ANTARCTICA – a new musical!

World Premiere, Hobart – Theatre Royal Hobart, 29 October-12 November 2016 Dana Michelle Bergstrom, Scientist and Writer Dugald McLaren, Music and Lyrics and Puppetry A musical about Antarctica with the intention of improving the protection of Antarctica.  “The logic being, if a place was in people’s hearts, they would care for it even if they…

Are scientists storytellers?

Are scientists storytellers? Does science play a role in story telling? Could storytellers be scientists? Drawing on her experience of both science research and the literary world, Jeannie-Marie will explore these questions and offer her insights into the commonalities of observation, imagination and creation. A talk by Jeannie-Marie LeRoi BSc, MSc, Grad Dip SciComm  on Saturday…

IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL?

Climate change is a complex and intimidating threat. Scientists working in the field are not robots. These scientists are mothers, fathers, grandparents, daughters. They are real people. And they’re concerned. Please visit these excellent sites and take time to read the comments of scientists and researchers that understand climate change. Click here: What follows are the words of…

‘CO2’ – the Opera

    From EuroNews: Opera is on the move; the themes of love, war, heroism and death are out and climate change is in. The opera ‘CO2’ at Milan La Scala Milan staged the affects of greenhouse gases on the planet. The themes are similar, but the focus has changed according to composer Giorgio Battistelli:…

TeFF 2016

TeFF 2016 –Tasmanian ecoFilmFest 17-20 November, Hobart. View this wonderful program of International speakers, films and film makers, events and learning. Be part of the opportunity and encourage others along too!   “We are going to have to change the priorities of our lives if we love this planet”      Dr. Helen Caldicott    

Climate of emotion: despair Listen now(Link will open in new window)
 Download audio Monday 31 October 2016 11:05AM Scientists let us know all the facts and figures about climate change.  They know just how quickly the icebergs are melting, and almost to the day when the Great Barrier Reef will be dead. If you don’t…

Whale song explored

  The whale aria Listen(Link will open in new window) Download Humans aren’t the only musical maestros on the planet. Heard on PocketDocs, Radio National

How Forests Think and An Ocean Beyond Earth

  works by Prof Liza Lim My exhale is your inhale   How Forests Think – Liza writes Whilst in Brazil, I was able to bring my most recent work, ‘How Forests think’ to completion. Somehow it seemed fitting to be composing the final part of the piece in a place that has the largest and most…

Endangered Species –

  ARTIST’S STATEMENT: I painted my friend, Dr Frank Bradley, because he is one of an endangered species in Australia – the climate scientist. Frank played an important role nationally and internationally in the measurement of climate change. During the 1980s he led the way at CSIRO in the collection of accurate data on the…

Skimming across the earth’s anaemic oceans

Off Track: Saturday 1 October 2016 10:30AM (view full episode) Listen now(Link will open in new window)
 Download audio A third of the world’s oceans are anaemic, almost completely starved of iron. And where the ocean is has limited iron, it also has limited growth – it can be watery, blue-coloured desert. For the tiny photosynthesising…