Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence

On this May Day episode we focus on solidarity with the unhoused and Iranians. Hear all about Melbourne cities council authoritarian bullying of rough sleepers with Homeless Persons Union Victoria. These are our cities and suburbs peoples! We can't allow this ICE-like treatment of other human beings deserving of dignity and access to public space!Follow their work here and send them an email top join their mailing list: https://hpuvic.wordpress.com/about-us/Follow this hear a speech I recorded of Ali Keshtkar at Public Meeting (Geelong): Stop the Imperialist War in Iran, End Australian Support, hosted by Maritime Union of Australia, Socialist Alliance and Independant and Peaceful Australia Network. Where is the left and worker solidarity with Iran right now? Why aren't we hitting the streets in mass action? Hear why we must be mobilising right away!

Interview on The Black Block with Uncle Robbie Thorpe https://omny.fm/shows/the-black-block/the-black-block-13-april-2026?t=66m44sUWSGIn part 2 of Urban Wasteland Survival Guide, water survival edition, we dive a bit deeper into collecting rain and greywater. Whether you want to save water on your garden or learn a bit of water independance for an extreme emergency this guide serves as a starting point for your learning. Don't be a prepper living in hole! Share this knowledge with friends, get your local library to order in disaster preparedness books or make your own community library!Anna lives in the URL section of her open source mate Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27s_ArchiveCool StuffDoes your abode have a greywater tank, rainwater tank or composting toilet? Did you know we could be massively offsetting our water useage and restoring balance to nature? Our poop and wee could also be fueling nutrient rich local community gardens without sewerage treatment plants! So why aren't we using this cool stuff? Cool example of composting toilet system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYtPRuLbJCgRenters and Housing Union: https://rahu.org.au/One way to find a local sustainability group: https://environmentvictoria.org.au/get-involved/membership/group-members-directory/Protecting Frogs with Dr Alexandra Knight (starts 23:30)Alex tells us all about their advocacey for frogs and what you can do to help protect them! I've personally been interested in the Growling Grass Frog, as it is one of the threatend species on sacred Wadawurrung Country. The Geelong Strategic Assessment will soon be finalised which will be a major decider on GG frogs future in my area. MusicThe Unbeleivable Truth Soundtrack by Hal Hartley and Jim Coleman (UWSG)Caesar Clowns' Theme from the One Piece Original Soundtrack (Cool Stuff)Kill Your Lawn and Kick You Fence intro sting by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat CiaraKill Your Lawn and Kick You Fence short sting by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara

Feeling anxious about our bleak times? Community infrastructure and good preparation will be key to surviving these uncertain times!The show begins with a little soap box about how we can organise to look after eachother and jam up the gears of war, environmental destruction and social injustice. We then hear from Orbost Arts Centre from one of the founders Ruth Henderson. Orbost Arts Centre was built and maintianed by the Orbost community. They deliver arts programs all year round as well as functioning as a communtiy space for other music, health and other activities. https://www.orbostartscentre.com/ Are you giddy for the griddy!? We report back from Better Buses symposium the west deserves the best. Are you enjoying this month of free public transport? Did you know that many of Western Melbourne Metro's residents cannot even access public transport? Learn about what's currently happening and why you should get behind their model of a grid system for the west.https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/better_buses_campaign Finally for Urban Wasteland Survival Guide, we visit water survival. The world has entered a terrifying era of global water bankruptcy according to the latest UN Report. Water is precious resource and we may find ourselves in the future experiencing periods of water shortages. So why don't you start learning some basic ways to collect water and use it on your garden? We ran out of time this week to go indepth but stay tuned for next episode where you can learn more ways to collect water, the complexities of purifying and filtering your water, and most importantly ideas for building a community water infrastructure! MUSIC! Today we hear a really special new release from Ellie Ware! Following on from their debut release Find You in 2025, 'For I live only in my skin' is a collection of 3 distinct tracks tied together by memories, love, the same table and the same dang guitar. While Ellie makes chips away at her own music in a measured pace alongside living out in the world, they are no stranger to the musical realm, performing regularly with local acts such as Sunny Morris, Hugo Van Buuren, and Jack Gaby (Stella Donnelly) and most recently Nat Pavlovic (Jen Cloher, the Dianas, Snowy Band).https://ellieware.bandcamp.com/album/for-i-live-only-in-my-skinCheck out their music video feature beautiful native grasses!  Four Tales by Matilde Meirelese https://cronica.bandcamp.com/album/four-tales Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara

