As mentioned in the recent episode The Mallee, the Murray and the Mayor, Mildura interests me on a several levels and the interview with the city officials you heard in that episode was a great overview of the region, the particular issues they face and what is being attempted from a policy and government perspective.
The other side of that coin is of course what regular folk in Mildura doing at a grassroots level, which is what Saltgrass is all about.
So back in March when I was up there with my travel buddy Trace Balla, we went to check out the local eco village who were having a working bee. As you will hear, every person there was volunteering their time to help out, and also involved in other local climate action groups.
Links:
- The Mildura Eco Village
- The Christie Centre
- Ceres (Melbourne)
- Greening Mildura
- Out of the Box Sunraysia
- Plastic Free Sunraysia
Organisations and groups mentioned with no links:
- Sunraysia Sustainability Network
This episode was created in 2021 as part of a series called Saltgrass: Turning the Goldfields Green, which was created with support from MAINfm and the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
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