The new CSIRO management has announced drastic cuts and a controversial change of priorities for the nations' peak scientific research body. Drawing global condemnation and outrage, the cuts to the CSIRO have been likened to "driving at night with the lights off" when it comes to climate research.

Also on the show, 2016 marks 20 years of Earth Matters on the air, and 40 years for 3CR Community Radio. To mark this, we’ll be taking a look back to some programming highlights. This week we'll hear an extract from the 2001 International Womens' Day special, with a range of women activists talking about how feminism influences their environmental organising.

Guests: Anthony Keenan (CSIRO Staff Association); archival Earth Matters from 2001 featuring Indira Narayan and Dimity Hawkins (produced by Juliet Fox).

Links:

• 'Flying Blind: Navigating Climate Change Without CSIRO' Climate Council report
• If People Powered Radio: 40 years of 3CR at Gertrude Contemporary

Image credit: http://cpsu-csiro.org.au/archives/budget-cuts/