The complete fabulous and wonderous interview with Guy and Toad from PermaQueer!Check out:PermaQueer WebsitePermaculture isn't  PoliticalPermaQueer Socials:https://www.instagram.com/perma.queer/https://www.facebook.com/PermaQueerhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/91344060

In this episode we begin the episode with a great chat with Dr Adrian Marshall from the Grassy Plains Network. We hear the shocking stat 0.56% of Native Grasslands left in Victoria, and that's likely an OVER ESTIMATE! Learn about one of the major contributing factors to their decline which is agencies and corporations wrecking havoc on these sites even when they are responsible for their care. grassyplains.net.au/In the second part to our interview with PermaQueer, we talk about fabulous event last year Permaculture is politcal; their current curse Queer Regenertive Design; trauma informed design, systems thinkin; and developing mutual aid networks. Check out:PermaQueer WebsitePermaculture isn't  PoliticalPermaQueer Socials:https://www.instagram.com/perma.queer/https://www.facebook.com/PermaQueerhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/91344060UWSG LinksLocal Food ConnectionsEdible Weeds and Where to Find Them. Grubb and Raser-RowlandGrow Your Own Herbal Remedies. Woodward

In this episode meet two fabulous groups making change in the climate movement!We begin 'kicking fences' with PermaQueer who provide Queer and vulnerable communites with permaculture education from a radically Queer way!Check out:PermaQueer WebsitePermaculture isn't  PoliticalPermaQueer Socials:https://www.instagram.com/perma.queer/https://www.facebook.com/PermaQueerhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/91344060 With the "Victorian" state election looming this year public transport is on the agenda with Friends of the Earth Sustainable Cities Collective! We chat about different visions of what sustainable cities could look like and their campaign to lobby the "Victorian" government into providing better bus networks. Their current campaign targets the Western Suburbs of Melbourne.Do you live in the Western Suburbs of Melboure? Come along to their event "The West Deserves the Best." Have a say and learn about this important issue.https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/the_west_deserves_the_bestDo you want to see transport justice? Then come along to one of the meetings to be part of the change. https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/transporteventshttps://www.instagram.com/betterbusesspt/Don't FORGET! Listen back to this years Disssociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day Broadcast here: 3cr.org.au/didad2026and...Follow Stick Together to hear my contributions about jobs in green spaces here: 3cr.org.au/sticktogether

In this episode of Kill Your Lawn & Kick Your Fence we focus on community!We begin with how to challenge the mainstream medias susspression of the genocide on Palestinains in occupied Palestine in conversations with your neighbours!We also hear rally vox pops and speeches from the Neighbourhood Houses rally that was held outside parlimetn on the 18th of Ferbruary. Finally Urban Wasteland Survival Guide is back with how to turn your old clothes, socks and undies in to useful rags and other things!Music:Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat CiaraZuma Rock by Obi Original and the Black Atlantics from the new anti ICE album Melt ICE.

Welcome back to Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence for 2026!In this episode meet Keir Paterson, CEO of Neighbourhood Houses Victoria, to discuss the invaluable benefit of neighbourhood houses to our communities and their current campaign to raise important funds to keep them operational.There are three demands NHVIC are making:Increase funding for Neighbourhood Houses by 25%.Support 25 Neighbourhood Houses who do not currently receive any ongoing funding. Develop a fund for the establishment of 5 additional Neighbourhood Houses in Victoria's growth areas annually. Support the cause:18th of February 12:30 pm Victorian Parliment House Steps.Learn and support here: https://www.nhvic.org.au/post/keep-our-doors-open-campaignAlso catch all the plans for this years Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! Do you want a bus route, suburb or neighbourhood reviewed? Then reach out!Email: [email protected]: @3CR_Kill_Your_LawnOr phone the station during business hours!Music:Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds Salt Water by JalganyGaliku (flag) in D flat major by Gurrumaul Yunupingu Jungaji Sun Moon Stars

