Episode Summary Today we chat with Madeline Hudson about waste free cooking. She is about to run a zero waste cooking course through the Castlemaine Community House and has been running the community lunch for four years. Those locals to Castlemaine may have seen her performing as Lilly Pilly Green in the Zucchini Clan… ButContinue reading “S3E8 Zero Waste Food”
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S3E7 School Strikers and Gas
Episode Summary Today’s episode is all about the proposed gas lead recovery for Australia and what our young people are doing to try and stop it. Firstly we will hear from Warwick Smith, an ecologist and economist, who lays out exactly why the gas lead recovery is a nonsense. Then we have two young peopleContinue reading “S3E7 School Strikers and Gas”
S3E6 Making Change with Natalie Moxham
Episode Summary In this episode we speak with Natalie Moxham, a Castlemaine resident of over 10 years. She was a driving force in the Castlemaine Commons you tube series, which was created recently to look at how our community was managing the various factors playing out in this time of pandemic. She has traveled theContinue reading “S3E6 Making Change with Natalie Moxham”
S3E5 Caring for Country
Episode Summary In this episode I speak with two Dja Dja Wurrung men about what they are doing to connect people to country and in doing that help protect it. Harley Douglas is project manager on a project called Walking Together. It is a four year project looking at two sites. They are doing surveysContinue reading “S3E5 Caring for Country”
S3E4 Ethical Apparel
Episode Summary In this episode I am speaking with Ilka White, an artist and textiles worker who has been investigating ways to make wearing clothing more sustainable. We talk about fast fashion and its antidote – the fibreshed movement – and everything in between. Basically, what considerations come into play when you want to chooseContinue reading “S3E4 Ethical Apparel”
S3E3 Masks and Permaculture
Episode Summary In this episode we are talking about masks, refugees and permaculture…. How are those things related? Well, in several ways it turns out. We have three guests: Ginny Thomas has been working with refugee and immigrant women through an organisation called Sisterworks and they have been making washable, re-usable, cloth masks. Virginia SolomonContinue reading “S3E3 Masks and Permaculture”
S3E2 E-bikes
Episode Summary In this episode we explore e-bikes. What are they? What are they like to ride? What are some of the drawbacks? And why you should give them a go before you buy one. Allie chats with Sue Tomkinson, who has toured the would on bike and has transitioned to e-bikes in the lastContinue reading “S3E2 E-bikes”
S3E1 Aunty Julie McHale
Episode Summary In this episode we speak with local aboriginal Elder Aunty Julie McHale. She discusses her life, her work and what it is about an aboriginal perspective that changes everything about how you treat the environment. A fundamental shift in perspective. This episode was created in 2020 as part of a series called TurningContinue reading “S3E1 Aunty Julie McHale”
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