Anything But Square Fed Square

In the lead up to Multicultural Week at Fed Square, Sarah Ghassali interviews Ifrin, the head of social enterprise at SisterWorks, a Non-For-Profit organisation that supports migrant, refugee and asylum seeker women in Melbourne. Ifrin discusses the range of opportunities provided to the women, the sustainable ethics of their products, as well as how listeners can support the organisation to continue its mission.
https://www.instagram.com/sisterworks_inc/

In the lead up to Sustainable September at Fed Square, Sarah Ghassali is joined by Pedro and Carly from the Future Focus Group, discussing the upcoming Plant The Seed Melbourne initiative, which encourages average Melbournians to get involved in urban farming and sustainable living.
Pedro and Carly share the inspiration behind this project, as well as their vision for a more sustainable Melbourne!
https://www.facebook.com/planttheseedmelbourne

In the lead up to Sustainable September at Fed Square, Sarah Ghassali chats to Nat and Tanisha from the 2021 intake of the Casey Youth Action Committee (CYAC). A local youth initiative open to Casey residents aged 15-25, the CYAC are dedicated to tackling sustainability and climate action within the City of Casey. Tanisha and Nat share their top tips on sustainable living and discuss what advocacy means to them.
Want to get involved? Head to https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/want-get-involved to find out more.

In the lead-up to Sustainable September at Fed Square, Sarah Ghassali chats to Rachel Kelly, founder of E tū and co-founder of Peacebeam, as well Swedish/ New Zealand artist and maker Ulla-Britta Westergren. Rachel and Ulla discuss the ways in which they implement sustainable practices in their work and lifestyles, the importance of open-source information sharing as well as their exciting Waste to Wear Kids workshop at Fed Square.*
https://www.instagram.com/etu_etu_/
https://www.instagram.com/ulla_britta.westergren/*Event cancelled due to COVID restrictions. 
 

In the lead-up to Sustainable September at Fed Square, Sarah Ghassali is joined by Katharine Balson, Victorian Education Coordinator representing OzHarvest at Little Food Festival.
OzHarvest is Australia's leading food rescue organisation, and has been in operation since 2004. Their team of volunteers in yellow vans work to rescue surplus food from 457 food businesses throughout Melbourne, delivering more than 320,000 nutritious meals every month to 150 charities supporting those who need it most.
With a background in teaching, Katharine discusses her passion for food sustainability and the FEAST and NEST sustainable cooking programs for students and adults available through OzHarvest.
https://www.ozharvest.org/your-local-ozharvest/melbourne/
https://www.instagram.com/ozharvest_melbourne
https://www.facebook.com/OzHarvestMelbourne/

In this episode, Sarah Ghassali is joined by Mick Harding, a Taungurung man of the Yowung-Illam-Baluk and Yerrun-Illam-Baluk clans, celebrated artist and the current deputy chair of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council.
Harding talks about how he became an artist and how he sees art as being about sharing story – integral to culture, necessary for healing and fundamentally human. He also shares his thoughts on this year’s NAIDOC Week theme ‘Heal Country’ and the current work he's been involved in as deputy chair of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council.  
Mick's art can be purchased online through his business, Ngara Warendji – Dancing Wombat.