Its time to talk KILLING LAWNS again with Urban Guerillas, youth environmentalist group regenerative native ecosytems!Head to the Retreat Hotel in Brunswick on the 23rd of November, Urban Guerillas and Wattler Fundraiser! 5pm till 9pm.https://events.humanitix.com/groundwork-fundraiserhttps://www.instagram.com/urbanguerrillas.officialMusic:Liberty Parade by The Crop Tops https://thecroptops.bandcamp.com/track/liberty-parade-2Enby Envy by Dubhessa https://dubhessa.bandcamp.com/album/solaceArt by Ishta and the Quarter Life Crisishttps://ishtaqlc.bandcamp.com/track/art-demo

We return to part of a beautiful and rich conversation Alexandre Faustino from the Alliance for Praxis Research Collective. In this part we dive into his work around regenative water landscapes with topics like the potential benefits of decentralised water systems and thoughts on universites, neoliberalism and meaningful research.  Cool Stuff, That We dion't Use but Probably Should?:  Urban Wasteland Survival Guide:

The Fingerboards:The foruth and final part of a multi-part series on a proposed mine in the fingerboards, along the heritage listed Mitchell river. This mineral sands mine proposed by Gippsland Critical Minerals, risks devastatation to sacred land to Gunaikurnai country, valuable ecology, a major food bowl, farmers, residents and local townships water supplies. You can follow support Mine Free Glenaladale here:https://minefreeglenaladale.orgCatch my conversation with Uncle Robbie Thorpe on The Black Block on the mine:https://omny.fm/shows/the-black-block/the-black-block-29-september-2025(link is external)Killing Lawns with Matt from Bassalt Buddies:Friend of the show Matt tells us all about how Bassalt Buddies revegitates our urban landscapes with indigenous species! Learn how his crew does it, the trail blazers before them and how you can do the same, even in a rental!Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/basaltbuddiesSign up to the mailing list by reaching out here: [email protected] 19th of October Native Grasses Nursery Working Bee at 1pm to 6pm. Email for location.25th of October Incendium Radical Library & Collective Radical Zine Fair, Endinborough Gardens Community room. 2pm - 5pm26th of October Greening Victoria Volunteers Meetup https://events.humanitix.com/victorian-greening-volunteers-meet-up-2025Miles from Bantico Gardens will kill your landlords lawn for FREE! 0401444819Music:Caesar Clowns' Theme from the One Piece Original SoundtrackAfter Michigan (Neo-Scavenger Sound Track) Josh CullerAcoustic guitar music for the Fingerboards Mine Segment by Amy

[Language warning for the song following the Fingerboards Mine Segment]The Fingerboards:Part 3 of a multi-part series on a proposed mine in the fingerboards, along the heritage listed Mitchell river. This mineral sands mine proposed by Gippsland Critical Minerals, risks devastatation to sacred land to Gunaikurnai country, valuable ecology, a major food bowl, farmers, residents and local townships water supplies. You can follow support Mine Free Glenaladale here:https://minefreeglenaladale.orgCatch my conversation with Uncle Robbie Thorpe on The Black Block on the mine:https://omny.fm/shows/the-black-block/the-black-block-29-september-2025Alexandre Faustino:We sit done for an interview with Alliance For Praxis Research Collective member Alexandre Faustino. Alexandre brings us a new look at what's going on under our feet in our urban landscapes with Kummargii Yulendj Barring Gadhaba // Projections of a Current Future. Catch the event at Melbournce Fringe between the 4th and 16th of October soon!https://www.aprcollective.com/post/kummargii-yulendj-barring-gadhaba-projections-of-a-current-futhttps://www.instagram.com/aprcollective/Music:[Language Warning] Sicko by Dubhessa https://dubhessa.bandcamp.com/album/solaceAcoustic guitar music for the Fingerboards Mine Segment by Amy

