Mark Allen is an environmental activist who has a particular interest in behavioural change, sustainable town planning and food ethics. He started the Holistic Activism movement in 2018 as a means of finding better ways to collaborate and work towards long-term behavioural and systemic change. Mark started Town Planning Rebellion in 2020 with the intention of bringing a renewed focus to land-use planning (and urban planning in particular) into the wider environmental movement. He is a qualified town planner with a keen interest in eco-psychology.
Mark Allen has hosted four Episodes.
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Women for Conservation with Isabella Cortes Lara
January 23rd, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 3 mins
colombia, environment, family planning, isabella cortes, population, reproductive health care, women for conservation
On November 15 2022 the global population hit 8 billion. Despite the fact that half of all the world’s pregnancies are unplanned, any talk of global approach to family planning and reproductive health care in the global south remains controversial. So often, this is debated across the global north without including stakeholders who live in the global south and work with the issues first hand. PGAP aims to make amends for this oversight by inviting Isabella Cortes Lara to the podcast, Vice President of ‘Women for Conservation’, who work alongside rural communities in Colombia and Nepal. An incredible artist and storyteller, Isabella shares with PGAP how W4C started, the decision to focus on family planning and reproductive healthcare as a solution to the environmental and reproductive issues affecting rural Colombia, and how her artistic and spiritual approach to life intersect and inform her activism.
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Fuzzy Logic on a Fragile Planet with Rod Taylor
December 19th, 2022 | Season 4 | 59 mins 14 secs
degrowth, environment, holistic activism, mmt, post-growth, rod taylor, science, ten journeys
Rod Taylor is a multi-talented broadcaster, videographer and author based in Canberra. In addition to hosting the Fuzzy Logic Science show, he is author of the 2020 book “10 Journeys on A Fragile Planet”. This extraordinary book details the personal journeys of extraordinary environmentalists and game changers. This episode is dedicated the memory of Haydn Washington.
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Organic, Regenerative & Carbon Negative: Oranje Tractor Winery with Murray Gomm
December 1st, 2022 | Season 4 | 1 hr 8 mins
albany, carbon negative, degrowth, murrary gomm, oranje tractor, post-growth, regenerative farming, wa great southern
For season 4 of Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), we will be highlighting some extraordinary work being done by extraordinary Western Australians, who are bucking the dominant narrative of exploitation on scale on an ecologically unique yet fragile part of the world. In this episode, we speak to Murray Gomm from Oranje Tractor, award winning organic, regenerative and carbon neagtive winery/small farm holding near Albany.
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Welcome to Asbestosville! Season 4 Premiere with Michael Bayliss and Mark Allen
November 7th, 2022 | Season 4 | 1 hr 12 mins
8 billion, asbestos, degrowth, holistic activism, post-growth, sustainable population australia, town planning rebellion, urban planning
We can’t believe that PGAP is into its fourth season already! So, to shake things up, Michael is being joined by Mark Allen from Town Planning Rebellion and Holistic Activism as the co-host for this season. This first episode of the season is the culmination of a personal journey for them both. These experiences have also been written down in the form of a blog: “A Year in Asbestosville: A Farcical Tale of Systemic Failure.” In addition to our personal journeys, we also discuss some Degrowth related current affairs. These include 8 billion day on November 15 and Liz Truss and her unintentional launching of the Anti-Growth Coalition.