Part
two of a two-part interview with Fr Pedro Walpole SJ by journalist Martin
Flanagan. Recorded at the Jesuit Social Services All Staff Day, 12 December
2009.
Fr
Walpole is the founder of Environmental Sustainability for Social Change, a
group using scientific data on the environment to advocate for changes aimed at
making poor communities less susceptible to natural disaster.
In
this interview, he looks at Australia's response to the bushfires, and argues
for a change in the way communities relate to the environment.