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Elyse and Chloe recap the community forum held by Sustainable Cities and Point Cook Action Group that took place on Thursday 14th March in Williams Landing, to ask the question 'Why is the west still waiting for better buses in 2024?'We play snippets from the night as well as a follow up interview with one of our key speakers, Nasreen Mohamed, a resident form the Mambourin estate in Werribee. You...

This week Dirt Radio interviewed Imo Kuah, an organiser at Tomorrow Movement, to discuss the movement, social and climate activism, and how to be involved.  The next Racial Justice Learning Collective session will be on Monday, March 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM Sign up here! https://actionnetwork.org/events/racial-justice-learning-collective-session-1-2024-2/ Tomorrow movement is an unstoppable movement o...

 We spoke to Stephanie Sabrinskas from Life After Coal. Stephanie is a filmmaker and impact producer based on Gunaikurnai Land in the Latrobe Valley, Australia. We discussed a just transition to renewable energy and jobs for coal communities in the LaTrobe Valley, the health impacts of coal-fired power stations, the 10 year anniversary of the Hazelwood mine fire, community action in the area, and...

 We spoke to Amin Abbas from Melbourne City Council for Palestine who organized the action outside the City of Melbourne last Tuesday as Council debated a motion in support of a ceasefire in Palestine. Amin is a son and grandson of Palestinian refugees from Tiberias and Genine. Amin’s purpose in life is to liberate Palestine with a dream to return to Palestine as a free man. To get involved, volun...

Friends of the Earth Melbourne/Naarm's Forests campaigner Cam Walker joined Dirt Radio's Claud Gallois and Jay Iwasaki to discuss the historic end to native forest logging in Victoria, the road to get here, and what's next for Victoria and Australia.

In today's episode, Elyse interviews Pat Simons (FoE Yes 2 Renewables Coordinator) and Martin Cubby (Wollongong local, member of Good for the 'Gong and organiser with NTEU) about recent national actions in support of renewable energy, and the push back against misinformation

In today's episode, Elyse Cunningham speaks to Tori from Unionists for Palestine about some of the history of activism targeting weapons companies in Naarm, and the insidious way that supply of weapons used in genocides across the world is spreading throughout Victoria. We then check in with Uncle Ihab at the Sitintifada, with an update from the first sitting day of Victorian parliament, and his m...

In this week episode Alana Mountain interviews Dr Sanja Van Huet, a local resident of Ocean Grove and long time community activist, along with Aleesha Hanczakowski from the Act on Climate Collective, regarding coastal erosian and the Port Phillip Bay Coastal Hazard Assessment, and community action on the frontlines

In this week's episode, Jeff Waters interviews Susie Russell and Sean O'Shannessy from the Northeast Forest Alliance about a recent court decision that will allow native forest logging in the Bulga forest on Biripi Country

Jeff Water and Freja Leonard unpack the year that was in gas and look ahead at what's coming up in 2024

Campaigner Chaja Merk from Friends of the Earth Netherlands joins Dirt Radio presenters Claud Gallois and Jay Iwasaki at the studio in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia to talk about the global campaign against Shell and the results of the 2021 court case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milieudefensie_v_Royal_Dutch_Shellhttps://www.melbournefoe.org.au/the_global_campaign_against_shellFriends of the Earth...

Elyse Cunningham, Coordinator of the Sustainable Cities collective who are running the Better Buses campaign at Friends of the Earth Melbourne speaks to Girish Khara, a resident from the Mt. Atkinson estate in Truganina, in Melbourne's rapidly growing Western suburbs. The estate currently only has 1 cafe run by the developers, Stockland, and has no shops or other community facilities. There is als...

This week, Dirt Radio host Jeff Waters discusses the ongoing blockade in Port Melbourne and status of offshore wind in New South Wales with guests Jess Tran and Coco Venaglia.

On today's episode, our Sustainable Cities collective coordinator, Elyse Cunningham, interviews Chloe Aldenhoven, one of the campaigns coordinators at Friends of the Earth Melbourne, about the People's Inquiry into the Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic. A series of public hearings that Chloe is coordinating alongside volunteers. More info on the hearings can be found on their website here: https://...

The Southern Ocean is up against seismic blasting proposals, in the search for new oil and gas, which threaten whale songlines and precious ocean ecosystems. Seismic blasting surveys are proposed in waters as close as 8km from the coast of Warrnambool and Port Fairy. The seismic blasting process involves ships towing airguns that blast powerful soundwaves, and is commonly used to identify resource...

Broadcasted live on 3CR from Naarm/Melbourne on September 26, 2023

Join Alana and Oli from Djaara corporation for a fruitful conversation about First Nations led climate solutions, bringing culture and TO's back into the landscape for healthy Country and healthy people. Alana Mountain- Forest collective campaign coordinaterOli Moares - Djaara Forest Gardening project manager & developer of climate strategy https://djadjawurrung.com.au/ Episode image description: ...

On this week's episode, Elyse Cunningham from FoE's Sustainable Cities collective talks about the upcoming event 'Transport Equity Week'- a week of action for communities across Australia to take action to demonstrate how our transport system is causing transport disadvantage, and to demand action from decision makers to make our transport system safe, affordable and accessible for all. Read more...

Join Alana Mountain from forests collective and Jaime-Lee Willoughby a somatic sex educator and queer ceremonialist diving deep on gender justice, Jaime-Lee's personal experiencess and solidarity opportunities for allies.

On this episode of Dirt Radio, Claud Gallois spoke to Friends of the Earth's No New Gas campaigner Freja Leonard about how renters deserve to have gas-free homes, and how to make it happen. Take the pledge today: https://www.getoffgas.org.au/RSVP to the action: No coal to hydrogen for Victoria August 30, 2023 at 8:30am - 9:30am @ Victorian Parliament Steps https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/no_coal_t...

Today, Sanne de Swart and Xavier Dupe join us from friends of the Earth’s anti-nuclear movement and the national student union as we discuss the current state of affairs in nuclear policy in Australia, seventy eight years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Details for rallies:Adelaide 2pm Mitchell Building, University of Adelaide: https://fb.me/e/uy4ennf6TBrisbane 1pm Grassy Kno...

This week Alana Mountain chats to Elyse from Friends of the Earth's Sustainable Cities Collective about some juicy justice taking place for social equity in the public transport system. She also spoke to Potdog from Grassroots Action Network Tasmania and got a download on the goss, fighting the housing crisis by exposing the unfair AirBnB sitch and continuing the fight for Tassie's lush forests.