim Stanley Robinson (jacobin.com)Oil sands lobby group facing Competition Act complaint over false and misleading claims | Ricochet Reece Pianta - Save Australia from fire ants - Invasive Species CouncilReece Pianta is a spokesperson for the Invasive Species Council, an environmental organisation dedicated to strengthening the biosecurity of Australia and reducing the threat of invasive species. Since 2001, fire ants have maintained strongholds in and around Brisbane despite government efforts to eradicate them. With funding due to end in December 2024, federal and state agricultural ministers are convening to decide the fate of the eradication program. As the climate continues to warm, the spread of fire ants across Australia could bring disastrous results. Fears fire ants on march as eradication funding stalls | Riverine Herald A separate review of the eradication strategy found at least $3 billion would be needed over the next five years."We've essentially agreed to the plan going forward, but most of the jurisdictions have yet to go through their budget process to secure the funding," Senator Watt said."I couldn't really put a dollar figure on how much we'll spend over the next few years."More than $140 million was set aside in June by the NSW and Queensland governments.Fire ants are considered one of the world's most invasive species.

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THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOWJULY 17TH 2023PRODUCED By Vivien Langford with guest interviewer Simon Walker THE EXTINTINCTION CURVEEPISODE 2 in the SERIES : SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGEPlus REWILDING BENEATH THE EARTHAuthors of The Extinction Curve: Growth and Globalisation in the Climate Endgame, John van der Velden and Rob White argue that the climate crisis is happening now and they are proposing a radical solution to alter the global warming trajectory: democratic nationalisation. How has green capitalism failed and what does this alternative provide? Is it really too late to stop global warming? Following the daring direct action of Blockade Australia we explore what System change is possible and how to achieve it. Here is one option. We welcome your suggestions on other approaches. GuestsJohn van der Velden is an independent socialist writer living in Canberra, Australia. Activist and author, he writes on matters of political economy, class structure and the climate emergency.Rob White is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Criminology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Considered a pioneer in the field of green criminology, he has particular interest in transnational environmental crime and eco-justice. His published books include Crimes Against Nature (2008), Transnational Environmental Crime (2011), Environmental Harm (2013) and Climate Change Criminology (2018). Dr Heidi- Jayne Harkins - Conservancy International and University of Cape town.‪Heidi-Jayne Hawkins‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬World’s vast networks of underground fungi to be mapped for first time | Fungi | The Guardian

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