In the popular imagination preppers are eccentric, hoarder types with a fondness for tinned pineapple and a belief that ‘the end of the world as we know it’ is on its way. But as we move into an era that marks time by the rate and severity of disasters – with a pandemic in the rear view and more black summers out ahead – isn’t it about time we all started to prepare?
As heat records break and the weather becomes wilder, are we preparing hard and fast enough for the climate changes that are coming? And what’s happening at UNSW and beyond to get us ready? Investigative humorist and climate action enthusiast Dan Ilic, presents Preppers, a new podcast by the UNSW Centre for Ideas (https://unswcentreforideas.com/).
Are you getting ready?
When it comes to climate change, answers can be difficult to nail down. Will the world reach net zero in time? What does a climate change future even look like? Will the changes come in my lifetime – or is it my kids or grandkids who will suffer? With every uncertainty, you can feel your head sink a little deeper into the sand...
What is it about our lives, and the way we do, or don’t, think about climate change, that makes it so difficult to change our behaviors? And what’s being done to help motivate people in high-risk areas to prepare?
This episode features:
Ray Langenfelds – Atmospheric Scientist, CSIRO
Tommy Wiedmann – Professor of Sustainability, UNSW Engineering
Ben Newell – Professor of Psychology, UNSW Science
Candice Boyd – Associate Producer of Geography and Registered Clinical Psychologist, University of Melbourne
Jeremy Moss – Professor of Philosophy, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture
Brian Cook – Associate Professor of Geography, University of Melbourne
Preppers is created by the UNSW Centre for Ideas (https://unswcentreforideas.com/).
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23 Aug 2024
Preppers Episode 2: The End of the World As We Know It
The Earth is cracking under the weight of our expectations, with growth held up as the economic north star. Meanwhile, wildlife populations are collapsing, the ocean is acidifying, and carbon emissions are still increasing. Despite everything we know about what’s wrong and what to do about it, we cling to our current way of life.
Civilizations have collapsed before. Could it be happening again? And if it is, what can we be doing to prepare for it?
This episode features:
Richard Kingsford – Professor of Ecology and Director of the Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Science
Tommy Wiedmann – Professor of Sustainability, UNSW Engineering
Mark Diesendorf – Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, UNSW Sydney
Jem Bendell – Emeritus Professor of Sustainability Leadership, University of Cumbria
Preppers is created by the UNSW Centre for Ideas (https://unswcentreforideas.com/).
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23 Aug 2024
Preppers Episode 4: Meltdown
We. Love. Heat. Bring on the summer! Right? But as each month sees another heat record broken, should we start thinking about heat differently?
What’s happening on a local and global level to prepare us for extreme weather events – and for a much sweatier future?
This episode features:
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick – Professor of Climate Science, ANU
Lan Ding – Associate Professor of Built Environment, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture
William Craft – Sustainable Design Researcher, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture
Shayne Gary – Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNSW Business School
Giovanni Cunico – PhD Candidate, UNSW Business School
Tommy Wiedmann – Professor of Sustainability, UNSW Engineering
Tim Howlett – Team Leader Growth Planning Projects, Dubbo Regional Council
Preppers is created by the UNSW Centre for Ideas (https://unswcentreforideas.com/).
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23 Aug 2024
Preppers Episode 3: What's It Worth?
As we struggle to reduce carbon emissions, environmental markets are creating a world where money really does grow on trees. But does putting a price on nature, and forcing the economy to value the things it’s always taken for granted, really work? And can it help us prepare for climate change?
This episode features:
Miri (Margaret) Raven – Senior Scientia Lecture, UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture
Megan Evans – Senior Lecturer, UNSW Canberra
William Glamore – Professor of Environmental Engineering , UNSW Engineering
Tommy Wiedmann – Professor of Sustainability, UNSW Engineering
Preppers is created by the UNSW Centre for Ideas (https://unswcentreforideas.com/).
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15 Aug 2024
Preppers Episode 1: Ready Or Not
In the popular imagination, preppers are busy hoarding tinned food in their bunkers while they wait for the end of the world. But is this what most prepping looks like? And is climate change as bad as all that?
The bin fire of the last few years has ramped the eco-anxiety up to an 11. But as we go about our lives, studying, feeding our families, paying off our debts and waiting for the next season of The Great British Bake Off, have we all put our heads a little too far into the sand? Sure, we’re all worried, but we can’t be thinking about it all the time, much less heading to the hills to shoot our dinner and drag it back to our underground bunkers. Besides, it won't come to that... will it?
Is there anything we can learn from the prepping mindset as the reality of climate change comes barrelling toward us?
This episode features:
John Scarinci – President, Australian Preppers Survival League
Kezia Barker – Senior Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool John Moores University
Tommy Wiedmann – Professor of Sustainability, UNSW Engineering
Preppers is created by the UNSW Centre for Ideas (https://unswcentreforideas.com/).
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12 Aug 2024
Trailer: Preppers
Get ready to confront the uncomfortable truths about climate change with investigative humorist and climate action enthusiast Dan Ilic in Preppers, a podcast by the UNSW Centre for Ideas (https://unswcentreforideas.com/) that dives deep into the realities we often avoid.
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