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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. 6d ago

    Native Grains w/ Jacob Birch

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) On the show we are playing an old interview from 2022 that former ecoradio host Monique and I did with Jacob Birch, Jacob is native grain researcher and Gamilaraay man. We talk all about the benefits of native grain foods and the importance of grasslands. Grasslands are often overlooked as empty paddocks or wasteland but they are vitally important to all sorts of wildlife. https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/46241 Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of July The Great Australian Fungi Hunt From the 1st to 31st of July you can take part in FungiMap's Great Australian Fungi Hunt. Here's how to participate: Find a fungus, lichen or slime mould, take clear photographs of key features and upload your observation to FungiMap's Great Aussie Fungi Hunt iNaturalist project. Online community and experts will assist with identifying your observation. For more details go to The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt – Australia’s Biggest Celebration of Fungi Citizen Science @ (fungimap.org.au) Saturday 18th 07:00 - 09:00 - Kalinga Park Bushcare Group Working Bee - Nundah 08:00 - 10:00 - Stellar Carrington Habitat Group Working Bee - Ian Page Park, 61 Cloverbrook Place, Carina 12:30 - 15:00 - Documenting plant communities - where to begin? - THECA, 47 Fleming Road, Chapel Hill 14:00 - 17:00 - Arnwood Place Bushcare Group Working Bee - Arnwood Pl, Annerley 14:30 - 17:00 - Resist Pine Gap Film Screening - Griffith Uni Southbank Campus Sunday 19th 08:30 - Peace Park Arboretum Working Bee - 179 Matthew Street, Rosewood 09:00 - 11:00 - Springbrook Weedbusters Bushcare Working Bee - Carricks Rd, Springbrook 15:00 - 17:00 - Desoto Place Bushcare Working Bee - Carisbrook Circuit Park, Forest Lake 🔗 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

  2. Jul 3

    Dark Sky Reserve - Humpbacks & Highrises

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) Today on the show we are talking to Dr Ken Wishaw about the Sunshine coast Hinterland Dark Sky Reserve and the impacts that has on us and the environment. https://australasiandarkskyalliance.org/ We replay a report by Andy Paine about the guerrilla community garden being fenced off and bulldozed by developers. Then later in the show I will be talking to Dr Olaf Meynecke about the gold coast whale festival, Humpbacks and highrises, and whales and climate change. https://www.hhr.org.au/ Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Friday 3rd 08:00 - 10:00 - Wetland Warriors - Archefield Wetlands, 455 Bowhill Rd, Durack Saturday 4th 09:30 - 15:30 - Gold Coast Whale & Ocean Festival - Justins Park, The Esplanade, Burleigh Heads 13:00 - 16:00 - Repair Cafe Beenleigh - Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre 15:00 - 17:30 - Yarrabilba Community Garden Working Bee - Shaw Street Oval, Yarrabilba Sunday 5th 08:00 - 10:00 - Planting day for Frogs – Sutling St Bushcare Group - Between Henry St and Noreen St, Chapel Hill 08:00 - Tennis Avenue Bushcare Working Bee - Tennis avenue, Ashgrove 08:30 - 11:00 - Anstead Bushland Reserve Working Bee - Hawkesbury Rd, Anstead 09:00 - 11:00 - Friends of Plunkett Conservation Park Bushcare Working Bee - Flesser Road, Cedar Creek Monday 6th 18:30 - All Things Platypus, An Evening With Dr Tamielle Brunt - 47 Hepworth St, Chapel Hill 🔗 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

  3. Jun 26

    Birdlife Australia w/ Hugh Possingham

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) On the show today we are talking to Professor Hugh Possingham, President of BirdLife Australia, about the threat of H5 bird flu to our native bird populations. https://birdlife.org.au/ If you find sick or dead wildlife? Follow these three steps. Do not approach the animal. AVOID contact with sick or dead wildlife and their environment. Do not touch, move or approach the bird, and do not allow pets to touch or eat sick or dead wildlife. RECORD what you see, the location the animal was found, and take photos or video (if possible) without approaching the bird. REPORT any unusual illness or death in wild birds and other wildlife immediately via the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888. Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saturday 27th 09:00 - 12:00 - Caloundra Repair Café - Caloundra Community Centre, 58A Queen Street, Caloundra 09:00 - 12:00 - Naturally Gold Coast Festival - Broadbeach Cultural Centre, Mermaid Waters 14:00 - 22:00 - Winter Solstice Festival - 16 Victoria Street, Brisbane 15:00 - 16:00 - Corbie Park Bushcare Group Working Bee - Corbie Street Park, Ashgrove Sunday 28th 07:30 - Beaudesert Crop Swap - Jubilee Park Beaudesert, Telemon Street, Beaudesert 08:00 - 10:00 - Rikki Bailey Park Bushcare Group Working Bee - 55 Avalon St, Oxley 09:00 – 11:00 - Ironside Bushcare Group Working Bee - Ironside Park, Guilfoyle St, St Lucia Monday 29th 09:00 - 12:00 - Redlands City Council Koala Walk - Fellmonger Park, Ormiston Wednesday 1st 08:00 - 13:00 - Ocean Crusaders Brisbane River Clean Up - Colmslie Boat Ramp, Morningside 🔗 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

  4. May 28

    Redland Koalas - Victoria Park / Barrambin

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) There is so much happening in our local environment Today we are talking to Una Sandeman about the destruction of koala habitat in the Redlands as Ormiston College was given approval to start felling Koala food trees so that the college could add another oval to their collection. I will also play a series of interviews I did while enjoying Victoria Park Barrambin on the weekend, I talked to Stéphane Guillou who organized a bioblitz of the park, CJ who participated in the bioblitz, and Jimmy Southwood who ran a boomerang throwing workshop and talked to me about the spring system under the park. https://www.savevictoriapark.com/ Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday 28th 07:00 - 09:00 - OCCA Creekcare - Muriel Ave, Moorooka Friday 29th 08:00 - 10:00 - N4C Nursery Session - 66 Baron Street, Greenslopes 09:00 - Goori Camp Embassy - Fill The Park - Victoria Park/ Barrambin 15:00 - 18:00 - Growing Forward Kurilpa Commons Working Bee + Pot Luck - 250 Boundary St, West End 16:00 - 18:00 - Not a Done Deal: Fridays at the Park - Victoria Park/ Barrambin Saturday 30th 09:00 - Gertrude Petty Place Bushcare Working bee - 26 Mount Gravatt Outlook Dr 14:00 - Parks Over Profit - Ibis Island Victoria Park/ Barrambin 14:00 - 17:00 - DCP Greenslopes Bushcare Working Bee - Nicholson Street, Greenslopes Sunday 31st 08:00 - 10:00 - Constellation Way Mass Planting Event - Constellation Way, Wynnum if possible, please bring 2x2L old milk bottle full of water for plant watering 🔗 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

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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