1 hr 14 min
Ep 13. Lisa Wriley - Earth care and a story on what makes us human The Kitchen Table
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Lisa has a rare gift for working with communities, and an awesome commitment to recycling which has seen her travel all over Australia. She was instrumental in the establishment of the Kariong Eco Garden over 15 years ago. Which involved many negotiations with council to find an appropriate community space that could be used. The garden is a place for the community to learn about managing vegetable gardens, composting, worm farms, reducing food miles and natural ecosystems. Local teachers have also been to the garden for numerous professional development sessions and students have been involved in workshops to maintain vegetable gardens and composts. Kariong Eco Garden is also the site for Boomerang Bags which is a community group that Lisa co-ordinates to meet once a month to make shopping bags from recycled material.
As an active member of the central coast environmental education network Lisa helped to develop the Green Canteen project that encouraged schools to reduce the use of single use plastics in schools. Lisa organised the survey for schools and assisted to deliver sustainable cutlery and paper straws for schools to try in their canteens. She has continued to help lead this project in schools for 2019.
Lisa was instrumental in creating and developing resources for the Total Environment Centre ‘s Ocean Action Pod (including lesson plans for schools). The pod is a trailer full of informative displays to raise community and school awareness of the issue of plastic waste, marine debris and microplastics on the environment. Lisa is one of the presenters for the trailer and has successfully delivered the program across Sydney and the Central Coast.
Her passion is treading lightly on this sacred earth - particularly with regard to our use of what we call the earth's resources: living soil, minerals, air, water, biodiversity (the vast collection of plants/animals/life on earth).
"I want to leave the planet in a better way than when I arrived".
"Born in 1971, I have arrived on this planet at a time when human population and ways of living have become utterly unsustainable. Our dominant economic system is based on growth theories that ignore the fact that our planet is finite. We are quickly using up resources like oil, which have formed over millions of years. I try to think globally and act locally."
My passion is treading lightly on this sacred earth. .... I want to leave the planet in a better way than when I arrived.
— Lisa Wriley
We spoke about her new project which has been an absolute labour of love is the re-creation of the game called conservation which orginated in New Zealand. This game is a fun way to explore the many ways we can care for earth. To learn more go to https://www.earthcaregame.org/. There is a huge story behind each and every piece created for the game from the pieces, the paper sourced, the packaging.
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Lisa has a rare gift for working with communities, and an awesome commitment to recycling which has seen her travel all over Australia. She was instrumental in the establishment of the Kariong Eco Garden over 15 years ago. Which involved many negotiations with council to find an appropriate community space that could be used. The garden is a place for the community to learn about managing vegetable gardens, composting, worm farms, reducing food miles and natural ecosystems. Local teachers have also been to the garden for numerous professional development sessions and students have been involved in workshops to maintain vegetable gardens and composts. Kariong Eco Garden is also the site for Boomerang Bags which is a community group that Lisa co-ordinates to meet once a month to make shopping bags from recycled material.
As an active member of the central coast environmental education network Lisa helped to develop the Green Canteen project that encouraged schools to reduce the use of single use plastics in schools. Lisa organised the survey for schools and assisted to deliver sustainable cutlery and paper straws for schools to try in their canteens. She has continued to help lead this project in schools for 2019.
Lisa was instrumental in creating and developing resources for the Total Environment Centre ‘s Ocean Action Pod (including lesson plans for schools). The pod is a trailer full of informative displays to raise community and school awareness of the issue of plastic waste, marine debris and microplastics on the environment. Lisa is one of the presenters for the trailer and has successfully delivered the program across Sydney and the Central Coast.
Her passion is treading lightly on this sacred earth - particularly with regard to our use of what we call the earth's resources: living soil, minerals, air, water, biodiversity (the vast collection of plants/animals/life on earth).
"I want to leave the planet in a better way than when I arrived".
"Born in 1971, I have arrived on this planet at a time when human population and ways of living have become utterly unsustainable. Our dominant economic system is based on growth theories that ignore the fact that our planet is finite. We are quickly using up resources like oil, which have formed over millions of years. I try to think globally and act locally."
My passion is treading lightly on this sacred earth. .... I want to leave the planet in a better way than when I arrived.
— Lisa Wriley
We spoke about her new project which has been an absolute labour of love is the re-creation of the game called conservation which orginated in New Zealand. This game is a fun way to explore the many ways we can care for earth. To learn more go to https://www.earthcaregame.org/. There is a huge story behind each and every piece created for the game from the pieces, the paper sourced, the packaging.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sue-bradley/message
1 hr 14 min