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Significant Roadside Area: Exploring the world through a child's eyes

In this special bonus episode, host Kyla Brettle is guided by her two children on a dreamlike walk that unravels the history of a small patch of remnant bush on the edge of a highway near her home in Barkers Creek, designated as a 'Significant Roadside Area'. On the journey, they're joined by an ecologist, a landcare volunteer and a First Nations Elder, to explore a small crack in the fabric of the universe where the past, present and future collide. It's a beautiful meditation on appreciating the connections between people and place, and rediscovering the world around us.

Turning Wrong Way Climate Right Way: a First Nations response to climate change in Central Victoria

First Nations People have a wealth of traditional knowledge and skills to adapt to climate change, gained through thousands of years of survival and resilience. In Central Victoria, the Dja Dja Wurrung people have developed a climate change strategy called "Turning Wrong Way Climate Right Way." The strategy emphasises a holistic approach to climate change adaptation, incorporating all elements of the ecosystem and traditional knowledge. It includes specific initiatives, such as re-landscaping waterways, forest gardening, controlled cultural burns, and nature-based flood mitigation.

How Bendigo’s Karen community is adapting to climate change

Newly arrived communities can be more vulnerable to climate change and during climate events, they are often among the most severely affected. Through the story of the Karen community in Bendigo, see how we can adapt to climate change with a strength-based, social justice approach.

YIMBY: Community composting for connection and climate action

YIMBY is short for ‘yes in my backyard’. It’s a community-run, backyard composting scheme that was founded in 2020 in Castlemaine, Victoria. To organisers' knowledge, there’s no other program like it in Australia. Co-founder Lucy Young says YIMBY is a way of “sharing high-level composting skills with lots of keen composters, and supporting them to run micro-processing hubs at home." Joel Meadows, the other co-founder, explains the approach as super small scale and super local, with “low carbon input and low carbon output." Hear about the potential of schemes like this to help build resilient communities.

Growing leaders in Maryborough: How a school groundsman and students tackle climate change

Maryborough is a regional town on Djaara country. The town is home to the Maryborough Education Centre, a primary, secondary, and special needs school. Maryborough faces socio-economic challenges and is ranked as the most disadvantaged local government area in Victoria. It’s also a community where individuals like Troy Butler, the school's groundsman and sustainability officer, are dedicated to making a positive impact, particularly in the area of climate change. Hear about the power of mentorship, vulnerability, and community action in preparing and supporting young people to adapt to a changing climate.