In Memoriam: Dr John Coulter

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

australian democrats, conservation, degrowth, john coulter, post-growth, sustainable population australia

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

commentary and opinion, counting backwards, degrowth, holistic activism, post-growth, us election results

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

clive hamilton, degrowth, ecological economics, ian lower, michael kirby, modern monetary theory, post-growth, rethinking sustainability, rod taylor, will steffen

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

activism, degrowth, degrowth network australia, nena conference, post-growth, social justice, theatre

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World Population Day 2024 Special

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

degrowth, holistic activism, mark allen, michael bayliss, post-growth, sustainable population australia, world population day 2024

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

Finding The Money with Maren Poitras

February 29th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  49 mins 43 secs

degrowth, ecological economics, film tour, finding the money, maren poitras, mmt, modern monetary theory, post-growth, sustainable population

As this episode goes to air, a brand-new documentary on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is touring Australia and PGAP has been given the incredible opportunity to speak to USA based director of "Finding the Money", Maren Poitras. Maren has just embarked on a screening tour of South East Australia alongside Stephanie Kelton, who is a leading proponent of the MMT movement and author of ‘The Deficit Myth’.

Debunking Green Growth with Timothée Parrique

February 9th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  58 mins 23 secs

beyond growth, decoupling, degrowth, economics, green growth, post-growth, timothee parrique

For this episode of Post-Growth Australia Podcast, we go international by welcoming our esteemed guest Timothée Parrique, who is based in France and Sweden. Timothée is an economist at the School of Economics and Management of Lund University (Sweden). He has built a steady reputation as a colourful writer and speaker on the fallacies of our growth-based economy and is a loud and proud advocate of Degrowth, Post-Growth and Steady State based solutions.

PGAP live at the NENA conference: Life After Capitalism

December 14th, 2023  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 55 mins

degrowth, new economy network australia, post-capitalism, post-growth, wellbeing economies

PGAP recently had the pleasure of travelling to Canberra to record live at the 2023 New Economy Network Australia (NENA) conference: ‘Life after Capitalism’. We recorded a collage of presentations and interviews with conferences attendees in order to showcase nearly two hours of Post-Growth goodness. This episode includes well-known names such as Tom Ballard, Donnie MacLurcan, Anitra Nelson and Gareth Hughes.

Let’s Get Crazy with Rob Dietz from Crazy Town Podcast

August 15th, 2023  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 5 mins

crazy town podcast, post carbon institute, post-growth, resilience.org, rob dietz, shock octopus

Welcome to the season five premiere of Post-Growth Australia Podcast. What better way to launch our new season than with Rob Dietz, co-host of Crazy Town Podcast, perhaps the standard bearer of degrowth themed podcasts.

EarthCare Permaculture Ghana

March 29th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  39 mins 2 secs

earthcare permaculture ghana, post-growth, regenerative agriculture

For this episode of PGAP, we travel (virtually) to equatorial western Africa to speak with Innocent Kelvin Coffie, youth leader and founder of EarthCare Permaculture Ghana. Kelvin takes us on a verbal tour of the property, the successes the property has had in up skilling new generations in food self-sufficiency, and some recent challenges that the property has endured through. Kelvin also gives some insight into how the permaculture movement is taking root in Ghana, some of the unique environmental and social challenges experienced in his country and how permaculture is one solution to solving these problems.