EarthChat
EarthChat presents in-depth conversations and views on the many environment issues affecting our community. EarthChat is brought to you by BEAM Mitchell Environment Group. You can listen live each Tuesday on Seymour FM at 12noon AEST or to the repeat on Saturday at 8am with your hosts Vanessa, Peter, Ruth and Tim. Time to tune in, listen up and get active EarthChatters!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 80
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Celebrating Nagambie’s Grey Box Grassy woodlands…under a shadow S25 Ep33
Nagambie locals and Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority are celebrating 30 years of revegetation work with local native grey box trees grassy woodlands (trees and understory) on Friday. Cl…
Dr Karl gets excited about our ability to address climate change S25 Ep32
Renewable Avenel Energy is hosting a half day expo on 22/8 “Take the heat out of climate change with home-based solutions & renewable energy“. The informative and entertaining Dr Karl Kruszelnicki he…
Making the fashion industry more sustainable S25 Ep31
The fashion industry has been revealed as a major source of waste especially those fabrics which contain a high proportion of synthetic and plastic compounds which take a very long time to degrade an…
Tracks and Trails in Mitchell Shire S25 Ep30
This week, we discuss the proposal to develop tracks and trails throughout Mitchell Shire. We chat about the possibilities of developing links within the shire and also with neighbouring shires. We …
Straw bale houses in Australia and India S25 Ep29
Ravish Sran commissioned Peter Lockyer to build a straw bale house in his family village in Punjab, from 2016 to practical completion in 2020. Ravish was impressed with straw bale houses in Victoria,…
The Environmental Damage of Military Conflict S25 Ep28
This week Peter Lockyer and Marie Gerrard discuss the very serious long term and widespread damage being caused by military activity both in war and peace time. We will examine the recent military d…
NAIDOC 2025, the Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy S25 Ep26
NAIDOC Week this year marks a powerful milestone: 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience. The 2025 theme, "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy," cel…
Indigenous Protected Areas S25 Ep25
Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) are areas of land and sea Country managed by First Nations groups in accordance with Traditional Owners’ objectives. IPAs deliver biodiversity conservation outcomes …
Are you ready for Plastic Free July S25 Ep24
Plastic Free July is only a few sleeps away! Now is the time to think about the small steps we can all take to reduce our use of harmful plastics. To help us, in this week's EarthChat, Tim is again c…
News from the Euroa Arboretum, S25 Ep23
There are always interesting goings on at "the Arb", and, it’s always a joy to catch up with the passionate and innovative folk who work there.
Ruth is delighted to welcome development manager, Cathy…
Combining Art and Activism for the Sake of the Planet S25 Ep22
This week, Tim Budge talks with Alex Kelly, an artist, organiser and filmmaker based on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. Working across film, theatre, communications strategy and troublemaking, Alex purposef…
Repurposing surplus medical and educational goods S25 Ep21
This week, Marie Gerrard is chatting about a new group in our area. The group is currently setting up a store of donated medical and educational goods that are being discarded by our own health and e…
Celebrating ‘Friends of the Earth’ S25 Ep20
Friends of the Earth (FoE) is the largest grassroots federation of environmental activists in the world and currently active in more than 70 countries, with over 2 million supporters and members worl…
Biodiversity - Nature's Insurance Policy for a Sustainable Future S25 Ep19
This week Tim, Jill and guests will be discussing biodiversity. Biodiversity is a term that is used frequently today - but what does it really mean and why is it so important to many aspects of our l…
Mitchell Shire's green space possibilities S25 Ep18
This week Marie and Ruth chat with recently retired shire Councillor Rob Eldridge about some wonderful possibilities in Mitchell Shire for developing our opportunities to set aside significant areas …
Post election challenges S25 Ep17
With Dutton and much of the Coalition voted out of parliament, we are saved from going down a fraught path of nuclear power, and the voters of Australia have strongly rejected Trumpism here.
But ther…
Nuclear facts and fictions S25 Ep16
Nuclear power and nuclear weapons are policy realities in this current federal election. Both major parties support them in one way or another. The Leader of the Opposition has been open in saying a …
Birds: Why We Can’t Live Without Them…. S25 Ep15
Have you ever been struck by the song of a bird and immediately found your curiosity and wonder has led you beyond what it is to be human to another realm? Or a sudden and elusive movement might have…
EarthChat greets Sustainable House Day – lots of local action S25 Ep14
Sustainable House Day (SHD) is an Australian event showcasing (mostly) recently completed energy efficient houses. Be they owner-built or builder-built, there are lots of attractive and efficient and…
The environment going forward S25 Ep13
This EarthChat, Marie and Ruth chat with to Norbert Ryan (President, Wallan Environment Group) about what we hope to hear in the policies being put forward by parties standing for our federal electio…