
S6E03 Citizen Science
Citizen science is a bit of a buzz word, but what is it really all about? Desert Discovery did not start out as a citizen science group, at...
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A sustainability podcast talking to salt of the earth people about their grassroots activities.

Citizen science is a bit of a buzz word, but what is it really all about? Desert Discovery did not start out as a citizen science group, at...

Join us on the first full day of the Desert Discovery Yeo Lake Project. Allie hitches a ride with the Botany Team to find out what a day of...

Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth. The majority of people live in the major cities that hug the coast line, and as much a...

A little window into what is coming!

A quick update before we launch into season 6! Allie talks about why it's been a while between seasons and what has changed since last time...

Handing out popcorn can get you arrested these days, especially if you do it in a bank. In this episode I chat with three activists who did...

This is the final episode of the three about the housing crisis and what my local community is doing about it. In this episode we hear about...

In these three episodes we will explore how housing is a key climate issue and we’ll look at how the housing crisis is impacting where I liv...

How is the housing crisis linked to sustainability? In the next three episodes we will explore how housing is a key climate issue and we'll...

I know it has been a while since there was anything new on Saltgrass, so here is a quick (6 min) update for you. In summary: There will be 5...

This is the full audio from the Connecting Country event called ‘Revegetation Success in a Changing Climate’ The event featured presentation...

Connecting Country is a not for profit organisation which works closely with landcare groups and others in restoring neglected and damaged e...

Today we are going to Village Dreaming Farm and Orto cooking school. Mara and Ralf live on about 15 acres just outside of Daylesford – about...

Are you good at composting? I certainly haven't been in the past. But with the help of a community composting group called YIMBY (Yes In My...

Recent episodes have been looking at the farmers out at the Harcourt Organic Farming Cooperative. We've been out there to explore how farmin...

It has been almost a decade of effort and love and garlic from Gung Hoe Growers – supplying our local community through the local farmers ma...

We are heading back out to the Harcourt Farming Cooperative – this time to talk to Tess Sellar who runs a herd of 10 or so dairy cows and su...

Following on from the last episode about the Harcourt Farming Cooperative, today we are looking at The Orchard Keepers. They are part of the...

This is the first of four episodes that will be released about the Harcourt Organic Farming Cooperative. Long term listeners may remember tw...

Plastic Free July had humble beginnings in back in 2011 when Rebecca Prince-Ruiz had the idea of refusing to buy or accept single use plasti...

How can local councils and Traditional Owners work collaboratively towards climate and environmental goals? Today's episode explores one way...

Tim Hollo is many things, musician, politician, anarchist and the author of Living Democracy – An ecological manifesto for the end of the wo...

Duang moved to Castlemaine just a few years ago, but is already an integral part of the fabric of our community. She sells delicious Thai co...

Following on from the last episode about the Castlemaine Currency Project , this episode shares audio from a panel discussion that was part...

Local currencies and alternative money systems... what is that all about? Is it really a helpful thing to be thinking about in the middle of...

Anna and Matt run the Salvage Yard in Castlemaine. They rescue building materials that would otherwise go to landfill, clean it up and sell...

Tiffany Inglis started an op shop (AKA opportunity shop - known as a thrift store in the USA) and all she wants to do is save the world one...

Cassia Read and Ada Nano are both ecologists who have been working within a local climate focussed hub called The Castlemaine Institute. The...

Are you worried about waste? If so, join us on an epic adventure of plastic reduction, waste management and letting your wheelie bin get dus...

Back in March 2022 Zoe Scoglio joined Allie live on MAINfm and shared some interviews she had collected for a Castlemaine Commons Collective...

Back in March 2022 Zoe Scoglio joined Allie live on MAINfm and shared some interviews she had collected for a Castlemaine Commons Collective...

Back in March 2022 Zoe Scoglio joined Allie live on MAINfm and shared some interviews she had collected for a Castlemaine Commons Collective...

This is the first of four episodes created in collaboration with The Castlemaine Commons Collective and artist Zoe Scoglio . They were recor...

Allie and some other podcasters got together last year at the NonfictioNow Conference and had a long chat about what it is to make media and...

Allie and some other podcasters got together last year at the NonfictioNow Conference and had a long chat about what it is to make media and...

A short message from Saltgrass host and producer Allie to close season four including some clues about what is coming soon.

This is part two on Djakitj Larr - Eating Country Healthy. Please listen to the previous episode first to hear the full story. In 2019 Bendi...

In 2019 Bendigo was designated a UNESCO Creative City and Region of Gastronomy . In this episode we discuss what that means and also deep di...

Today I’ll be taking you along for the ride as my 14 year old Nephew Oliver and I head into Melbourne and take part in the student strike fo...

Today we are going to be chatting with Castlemaine local Bryn Davies and a group he has been a part of called Democracy for Dinner. I though...

The Castlemaine Seed Library has been running for over five years with people 'borrowing' seeds to plant and grow food, and then 'returning'...

I was lucky enough to have a wonderful conversation about possible climate futures, not through a lens of disaster and doom but gritty possi...

Hello podcast crew, I haven't forgotten you even though there has been a bit of radio or podcast silence over the last month. This very shor...

Steve Healy is Executive General Manager of Climate and Population Adaptation at Coliban Water . Climate change predictions for our region p...

Kathryn Coff is a committed community leader and she joins us to discuss race, privilege and power, which are themes that she lives with and...

Today’s episode is a series of interviews collected in Mildura at the local eco village. We had heard they were having a working bee and tho...

This episode was recorded and first released in May 2020. This is an updated version with a new intro. The interview remains exactly the sam...

The climate related news media has been saturated over the last few weeks in reactions, reflections and commentary about COP26 . For a show...

Following on from our last episode with Rob Law we head up to Mildura, over 400km to the north of Castlemaine. My interest in Mildura has be...

Rob Law, Executive Officer of the CVGA – or the Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance – joins us to talk about alliances and collaborations...