Earthwise
Earthwise is presented by Lois and Martin Griffiths.
Every programme features a discussion on a topic to do with conservation, environment or peace with justice. Sometimes the interview is with a local Cantabrian, sometimes with someone in a different part of the country, sometimes with a visitor from overseas.
The choice of topics varies considerably. Earthwise hopes that people who are especially interested in conservation will also find peace with justice issues interesting and vice versa. Every programme is promoted on several email lists depending on the feature topic.
Every programme also includes community announcements and discussion about other issues, depending on the available time.
The following is just a small example of issues that have been covered recently:
- Wild Rivers Campaign Debs Martin Forest and Bird Field Officer Top of the South
- Unembedded Reporting from the Middle East. Does the West really want Democracy? Robert Fisk, renowned independent journalist and author for the Middle East
- ECAN, Canterbury Regional Council, under Attack by Central Government and Corporate Dairying Eugenie Sage. ECAN Councillor
- The Polluted Manawatu River + NZ Freshwater Longfin Eels Mike Joy Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science Massey University
- Landgrab in Africa, The World's Wealthy are Buying up Africa Joan Baxter, Canadian journalist who Specializes in African Issues
- Diego Garcia Story, Indigenous Islanders Driven Out to Make Way for big American Base John Pilger, Journalist for The New Statesman plus Author & Documentary Film-Maker
- Violent settlers in Hebron, West Bank , Palestine Christina Gibb, Christian Peacemaker from Dunedin
- NZ Government Moves to Restrict Ability to Protect Rivers Jennifer Miller, Forest and Bird West Coast Field Officer
- Selling NZ Land, to Shania Twain & Chinese Dairy Interests etc Murray Horton, CAFCA
- Earth Day Greenwash from Israel, Israel trying to Rebrand Itself as 'Clean and Green' Stephanie Westbrook, Journalist based in Italy , particularly interested in Palestinian Issue
- The Deepwater Horizon incident , What happened and why?, What are the costs both environmental and human? What lessons for NZ? Dr John Peet of Christchurch, retired chemical engineer, who spent most of his professional career in the energy area, including oil refining.
- Christchurch's OurWaterOurVote rally Chris Todd, South Island conservation manager for Forest and Bird plus Martin & Lois discuss the Israeli commando raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, particularly, the background of some of the peace activists taking part
- NATO, the military-industrial complex, NZ in Afghanistan Rob Green Ex Commander Royal navy, now Co-director of Disarmament and Security Centre
