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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

    Bat Conservation & Rescue w/ Bec Appleton

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) Today on the show we talked to Rebecca Appleton, who works as an educator and rescuer with Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland. @bat.conservation.rescue.qld We talked about bats and an upcoming fundraiser for Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland happening at Archer Brewing. It’s also Radiothon and I want to thank all of the wonderful people that subscribed during our show. Head to 4zzz.org.au and subscribe to a wonderful community radio station. Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday 13th 18:30 - 20:30 - Bat Benefit Bonanza for Bat Conservation and Rescue QLD - Archer Brewing, Wilston Saturday 15th 07:30 - 09:30 - Stephens Mountain Bushcare Working Bee - Craigs Hill, DCP Greenslopes 08:00 - 10:00 - Ian Page Park Bushcare Working Bee - , 61 Cloverbrook Place, Carina Stellar Carrington Habitat Group Sunday 16th 08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Whites Hill Reserve Bushcare Working Bee - Whites Hill Reserve Friends of Whites Hill Reserve 08:30 - Peace Park Arboretum Working Bee - 179 Matthew St, Rosewood Native Plants Queensland - Ipswich Branch 09:00 - 11:00 - Friends of Cedar Bushcare Launch Event - Red Cedar Park, D'Aguilar National Park 10:00 - 15:00 - Brisbane West Eco Fest - The Gap State High School 14:00 - 17:00 - Tarragindi Reserve Bushcare Group Working Bee - 104 Laura St, Tarragindi 🔗 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. Aug 7

    Save Woogaroo Forest w/ Dr Christina Zdenek

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) Today on the show we are talking to Dr Christina Zdenek about the campaign to save Woogaroo forest from development. Woogaroo Forest is home to koalas, greater gliders, frilled-neck lizards, and 500 year old trees, which are all threatened for the sake of profit and urban sprawl. Save Woogaroo Forest is asking the public to contact federal environment minister, Murray Watt, who will have the final say on whether the forest gets destroyed or protected. https://savewoogarooforest.com.au/ We also talk to 4ZZZ volunteer and member of the Kurilpa Commons, Su'in Ni Chrouchuir, to talk about the despair that comes when the powers keep taking from the environment. Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday 6th 08:30 - 10:30 - Coorparoo Finger Gullies Bushcare Working Bee - Eva St Park, Coorparoo Saturday 8th 08:00 – 11:30 - Friends of D'Aguilar National Park Habitat Restoration - D'Aguilar National Park, Mt Mee Section 09:00 - 11:00 - Friends of Smith Park Bushcare with guided ID tour - 6 Lingard St, Woodend 09:00 - 13:30 - Repair Café Woolloongabba - 7 Burke Street, Woolloongabba 09:30 - Care4esK Community Wildlife Information Day - Esk 16:00 - Barrambin Wild Art Experiment - Ibis Island, Victoria Park 18:00 - 21:00 - Eco-Trivia at Helios - 15 Palomar Road, Yeerongpilly Sunday 9th 08:00 - Brisbane Bug Snappers Macro at Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens 08:00 - 11:00 - Clarina Street Park Working Bee - Chapel Hill 08:30 - 10:30 - Peaks to Points Bird Walk and Bushcare - Platypus Park, Banksia Drive, Mt Crosby 🔗 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. Jul 31

    Peaks to Points - Antarctica

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) Today on the show we are talking to Peaks to Points festival organiser, Lynn Whitfield. Peaks to points is a biennial community environment event that includes 80 small events over two weeks across Brisbane, Ipswich, Redlands, Logan & Scenic Rim regions. It’s like a 2 week bushcare festival and it encompasses many bushcare, environmental workshops and forest tours so we will be talking to Lynn all about the 20 year old festival. https://www.peakstopoints.com.au/ We are also lucky enough to be playing an interview Vlad has done with documentary filmmaker Dan Brunskill. Vlad talks to Dan about his film Antarctica: Life at the edge, which digs into the animals and micro organisms that make one of the world's harshest environments their home. https://watch.eventive.org/mdff/play/6a2ebd0890c9d298c33bebc6 https://mdff.org.au/ Bushcare Roundup!! 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 Wednesday 29th 17:30 - 20:30 - Invasive Species Forum - Eco Centre, Nathan Friday 31st 18:30 - 20:30 - Park after Dark: Spotlighting - Spring Mountain Reserve, Greenbank Saturday 1st 08:00 - 09:30 - PlatypusWatch Walk & Talk - Opossum Creek ParklandBrookwater 10:00 - 13:00 - Share and Repair Pop Up - 55 High St, Boonah 12:00 - 16:00 - Lake Day - Celebrating and Protecting Forest Lake’s Wildlife and Waterways - Forest Lake Stage, Forest Lake Boulevard Sunday 2nd 07:00 - 10:00 - A Guided Bird Walk with Professor Hugh Possingham - Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea 08:00 - 10:00 - Bushcare at Bur'uda Hanlon Park - 45 Lincoln St, Stones Corner 09:00 - 13:00 - Woogaroo Catchment Fair - Opossum Creek Parklands, Brookwater 🔗 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. Jul 24

