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Dirt Radio
by Friends of the Earth Crew
Friends of the Earth campaigners and activists dig down into the dirt on important environmental and social justice issues.
Episodes
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Why is the west still waiting for better buses in 2024?
Elyse and Chloe recap the community forum held by Sustainable Cities and Point Cook Action Group that took place on Thursday 14th March in Williams Landing, to ask the question 'Why is the west still waiting for better buses in 2024?'We play snippets from the night as well as a follow up…
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Discussing climate activism with Tomorrow Movement
This week Dirt Radio interviewed Imo Kuah, an organiser at Tomorrow Movement, to discuss the movement, social and climate activism, and how to be involved. The next Racial Justice Learning Collective session will be on Monday, March 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM Sign up here!...
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Life After Coal
We spoke to Stephanie Sabrinskas from Life After Coal. Stephanie is a filmmaker and impact producer based on Gunaikurnai Land in the Latrobe Valley, Australia. We discussed a just transition to renewable energy and jobs for coal communities in the LaTrobe Valley, the health impacts of coal-fired...
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The movement for a free Palestine
We spoke to Amin Abbas from Melbourne City Council for Palestine who organized the action outside the City of Melbourne last Tuesday as Council debated a motion in support of a ceasefire in Palestine. Amin is a son and grandson of Palestinian refugees from Tiberias and Genine. Amin’s purpose in...
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Legacy of High Country Forests and What's Next for the Forests Campaign
Friends of the Earth Melbourne/Naarm's Forests campaigner Cam Walker joined Dirt Radio's Claud Gallois and Jay Iwasaki to discuss the historic end to native forest logging in Victoria, the road to get here, and what's next for Victoria and Australia.
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Australia celebrating renewable energy and fighting off fake news!
In today's episode, Elyse interviews Pat Simons (FoE Yes 2 Renewables Coordinator) and Martin Cubby (Wollongong local, member of Good for the 'Gong and organiser with NTEU) about recent national actions in support of renewable energy, and the push back against misinformation
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Palestinian Resistance - Disrupting the Global Weapons Supply Chain + Update from Sitintifada with Uncle Ihab
In today's episode, Elyse Cunningham speaks to Tori from Unionists for Palestine about some of the history of activism targeting weapons companies in Naarm, and the insidious way that supply of weapons used in genocides across the world is spreading throughout Victoria. We then check in with…
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Coastal Erosion on the Climate Frontlines - Adaptation and Alliance Building
In this week episode Alana Mountain interviews Dr Sanja Van Huet, a local resident of Ocean Grove and long time community activist, along with Aleesha Hanczakowski from the Act on Climate Collective, regarding coastal erosian and the Port Phillip Bay Coastal Hazard Assessment, and community…
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Native Forest Country Opened to Logging - NorthEast Forest Alliance
In this week's episode, Jeff Waters interviews Susie Russell and Sean O'Shannessy from the Northeast Forest Alliance about a recent court decision that will allow native forest logging in the Bulga forest on Biripi Country
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Gas Bagging with Freja and Jeff
Jeff Water and Freja Leonard unpack the year that was in gas and look ahead at what's coming up in 2024
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The Global Campaign Against Shell
Campaigner Chaja Merk from Friends of the Earth Netherlands joins Dirt Radio presenters Claud Gallois and Jay Iwasaki at the studio in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia to talk about the global campaign against Shell and the results of the 2021 court case....
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Public Transport Deserts: The fight for bus route reform in Melbourne's West!
Elyse Cunningham, Coordinator of the Sustainable Cities collective who are running the Better Buses campaign at Friends of the Earth Melbourne speaks to Girish Khara, a resident from the Mt.Atkinson estate in Truganina, in Melbourne's rapidly growing Western suburbs. The estate currently only has…
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Dirt Radio November 14
This week, Dirt Radio host Jeff Waters discusses the ongoing blockade in Port Melbourne and status of offshore wind in New South Wales with guests Jess Tran and Coco Venaglia.
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People's Inquiry into the Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic
On today's episode, our Sustainable Cities collective coordinator, Elyse Cunningham, interviews Chloe Aldenhoven, one of the campaigns coordinators at Friends of the Earth Melbourne, about the People's Inquiry into the Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic. A series of public hearings that Chloe is...
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Protecting Gunditjmara Southern Sea Country
The Southern Ocean is up against seismic blasting proposals, in the search for new oil and gas, which threaten whale songlines and precious ocean ecosystems. Seismic blasting surveys are proposed in waters as close as 8km from the coast of Warrnambool and Port Fairy. The seismic blasting process...