Note due to a forgetful Amy there is no Fingerboards Mine Segment this week. Tune in to the next episode to hear about the dodgey "mining company" behind the the mining project.In todays episode with Koshin from Uprise Radio, we discuss Jim Chalmers and his plans to squeeze more out of us to create that wonderful profit and surplus that fills billionaires pockets and our oceans full of rubbish. Listen in to hear annalysis of what this means for us and how this approach is building suburbs that fail to meet human and environmental needs.https://www.3cr.org.au/upriseradioMusic:Which Side Are You on by Pete SeegerOvertaken from the One Piece Original SoundtrackMother Sea from the One Piece Original Soundtrack

Standing Against Hate with Julie Saylor Briggs:NOTE: Rally mentioned in this recording has been postponed with a new date to come shortly. We begin this episode with a chat on the phone with Julie Saylor Briggs a Torres Straight Islander woman and organiser in Geelong/Djilang on Waddawurrung Country. Join us for a rally in Geelong/Djilang on the 28th at 1pm on the steps of Geelong City Hall. This rally is in response to the growing hate against marginalised communties especially First Nations, displayed on in the "March For Australia" rallies on August 31st. Come support us in Geelong and follow along for updates below. https://www.facebook.com/people/Be-Tru-Geelong/61569986410225/The Fingerboards:Part 2 of a multi-part series on a proposed mine in the fingerboards, along the heritage listed Mitchell river. This mine proposed by Gippsland Critical Minerals, risks devastatation to sacred land to Gunaikurnai country, valuable ecology, a major food bowl, farmers, residents and local townships water supplies. You can follow support Mine Free Glenaladale her:https://minefreeglenaladale.orgKill Your Lawn and Kick You Fence intro sting by Tilde Joy and AmyLocal Positioning Systems "Hotels" by Leber and ChesworthAcoustic guitar music for the Fingerboards Mine Segment by Amy

Recorded 2pm Saturday the 26th of July 2025From COVID-19 lockdowns to a planned rough-sleeping ban in Port Melbourne, recent years have seen an evolution in efforts to criminal-ise homelessness in Greater Melbourne. This panel of advocates and peers with lived experience explores the recent history of policies to exclude unhoused people from public spaces. The conversation builds on the work of the peer-produced radio series Homeless in Hotels, documenting homeless Melburnians' experiences of lockdown-which brought emergency hotel accom-modation, but also made rough sleeping effectivley illegal (something the city of Melbourne had also tried to do in 2017).Our panel will convene participants in the original radio program with other experts to documentthe aftereffects of that period and the development of related policies subsequently. Speakers: David Boarder Giles - Anthropologist from DeakinMegs Fitzgerald - Fitzroy Legal Service strategic litigation lived experience of homelessness. Pat "Spike" - Social Worker, lived experience of homelessness/AOD & former 3CR programmer on RuminationsCraig "Turtle" - Current living on the street, interviewee on Homeless in HotelsGreg Denim - Harm Reduction Australia & Law Enforcement Action Partnerships Special thanks to Violet Coco and Kelly Whitworth for their help behind the scenes.

We begin this episode with a chat with Ashton and Sam from Urban Guerrillas. Urban Guerrillas are a youth focused environmental group restoring Indigenous biodiversity while educating the community. We chat to them about their project and about the problems with current approaches to greening our urban environments. https://www.instagram.com/urbanguerrillas.official/https://au.linkedin.com/company/urban-guerrillashttps://www.facebook.com/people/Urban-Guerrillas/100091280282889/The second part of this episode begins a multi-part series on a proposed mineral sands mine in the fingerboards, along the heritage listed Mitchell river. This mine proposed by Gippsland Critical Minerals, risks devastatation to sacred land to Gunaikurnai country, valuable ecology, a major food bowl, farmers, residents and local townships water supplies. You can follow support Mine Free Glenaladale her:https://minefreeglenaladale.org/Acoustic guitar music for the Fingerboards Mine Segment by Amy.

