[166] Oliver Smuhar, Author of 'FireWorks'

Oliver is an award-winning author, is studying Communications' Journalism at University of Technology, Sydney and lives in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales Australia, an area ravaged by the horrendous 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires. Shocked and traumatised by the destruction he witnessed during the fires, and deeply concerned about the impact on wildlife, Oliver threw himself into writing an adventure novel to raise funds for environmental projects. The result is FireWorks and the Fireworks Fund . FireWorks is an adventure story about a koala named Iluka who explains how he and his friends survived the 2019-20 bushfires. All proceeds from the sale of FireWorks go to the Fireworks Fund to support environmental charities. In this episode Oliver shares why he created FireWorks, what it's like being a young adult in 2021 (spoiler alert – it doesn't sound like much fun being overeducated and socially distanced!) and what advice he has for other young adults who are wanting to do something bigger to help the environment.

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[166] Oliver Smuhar, Author of 'FireWorks' is an episode from Eco Chat with Laura Trotta Podcast by Laura Trotta.

This episode is 29:31 long.

This episode was published on Jun 22, 2021.

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