Geoengineering, Presidential Visits and Parkour

Wednesday, 4 March 2020 - 7:00am to 8:30am

[0:00:00] Acknowledgement of Country.

[0:19:00] Yarra BUG Radio speaks with Simon Howe from Bicycle Users Geelong, about council plans to eradicate the newly established bike paths in Geelong.

[0:29:00] Luke Taylor, the Director of the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, speaks to us about geoengineering and its place in our future. We discuss the ethics and dilemmas surrounding large scale atmospheric interventions to tackle the climate crisis. 

[0:46:00] Rob leads us in the first episode of our new segment Tram Thoughts. This week our tram thought is the privatisation of public spaces. We discuss the history, meaning and evolution of public spaces with themes of Mallification, POPs (privately owned public spaces) and Pseudo Public Spaces. 

[0:59:00] We speak to Jessica Morrison from the Australian Palestinian Advocacy Network (APAN) about the recent visit from the Israeli President to Australia and the breaches Australia is making against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in doing so. We discuss the future of Australia’s support and how exactly the community can help the Palestinian cause. 

To show your support head to Free Palestine Melbourne on Facebook and become a member at www.apan.org.au 

[1:04:00] Kel from Melbourne in Motion joins us to discuss Parkour, or more specifically, female and non binary Parkour groups. We discuss making space in a male dominated sport and the benefits of taking part in Parkour. 

Click on the link to get involved https://www.melbinmotion.com