Eco Radio

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Eco Radio explores some of the strategies at the forefront of the move toward sustainability and keeps you updated on what's going on in your community and how you can be involved. If you would like to get in contact with us you can email team@ecoradio.net

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Joseph Ka'au - Hollow Watch Australia

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Zack (He/They) Today on the program I will play a follow up interview with Joseph Ka’au, a customary chief of the Kaimari tribe and traditional landowner from Baimuru in the Purari Delta. Joseph is leading a campaign to protect his people's land from destruction by a LNG project there in Papua New Guinea. Almost 2 months ago we talked to Joseph but two weeks ago Joseph went to Adelaide to speak at the Santos annual general meeting. https://chuffed.org/project/170447-purari-delta-communities-legal-assistance Later in the show we talk to Mark Cashmore who is leading a citizen science project called Hollow Watch Australia (HWA). Mark has developed an app to help people log and monitor the different animals that frequent and use artificial nest boxes or natural hollows in our bush and backyards. https://proofsafe.com.au/pages/nest_boxes_and_hollows Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Friday 1st 08:00 - 10:00 - Wetland Weeders - Archerfield Wetlands, Durack Saturday 2nd 07:00 - 09:00 - Crosby Road Bushcare Working Bee - Crosby Road Park, 150 Crosby Rd, Ascot 08:30 - For Wild Places - TRACTION Trail Action Clean Up - Scribbly Gums Conservation Area, Alexandra Hills 14:30 - 17:30 - Barrambin Wild Art Experiment - Ibis Island, Barrambin (Victoria Park) Sunday 3rd 07:45 - 10:30 - Seven Hills Reserve - Bird Walk with Frank Coman - Latina Avenue Entrance near the boom gate. Seven Hills 08:00 - Hays Inlet Bushcare Working Bee - Silcock St, Clontarf 08:00 - Free Children's Gardening Workshop - Highgate Hill Community Orchard, 94 Hampstead Road 08:30 - Peace Park Arboretum Working Bee - 179 Matthew St, Rosewood 🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

    46 min
  2. 23 APR

    Luke Cornish - People For Nature

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Zack (He/They) Today on the program we interview artist, Luke Cornish, about his prize winning entry into the Gallipoli art prize, which depicts the destruction of a commonwealth cemetery in Gaza where the graves of Australian soldiers were destroyed by the IDF. https://www.gallipoliartprize.org.au/project/luke-cornish-no-rest-the-vandalism-of-deir-al-balah/ We also talk to Audrey Barucchi, Co-Founder & CEO of People For Nature, about an upcoming event at the food connect shed called Seeds of Hope - Community Get Together happening this Sunday 26th April 2026 - 2:00 pm 5:00 pm https://events.humanitix.com/community-get-together-brisbane-april-2026 Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Friday 24th 15:00 - 18:00 - Growing Forward - Kurilpa Commons Working Bee & Potluck Saturday 25th 09:00 - Gertrude Petty Place Bushcare Working Bee - 26 Mount Gravatt Outlook Dr 14:00 - Barrambin The Peoples Park - Ibisa Organising Collective - 36 Gilchrist Ave, Herston 14:00 - 17:00 - Come When You Can Bushcare Working Bee - Quandong St, Ashgrove Sunday 26th 08:00 - 10:00 - Yoorala Street Community Garden Working Bee - 98 Yoorala Street, The Gap 08:00 - 13:00 - Ocean Crusaders Logan River Mouth Clean Up - 80 Ferry Road, Carbrook 08:30 - 11:00 - Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park Bushcare - Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park 09:00 - 12:00 - DCP Greenslopes Bushcare Working Bee - Nicholson Street, Greenslopes 14:00 - 17:00 - Seeds Of Hope - Community Get Together - Foodconnect Shed, Salisbury 🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

    33 min
  3. 9 APR

    Edible Weeds - Fungi4Land

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Zack (He/They) Today on the show I am going to play some old interviews I have done over the years, to begin with I will play you my first in the field report in which I took a beginners edible weeds class with David Diggles. David is an edible weed forager and runs tours in Brisbane. I joined one of his tours and found some interesting facts about the plants that pop up in sidewalk cracks. In the second half of the show I will play an interview with fungal ecologist Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher. Dr McMullan-Fisher is a mycologist that is in the process of researching and writing a book exposing the elusive world of native mycelium and specifically the reciprocal nature that fungi has with the native plants in our bushland. Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher and Roz Hart are in the finishing process of putting their book out for the public, but they still need your help. Head to https://fungi4land.com/help-us/ to find out more. Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday 11th 08:00 - Growing Forward Working Bee - Dutton Park Commons 08:30 - Highgate Hill Community Orchard Working Bee - 94 Hampstead Rd, Highgate Hill 15:00 - Stop The Olympic Land Grab (Save Barrambin) - 36 Gilchrist Ave, Herston Sunday 12th 07:30 - 09:30 - Brandon Road Bushcare Group Working Bee - Winston Street, Runcorn 08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Nerang National Park Working Bee - 75 Lawnhill Dr, Nerang 08:30 - Berrinba Wetland Reserve Bushcare Group Working Bee - Wayne Goss Dr, Browns Plains 08:30 - 10:30 - Kholo Creek Catchment Group Working Bee - Platypus Park, Banksia Drive, Mt Crosby Monday 13th 18:30 - 19:30 - BrisScience: The house of a thousand species - The Edge, State Library of Queensland 🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

