Today's episode is all about the proposed gas lead recovery for Australia and what our young people are doing to try and stop it.
Firstly we will hear from Warwick Smith, an ecologist and economist, who lays out exactly why the gas lead recovery is a nonsense.
Then we have two young people who have been involved in the school strike for climate movement. They have created an event for Castlemaine that is in coordination with actions across Australia to protest the gas lead recovery. I talk to them about activism, and how the school strike movement has changed their lives.
Then we throw back to an interview I did last season with Cam Walker. He works at environmental organisation Friends of the Earth and I thought what he said in that interview back in May is pertinent right now, on this issue.
Saltgrass is produced in Castlemaine, on Djaara country, home of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We pay respects to elders past, present and emerging.
Links and resources:
Student strike for Climate
The Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC)
References made in Student Striker interview:
The One Straw Revolution
Effective altruism
Cohen spoke about being involved in the local Z-net effort which Saltgrass covered in Season 2 Episode 21.
If you want to get active and contact your Australian government representatives here are some starting points:
Current Australian Ministry List
If you want to focus on the Labour party
This is the Labour members of parliament
Cam Walker works at Friends of the Earth (FoE)
This link is if you wand to listen to the whole episode with Cam.
S5 E19 Bonus: Connecting Country live event
S5 E18 Connecting Country
S5 E17 Village Dreaming
S5 E16 Compost!? Yes, In My Back Yard
S5 E15 Salad with Soul
S5 E14 Love and Garlic - Gung Hoe Growers
S5 E13 Micro Dairy with Tess Sellar
S5 E12 The Orchard Keepers
S5 E11 An Incredible Octopus with Katie Finlay
S5 E10 Plastic Free July with Rebecca Prince-Ruiz
S5 E09 Walking Together
S5 E08 Living Democracy with Tim Hollo
S5 E07 Root to Tip with Duang
S5 E06 Talking About Money
S5 E05 The Castlemaine Currency Project
S5 E04 The Salvage Yard
S5 E03 The Good Op Shop
S5 E02 Wilderhoods
S5 E01 Wheelie Bins with Gemma
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