This week, Gerard chats with Duncan Fraser, a long time worker and volunteer in helping improve his local environment around Maffra but also the wider Gippsland area.

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard speaks with Kelsey Tong and Brita Jobling from Gippsland Intrepid Landcare.

The group comprises 18-35 year olds and brings a fresh and younger perspective on Landcare and environmental work.

Kelsey and Brita are great guests who speak passionaltly about the environment and the way young people might view issues like climate change and all that it holds for their generation.

Links mentioned in this episode:

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week dairy farmer Sandra Jefford tells Gerard how she is farming in an era of changing climate? What are the challenges and what are the opportunities that are being faced. Also Sandra describes how she and her husband decided to fence off a wetland on the Avon and the impact it has had on bird life and other native animals. Sandra and Wilco are planning a farm walk in February so stay tuned to the pod or the WGCMA socials to keep up to date.

Topics discussed:

Links mentioned in this episode:

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard speaks with Dr Malcolm McLevie from the Baw Baw Sustainability Network.

The edisode looks at what people who live in towns can do to reduce their greenhouse footpring, whether that is reducing drafts or putting solar panels on the roof, there is heaps we can all do to hold back climate change.

Links mentioned in this episode:

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Sally O'Neill chats with Phillip Island local and Landcare Legend, Anne Davie OAM.

Anne has given a lifetimes work to both Landcare as well as countless community initiatives.

In this interview Anne chats about how farming practice has changed over 60 years, the importance of community and the exciting chapters that are ahead for farming and Landcare

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard speaks with Chair of the Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) Chris Chesterfield, VEWH Commissioner Rueben Berg and WGCMA colleague Dr. Stephanie Suter about water for the environment, competing demands, Cultural Water and how the WGCMA plays its role in the water for the environment area.

Links mentioned in this episode:

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard takes a tour around a wonderful property in South Gippsland being cared for by Jenny and Paul O'Sullivan.

Predominately a beef and sheep property, Jenny and Paul have been long standing advocates for sustainable farming practice and are now working to meet the demands of climate change as well as higher expectations from the community around just where their food comes from.

This is a fascinating chat, recorded as we toured around the property on an autumn afternoon.

Links mentioned in this episode:

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard chats with two deeply committed Landcarers from the Bass Coast Landcare Network.

Volunteer Anna Spiden and staff member, Dani Mathysen-Carr have been working in and around Landcare for the last 10 years or so and are part of a busy Landcare scene around Bass Coast.

The interview is a delight as we hear not just what they and others have been doing but the connection to improving the landscape that both of them share.

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard chats with Aaron Jenkin from Aquatica Environmental about his work in and around the Chain of Ponds system in Gippsland.

We've done a few pods about the Chain of Ponds, mainly because they are amazing and a great example of varied groups and interests coming together to try and make something better.

Enjoy the chat and we'll have a neat video from the site in coming days so stay tuned to our socials for that.

Links mentioned in this episode:

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard chats with landholder Brian Watterson about his 20 year project to turn a denuded 50 acres along the Agnes River into a reforested paradise.

Brian is part of a wider community that has seen significant works done along the Agnes and helped to protect the Corner Inlet Ramsar listed ecosysuem downstream

Topics discussed:

Links mentioned in this episode:

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm