Eco Futures - Welcome to the New Generation of Planet Restoration: Join the Evolution Michelle Michels

Gabrielle speaks about her latest book. Her background includes being an Australian parliament press gallery journalist, a columnist and blogger forThe Gaurdian currently and a farmers wife. She tells us what she knows about farming, politics and policy that affects faring and supply chains. Farming sits at the intersection of the world's biggest challenges around climate change, soil, water, energy, natural disasters and zoonotic diseases. Yet Australia has no national food policy. No national agriculture strategy. Our water policy is close to the Hunger Games. People with means can shop at farmers' markets and order brunch, by the provenance of their eggs, bacon, butter, tomatoes and greens. But do they really understand the trade-offs required to grow it? In this book Gabrielle Chan examines the past, present and future of farming with her characteristically forensic eye. She lays out how our nation, its leaders, farmers and eaters. https://www.penguin.com.au/books/why-you-should-give-a-fck-about-farming-9781760899332

Dr. Mick Roderick speaks to Michelle Michels about the Regent Honeyeater captive bred release program he assisted with in his role as an ecologist with Birdlife Australia. The program is vital in trying to halt the extinction of small yellow spotted Australian native. The Recovery Team has released 58 captive bred birds in release program in the Hunter Valley NSW. They have been working alongside the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Taronga Zoo Conservation Society Australia, Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) and other local stakeholders to coordinate this release. At best, there are just a few hundred Regent Honeyeaters left in the wild – with much of their population limited to NSW. With their numbers so critically low, captive breeding and release could mean the difference between extinction and survival. PLEASE DONATE to this program https://birdlife.org.au/media/2021-regent-honeyeater-release
Photo credit - Dr. Mick Roderick

Senator Mehreen Faruqi is a Greens Senator for NSW in the Australian Parliament. She is well regarded for her work on women's rights, human's rights, animal rights and multicultural platform. Mehreen is also the first Muslim woman to be elecetd into Federal parliament. Michelle Michels caught up with Mehreen at Renew Fest in Mullumbimby NSW in May 2021. The pivotal sustainability festival for the Northern Rivers. Mehreen speaks on the pressing topic of housing affordability and women's abortion rights, her contribution to getting abortions legalised in NSW in 2020 and animal rights.

Mehreen Faruqi is a current Australian Greens Senator. She was prevuisly anMP in the NSW parliament. Her qualifications include being an Environmental engineer and a human rights advocate. Renew Fest is the pivotal sustainability festival for the Northern rivers region. Judy Shelley organises the Media tent for Bay FM with Renata from the Multicultural Team from Bay FM. Mehreen speaks here about various issues in her portfolio.

Lauren Ornelas-
is the founder and the executive director of the Food Empowerment Project, a nonprofit food justice organization that spotlights the abuse of animals on farms, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the unavailability of healthy foods in communities of color and low-income areas.Lauren has spent her entire life on the front lines fighting for human and animal rights. She went vegan and became an activist in the 80s, later she founded and ran the animal right’s organization
Dr Natalia Szablewska -
is a law expert at Auckland University of Technology. She is a Modern Slavery Law expert and Humanitarian advocate. Dr Szablewska said sometimes people may not even know they are a victim of Modern Slavery or what's happening to them is illegal.
She says traffickers tend to have a good way of building bonds with their victims, and making them appear like a perceived protector.
Serrata Martin-
The tea industry particularly in India has a long history of indentured slavery . The Organic India' Ayurvedic Tea Company is trying to change these practices. Jodee speaks to Serrata Martin about the tea industry and how we consume and purchase tea products.

Gordon Renouf from 'Good on You' speaks to Jodee speaks about the sustainable ethical clothing app encouraging consumers to buy. he global fashion industry has a huge problem with pollution, waste and human rights abuses. Like you, we care for our planet, people and animals, and we want to live in a world that’s sustainable and fair. We are a group of campaigners, fashion professionals, scientists, writers and developers who have come together to drive that change. Thank you to the Community Broadcasting Foundation (Australia) for funding for this project.
https://goodonyou.eco/