We kick off with some thoughts on how Carceral Logics impact our daily lives in a miriad of ways that often interfer with our ability to form connections with one another and build communities. In other words 'Kill the cop in your head and kick down prisons you make.'Resources Mentioned:Carceral Logics Human Incarceration and Animal Captivity  Edited by Lori Gruen and, Justin Marceau.https://annas-archive.org/We then continue a previous episodes conversation with Willow Hutton on Mutual but moving on to her woke with the Really Really Free Market out of Catalyst and dumpster diving.https://localfoodconnect.org.au/event/really-really-free-market/https://catalystcentre.net/Lastly former guest of the show David Boarder Giles joins us with sound artist Sonia Leber to tell us all about an exhibit called Local Positioning Systems. The exhibit reimagines a 3CR original podcast and show, Homeless in Hotels produced by Kelly Whitworth and Patrick ‘Spike’ Chiappalone. From the event page:Local Positioning Systems, a soundscape by Sonia Leber and David Chesworth finds resonance in the Victorian Quaker Centre, whose re-designed gathering space fosters shared listening under an overhead portal to the world. The soundscape is created from the voices of hundreds of Melbourne’s homeless, who reflect on systems of support, personal safety and self-determination with clarity and insight. They consider the right to occupy a place while navigating systematic relocations and drawing strength from peer solidarity.The event includes a participatory drawing project by Simon Grennan and Ilona Jetmar aimed at prompting audience responses around homelessness and housing precarity.Presented by the Deakin University HOME Strategic Research and Innovation Centre and Public Exchange Bureau Research Group, with original recordings drawn from peer-produced radio program Homeless in Hotels podcast as featured on radio station 3CR.https://openhousemelbourne.org/event/victorian-quaker-centre-local-positioning-systems/https://www.3cr.org.au/homelessinhotelshttps://www.instagram.com/homelessinhotelsradio/Sonia's and David Chesworth's musical projects:https://leberandchesworth.com/news/https://leberandchesworth.com/filmworks/shapes-of-listening/Music from todays show:Kill Your Lawn and Kick You Fence intro sting by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat CiaraLocal Positioning Systems "Hotels" by Leber and ChesworthLocal Positioning Systems "State Response" by Leber and ChesworthNo Snitch by Junior Brother

Note: in the acknowledgement of Country I say Wathaurong country, this is incorrect and I should have said Wadawurrung. Deepest apologies to any Wadawaurrung listeners. Listen back to an episode featuring First Nations leaders talking about the future of treaty in Victoria and the imporance of Uncle Robbie Thorpes impact in the First Nations struggle for truth telling and justice. The panel discussion features the voices of Uncle Robbie Thorpe, Julie Saylor Briggs, Damien Bell and Travis Lovett. Following this hear what the audience had to say about the screening and what they learnt from the nightCatch a screening of the film here: https://www.ourwarriordoco.com/Djuran Bunjileenee (Uncle Robbie Thorpe): https://crimesceneaustralia.com/Damien Bell: https://www.firstpeoplesvic.org/news/next-ceo-appointed/Travis Lovett: https://www.firstpeoplesvic.org/news/the-walk-for-truth-arrives-at-parliament/Help Local Mob in Djilang:https://www.wadawurrung.org.au/https://wathaurong.org.au/https://voicefromtheheartalliance.com/portfolio/be-tru-2-uluru-geelong-community-coalition/Music:Blackfella / Whitefella Covered by Jimmy Little (Originally by Warumpi Band) Radiothon Update! This show as of recording has raised $1022 smashing the target of $750! Thank you so much to all those who have donated and don't forget to keep donating to get the station to it's $270,000. 3CR is very close!

Listen back to chats, music, ruminations and more with this very special radiothon episode! I have almost reached the show's goal of $750. Lets raise as much money as we can to help 3CR keep speaking truth and justice across the airwaves!!Missed the show and want to donate then head to: 3cr.org.au/donateCatch Uncle Talgiums show on a Thursday at 2pm or online here. Listen back to my episode with Willow and David here.Music:Ugga Chakka remix of Money by Flying Lizards Randwick Bells covered by Jimmy LittlePeace, Love and Understanding by Elvis CostelloMoney's Too Tight To Mention by Simply RedEasy Money by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

