1)Transition 2) Resilience 3) Recovery

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The Sustainable Hour no. 527?| Transcript | Podcast notes

Responsibilities of a have in a world of have-nots

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 527 is Philippa Rowland, founder of Clean Energy For Eternity, chair of Religions for Peace Australia since 2022, and president of the Multifaith Association of South Australia since 2017.

Today’s episode focuses on our guest’s transition from planting trees to agricultural science looking at the impacts of chemicals used on farms, to founder of a community based solar energy project, to leader of climate concerned faith groups.

Time is also given to analysing the reasons why we don’t have real action on climate in so many countries.?

Philippa guides us along her step by step journey into climate awareness and activism as her life experiences made her more and more aware of how dire the situation we face is. Along with this awareness came an increasing determination to play an active role in solutions to this crisis.??

We also listen to a personal phone message Philippa received from a friend in Spain who comments on last week’s deluge which poured down one year’s rain in eight hours in the area around Valencia.

“I’ve tried to come up with a very simple three-point plan, and it’s briefly: 1) Transition – getting off fossil fuels, helping other countries and ourselves to move to renewable, but also informing people about the Non-Proliferation Treaty on Fossil Fuels and the sign-up page for faith groups. 2) The second is Resilience, working with our living Earth, looking at food and water security, mangroves, tree planting, trying to help resilience for ourselves and for biodiversity. 3) And the third one is Recovery, the role of faith groups after climate disasters.” ~ Philippa Rowland, guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 527

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Why are we experiencing the climate emergency??We listen to Mik Aidt‘s insightful analysis of the many factors that have conspired together to create the climate crisis that is unfolding via the more often and more intensive extreme weather events all over the world. Mik’s analysis of the reasons that have contributed to us being in this climate emergency fits in smoothly with Philippa’s increasing awareness. We end up with a clear understanding of why we are where we are, as well as why someone would become a ‘climate solutions seeker’.

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Right after Colin Mockett‘s Global Outlook, we hear?Australia Institute’s Polly Hemming talking about the Australian government’s?approach to solving the climate crisis: “When it comes to climate, the government seems to want praise for doing some right things while doing more wrong things.”

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We round off the Hour with a short video by Investor Group on Climate Change: ‘Powering South Australia with renewables: Michelle’s climate action story’, and Michael Franti‘s song: ‘Brighter Day’.

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“We have not seen any help. People are living with corpses in their homes. The heavy rains caused flooding and serious damage to infrastructure. This is why aid cannot reach some of the affected localities by conventional means. The amount of water that fell from the skies was absolutely exceptional. Experts link it to the warming of the sea due to climate change. The images of people in an economically developed country having to search for food and water are reminiscent of the dystopian series or films that have been so popular in recent years. There are even people who are leaving their towns on foot, trying to reach safer places with food and water.” ~ Mayor of Alfafar in Spain in a report by The Daily Digest

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