Category: Generator Radio – podcasts

With the government discussing an end to low energy light globes, Uncle Joe thought it would be a good idea to find out how good the options are.

Having been burned once by buying a carton of cheap compact fluorescents, he thought it important to warn people of the potential dangers. That carton of lightglobes gave off a dim but harsh blue light and people wrote back apologising for having to break the pledge they had signed promising to use them to replace an incandescent globe.

Local electrical contractor, appliance repairer and component supplier, Malcolm McKenzie discusses in  detail his experience with getting the light globes to work. Listen to the interview now . 

This light was designed by Admir Jukanovic, a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London.

In this interview with Parkwood Fires, Uncle Joe is brought up to speed on why waste sawdust is a sustainable fuel, and expresses amazement that the fuel is stored on top of the fire. Click here to listen.

Tim Hollo from Fourplay spoke to The Generator when the band played Bangalow on March 9. The band plays the most original music, made with the most original use of classical instruments on the face of the planet. As well the band has taken bold, innovative steps to be completely sustainable by selling CDs in recycled cardboard sleeves, using a minimum of ink, keeping their power consumption to a minimum and offsetting all the greenhouse gases they cannot avoid creating.

In the first of these two interviews, Tim Hollo and Giovanni discuss the music, and the relationship between music and politics and environmental activism.

In the second interview, they get stuck into the politics of renewable energy and the coverage of that in the media. 

The t-shirt that Tim is discussing is available for sale online through the One Stop Green Shop.