PGAP Presents: UNSW Centre of Ideas –Degrowth

February 27th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 13 mins

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In 2024, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) held a panel discussion on Degrowth as part of their Centre for Ideas series. The panellists were Tommy Wiedmann (Professor of Sustainability Research), Bronwen Morgan (Professor of Law and member of NENA), and Sabrina Chakori (CSIRO researcher). The discussion was hosted by former Deputy Lord Mayor and author of Glimpses of Utopia, Jess Scully. The panel explored sustainability and the urgent challenge of ensuring human needs are met without compromising a sustainable and inclusive future. With the kind permission of UNSW Centre for Ideas, the recording of this panel discussion is now available to listen to on the Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP).

In Memoriam: Dr John Coulter

December 13th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 3 mins

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In this episode of Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP), we pay tribute to Dr. John Coulter, who sadly passed away in September 2024. John Richard Coulter (3 December 1930 – 6 September 2024) was a trailblazer in the conservation movement, most notably serving as Leader of the Australian Democrats in the early 1990s. In 1971, he organized an open letter published in The Australian newspaper, addressed "to those who shape Australia’s destiny," urging them to recognize the limits to growth.

Post US Election Blues: Where Do We Take Our Activism from Here?

November 29th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  47 mins 58 secs

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The aftermath of the US election has left many of us in a state of shock. Voters were faced with a stark choice between more growth-based neoliberalism or alt right extremism, choosing the latter. It was a great day for billionaires either way. As Australia looks to face a very similar choice in mid-2025, it is clear that activists must take stock, recalibrate and work together effectively to advocate for a third alternative that celebrates people and planet. PGAP co-hosts Mark Allen and Michael Bayliss discuss their responses to the election and their recent engagements toward a Degrowth future.

PGAP presents Rethinking Sustainability Radio Documentary

November 17th, 2024  |  Season 7  |  57 mins 26 secs

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Welcome back to a brand-new Season Seven of Post Growth Australia Podcast!

As our world teeters on the edge of an increasingly perilous environmental future—extending beyond climate change—we must ask: what does true sustainability entail? How far are we from it, what are the root causes of our current trajectory, and what paths could lead us there?

Rod Taylor (author, columnist, radio host) asks these very questions to eleven esteemed Australian scientists and thinkers in a brand-new radio documentary. PGAP is proud to be the first platform to share this thought-provoking documentary, which explores ecological economics, planned Degrowth and Modern Monetary Theory.

Season Six Finale with Degrowth Network Australia

August 25th, 2024  |  Season 6  |  37 mins 49 secs

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A Post Growth Approach to Urban Planning with Michael Buxton

August 14th, 2024  |  Season 6  |  48 mins 52 secs

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The way in which we plan our cities and towns has a huge impact on the way we live. This in turn impacts our carbon emissions and ecological footprints. Fortunately, there are a few urban planners who recognise that transitioning to a degrowth, steady-state system is imperative for the future of urban planning. Our special guest, Emeritus Professor Michael Buxton (OAM) is one such expert.

Mini Episode: Shane Simonsen on Farming, Podcasts, Books and Population

July 26th, 2024  |  Season 6  |  15 mins 13 secs

degrowth, going to seed podcast, our vitreous womb, population, shane simonsen, taming the acocalypse, zero input agriculture

We caught up with Shane to get an update of the farm - including the addition of some new four legged residents - only to discover that Shane has branched out accross many projects including: Cohosting the 'Going to Seed' podcast; authoring 'Our Vitreous Womb' and 'Taming the Apocalypse' as well as two articles on overpopulation written for 'Zero Input Agriculture'.

World Population Day 2024 Special

July 10th, 2024  |  Season 6  |  42 mins 42 secs

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Welcome to PGAP’s “World Population Day 2024” special episode, where your co-hosts Mark Allen and Michael Bayliss share their recent contributions to the sustainable population movement. World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues

Mini Episode: Larry Blight, Noongar Menang Friend of Yakamia Forest Boodja

July 2nd, 2024  |  Season 6  |  10 mins 39 secs

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PGAP welcomes back Larry Blight, Noongar Menang cultural educator and friend of Yakamia Forest Boodja for this mini episode, ahead of NAIDOC week.

Post Growth Guide with Marcus Feldthus

June 24th, 2024  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 7 mins

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For our first full length episode for this season, our special guest is Marcus Feldthus from Post Growth Guide. Post Growth Guide is a company based in Denmark, where Marcus Feldthus Oscar Haumann work within the business community to assist other organisations in transitioning toward Post-Growth ways of operation. This is crystalised in the handbook "Setting Limits To Growth:How to make better business decisions in the 21st century" which also serves as a document of their own journey, still in progress, toward becoming a Post-Growth business.