Displaying items 1-10 of 19 in total of Post-Growth Australia Podcast with the tag "sustainable population australia".
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The Post Fossil-Fuel Era with Scott Witheridge
March 12th, 2026 | Season 8 | 42 mins 23 secs
abundant energy, degrowth, joe cell, post fossil fuel era, post growth, post-growth, scott witheridge, sustainable population australia
Recent events have brought to the surface how vulnerable Australia is to energy shortages with only 30 days of stockpiled oil reserves. Within the context of these tentative times, it is important that we re-explore alternative options. Scott Witheridge is an Environmental Engineer and Author of the book "The Post Fossil Fuel Era". The book is a deep investigation into the next frontier of energy—exploring decentralised power, hydrogen innovation, and the intersection of conventional and emerging technologies. In this interview, Scott discusses the possibilities of abundant, perpetual and non-conventional energy.
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Change the World through Changing Economics with Marcus Champ
January 27th, 2026 | Season 8 | 1 hr 56 secs
degrowth, economics, marcus champ, post-growth, public money public good, sustainable population australia
Our first special guest to open Season 8 of PGAP is Marcus Champ, a founding member of the economics advocacy group ‘Public Money Public Good’. In this episode, Marcus draws from his presentation at the 2025 NENA conference, which compared the economics during crises and war time and what we can learn from these past experiences as we face the coming social, economic and environmental polycrisis.
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Isaac Kabongo: Degrowth, COP talks and Family Planning in Uganda
February 2nd, 2025 | Season 7 | 1 hr 6 mins
cop talks, ecological christian organisation, family planning, isaac kabongo, sustainable population australia, uganda
Isaac Kabongo is the CEO of the Uganda-based Ecological Christian Organisation (ECO), a faith-driven initiative dedicated to fostering environmental stewardship at the grassroots level. ECO works to integrate sustainability with community-led action, including raising awareness about family planning and contraception. By reframing the relationship between Christianity, family planning, and discussions around population, the organisation provides an important bridge between faith and sustainability.
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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.
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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
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BONUS EPISODE: Sustainable Population Australia says NO to a Big Australia
March 22nd, 2024 | Season 5 | 11 mins 59 secs
jane o'sullivan, leith van onselen, martin tye, position statement, public forum, say no to big australia campaign, sustainable population australia
For this short bonus episode of PGAP, we welcome back Martin Tye, Social Media and Promotions Coordinator of Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Martin shares with us the details of SPA's new campaign 'Say NO to a Big Australia!' He also gives us a heads up on SPA's public forum, being held in Adelaide on April 20th, "From housing crisis to eco-crisis: Why Australia's Population Growth is Unsustainable," including keynote speakers Leith van Onselen and Dr Jane O'Sullivan.
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Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Population Media Center with Bill Ryerson
June 8th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 2 mins
bill ryerson, east los high, paul winter, pmc, population media center, spa, sustainable population australia
In 1998 Population Media Center (PMC) was formed to ‘make the stories that remake our world’. 25 years later, radio and TV shows, supported by PMC, have been heard throughout the world, including Ethiopia, Senegal and Papua New Guinea. Produced in collaboration with local communities and local scriptwriters, these shows share a common thread in that the audience are invited to consider positive family planning decisions through the role modelling of engaging and identifiable characters. PGAP was very fortunate to be joined by special guest Bill Ryerson, President and Founder of PMC. He talks us through the ‘stories behind the stories’ of PMC's many award winning and popular projects.
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Housing Crisis?? What Housing Crisis!!
May 26th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 7 secs
adelaide fringe, boomer and the doomer, counting backwards, housing crisis, shock octopus, sustainable population australia
Fun Fact! When your co-hosts Michael Bayliss and Mark Allen aren’t making brand new episodes of PGAP, they are involved in many other worthy enterprises. Michael has just co-written a brand new report “Population and the Housing Crisis”. Mark performed his debut show at the Adelaide Fringe, “The Boomer and The Doomer.” Like most things we do, this all flew under the blip of the mainstream media radar, so we took the opportunity this episode to interview each other on our respective endeavours.
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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.
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3 Women 2 Countries 1 Message: World Population Day 2022
July 4th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 17 mins
canada, degrowth, karen shragg, madeline weld, moving upstream, population institute canada, sustainable population australia, usa, valorie allen, world population day 2022
World Population Day is approaching on July 11. According to the United Nations Population Fund, ‘8 billion people means 8 billion opportunities’, however many population sustainability advocates are not quite so optimistic. For this episode, PGAP welcome back Karen Shragg, American and Degrowth activist, along with two new guests, Madeline Weld and Valorie Allen from Canada. In this special four way discussion, we explore the similarities and contrasts of the population movement in across our respective countries and unite to shred the myths and misconceptions around population sustainability.