    EcoHerzzz w/ Sarah and Dr Renee Mickelburgh

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) Today on the show we are talking about Ecofemenism and we are doing some 4ZZZ cross-pollination. We are joined by Sarah from Megaherzzz (@Megaherzzz4zzz), Sarah is usually in the studio on Monday at midday but she has joined us and so for today we will be called EcoHerzzz. We are also joined in the studio by a very special guest, Dr Renée Mickelburgh, lecturer of communications at the university of Queensland. Renée is the author of The ecofeminist storyteller: environmental communication through women's digital garden stories. 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) Thursday 23rd 08:30 - 10:30 - Coorparoo Finger Gullies Bushcare Working Bee - Eva St Park, Coorparoo Saturday 25th 08:00 - 12:00 - Moreton Bay ROB Building Working Bee - 2 Whimbrel Street, Port of Brisbane 08:30 - 10:00 - National Tree Day Koala Habitat - Arundel 09:00 - 11:00 - Calamvale District Park Bushcare - 31 Formby St, Calamvale Sunday 26th - National Tree Day 08:00 - 10:00 - Eafleby National Tree Day Planting - 293 Logan St, Eagleby 08:30 - North Harbour Heritage Park Tree planting - Heritage Ave, Morayfield 08:30 - Moolabin Rewilding (Free Plant for Volunteers!) - 79 Albemarle Street, Yeerongpilly 09:00 - 11:00 - Indigiscapes Community Tree Planting - Burmah Boulevard parkland, Redland Bay 09:00 - 11:00 - Muriel Avenue Bushcare Group Tree Planting - Muriel Ave, Moorooka 🔗 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

  5. Jul 17

    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

  6. Jul 10

    Food Connect Foundation

    Hosts: Dave (He/Him) and Andy (He/Him) Today on the show we are talking to Emma-Kate Rose, the Executive Director of Food Connect Foundation. We are going to be talking about the South-east Queensland Food Summit, which is a 3 day conversation to learn about all levels of our local food system. It will include talks with families, farmers, chefs, and the government so stick around to learn more about that. https://fcf.org.au/event/2026SEQFS Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday 9th 07:30 - 09:00 - Save Koala Habitat Protest Rally - Delancey St, Ormiston 08:30 - 10:30 - N4C Coorparoo Finger Gullies Bushcare Working Bee - Eva St Park, Coorparoo Saturday 11th 08:00 - Macro at Mt Coot-tha Brisbane Bug Snappers - Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens 08:30 - 11:00 - Friends of D'Aguilar National Park Habitat Restoration - D'Aguilar National Park, Mt Mee Section 14:00 - 15:00 - Save Koala Habitat Protest Rally - Delancey St, Ormiston 14:00 - Free The Park - Protect Barrimbin - Ibis Island, Herston Sunday 12th 08:00 - 10:00 - Hilda St Bushcare Group Working Bee - Cnr Hilda and Devaney Sts, Corinda 08:30 - 10:30 - Caring For Your Creek Kholo Creek Catchment Group - Sheep Camp Rd, Mount Crosby 16:00 - 17:30 - NAGANA YARRBAYN - THE WATER PROTECTORS Film Screening - New Farm Cinemas. 🔗 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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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

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  • Creator
    4ZZZ
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    92
  • Rating
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    © Copyright 2026
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    Eco Radio