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Driven by Nature
by Driven by Nature
We interview people who are working to protect, or are working in harmony, with the Australian environment. Focusing on the island of lutruwita Tasmania, we tell stories of people and place, exploring hard-fought campaigns, in-depth ecological research, community care and science communication. We ask nature-driven folks who they are, what they’re learning, how it all ties into the bigger picture and what we can do to curb our eco-anxiety and make some small steps towards a better world. We can't wait to share these stories with you!
Episodes
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Cats, rats and crustaceans: island eradications with DR ROSIE WILACY: PART TWO
PART TWO: In this episode(s), we’re thrilled to be joined by Dr. Rosie Willacy, a invasive species ecologist based in Tasmania. Rosie has spent years dedicating her research and work to the understanding the ecosystems on Christmas Island and developing decision making frameworks for managing...
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Cats, rats and crustaceans: island eradications with DR ROSIE WILLACY: PART ONE
PART ONE: In this episode(s), we’re thrilled to be joined by Dr. Rosie Willacy, a invasive species ecologist based in Tasmania. Rosie has spent years dedicating her research and work to the understanding the ecosystems on Christmas Island and developing decision making frameworks for managing...
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30 years of Landcare Tasmania with PETER STRONACH
Peter Stronach has spent his life in local, grassroots conservation, and is now CEO of Landcare Tasmania. For the past 30 years he has been based in Tasmania, and coincidentally, Landcare Tasmania is also celebrating its 30th birthday this year. In this conversation Pete shares his reflections on...
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Lawsuits, blockades and citizen science; protecting NSW’s forests with DAILAN PUGH
Dailan Pugh is a forest activist based on Bunjalung country in Byron Bay. Dailan is one of Australia’s most dedicated and longstanding forest activists, and has been working both on the frontlines and behind the scenes to prevent the logging of forests in north-east NSW for over forty years. We...
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The sociology of forestry with MEGAN LANGRIDGE
Megan Langridge is a social scientist interested in environmental sociology - the way that people relate to, and are informed by, their environment. Meg cast her sociologist's eye on people within the forestry industry for her honours thesis at the University of Tasmania, and in this interview we...
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Organic Landcare with NADIA DE SOUZA PIETRAMALE
In this episode, Carla talks with Nadia de Souza Pietramale from the Organic Landcare group, based in Mullumbimby NSW. Nadia has been working in Bush Regeneration for almost 30 years, and for the last 14 years, she has not used chemicals. In this episode Nadia and I discuss how big chem companies...
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Resilience in Microorganisms with ROSIE FUGGLE
Rosie Fuggle is a microbial ecologist at the University of Sydney. She started her research career questioning why seagrass transplantations around the world were failing - what were we overlooking? Could it be to do with microorganisms in the sediment? This research led her to ask broader...
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Stories of ecological hope and anguish with the Bugis/Javanese pirate NOVA RUTH SENYANIGTYAS
Mbak Nova Ruth Senyaningtyas is an artist, musician and environmental advocate. She and her partner Grey Filastine perform stories of ecological crisis and hope around the world from aboard their boat the Arka Kinari. Their shows mix the traditional music of east Java, Nova's home, and electronic...
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Connecting humans to nature and the Bruny Island Bird Festival with ELLA ROLES
Ella Roles is a keen bird watcher who is passionate about sharing experiences of the natural world with others through guiding and events. She is the coordinator for this year’s Bruny Island Bird Festival, held in March, which brings together science, conservation, community and creativity on the...
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Glossy Black Cockatoo Citizen Science with HARRY HACKETT
Carla and Yanti are excited to be back with a second season of Driven By Nature. In our first interview of 2024, Carla interviews Harry Hackett, who is working to conserve Glossy Black Cockatoos on Bundjalung country in north-east NSW. Harry, affectionately nicknamed-named after 70s TV presenter...
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Cultural Fire with JASON SMITH
Jason Smith is a palawa man and cultural fire practitioner based in the Huon Valley of Lutruwita Tasmania. Join us as we chat about the ancient and evolving practice of cultural burning. This episode was recorded around the campfire on melukerdee land in the Huon Valley. Along with our…
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Telling the story of the Western Spiny-tailed skink with DR HOLLY BRADLEY
Dr Holly Bradley is a conservation scientist based in Perth. She recently completed a PhD on the ecology of the meelyu, the Western Spiny-tailed Skink, using novel techniques such as plasticine models and lidar imaging. During her research, Holly collaborated with a local traditional owner from…
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Restoring the Merri Creek with ANN MCGREGOR
This episode was recorded to the land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and produced on the land of the Muwinina people. We extend our deepest respect to the people of these lands, their ancestors, and their care of Country. The Merri Creek is a 70 km long creek which runs from the Great Dividing…
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Restoring functional habitat with DR DAVID PATON
Dr David Paton is an ornithologist in tarntanya/Adelaide. After a long career of researching South Australian ecosystems through birds, feral predators, fire and pollination, Dave and some colleagues founded BioR, a not-for-profit that aims to restore 150,000 hectares of functional habitat. In…
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Private land conservation with PHIL WISE
Have you ever noticed the green, diamond ‘land for wildlife’ signs that brand the fronts of many bush blocks across Tasmania, and wondered what the heck they are? In this episode, we interview Phil Wise, coordinator of Tasmanian Land Conservancy’s Land For Wildlife program, that aims to help land...
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The highs and lows of being a wildlife vet with EVIE CLARKE
Short tailed shearwaters, eastern quolls, tawny frogmouths, galahs and noisy minors - you name a Tasmanian native species and Evie has probably given one a few stitches or a drop of medicine. Evie is a wildlife vet who grew up nipaluna Hobart. After moving to naarm Melbourne to study veterinary...
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Eels, Erhu and Wonder with EMILY SHEPPARD
Emily Sheppard is a musician and scientist based in lutruwita / Tasmania. She is classically trained as a violinist, and her music now ventures broadly across many genres and collaborations. After completing a bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies, she researched nutrient cycling...
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Academia and forest activism with DR JEN SANGER
lutruwita / Tasmania is home to the tallest flowering trees in the world, growing in her vast but diminishing old growth forests. Dr Jen Sanger shares her love of these places and tells us about their enormous capability to capture and store carbon. We hear some mind blowing figures, discuss...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We interview people who are working to protect, or are working in harmony, with the Australian environment. Focusing on the island of lutruwita Tasmania, we tell stories of people and place, exploring hard-fought campaigns, in-depth ecological research, community care and science communication. We ask nature-driven folks who they are, what they’re learning, how it all ties into the bigger picture and what we can do to curb our eco-anxiety and make some small steps towards a better world. We can't wait to share these stories with you!
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