Have you got a favourite sweater that's starting to get holes? Perhaps you’re trying to save money on clothes and keep garments out of landfill? 

In this episode, Visual artist Dr. Hanna Hoyne will show you some valuable tips and tricks for mending your clothes in a colourful and beautiful way! Visible mending consists of renewing imperfections using multiple hands-on techniques and revitalising your favourite clothes so you can keep them in your closet.

Join Cid Riley from Global Worming Canberra and learn how to establish a worm farm, how to improve your worm farming skills and how to use the product at the end, hopefully inspiring you to spend more time with your worms and more time in your garden!

Note: This podcast was recorded on-site; some background noises can be heard during the episode. If you would like a second resource, please click here for our YouTube video with Cid. You can find more of Cid’s expert tips on his Instagram or on our YouTube video.

Fiona Buining and Michael Wilson have a background in permaculture and have over 30 years of experience growing their own vegetables and fruit. Their quarter-acre block has over 50 fruit trees, vegetables, chickens, bees and working rabbits. Join Fiona from Ainslie Urban Farm and learn how to grow your own food! 

In this episode, Fiona covers starting plants from seed, what to grow and when, establishing a bed, growing in raised beds or pots, fertility, watering and crop protection. 

You can find more of Fiona’s expert tips on her website, on Instagram or on our YouTube video.

Join Paris from Canberra By Bike for a conversation on active travel in Canberra! In this episode, we chat with Paris about the benefits of choosing a bike over your car, acoustic and electric bike types and active travel groups in Canberra that you can join today.

You can find more of Paris on his website, on Instagram or on our YouTube video. 

Join Lish Fejer from Green It Yourself (GIY) and learn how to be in control of your household energy! 
In this podcast, we chat with Lish about some simple but effective energy-efficient changes that you can utilise in your own home, which will make you more comfortable, save you money, and allow you to be in control of the energy you use in your house.

You can find more of Lish's expert tips on her website, on her Instagram or on our YouTube video.

Join Julie, the founder of ACT for Bees & Other Pollinators, for a buzzing episode where we learn about our native bees. This video will focus on the importance of our native bees and pollinators and guide you on what to plant to attract them and provide the perfect habitat. 

You can find more ACT for Bees & Other Pollinators expert tips on their website, Instagram, or our YouTube video.

Check out their Canberra planting calendar here.

Fiona and Julie are back with Season 3 of Local Environmental Heroes. This series is all about food. In this opening episode, Fiona and Julie discuss all of the amazing guests they have interviewed for this series

Lucy is a Canberra based food writer and qualified chef with a passion for food sovereignty and sustainability. SHe is currently finishing her first book which documents her year of internships all over Australia in the food industry.Julie and Fiona have a fascinating chat with Lucy about food sovereignty and learn about how eating seasonally is connected with knowing the growers and improving people’s cooking skills.

Philippa is the Garden Specialist with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Majura Primary School. She is a trained horticulturist and supports students to grow, eat and enjoy fresh food.Fiona and Julie recorded this episode on site and were lucky enough to be taken on a tour of the garden and meet the chickens! This conversation was an amazing opportunity to hear (and see) firsthand how the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program supports young people to grow, value and enjoy fresh food (and to create their own compost). 

Andy De Groot is a chef and the founder of Queer Food, a sustainable catering company and food retailer run by Trans* and Queer* People. Andy has an incredibly strong belief in the power of community inclusion and he works to celebrate and honour queer histories and stories through food. Andy chats to Fiona and Julie about the power of using food to tell stories and foster community connection. He generously shares his insights on how he balances a commitment to sustainability with a need to regenerate himself. “I think that even if people reach out to one local producer and change one thing that they're buying with, it's like getting bulk milk from somewhere or going and getting your fresh produce box from a local supplier. This can add up to make a big difference in the long run.”