We've got a presentation from the recent Humane Education Coalition summit, delivered by Nichola Kriek from SAFE. She talks about how humane education has been successfully introduced into the NZ school curriculum. We've also got four spoken word performances, from Canada, UK, & the US. SAFE  www.safe.org.nzHumane Education Coalition summit www.hecoalition.org/summit

This show features some of Bede Carmody’s talk ‘Sustainable Activism: How to avoid becoming burnt out as an activist’. You can listen to the full talk at the following link and the description on this site also has links to further resources and to listen to other talks from the conference it was recorded at: https://archive.org/details/BedeCarmody We particularly recommend that activists do the following survey to see where they sit on the Burnout Rating Scale: https://www.surrey.ca/files/Burn-out%20Screening%20Questionnaire.pdf You can find out more about A Poultry Place, the animal sanctuary Bede runs, here: https://www.facebook.com/apoultryplace/ Bede’s talk is from an Institute for Critical Animal Studies (Oceania) conference – you can follow ICAS Oceania on Twitter @icasoceania and like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Institute-for-Critical-Animal-Studies-Oceania-332818656755188/

On this show we introduce our newest team member, Harley, and we discuss the animal movement and where she fits within it. Harley is a part of the group Young Voices for Animals: https://yva.org.au

We hear from Mark Halliday, a documentary filmmaker from Sydney about his new feature film, Vestige. The film follows some of the last remaining rhinos, protected in South Africa's Kruger National Park from the onslaught of poachers, and the people who risk their lives on a daily basis while trying to protect them.  Vestige film site  www.vestigemovie.com

We’re joined by Jim Kremar, environmental activist and one of the hosts of The SUWA show on 3CR, who discusses the place of animals in the environmental movement. You can listen to The SUWA show on 3CR every Friday from 5.30-6.30pm and catch up on episodes here: https://www.3cr.org.au/suwa Jim also recommends the following groups for those who are interested in getting involved in environmental activism: https://www.frontlineaction.org/ https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/ Please subscribe to 3CR here: https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribe

On this show we’re joined by Greg McFarlane, the Director of Vegan Australia. He discusses the rise of veganism and the various ways Vegan Australia promote veganism, both on an individual and society-wide level. You can find out more about and support Vegan Australia at: https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/ This show also features a little bit of Animal Justice Party Victoria MP Andy Meddick’s Maiden Speech. You can watch the whole speech here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=232595841028447

David is the founder of Melbourne Climate Save, one of the latest groups to join the worldwide Save movement.  David talks the connection between animal agriculture and climate change, the emergency in the Amazon with the new Brazilian government now endorsing its deforestation, and ponders whether veganism is the silver bullet for the escalating climate crisis.  Melbourne Climate Save  https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneClimateSave/Climate Save Movement  https://www.facebook.com/ClimateSaveMovement/Amazon Emergency event  https://www.facebook.com/events/277222499611467/The Significance of Oceans event  https://www.facebook.com/events/635944100173453/

This episode features Jon Pawson on how his veganism fits within Maori culture and decolonisation. Jon is from the Facebook group “Māori and Pasifika Vegans”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399648523567337/ We also discuss the Abolish Australia Day protests and animal advocacy, as well as a bunch of animal and/or vegan-related stories, including ‘Agribusinesses continue to close due to drought, oversupply’ by ABC Radio Adelaide: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/agribusinesses-continue-to-close-due-to-drought-oversupply/10748952

We play two more presentations from the Animal Justice Party summit on 1080 poison that are essential listening to get your head around this baiting issue. Learn about the ins and outs of the Victorian wild dog/dingo 'management' (killing) plans which purposefully 'un'protect the dingo so they can legally be killed in Victoria & more about our Australian 'lion king' dingo. Part 1 link: http://www.freedomofspecies.org/show/1080-poison-summit-facts-we-all-can...(Note: the full AJP Summit video link is on the Part 1 page)The Perth Feb 23rd, 2019 Rally to Ban 1080:https://www.facebook.com/events/775194749511018/Coalition of Australians Against 1080 Poison: https://www.facebook.com/pg/coalitionagainst1080/posts/

We’re joined by vegan and frequent flyer Christian Freitag who gives tips on travelling as a vegan. Check out Christian’s Instagram ‘alwaysthen’ for travel photos. For more information on vegan travel including links to some of the resources we mentioned throughout the show, check out the following article: http://veganperth.org.au/living-vegan/vegan-travelling/