RADIOTHON IS COMING!!! Donate in June to help the show raise $750 towards the stations goal of $270,000. CALL IN JUNE 13th to chat with Amy and make a pledge on the air xxThe episode begins with a conversation with Willow Hutton, PHD Student at Deakin University on mutual aid during the COVID pandemic. This is the segment of a longer recording on mutual aid with Willow and how it can relate to the killing lawns and kicking fences! In this first part we discuss the 'ins and outs' of mutual aid.Follow Willow's work and affiliates here:About Willow - https://rwahutt.wordpress.com/Willow's PHD on Mutual Aid - https://rwahutt.wordpress.com/home/my-phd-project-2/Food and Solidarity Newcastle UK - https://foodandsolidarity.org/Get involved with the Really Really Free Market - https://www.instagram.com/rrfm_catalyst/Following this an interview with David Boarder Giles (See Radical Australia interview!), an urban anthropologist with Deakin University with an interest in mutual aid, housing justice, food justice and grassroots organing. We discuss the concept and book by Henry Lefebvre, The Right to the City and how this ethos plays out in housing justice. We then discuss his research into food justice with Food Not Bombs Seatle and the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seatle, The CHOP.Music:Money by Flying LizardsFind You by Ellie Ware https://ellieware.bandcamp.com/track/find-youKill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Short Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara

Wondering how you might be able to start or join a housing collective that shares your political values? Then meet Tariq and Jade from RAD Housing!The Retrofit and Decommodify (RAD) Housing approach is one possible approach to collectivising housing. It is a transitional model based on current conditions, and is intended to complement other approaches seeking to ensure equitable housing for all.The goal of RAD housing is to collectively acquire, retrofit, and decommodify existing suburban housing so that we, and others, can live in resilient and affordable housing...https://radhousing.org/Following that chat Jade also talks about Merri-Bek Tech. A project to build a sustainable, localised and climate resilient internet system in Merri-bek! Merri-bek Tech is building local web serving across our neighbourhood in order to provide affordable alternatives to big tech, while improving our local resilience in the face of the climate crisis.https://www.merri-bek.tech/Urban Wasteland Survival Guide Resources:Commons Social Change LibraryFree Media Heck Yeah!Annas ArchiveTrans ReadsWikipediaMusic:Redwoods (Anxious God) by Haley Heynderickx Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Long Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat CiaraKill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Short Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara

In this episode we hear the second part to the interview with Aleisha Hall from Wildlife Victoria and speeches from She Matters, Geelong.In the interview with Aleisha we get into a disscussion of how possums and birds are fairing in our urban environments and of course what we can do to protect them. Find out more at https://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/ AND save the Wildlife Victoria number incase you come across injured wildlife 03 8400 7300.(03) 8400 7300 (03) 8400 7300 The episode finishes with two speeches from a She Matters rally held in Geelong on March the 15th 2025. Listen Torres Straight Islander and Irish-Australian Woman Julie Saylor Briggs discuss the vilence facing women of colour and culture. Ange then talks about her work in domestic violence as a feminist and a solcialist. Learn more at https://australianfemicidewatch.org/about/Music:Violent Men by AnohniKill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Short Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara

Have you ever wanted to join a housing co-operative, collective or eco-village? Then this is the episode for your green fuzzy ears! Listen to a conversation all about kicking down fences with Anitra Nelson, author of Small is Necessary: Shared Living on a Shared Planet. We discuss her ideas for eco-collaborative housing and the problems with our cities and suburbs. Also catch the first installment of Urban Wasteland Survival Guide and learn how to safely forage your veggie needs!Interested in Small is Necessary? Anitra has made the book available on open access here: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30716(link is external)About the book:Does small mean less? Not necessarily. In an era of housing crises, environmental unsustainability and social fragmentation, the need for more sociable, affordable and sustainable housing is vital. The answer? Shared living - from joint households to land-sharing, cohousing and ecovillages. Using successful examples from a range of countries, Anitra Nelson shows how 'eco-collaborative housing' - resident-driven low impact living with shared facilities and activities - can address the great social, economic and sustainability challenges that householders and capitalist societies face today. Sharing living spaces and facilities results in householders having more amenities and opportunities for neighbourly interaction. Small is Necessary places contemporary models of 'alternative' housing and living at centre stage arguing that they are outward-looking, culturally rich, with low ecological footprints and offer governance techniques for a more equitable and sustainable future.Urban Wasteland Survival Guide Resources:The Weed Forager's Handbook: AGuide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia by Adam Grubb and Annie Raser-Rowland.GardenSafe by EPA Victoria(link is external)VegeSafe and DustSafe by Macquarie University(link is external)Songs:Little Boxes by Malvina ReynoldsSomewhere That's Green from Little Shop of Horror's featuring Ellen Greene

