159I_Michael Browne, manager at Melbourne Water

Are you interested in the Aboriginal understanding of country? What do you think about water in cities? How can we become more connected to country itself? Interview with Michael Browne, manager at Melbourne Water. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, aboriginal and indigenous ideas, what water means to country, resilience, and many more. Michael is a proud Barkandji/ Wemba Wemba man who grew up in rural southern NSW. He completed a Bachelor of Engineering and as a result of his cultural connection to water and growing up witnessing the impact that drought can have on a community, has recognised the importance of and feels fortunate to have worked in the water industry for 20 years. Michael has recently been working within the Integrated Water Management Planning team at Yarra Valley where he has been focussing on place-making to ensure a continued focus is given to the importance of water and elevating the cultural knowledge and skills of Traditional Owners in planning for the future. Find out more about Michael online through these links: Michael Browne on LinkedIn; Michael Browne on the Making Waves podcast series; Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.027 - Interview with Richard Manasseh about water in cities; No.135 - Interview with Paul Satur about urban water management; No.158R - Integrating Aboriginal cultural values into water planning; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay