Survival Matters

Survival Matters is a podcast series produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In this episode we speak with Ian Dunlop, an Australia21 Director, former international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chair of the Australian Coal Association, and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He speaks to us about the political challenges we face in addressing climate change and related threats to human survival.

Survival Matters is a podcast produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In this episode we speak with Professor Fiona Stanley, a maternal and child health epidemiology and public health expert, and 2003 Australian of the Year. She discusses the impact of consumption on human health, and the social factors that have led us to the predicament that we now face as a species. 

Survival Matters is a podcast produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In this episode we speak to Hannah Ford, the Campaigns Coordinator of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, and the 2018 ACT Young Environmentalist of the Year. We explore the way young people are beginning to act politically and socially on issues of climate change and threats to human survival. 

Survival Matters is a podcast produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In this episode we speak with science writer Julian Cribb about ten interacting threats that are putting the future of humanity at risk: ecological collapse, resource depletion, weapons of mass destruction, climate change, global poisoning, food insecurity, population and urban expansion, pandemic disease, and uncontrollable new technologies, and human self-delusion. 

Survival Matters is a podcast produced by Australia21: a non-profit think tank for the public good. In our first episode, we speak with Emeritus Professor Bob Douglas, a retired public health academic and a Founding Director of Australia21, about the need for a change in the way humans think about the planet. He explains the difference between “anthropocentrism” and “eco-centrism”, and why we need to embrace the latter.