In this episode we talk to Aleisha from Wildlife Victoria on impacts our urban envirnoments have on native wildlife. This Episode focuses on Kangaroos and in Episode 10 we will hear more about other marsupials and birdlife. Following that conversation we chat to Ana from the Alliance for Praxis Research Collective. We talk about her work in water managment with Boon Wurrung Elders and navigating the colonial/neoliberal systems. Ana enlightens us with the many challenges in this space and she is applying her own and the APR Collectives ethics and principles. Links:Wildlife Victoria Road Toll - https://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/advocacy/wildlife-road-toll-reduction-projectCALL WILDLIFE VICTORIA IF YOU COME ACROSS INJURED WIDLIFE - 03 8400 7300The Alliance for Praxis Research Colleective - https://www.aprcollective.com/(link is external)Music:Redwoods (Anxious God) by Haley Heynderickx - https://haleyheynderickx.bandcamp.com/album/seed-of-a-seed(link is external)Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Long Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat CiaraKill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Short Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara

We start this episode with a press release from the Grassy Plains Network(link is external) on the destruction of protected and endangered grasslands by property developpers. We relate this back to the the previous weeks conversations on decolonisation. Following this Vasi and Sayang join us again to continue our previous conversation on the unique relationships the LGBTQIA+SB+ community to gentrification.Music:RED RIVER by Elle Shimada - https://elleshimada.bandcamp.com/track/red-river(link is external)Magic Woman Dancing by Emily Warramurra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWxtzZFAMX4(link is external)Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Long Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat CiaraKill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Short Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara

This is episode starts with a deep dive into the embbedded racism and colonising in european political ideologies with Keiran. We then discuss the cities and suburbs as monuments to the colonial regem before Matt from Bassalt buddies joins us to talk about alternative actions we can take to decolonise our lawns and public green spaces.Links:Listen to Keiran on Yillamin - 3cr.org.au/yillaminThe BPU Library - https://www.blackpeoplesunion.org/peoples-liberation-library(link is external)The BPU Youtube Channel  - https://www.youtube.com/@blackpeoplesunion(link is external)Music:Ngarrikwujeyinama by Emily Warramurra - https://emilywurramara.bandcamp.com/track/ngarrikwujeyinama(link is external)Abolish Australia by Joel Hunter-Craig - https://joelhunter-craig.bandcamp.com/album/genocides-paradise(link is external)Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Long Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara.Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Short Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara

The episode opens with a response from Amy to the attacks of LIFE SAVING gender affirming health care for Trans & Gender Diverse children. Following this AMy chats with India from Friends of the Earth, Act on Climate Collective. They discuss the Climate Adaptiation Fair event on Februrary 8th and what participants can expect. The final interview for the episode is with member of the Alliance for Praxis Research Collective and Greens party candidate, Rachel Iampolski. They discuss Rachel's PHD in the urban planning space on the small acts of resistence that people take against the anti-community and profit driven motives behind most urban planning.Links:Trans Justice Project - https://transjustice.org.au/Learn about White Christian Nationalism (Democracy Now) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofrISLbaPE(link is external)Act on Climate Collective - https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/act_on_climate_collective_meeting_20250218The APR Collective - https://www.aprcollective.com/(link is external)Music:Hogtide by Lothario - https://utgrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hogtied(link is external)Gravitational Overflow by Philip Samartzis and Michael Vorfeld - https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/air-pressure(link is external)Kill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Long Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat CiaraKill Your Lawn and Kick Your Fence! (Short Sting) by Tilde Joy and Amy Aednat Ciara