Heaps BetterAuthor: Greenpeace Australia Pacific
To shake themselves out of climate anxiety and into climate action, hosts Ash Berdebes and Jess Hamilton make a pinkie promise to protect the planet and their sanity. Together they hit up experts and everyday legends blazing a trail to a heaps better future, and find answers to the question that has so many of us beat: What should I do about climate change, and can I even make a difference? Spoiler alert... You can. Get your Action Kit for each episode and sign up for Heaps Better news on our website: http://act.gp/heapsbetter Language: en-us Genres: Business, Non-Profit, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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04: How can we make leaders listen?
Episode 4
Monday, 14 December, 2020
For collective action to succeed, we need to influence the influential. Who should we be targeting here, and how do we communicate about climate change in a way that actually makes a difference? We hear inspiring stories of everyday people making big changes through their words, voices and stories, meet friends in the Pacific who’ve been fighting this fight for decades, and work out how we’re going to change course to a heaps better future, together. Download the Heaps Better action plan from our website for a step-by-step guide to getting out of your floaties and speaking up to the people in power: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/heapsbetter Check out the work of the Pacific Climate Warriors and 350.org here: https://world.350.org/pacificwarriors/ And the City of Sydney’s citizens jury here: https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/advisory-panels/sydney-2050-citizens-jury 90% of Australians want action on climate change: https://www.governanceinstitute.com.au/news-media/media-releases/2019/nov/annual-ethics-index-released-today-sends-a-tough-message-to-canberra-on-climate-change/ Annie Leonard and the Story of Stuff: https://www.storyofstuff.org/ Heaps Better is a podcast made by Ash Berdebes and Jess Hamilton, with Greenpeace Australia Pacific and Audiocraft. Our EP is Kate Montague, mixing engineer is Adam Connelly and the Creative Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific is Ella Colley. Podcast artwork by Lotte Alexis Smith. This episode featured the track Kyoto Krows by HC Clifford. Special thanks to Fenton Lutunatabua, Joe Moeno-Kolio, Jess Scully, Rebecca Huntley and Annie Leonard. Like what you hear? Please subscribe and rate Heaps Better on your favourite podcast app, and share online with the hashtag #heapsbetter. You can sign up for Heaps Better updates on our website: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/heapsbetter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.