30th Birthday Special: Goolengook Blockade Reflections

Earth Matters 30th Birthday Special: Goolengook Blockade Reflections  This month in June, Earth Matters has turned 30 years old, and our proud partner 3cr Community Radio also celebrates their 50th Birthday. To celebrate these important milestones we have been going through our archives.  In this episode we hear the first Earth Matters host, Juliet Fox at the Goolengook blockades, in East Gippsland, 1997. Many activists from across Australia went to this remote forest to fight against clear fell logging, which was Australia's longest running forest blockade.  Juliet speaks about her history with Earth Matters and how it all started and how reporting on environmental activism was back then. Fiona York gives an update on how the forests in Errinundra are now after years of tireless campaigning to protect it, her relationship with Earth Matters and how it impacted the campaign at the time.  Juliet Fox -  a community media coordinator and researcher who has decades long experience in radio production, presentation, media project design and coordination. She is also a writer, researcher and lecturer, and is passionate about alternative media covering issues that mainstream media doesn't.  Fiona York - Has been an activist and organiser with the Goongerah Environment Centre for over 30 years, she also volunteers with community organisations and currently works in housing for older people Earth Matters #1562 was produced by Hannah York on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country