TRASH TORQUE

GDAAAAAAAAAAAAY 2021

I’ve realised I’m just full tilt obsessed with rubbish, mainly pollution and everything, but also mainly how much of it I can talk.

And when I say I love talking to people, OBVIOUSLY I’m including all the people in my head.

Cool. And nice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i2eZaJsC7g

Aren’t ambiguous words like “cool” and “weird” kind of unhelpful in their ubiquity? Especially in terms of the power words can have on how depressed or anxious we feel?

This was a pretty big way to round out the year for me; easily one of the most meaningful conversations I’ve ever had (let alone recorded).

I’m hugely thankful to Nick for making time for me and setting the tone for a challenging and seriously impactful conversation about mental health. I hope this resonates positively somewhere out there, because even if listening to it helps just one person, it will be worth me having almost broken down crying in the middle of it!

Check out Nick’s work at the links below.

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https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/26247/nick-carroll-the-aftermath

https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/25959/nick-carroll-how-to-cope-with-suddenly-not-being-able-to-surf

https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/25324/nick-carroll-the-burden-of-the-beaches

@lucky__roland

You know that 6th sense feeling you get when someone’s looking at you? Yeah. Anyway. This yarn was a blast. I bloody love this bloke!!!

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This man is a fair dinkum icon of surfing right across the globe. Mctavish surfboards are revered for their insane quality of craftsmanship, refined over more than 60 years (..!!!) in the shaping bay.

Bob is a fizzy, excitable and positive human being who was an absolute pleasure to talk to. I’m not sure you’ll hear a more genuine demonstration of how essential passion is for a meaningful contribution to the planet. This conversation was a treat I’ll never forget!

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www.mctavish.com.au

IG @lucky__roland

Nico Kypreos made me - barista of 11 years, espresso bar owner of 5 - feel like my love for coffee is in fact only a vague interest. This bloke full tilt lives and breathes it.

And the most beautiful thing about Nico’s obsession with coffee is what I observed to be his use of it as a vehicle to change his world for the better. Marvell St is the epitome of a mindful enterprise, with every corner of the business scoped and sculpted for purpose and optimum ethics. Sustainability is paramount, right next to insane quality of coffee.

So it was a mega treat to slurp some amazing coffee and talk shop with the coffee industry’s answer to Elon Musk. Grab yourself a brew, sit back and geek out with us!

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https://marvellstreet.com/

IG @lucky__roland

Talking about the unresolved genocide of Australia’s First Nations is fraught with social peril, not least for a white bloke of insane privilege like me. But I definitely don’t think that’s a valid reason not to discuss it!

Truth is, this episode is big.

I don’t want you to listen to it because it’s gonna give me another click or play or subscriber or whatever. In context of this conversation, I couldn’t care less about any of that. I want you to listen to this episode because I genuinely want you to consume the wisdom of these women, and their insights as modern indigenous people on why racial inequity is still such a shitfight in this country.

Australia is beautiful, but she is culturally broken, and we’re all suffering for it whether we realise it or not.

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Jimmy Cocking heads up the Arid Lands Environment Centre, but only when he’s not directing energy down the myriad of other channels along his equilibrium of environmental integrity. I wanted to talk to him about fracking, amongst the other climatic challenges facing desert communities.

The climate is an alarming emergency that for most of the world is happening in slow motion. For some people though, who are responding with maximum and all-consuming urgency, it’s a constant firefight accelerating at a disturbing pace. Jimmy Cocking is one of these people.

Jimmy’s walking the talk, and he was so fucking motivating to absorb!

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https://www.alec.org.au/

IG @lucky__roland

Biodynamics is like next-level, supercharged organic farming meeting a Harry Potter potions class, with dinkum magical results.

A chemical-free, ethically sound, environmentally beneficial method of growing food, using comprehensive land management that focuses on holistic ecosystem health... plus some weird and wonderful natural elixirs to enchant the whole process with utter respect for the complexity of mother nature.

To me, biodynamic agriculture feels like the closest thing in the modern world to a legitimate spiritual contract between farmer and earth.

It also happens to produce KILLER wine!!!

Many thanks to Paxton Wines for this awesome (and delicious) educational experience.

Order some of the good stuff - https://paxtonwines.com/

More info on biodynamics at the links below -

>>> https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/ten-things-worth-knowing-about-biodynamic-farming/

>>> https://biologicwine.co.za/2014/11/19/biodynamic-preparation-bd500/

>>> https://thewineidealist.com/2013/05/24/biodynamics-101-pt-2-prep-501-use-the-light-force/

G’daaaaaaaaaay MATES!

This episode is with Ngangiwumirr and Arrende woman Rayleen Brown, eminent Australian authority on native food.

As far as social efficiency goes, Rayleen’s industry seems like a total no brainer to me. Prioritising wild-harvested native foods with indigenous conservation techniques is such a powerful opportunity to contend with two big problems at the same time!

Those problems being 1) healing the as yet conspicuously-unspeakable Australian genocide, in relation to 2) our perpetual deficit of willingness for meaningful climate change action. The Great Australian Suffrage of Environmental Connectivity, volume 2020.

Know what I’m getting at? I reckon we need to urgently increase our sustainability efforts, and respecting the expertise of the greatest conservationists in history seems like a bloody obvious start!!!

And it begins with food.

www.kungkascancook.com.au

Know that feeling? The ol’ scarcity complex, strikes again.