Show Notes
PART ONE: In this episode(s), we’re thrilled to be joined by Dr. Rosie Willacy, a invasive species ecologist based in Tasmania. Rosie has spent years dedicating her research and work to the understanding the ecosystems on Christmas Island and developing decision making frameworks for managing invasive species. Yanti and I were stoked to be in the same place at the same time, and absolutely loved getting deep into this topic with Rosie together. We enjoyed the chat so much we had to split it into two! Enjoy!
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PART TWO: In this episode(s), we’re thrilled to be joined by Dr. Rosie Willacy, a invasive species ecologist based in Tasmania. Rosie has spent years dedicating her research and work to the understanding the ecosystems on Christmas Island and developing decision making frameworks for managing invasive species. Yanti and I were stoked to be in the same place at the same time, and absolutely loved getting deep into this topic with Rosie together. We enjoyed the chat so much we had to split it into two! Enjoy!
Peter Stronach has spent his life in local, grassroots conservation, and is now CEO of Landcare Tasmania. For the past 30 years he has been based in Tasmania, and coincidentally, Landcare Tasmania is also celebrating its 30th birthday this year. In this conversation Pete shares his reflections on three decades of experience in community-based conservation in Tassie. We discuss how valuable it is to empower local people, with networks growing from local communities and local patches, to catchments, to the island scale.
Dailan Pugh is a forest activist based on Bunjalung country in Byron Bay. Dailan is one of Australia’s most dedicated and longstanding forest activists, and has been working both on the frontlines and behind the scenes to prevent the logging of forests in north-east NSW for over forty years. We take a deep dive into the goals and strategies of the North East Forest Alliance and the ongoing failure of government policy in protecting Koalas.
Megan Langridge is a social scientist interested in environmental sociology - the way that people relate to, and are informed by, their environment. Meg cast her sociologist's eye on people within the forestry industry for her honours thesis at the University of Tasmania, and in this interview we discuss what she learnt from a practice of listening to people within the industry. Something Meg said while we were chatting before the interview, is that she asks people to suspend their disbelief just for this moment while we delve into another point of view. So let's give that a go!
In this episode, Carla talks with Nadia de Souza Pietramale from the Organic Landcare group, based in Mullumbimby NSW. Nadia has been working in Bush Regeneration for almost 30 years, and for the last 14 years, she has not used chemicals. In this episode Nadia and I discuss how big chem companies have set the narrative about the management of weeds in Australia, and explore how the organic approach of patience, community, manual labour and learning from country can have just as good, if not better, outcomes.