Data Centres Part 2: Are They Really That Bad?
Off the back of part one—an interview with independent climate expert Ketan Joshi last month—Mia brings in other perspectives on the data ce...
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20 of 557 episodesThe Importance of Protecting Dingoes
This program is all about the important role dingoes have in the environment. We were joined by Co-Founder of the Dingo Conservancy Jo Samue...
US offshore mineral extraction in American Samoa waters. / Human rights abuses and deforestation for sugar in West Papua
Interviewed by Priya Kunjan, Dr Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka, founder of youth-centred environmental organization Finafinau, joins us from Pago Pag...
Great Barrier Reef: A divers tale.
We delve into the critical state of the Great Barrier Reef through the lens of Tony Fonts, President of the Whitsunday Conservation Council...
Data Centres Part 1: Energy Vampires
By now you would have heard the news: data centres are threatening to unravel the progress we’ve made on emissions reductions, as well as th...
30th anniversary special: Earth Matters founder Juliet Fox looks back on 30-years
The first episode of Earth Matters aired on the 26th of July 1996 - exactly 30 years ago this week! In this special anniversary episode* we...
Art of Resistance Tour Protests on BHP's Olympic Dam Mine & Woomera Testing Range
In July 2026 activists and artists from across so-called Australia came together, forming a collective known as the Art of Resistance Tour....
Call for Richmond River Koala Parks /Spotlight on Australian Supers climate cop-out.
Earth Matters Bec Horridge meets a persistent team: Fridays 4 Forests [ Facebook] who regularly protest outside Janelle Saffin MP's office i...
30th Birthday Special: Goolengook Blockade Reflections
Earth Matters 30th Birthday Special: Goolengook Blockade Reflections This month in June, Earth Matters has turned 30 years old, and our prou...
30th Birthday Special: Close Pine Gap
This year, Earth Matters is thirty years old! And 3CR, our proud parent, is 50 years old! We’re celebrating by digging into the archives, ti...
Earth Matters Live Radiothon Show
Earth Matters presents a live show in the studios of 3CR in Fitzroy Naarm to raise funds for our broadcasting. Earth Matters presenters Kier...
30th Birthday Special: The Jabiluka Blockade
To celebrate 30 years of Earth Matters, Mia digs into the archives and presents a special feature on a historic milestone: the Jabiluka bloc...
Part 2 Exploring Extreme Heat: The Mental Health Impacts of Heat
Content WarningThe episode mentions domestic and sexual violence, and online hate in this episode which might be distressing for some listen...
Fire Scientists on Impacts of Planned Burns in Wet Forests
This week on Earth Matters, Hannah speaks with fire scientist Phil Zylstra about the large planned burn that took place in the Snowy River N...
Conservation: Back2Basics
This episode of Earth Matters examines the ecological crisis unfolding across this continent, from the destruction of the Victorian Volcanic...
Sooty on the High Court win that affirms right for third parties with a "special interest" to take Forestry Corporation to court while 15 year old Jesinta calls for more relevant environmental education in schools. [with transcript]
Sooty from South East Forest Rescue shares a significant legal win in the High Court, which affirmed the right for third parties with a "spe...
A regenerative approach to international development
This week on Earth Matters, we zoom out, and across the world, to speak with an author and human development practitioner based in Antigua,...
Felling of Mt Macedon snow gums leaves conservationists aghast
Felling of Mt Macedon snow gums leaves conservationists aghast This week Earth Matters travels to a mountain peak in Central Victoria where...
Women coming together to activate the UNFCCC Belém Gender Action Plan
The Belém Gender Action Plan is a nine-year framework, representing a historic step forward in embedding gender equality into climate action...
Return Lee Point to Larrakia People
Mia interviews Te Raukura O’Connell Rapira and Laniyuk, two staunch and inspiring warriors in the defence of Larrakia country. Larrakia coun...