On the show today we are talking to Professor Hugh Possingham, President of BirdLife Australia, about the threat of H5 bird flu to our native bird populations.

https://birdlife.org.au/

If you find sick or dead wildlife?

Follow these three steps. Do not approach the animal.

• AVOID contact with sick or dead wildlife and their environment. Do not touch, move or approach the bird, and do not allow pets to touch or eat sick or dead wildlife.
• RECORD what you see, the location the animal was found, and take photos or video (if possible) without approaching the bird.
• REPORT any unusual illness or death in wild birds and other wildlife immediately via the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.

Saturday 27th

• 09:00 - 12:00 - Caloundra Repair Café - Caloundra Community Centre, 58A Queen Street, Caloundra
• 09:00 - 12:00 - Naturally Gold Coast Festival - Broadbeach Cultural Centre, Mermaid Waters
• 14:00 - 22:00 - Winter Solstice Festival - 16 Victoria Street, Brisbane
• 15:00 - 16:00 - Corbie Park Bushcare Group Working Bee - Corbie Street Park, Ashgrove

Sunday 28th

• 07:30 - Beaudesert Crop Swap - Jubilee Park Beaudesert, Telemon Street, Beaudesert
• 08:00 - 10:00 - Rikki Bailey Park Bushcare Group Working Bee - 55 Avalon St, Oxley
• 09:00 – 11:00 - Ironside Bushcare Group Working Bee - Ironside Park, Guilfoyle St, St Lucia

Monday 29th

• 09:00 - 12:00 - Redlands City Council Koala Walk - Fellmonger Park, Ormiston

Wednesday 1st

• 08:00 - 13:00 - Ocean Crusaders Brisbane River Clean Up - Colmslie Boat Ramp, Morningside

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

Today on the show we have a very special guest, Gavin, from Northey street city farm to tell us about the winter solstice festival. We also learn more about Northey Street City Farm and all the education programs.

https://www.nscf.org.au/

Wednesday 17th

• 18:00 - Rod Fensham - ACE Guide to Eucalypts Brisbane - Avid Reader, West End

Saturday 20th

• 07:00 - Birdwatching Walk - Arundel Wetlands - Coombabah Lake Conservation Park
• 08:00 - 10:00 - Stellar Carrington Habitat Group Bushcare Working Bee - Ian Page Park, 61 Cloverbrook Place, Carina
• 09:30 - 12:00 - Ediblescapes Biocultural Food Gathering - 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang
• 13:30 - Accessible Garden Ideas with Kate Wall - Logan North Library

Sunday 21st

• 08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Whites Hill Reserve Bushcare Working Bee - Whites Hill Reserve, Carrina Heights
• 08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Burleigh Head National Park - Jellurgal - Working Bee - Burleigh Heads National Park, Southern Entrance
• 09:00 - 11:00 - Springbrook Weedbusters Bushcare Working Bee - Carricks Rd, Springbrook
• 14:00 - 16:00 - Bushcare and Beer - Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

Today on the show we are talking to Community Alliance for Responsible Planning (CARP) Redlands spokesperson, Lavinia Wood, about the recently approved Birkdale Whitewater Centre. We will talk about how this olympic venue has been given the green light and the threats it poses to the environment.

Thursday 11th

• 13:30 - 15:00 - Bioblitz Talk with Matt Cecil - Archerfield Wetlands, Durack

Friday 12th

• 15:00 - 18:00 - Growing Forward Kurilpa Commons Working Bee - 250 Boundary St, West End

Saturday 13th

• 09:00 - 12:30 - Repair Café Woolloongabba - 7 Burke Street, Woolloongabba
• 13:30 - S.O.S. Barrambin Gathering - Ibis Island, Barrambin/Victoria Park

Sunday 14th

• 07:00 - Birds Queensland Outing - Oxley Creek Common, Sherwood Road, Rocklea
• 08:30 - 10:30 - Kholo Creek Catchment Group Working Bee - Sheep Camp Rd, Mount Crosby
• 09:00 - Friends of Plunkett Conservation Park Bushcare Working Bee - Flesser Road, Cedar Creek
• 13:00 - Six Words For A Free Palestine Action Day - King George Square, CBD

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

Today on the show we will be discussing Australia’s emissions reduction fund with ANU professor Don Butler. We also have interviews undertaken by Linda Rose on Sunday during the Barrambin action, they are speeches by Aunty Sandra King, Uncle Robert Williams, and Aunty Theresa Jackie Williams.

Friday 5th - World Environment Day

• 07:30 - 08:30 - Queensland Environment Day: South Bank Nature Discovery iNaturalist Event - The Arbour, Tribune Street, South Brisbane

Saturday 6th

• 08:00 - 10:00 - N4C Roseglen St Bushcare Working Bee - Roseglen St, Greenslopes
• 09:00 - 11:00 - THECA - Mother of Millions Weeding Working Bee - 47 Fleming Road, Chapel Hill
• 10:00 - The Beep to the Beep (river to the sea) Fun Run Event - Reddacliff Place, CBD
• 13:30 - 16:30 - Kholo Creek World Environment Day Celebration - Mount Crosby State School

Sunday 7th

• 08:00 - Tennis Avenue Bushcare Group Working Bee - Tennis avenue, Ashgrove
• 08:30 - 11:00 - Moggill Creek Catchment Group Working Bee - Rafting Ground Park, Kenmore
• 09:00 - 15:00 - LEAF - Logan Eco Action Festival - 68 University Dr, Meadowbrook
• 15:00 - Balis St Park Bushcare and Beers working bee - Balis St, Holland Park West

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

There is so much happening in our local environment Today we are talking to Una Sandeman about the destruction of koala habitat in the Redlands as Ormiston College was given approval to start felling Koala food trees so that the college could add another oval to their collection.

