Category: sustainability

A walk in the park? The park systems that help shape our cities, cultures, and civic identities

Over the holiday season I published this enlivening and yet grounding chat with Matthew Skjonsberg, Director of the Praxis Institute. He was visiting Adelaide from Switzerland late last year and I was lucky enough to get him in studio to speak about his knowledge, passions and visions for park systems around the world.

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Citizen Scientists: the willing and able who are helping drive research forward

They may not have research degrees or formal qualifications, but there are millions of people globally putting their hands up to and participating in Citizen Science projects. Community science puts ordinary citizens front and center in often groundbreaking research, with amazing results.  In this episode of Eco Futurists host Prof Andy Lowe has a delightful conversation with Dr Erinn Fagen-Jeffries and Prof Frank Grützner about the lessons learned in the evolution of Citizen Science projects, echidna poo, and a new insect named ‘Oreo’. 

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When the invaders are locked out: bringing back threatened native species in outback Australia 

When the continent of Australia was settled by Europeans they came with their cats, foxes, rabbits and any number of foreign animals. It didn’t take long for these ‘invaders’ to destabilise delicate ecosystems and lead to a wave of the extinction amongst native animals.

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Keeping curiosity: youth reflections on Dr Jane Goodall’s quest for a more sustainable future

Join us in this energetic and motivating episode as I speak with Tiahni Adamson (Young South Australian of the Year 2024) and Shannon Evenden (Science Communicator with The Green Room). They talk all things kids, nature, and how being more like mud not stone might be just the answer to our conservation and climate change challenges.

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Jane Goodall on nature education, empathy, local focus, and some timeless advice from her mother

Jane Goodall is a living icon. While we’re most familiar with Jane’s conservation promotion through her work on animal behaviour, she also works tirelessly reaching out to the younger generation, fostering a global community of conservation. Jane was recently in Australia and as part of a public lecture spoke with Eco Futurist host Prof Andy Lowe during The Jane Goodall Institute’s ‘Reasons for Hope Tour’. This podcast is a recording of this public ‘fire side chat’ with Jane.

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Nature deprivation: the real consequences

Are you getting the best microbes on offer? What are microbes anyway and why should we care?

If you’ve ever heard of the term “microbiome” you probably relate it to gut health, but there’s so much more to it! It’s all around us, and in us, and affects our brains, immune systems, stress levels, and psychological state.

Join us for this podcast episode where we speak with Dr Jess Stanhope and Prof Phil Weinstein about how public health is effected by urban environments and the promising future for disease prevention and treatment in the reversal of global urban nature deprivation.

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What’s in the Forest Treasure Chest?

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s a lot going on currently in the world of forest protection. The European Union Deforestation Regulation has been adopted and is in force, a top executive from European Central Bank has flagged the stark economic risk of losing forest biodiversity, and here in Australia Victoria and Western Australia have committed to end native forest logging in 2024, and a new nature repair market bill is being developed to help further incentivise the recovery of forests.

Its interesting then to see what trends are circulating at one of the worlds top forest conferences. Held in Cairns recently, The Forest Treasure Chest is the Forest Products conference of the International Union for Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO, Division 5). Here are 5 take homes:

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