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Dirt Radio September 26
Broadcasted live on 3CR from Naarm/Melbourne on September 26, 2023
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Place Based Climate Strategy
Join Alana and Oli from Djaara corporation for a fruitful conversation about First Nations led climate solutions, bringing culture and TO's back into the landscape for healthy Country and healthy people. Alana Mountain- Forest collective campaign coordinaterOli Moares - Djaara Forest Gardening...
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Transport Equity Week
On this week's episode, Elyse Cunningham from FoE's Sustainable Cities collective talks about the upcoming event 'Transport Equity Week'- a week of action for communities across Australia to take action to demonstrate how our transport system is causing transport disadvantage, and to demand…
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A Window into Gender Diversity
Join Alana Mountain from forests collective and Jaime-Lee Willoughby a somatic sex educator and queer ceremonialist diving deep on gender justice, Jaime-Lee's personal experiencess and solidarity opportunities for allies.
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Helping Renters Get off Gas
On this episode of Dirt Radio, Claud Gallois spoke to Friends of the Earth's No New Gas campaigner Freja Leonard about how renters deserve to have gas-free homes, and how to make it happen. Take the pledge today: https://www.getoffgas.org.au/RSVP to the action: No coal to hydrogen for Victoria...
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Hiroshima Day
Today, Sanne de Swart and Xavier Dupe join us from friends of the Earth’s anti-nuclear movement and the national student union as we discuss the current state of affairs in nuclear policy in Australia, seventy eight years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Details for...
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Growing Social Movements for Equity
This week Alana Mountain chats to Elyse from Friends of the Earth's Sustainable Cities Collective about some juicy justice taking place for social equity in the public transport system. She also spoke to Potdog from Grassroots Action Network Tasmania and got a download on the goss, fighting the...
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Transport For All: How Naarm's Tram Network Excludes Disabled People
This week Jeff Waters and Rob Harrison speak to Lara MacFarlane and Ally Scott from the Disability Resource Centre about Disability Pride Month and their Transport For All Campaign -- which recently led a series of protests against the inaccessible tram network across Naarm. Before that, Jeff and...
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A Nuclear Free Australia: Present and Future
Claud Gallois and Dr. Jay Iwasaki spoke to Sanne de Swart and Dr. Jim Green from Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Collective about the grassroots campaign to stop a nuclear waste dump in Kimba, South Australia as well as the future challenges that nuclear submarines present. For more…
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Nuclear Free Collective Legacy and Gas Transition for Renters
Find out more about the No More Gas Campaign here:https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/gasRSVP to the Nuclear Free Collective Art Auction here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1965450690513867Donate to Dirt Radio's Radiothon target here: https://www.givenow.com.au/cr/foe
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Celebrating 50 years of FoE's Climate and Transport Action
This week Elyse Cunningham, Anna Langford and Aleesha Hanczakowski dive into the history of Friends of The Earth's Climate and Transport action over the past 50 years.
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The Decade of Transition - Fossils to Renewables and the End of Native Forest Logging
Anna Langford from FoE's Act on Climate collective interviews folks who have been campaigning for a just transition. Anna chats to Wendy Farmer from FoE's Yes to Renewables collective who lives in the Latrobe valley in Gippsland on Gunaikurnai Country and has been working with Voices of the…
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People Power Ends Native Forest Logging In Victoria
Alana Mountain FoEM forest campaigner and Eva Davis Jones citizen scientist and forest activist chat about the power of the mass action for forests on the weekend and the incoming state budget announcement of an early end to native forest logging. Read Friends of The Earth Melbourne's media...
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New Melbourne Bus Contracts - The Long Road to Reform
Sustainable Cities Coordinator Elyse Cunningham interviews Late stage PhD candidate and sessional lecturer in public transport planning at University of Melbourne, Iain Lawrie, about the recently announced changes to Melbourne's bus contracts. They look at what these changes actually mean for the...
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The Battle for Port Kembla: Offshore Wind vs Nuclear Submarines
On today's episode of Dirt Radio, Elyse spoke to Pat Simons and Gem Romuld who joined a rally on Saturday 7th May 2023 at Port Kembla on Dharawal Country, NSW. The rally was in opposition to a proposed nuclear submarine base as part of the federal government's AUKUS deal. Community, union groups...
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Humanity's Moment - A Climate Scientist's Case For Hope
In the wake of the latest IPCC reports, Alana Mountain from our forest collective sat down with lead IPCC author Dr Joelle Gergis to discuss her new book, 'Humanity's Moment - A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope'. You can listen to Dr Gergis new podcast here
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An Update on Koalas and Water Quality
Tune in to hear an update of FoE's Strzelecki Koala Campaign and new findings of poor water quality in the NT.Find out more about the Strzelecki Koala Campaign: https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/koalasOr contact Anthony Amis at [email protected] to get involved raising awareness about water...