    43 min
  4. 26 MAR

    Dr Claire Gronow LtG - Gurridyula

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Zack (He/They) Today on the show we are Dr Claire Gronow, the central Queensland coordinator for the Lock the Gate Alliance, about the approved expansion of Hail Creek coal mine https://www.lockthegate.org.au/ Wangan and Jagalingou man Gurridyula, about the ongoing fight to protect Doongmabulla springs and the Brisbane premiere of a film that covers this battle. Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday 26th 07:30 - Save Ormiston College Koalas - Delancey Street, Ormiston Friday 27th 19:00 - 20:30 - Springbrook Weedbusters Spotlighting - Tallanbana Picnic Ground, Springbrook Saturday 28th 08:00 - 10:00 - Wattle Creek Community Planting - 20 Georgia Place, The Gap 09:00 - 11:00 - Butterfly Count at Pooh Corner - 100 Wolston Rd, Wacol 12:00 - 15:00 - Wildlife Queensland Plan Our Local BioBlitz- The Environmental Hut, Chapel Hill Sunday 29th 07:00 - 09:00 - Cicada Park Bushcare Working Bee - 69 Ironbark Rd, Chapel Hill 08:30 - 10:30 - Butterfly Bushcare at the Hilltop - Sir Samuel Griffith Drive Mt Cootha, Honeyeater/ Reservoir Trail 08:30 - 10:30 - linking Springbrook and Lamington National Parks Tree Planting - 1827 Nerang Murwillumbah Rd, Numinbah Valley 15:30 - 17:30 - Desoto Place Bushcare Group working bee - 9 Desoto Pl, Forest Lake Tuesday 31st 15:00 - 17:00 - UQ Lakes Bioblitz - UQ Lakes, St Lucia 🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

    47 min
  5. 19 MAR

    Banned Words - Quolls - Koalas - Forests

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Zack (He/They) Today on the show we are going to talk about the new hate speech laws, specifically against anti-war protests, hopefully without getting arrested. We have an interview with Subhi Awad from Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine Action Group and Bonnie, Bonnie was arrested and let go last week for wearing a shirt with a recently banned slogan on it. Our newest Ecoradio contributor, E, has brought us an interview with Paul Revie, the founder of the Quoll Society of Australia. - https://www.quollsociety.org/ Callen Sorensen Karklis from Workers Power here on 4ZZZ also went to a protest in Redland Bay to protect Koalas from planned development at Ormiston College. Callen has brought us a short interview with protestors at that rally. And, we will have a quick chat with Louie from the bob brown foundation about the March in March happening this Sunday. - https://marchforforests.org/ Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday 19th 07:30 - Save Ormiston College Koalas - Sturgeon Street, Ormiston Saturday 21st 9:00 - Woodward Place Park Tree Planting - Pullen Pullen Catchments Group -29 Summerland Pl, Pullenvale 14:00 - Arnwood Place Bushcare Working Bee - Arnwood Pl, Annerley 16:00 - No Olympics On Stolen Land - Keep Ibis Island Wild - Victoria Park Sunday 22nd 08:00 - Royal Parade Bushcare Speed Weeding Session - Royal Parade, Ashgrove 08:00 - Rikki Bailey Park Bushcare Working Bee - 55 Avalon St, Oxley 10:00 - Bob Brown Foundation - March in March - 147 Alice St, Brisbane City 14:30 - 16:30 - Come & Try Bushcare! - Garden of Eden Project - Cribb Park, North Ipswich 🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

    39 min
  6. 12 MAR

    Prof. Rod Fensham / Fellowship Of The Spring

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him), Zack (He/They), and Andy (He/Him) Today on the show we are hanging out with Professor Rod Fensham, in 2020 Professor Fensham formed the Fellowship of the Spring, an international consortium of people concerned with understanding dryland springs and securing their preservation. In the lead up to the Wangan and Jagalingou film Nagana Yarrbayn: The Water Protectors coming to Brisbane on the 31st of March we are going to talk about springs and why they are so important. https://events.humanitix.com/water-protectors-brisbane Save Woogaroo Forest is in need of 200 more submissions for an EPBC referral, to save Woogaroo forest from development. Developers are planning to remove 136 hectares of native vegetation in Ipswich which is core Koala habitat, go to https://savewoogarooforest.com.au/springview and make a submission. Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday 14th 8:00 - 10:00 - Rome Street Bushcare - 32 Rome Street, Coorparoo 10:00 - 12:00 - Glossy Guardian Workshop - Albany Creek Community Centre, Albany Creek 18:15 - 20:15 - Toad Busting - Eagleby Wetlands, Eagleby Sunday 15th 7:30 - 10:00 - Harman’s Reserve Working Bee - Harman’s Park, Manly 8:00 - 10:00 - March Working Bee - Riverdale Park, Meadowbrook 8:00 - 10:00 - Come & Try Bushcare Opossum Creek Regenerative Project - Opossum Creek, Brookwater 14:00 - 16:00 - Bushcare and Beer - Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea Tuesday 17th 8:30 - 10:00 - Dunn Road Bushcare - 159 Dunn Road, Rocklea 🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

    47 min

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Eco Radio explores some of the strategies at the forefront of the move toward sustainability and keeps you updated on what's going on in your community and how you can be involved. If you would like to get in contact with us you can email team@ecoradio.net