I will also play a series of interviews I did while enjoying Victoria Park Barrambin on the weekend, I talked to Stéphane Guillou who organized a bioblitz of the park, CJ who participated in the bioblitz, and Jimmy Southwood who ran a boomerang throwing workshop and talked to me about the spring system under the park.

https://www.savevictoriapark.com/

Thursday 28th

• 07:00 - 09:00 - OCCA Creekcare - Muriel Ave, Moorooka

Friday 29th

• 08:00 - 10:00 - N4C Nursery Session - 66 Baron Street, Greenslopes
• 09:00 - Goori Camp Embassy - Fill The Park - Victoria Park/ Barrambin
• 15:00 - 18:00 - Growing Forward Kurilpa Commons Working Bee + Pot Luck - 250 Boundary St, West End
• 16:00 - 18:00 - Not a Done Deal: Fridays at the Park - Victoria Park/ Barrambin

Saturday 30th

• 09:00 - Gertrude Petty Place Bushcare Working bee - 26 Mount Gravatt Outlook Dr
• 14:00 - Parks Over Profit - Ibis Island Victoria Park/ Barrambin
• 14:00 - 17:00 - DCP Greenslopes Bushcare Working Bee - Nicholson Street, Greenslopes

Sunday 31st

• 08:00 - 10:00 - Constellation Way Mass Planting Event - Constellation Way, Wynnum if possible, please bring 2x2L old milk bottle full of water for plant watering

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

Today on the program I am going to replay a report I did all the way back in 2021 when I went to Reverse Garbage Queensland (RGQ) and talked to Mei, the communications manager at the time, about how RGQ are saving useful material from going to landfill. https://reversegarbagequeensland.com.au/

For complete transparency, at the time of this interview (2021) I was not employed or volunteering with RGQ, since 2023 I have been employed however currently I am only a volunteer with RGQ. Reverse Garbage Queensland is also a 4ZZZ Subscriber Discount Outlet.

Saturday 23rd

• 09:00 - Barrambin Wildlife Watch/ Streetside Gathering/ Wild Art Experiment - Victoria Park
• 09:00 - 11:00 - Little Cabbage Tree Creek Bushcare Group Working Bee - Chermside Hills Reserve, 412 Trouts Road

Sunday 24th

• 07:00 - Taringa Community Gardening Bee - 9 Heroes Avenue, Toowong
• 08:00 - Ocean Crusaders Bremer River Clean Up - 1 Tiger St, Sadliers Crossing
• 08:00 - 10:00 - Joyner Bushcare Working Bee - 81 Byrnes Rd North, Whiteside
• 09:00 - 15:00 - Sustainable BNE Festival - Roma Street Parklands
• 14:00 - 16:30 - BirdLife Aus Bird Monitoring Workshop - Carricks Rd, Springbrook
• 15:00 - 17:00 - Desoto Place Bushcare Group Working Bee - Desoto Pl, Forest Lake

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

Today on the program we are going to be talking to Queensland Renewable Energy Council CEO Katie-Anne Mulder, we will be talking about renewable energy and the hopes of becoming 100% renewable by 2050.

Saturday 16th

• 08:30 - 10:30 - Community Planting Bushcare Native Food Forest - John Street Reserve, Rosewood
• 09:00 - 11:00 - Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park Working Bee - Tinney Rd, Upper Caboolture
• 09:00 - 12:00 - Norman Creek Paddle Against Plastic by N4C - Heath Park, East Brisbane
• 10:00 - Caring for Barrambin Day - Save Victoria Park - Herston
• 12:30 - 14:00 - Insects & Bioblitz - THECA - Chapel Hill

Sunday 17th

• 08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Whites Hill Reserve Working Bee - Whites Hill Reserve
• 08:00 - 11:00 - Great Glossy Count walk + Carricks Creek Restoration Project - Carricks Rd, Springbrook
• 13:00 - Nakba Commemoration Rally - Queens Gardens, Brisbane CBD
• 14:30 - Kenmore South Bushcare Group - Aberfoyle St, Kenmore

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio

Today on the program we are talking about what happened to the Global Sumud Flotilla, the flotilla was intercepted by Israel's Navy in international waters on their way to take aid to the people of Gaza. Included in the flotilla of activists were 6 Australians, we will be talking to Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine member, Jessica Mamone, about the Australians that went across and why it was important for them to risk the journey.

Friday 8th

• 08:00 - 10:00 - N4C Nursery Session - 66 Baron Street, Greenslopes

Saturday 9th

• 08:00 - 13:00 - Ocean Crusaders Bremer River Clean-up - Noel Kelly Drive, Goodna
• 08:00 - Growing Forward - Dutton Park Commons Farm Working Bee - 381 Gladstone Rd, Dutton Park
• 09:00 - 11:00 - Save Victoria Park Streetside Gathering - Cnr Gilchrist Ave and Herston Rd, Brisbane
• 14:30 - 17:30 - Barrambin Wild Art Experiment - Ibis Island, Barrambin (Victoria Park)
• 14:30 - Oxley Tree Planting - 21 Wilpowell St, Oxley

Sunday 10th

• 08:00 - 10:00 - Hilda St Bushcare Group Working Bee - Cnr Hilda and Devaney St, Corinda
• 08:30 - 10:30 - Caring For Your Creek Working Bee - 32 Sheep Camp Rd, Mount Crosby

Tuesday 12th

• 07:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Oxley Creek Common Tuesday Carers - Oxley Creek Common, Sherwood

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio