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Diana Condylas is a community connector, food lover, plant lover and plastic activist. Growing up in a multicultural family, she was used to herbs being used medicinally and in cooking.  She practiced as a naturopath, herbalist, nutritionist and massage therapist for 12 years until having babies. Permaculture came into her life in Sydney in 2007 and transformed how she saw and processed the world. In 2010, Diana returned to Townsville after a few years away and founded the Food for Thought - Townsville community, with an intention of finding her tribe, successfully.  With an active Facebook group and gatherings of people sharing meals and produce, as well as workshops, speakers and movie screenings, she loved the connections made between members of the community that have rippled out beyond Townsville.  As of 2020, Diana has been the Project Coordinator for NFP Boomerang Alliance's Plastic Free Places NQ (formerly known as Plastic Free Townsville), assisting local takeaway hospitality businesses, events and organisations to eliminate over 1.5 million pieces of single-use plastic cups, lids and other packaging. She wants her children to be healthy, enjoy and care for the world, and understand that we all need to minimise our impact to make it fair for everyone.  She recently won People's Choice in a vegan sausage roll bake off and loves picking fresh mint from her garden and making it into ‘aguita de menta' tea as a pause and a tonic. Takeaways: Permaculture is a versatile design system that can be applied to all aspects of life. Plants and herbalism can be integrated into daily life, even without a garden. Lemon balm is a versatile and nourishing herb that can be used for various health benefits. Plastic Free Places NQ helps businesses and events eliminate single-use plastics and transition to reusable solutions. Circularity and reusable solutions are vital in reducing plastic pollution. Plastic Free July is a global movement encouraging individuals and organisations to reduce plastic consumption. Consumer awareness and behaviour change are crucial to eliminating single-use plastics. The Plastic Free Places program is a resource for finding plastic-free businesses and events. Using renewable resources, such as banana leaves and papaya stems, can be an alternative to plastic plates and straws. Every small action contributes to a cleaner and healthier world. Transitioning to a Plastic-Free Lifestyle Permaculture is a great design system that's inclusive and collaborative and that whole repurposing and not wasting. "Share Waste" is a global program connecting people with scraps to share. It's that embedded energy for a single-use item is something that we don't think about in the same way as when we throw something away." "Plastic Free July is a worldwide movement - It's time to level up, people!" Chapters: 00:00Introduction and Background 02:21 Integrating Plants and Herbalism 06:03 Working Towards Plastic-Free Solutions 27:22 Finding Plastic-Free Businesses and Events 34:05 Exploring Renewable Resources as Alternatives to Plastic 43:29 Every Small Action Counts 51:39 Conclusion CONNECT: Website: Plastic Free NQ | Plastic Free Places | Boomerang Alliance AustraliaPlastic Free NQ | Plastic Free Places | Boomerang Alliance Australia Facebook: (3) Facebook Instagram: Plastic Free Townsville (@plasticfreetownsville) • Instagram photos and videos Food for Thought - Townsville: (3) Food for Thought - Townsville | Facebook SHOW NOTES: Lemon Balm (Melissa Officinalis) Pau D'Arco (Tabebuia impetiginosa) "ShareWaste" platform "SaveFull" platform **THE ELDER TREE TROVE PATREON COMMUNITY** You can join our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and gain a deeper connection to our podcast. Pay only $2 per week to have access to bonus and often exclusive resources and opportunities- plus support the Elder tree at the same time!  To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.theeldertree.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and donate to the crowdfunding campaign ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also follow The Elder Tree on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up to the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠asktheeldertree@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The intro and outro song is "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sing for the Earth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Iranian-Australian Activist, Shohre Mansouri talks to Sunehra about battling against misinformation and disinformation in a farsi Facebook group. Shohre is also the founder of Yarra Foundation, a charity that helps under-privallaged Iranian children. We listen to an interview from Women on the line, where Kannagi Bhatt speaks to Ruby Hamad, author of "White Tears/ Brown Scars" about the roots of racism against people in the Middle East. You can listen to Women on the line every Monday 8:30am to 9:00am. We listen to an interview with Claudia speaking with Birte Moliere from Boomerang Alliance that was previously aired on Wednesday Breakfast. Boomerang Alliance is a national community-based not for profit organisation aiming for a zero-waste society. They are launching the BYO Cup Campaign at Commonfolk and social enterprise HomeGound on the Mornington Peninsula 8 and 9 December. Sunehra speaks with Kit McMahon, CEO of Women's Health in the South East (WHISE) about #16Days4Kids, part of WHISE's 2023 campaign for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. If you are in distress and/or have experienced gender-based violence you can call:1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732Lifeline: 13 11 14Domestic Violence Crisis Service (DVCS): 02 6280 0900Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre: 1800 015 188Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 1800 806 292 Song: Treaty (Redfern remix) by Yothu Yindi

