S2 04 | People have the power

Is the future quite so bleak? Maybe we won't all be living in bunkers and doing chin-ups.You can hear more from Jenny Odell, the writer of How to do Nothing, Chris Johnstone, doctor and the co-founder of Active Hope & Jeff Sparrow, who talks about who's really to blame for the climate emergency.

Hope you enjoyed the series but if you need more Judith Lucy head to the ABC Listen app.You can hear three exclusive extended interviews. Jenny Odell, the writer who taught us how to do nothing, Jeff Sparrow on why guilt is being manipulated by polluters and Chris Johnstone, the doctor and co-founder of Active Hope, a practice that helps you deal with deal with climate related stress. 

Time to go tiny!  Judith moves into a tiny house, with, er, mixed results.And she learns more about how food is produced and how to practise active hope in a time of existential dread.Written and performed by Judith LucyProducer Beth Atkinson-QuintonSound engineer David Le MayExecutive Producer Tom Wright

Time to get ourselves glued to something, people!Despite sorting out her own place and helping out locally, Judith wants to do more.She talks to a teen who sued the Environment Minister and is inspired to go on an Extinction Rebellion protest.Who knows, the next episode might be coming from jail cell?

Doing stuff alone can only get you so far and Judith, for once, enjoys being part of a team.Judith helps out her in local area. She writes letters to her MP, plants trees at her local beach and learns about her area's indigenous history. 

If we want to change, start small.So Judith gets tips on how to grow a garden, make her place more eco-friendly and even has a Masterchef finalist cook her (a vegan lunch).Despite all this she still feels guilty about the planet.People are to blame and we can't do anything, right?! Wrong! 

Did you make a promise to change things during lockdown? COVID made Judith take a look at how she was living and didn't like what she saw.Is she capable of change and can that change help not just her, but the planet?Find out over the next six episodes.Written and performed by Judith LucyProducer Beth Atkinson-QuintonSound engineer David Le MayExecutive Producer Tom Wright

After lockdown Judith is still asking the big questions. She’s out to change her life and yours for the better in six episodes...

In the series finale, Judith goes back to her home state of Western Australia to try and connect with family, nature in all its glory and the Australian author Tim Winton. Will she feel better, happier and somehow tie all this crap together?WARNING: This episode contains strong languageYou can read a statement from Subsea 7 about their planned Learmonth Pipeline Fabrication Facility here.

Judith confronts some big questions like, why are we here? Can we ever truly prepare understand death? And why did she became one of those insufferable people who started ‘searching’?WARNING: This episode contains strong language