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  1. Orion Magazine | Paul Kingsnorth & Friends Discuss; Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist

    Has environmentalism lost its way? What does sustainability really have to do with a healthy planet?

    Paul Kingsnorth’s essay from the first Dark Mountain book ‘Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist’ caused quite a stir, and has helped stimulate, or egg on, a wider discussion about the future of green politics, and if it has one. This audio discussion, organised by Orion magazine, sees Paul discussing the essay and what flows from it with American writers David Abram and Lierre Keith, in January 2012.

    The Dark Mountain Project is a network of writers, artists and thinkers who have stopped believing the stories our civilisation tells itself.

    http://dark-mountain.net/other-media/audio/confessions-of-a-recovering-environmentalist%E2%80%A8/

    Orion is a bimonthly, advertising-free magazine devoted to creating a stronger bond between people and nature.

    http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/audio-video/item/paul_kingsnorth_friends_discuss_confessions_of_a_recovering_environmentalis/

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  2. The Future Of The Planet

    James Howard Kunstler writes about converging catastrophes in the 21st century brought about by global warming and other disasters. He says suburbs and big cities are unsustainable and doomed to fail. Kunstler’s solution for surviving the apocalypse is simpler, small town living. But Seattle environmental guru Alex Steffen disagrees. Steffen says smart urban growth and renewable energy will carry us to a brighter future. Tune in to hear a debate on the future of the planet.

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    James Howard Kunstler is a former Rolling Stone staff writer and is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine. He has been featured on NPR, CNN, Glenn Beck, The Colbert Report and was profiled in The New Yorker. His books include "The Long Emergency," and "The Geography of Nowhere." His latest book is "The Witch of Hebron."

    Alex Steffen is formerly an environmental reporter and the co–founder and the executive editor of the Seattle–based Worldchanging, which covers "the world’s most innovative solutions to the planet’s problems."

    http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=21561

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  3. Germany and renewable energy - Rear Vision - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    We are told that Germany now leads the world in terms of green technology and the generation of renewable electricity. So how has this come about, what are the benefits and what has been the cost?

    Guests Hans Josef Fell, German Green politician

    Professor Volkmar Lauber, Professor of Politics at the University of Salzburg

    Professor Colin Vance, Researcher at the RWI Research Institute and at Jacobs University and specialises in energy and transportation policy, and global environmental change.

    Publications Title: Switching to Renewable Power: A Framework for the 21st Century
    Author: Volkmar Lauber, ed
    Publisher: Earthscan
    ISBN: 1-902916-65-4

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/germany-and-renewable-energy/3966926

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  4. towards the blue economy - Big Ideas - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Free thinker Gunter Pauli takes green and sustainable practices a step further and outlines his vision for a Blue economy. It’s an approach that draws heavily on both natural systems and the market place. The starting point, says Pauli, is to use what you’ve got then apply a bit of creative thinking and build on it with smart, appropriate technology. His goal is to achieve multiple benefits, create jobs and add value to underperforming assets. All with zero emissions and zero waste.

    Gunter Pauli is an idealist but he’s no dreamer. He’s established a number of innovative companies and organisations that put these ideas into practice. In this talk he discusses the philosophy that underpins the blue economy and provides concrete examples of how and where these ideas have been successfully applied.

    Highlights from Progress on the Blue Economy, new economics and learning for sustainability, Sydney Ideas 3 April 2012.

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/towards-the-blue-economy/3981068

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  5. Energy efficiency: Not in Australia mate! - Background Briefing - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    In forty years Australia’s energy efficiency record has barely improved.  We’re a land of air con, power hungry industry, and fuel guzzling cars.  But electricity is no longer cheap, and we have to deal with carbon emissions.  Energy savings could deal with both.  Yet the message has been swept away by the political storm over a carbon price.  Reporter: Di Martin

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/2012-04-08/3930648

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  6. Energy efficiency: how does your house rate? - Background Briefing - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Want to avoid big power bills in your next home? The federal government wants all homes for sale or rent to have an energy efficiency rating. We already rate new homes, and the system is weeding out some power guzzling designs. But there are major flaws as well. Some super efficient designs don’t rate—and some six star homes are still substandard. So how do you find an energy efficient home?  Reporter: Di Martin 

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/2012-04-01/3917616

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  7. Australian architecture: an encyclopedic look - RN By Design - 2 November 2011

    Behind the images of Australian homesteads, beach houses and the sails of the Sydney Opera House lies a rich and enthralling history of how Australians have responded to the natural landscape and urban environments to shape a nation. Now that nation has its first Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, a massive research project documenting and analysing our built environment from Indigenous beginnings to colonial, modern and contemporary eras. But how did the editors decide what was worthy of inclusion among the one thousand entries and what was not?

    Guests:
    Philip Goad, Chair of Architecture, University of Melbourne.

    Julie Willis, Associate Professor in Architecture, University of Melbourne.

    Publications:
    Title: The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture
    Author: Philip Goad & Julie Willis
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press

    http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bydesign/stories/2011/3348424.htm

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  8. Powering the Dream: the history of ‘green’ - RN By Design - 4 May 2011

    "In 1900 people could use the sun to heat the water for their shower. They could drive across New York City in and electric taxicab. Even if these cabs did not work perfectly, they did exist all before most people even had a single light bulb in their home. In 1945 people could have purchased a solar house or gone to see the one-megawatt wind-turbine [and] in the 1980s people would have seen massive solar fields in the Mojave Desert" [edited quote from Powering the Dream]

    We in the West have been ‘green’ for a long long time, but very little of these innovations have made their way into our daily lives. In fact we are constantly re-inventing the same wheel. Why? Find out on By Design.

    http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bydesign/stories/2011/3203684.htm

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  9. The Science Show - Smart computing to save energy part 2

    From http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/3095050.htm Andy Hopper outlines a range of ways for the computer industry and individuals to save power. This is made possible using technologies including crowd sourcing and individual metering.

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  10. The Science Show - Smart computing to save energy

    From http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/3090471.htm Computing can be done almost anywhere. So there is an advantage in placing major power hungry computing facilities where the power used would otherwise go to waste. These server farms could be positioned in places with abundant renewable power such as wind, where transporting the power would be wasteful, but transporting the data in and out might be feasible.

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