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Gas Bagging with Freja and Jeff
Friends of the Earth's two main gas campaigners, Freja Leonard and Jeff Waters, discuss the latest news from this polluting industry, and how they are working to kill it.
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Keeping Culture Alive Through Language
Keeping Culture Alive Through Language - International Language Day 2023On today's show Elyse Cunningham speaks all things language with the community for International Language Day 2023.
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Midsumma Nightmare - Cops out of Pride!
On today's show Jack and Sam discuss all things relationship anarchy with Kim Croxford. Followed by an interview with Maddox Gifford and Alee Hanczakowski on Midsumma festival and the questionable use of cops and corporations to sponsor and walk on the day.
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What on Earth is the Climate Safeguard Mechanism?
On today's show Jack, Anna (Act on Climate) and Leigh (Climate Action Network Australia) have an in-depth discussion on the Climate Safeguard Mechanism - what it is, how it's changing and the 'dirty dozen' polluters it will affect the most.With the Climate Safeguard Mechanism being redefined now,...
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Invasion Day and an Update on the Little Dargo
On today's show Jack, Sam and Alana discuss invasion day rallies in Melbourne followed by Cam Walker and Alana's update on a trip taken to the Little Dargo river and how this beautiful old growth forest is set to be destroyed for pulp. Can we finish the native logging this year?
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People Have The Power
On the first Dirt Radio show of 2023, Sam Castro talks with Wendy Farmer and Pat Simons about renewable energy and the transition taking place in the LaTrobe Valley away from coal. Find out more about Friends of The Earth Melbourne's Yes2Renewables campaign at melbournefoe.org.au
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Forests Are For Life - Not Just For Christmas
Today on Dirt Radio, Jack and Sam talk with Cam Walker about an update on the Alpine region and what is happening at Friends of the Earth Melbourne in 2023.Dirt Radio are now on summer leave and would like to thank all guests and volunteers that have made the show happen in 2022. See you next year!
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Election Recap: Victoria Votes for a Livable Future
This week is the election recap. Guests: Anna Langford (Act on Climate), Alana Mountain (Forests) and Cam Walker (Campaigns co-ordinator) give their thoughts on an election that could have gone very differently and what their focus will be for next year.
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Protest to Prison Pipeline
Today on Dirt Radio Jack and Sam talk the right to protest and how laws in so-called Australia are being manipulated to imprison activists across many states in the country.
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Vote Like Your Future Depends on it: State Election Focus
On today's show we talk all things Victorian state election with Cam Walker. What stance the parties have on the key environment issues of Gas and Forests for the upcoming election. We also talk all things community response and positive pathways from fossil fuels.Dont forget to donate to Friends...
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Victorian Forests Carbon Report: Let the Forest Heal
On today’s two-part Dirt Radio episode Nathalie Farah sits down with Dr Jen Sanger (The Tree Projects) and Chris Schuringa (Victoria Forest Alliance) to discuss the new Victoria Forest Carbon Report that has been co-authored by Dr Jen and the VFA.This report highlights the current emissions from...
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Northern Waters: Uranium in NT Drinking Water
On today's show Jupiter McIntire discusses her new report - Northern Waters: Uranium in Drinking Water in the Northern Territory. The report, due to be released later this week, looks at the heightened levels of Uranium in the drinking water of remote communities in the NT, the detrimental health...
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Get Off Gas! Community Gas Retirement Roadmap
On today's show Freja is back to talk all things gas. Freja has been working hard behind the scenes on the Community Gas Retirement Roadmap in response to the Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap. Get all the thoughts from Freja on this project including how she will hold the politicians to account...
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Better Buses - Why Are The Outer Suburbs Being Left Behind?
On today's show Elyse Cunningham (Sustainable Cities) speaks with Graeme Blore.Graeme is the covener of a community group in Cairnlea that has been campaigning on the lack of community services and public transport in their area. Graeme's community group are concerned about a new housing...
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SKAT - The Increasing Koality of Strzelecki Surveys and a New Gippsland Festival Buzz
On today’s show Michelle Baxter of the Strzelecki Koala Action Team (SKAT) talks with Dr. Steve Phillips and Mel Darer about the Strzelecki Koala.Dr Steve Phillips of Biolink provides vital support to the SKAT collective on their surveys of the Strzelecki Koala and talks about the new Areas of...
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