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Guest interviews
English
United States
135 episodes
since Feb. 20, 2024
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Ruth Yeatman welcomes back Phil Bourne and Russell Fisher to continue exploring the big stories of our times. This program was re-recorded on October 5 so some of the events referenced may have developed further or have passed since that date. We began this series of reflective conversations this A…

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This week on EarthChat, Jill Grant discusses the return of soft plastics recycling to Australia and the exciting implications of having a method of dealing with this waste stream again. Australia produces around 70 billion pieces of soft plastic (the “scrunchable” light coverings used in packaging …
This week on EarthChat, Tim Budge chats with Georgie Purcell, the Animal Justice Party’s MP in the Legislative Council. The EarthChat focuses on Georgie’s work in Parliament, her representation of this big electorate and the important policies of the Animal Justice Party and why they matter for all…
This week on Earthchat Marie Gerrard chats to to Una Hobday about a Rotary project that has developed an extensive data bank of native foods suitable for children in danger of malnutrition. In consultation with local gardeners and farmers, the foods have been selected for their nutritional value an…
This week Meredith Budge chats with Inaam Barakat, OAM about what it means to be an older migrant, caring within and across communities. Inaam was born in northern Lebanon and moved to Australia as a teenager. Across her life, she has been a committed humanitarian, feminist and advocate for seeing …
This week Marie  Gerrard chats with Ian Dempsy about the most important issues facing us due to environmental damage. They discuss the damage being done but also possible actions to mitigate them. All on this week's EarthChat.
Jaclyn Symes is the State Labor Member for Northern Victoria and the Minister for Environment, Energy and Resources, Climate Action and the SEC. She is also this week's guest on EarthChat, part of our series of talking to sitting local MPs about their vision for the region and how it aligns with BE…
Does everyone have the same access to financial, legal and health benefits in today's society? Who will benefit from the massive role out of data centres? Does capitalism only work when socialism bails it out every ten years or so? Why is it that "too big to fail" companies are given absolute govt…
FOE's Cam Walker joins Ruth to outline significant environmental issues for this next Victorian State Election. Cam will take us through the issues and then offer ways we can help to be part of the solution. Aside from the destructive and tragic cost for all species of the ongoing wars in Iran, Ukr…
This week on EarthChat, Tim Budge talks with Dr Lynne Kelly AM, a science writer and Adjunct Research Fellow at LaTrobe University. After a secondary school career, Lynne returned to university to complete a doctorate, astonished by the way Indigenous cultures manage to memorise and teach a vast am…
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