7:12AM: Jennifer Lacy Nichols Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne joined us to discuss the role lobbying has on the government and she found government lobbyist registers largely left us in the dark of who is actually lobbying government 7:31AM: Birte Moliere, packaging product stewardship lead at Boomerang Alliance speaks about transparency and accountability in the supermarket industry and working towards a plastic-free future. The details of the two reusable / BYO cup days are: Fri 8 December 23 - Commonfolk Coffee || 16 Progress Street || Mornington 7am-3pm Sat 9 December 23 - Home Ground Coffee || 22 Robertson Dr || Mornington 8am-2pm   Home Ground is a social enterprise and all $ saved in packaging cost (20-50 cent per single use cup) is going straight back into supporting youth at risk.  Sign the Boomerang Alliance petition to cut plastic packagingRead the Unwrapped Supermarkets Report here 7:50AM: Claudia brings us a special extended interview with United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese who is visiting Australia this week amid continued conflict in Gaza/Israel and tensions between communities here in Naarm about personal safety and the national stance on calling for a ceasfire.  A warning to listeners, this segment discusses the subject of war, loss of life and suffering which might be distressing. For support call Lifeline 13 11 14 Ms Albanese is appearing in person in Naarm Thursday 16th November @ 6pm  in an event moderated by Rawan Arraf  from the Australian Centre for International Justice. Tickets are sold out but you can join the waitlist athttps://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1125963 On Saturday November 18th @ 1pm there is a Blak Solidarity Gathering with Ms Albanese together with Professor Gary Foley, and Noura Mansour, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network. Event takes place at Aunty Alma Thorpe's Gathering Place, 546-550 High Street, Preston Palestine Remembered airs on 3CR Saturdays 9.30-10am Songs// Champagne Supernova - Oasis

As Victoria and Tasmania become the last two states in Australia to implement a cash for container deposit scheme Earth Matters reflects on the community effort to get the policy. We speak with Jeff Angel, director at community environment group Boomerang Alliance, exploring the corporate influence of Big Beverage, state politics and necessary next steps for recycling infrastructure in Australia. Boomerang Alliance started as a group dedicated to local action for container deposit system and has since grown to be a network of 55 national, state and local organisations. Interested listeners can find out more about their campaigns on their website and social media.

Australia's largest soft plastics recycling scheme REDcycle collapsed last November and last week the scheme was declared insolvent by the Supreme court. Soft plastics collected from supermarkets were sent to warehouses where they've been stockpiled for months, leaving consumers disappointed and pushing Australia even further from its national packaging target. So, how far are we from that 2025 goal? In this episode, we speak to Jeff Angel, Director of the Total Environment Centre and Boomerang Alliance, about the collapse of REDcycle. Headlines: - Turnbull gives evidence at robodebt inquiry - Perth mint accused of diluting gold - Protests in Aldi over transport workers' wages - Reserve Bank to hike rates again - Toblerone to change logo   Follow The Briefing: Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAUTwitter: @TheBriefingAUSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's confidence from across the ditch in the Government's new recycling scheme.It's proposing a raft of changes to plastic recycling, including standardising kerbside recycling around the country and a container return scheme like those used in other countries.Boomerang Alliance Executive Director Jeff Angel, who's in Australia, told Mike Hosking he expects the scheme to work just as well here as it does there.“The types of arrangements that New Zealand is proposing are some of the best in the world, so I think that container refund proposal is going to be terrific.”LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Angel, Director of environmental group Boomerang Alliance says that the program doesn’t meet the Government’s own minimum standards with the total number of refund sites and almost a quarter only open for between 2-4 hours a week.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Boomerang Alliance gives an update on the Monday Drive Show with Ruth Hessey

The Boomerang Alliance gives an update on the Monday Drive Show with Ruth Hessey [...]Read More... from Hope on the Horizon for Plastic Pollution – on Monday Drive

What’s in the name? David Barr from Drive Tuesday talks to Associate Prof Brendon O’Connor from the US Studies Centre about the far right group who call themselves the Boogaloo Bois.  

https://youtu.be/htMCcJrBr4Y Susie Crick was the first female Chair of the Surfrider Foundation Australia and was responsible for the development of the programs, community collaborations, partnerships, and events. She joined Surfrider Australia in 2012 as the President of the South Coast Branch and has remained in that position to date. Her roles within Surfrider Australia are voluntary. Susie studied a Bachelor of Education (Art/Music) UNSW; Diploma in Graphic Design, School of Visual Arts; Certificate in Early Childhood Studies; Level 3 Elite Figure Skating (Ice) Coach and IOC Coaches Solidarity; Level 2 Artistic Gymnastics Coach; she surfs terribly but loves the ocean. Susie has extensive business and travel experience and took up a career with Qantas Airlines in 1988 as an International Flight Attendant and has traveled throughout the world, seeing first hand the negative effects of single-use plastics and many other issues affecting the marine environment due to human impact. In 1997, as a mother of three young children, she built and founded a progressive preschool on the South Coast of NSW with a strong focus on the environment called Planet Childcare Centre. The children in her care, go to the beach to have lessons and do beach cleans, and their program has a marine emphasis. Her strong entrepreneurial energy and flair have grown the Surfrider brand in Australia. Driven by her desire to find solutions for global heating, the climate crisis, and the plight of oceans and the marine environment, she trained with Al Gore, and she became a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. Susie was selected from over 10,000 applicants to be chosen as a crew member on eXXpedition.com, which is an around the world sailing voyage doing ocean microplastic research. Susie will be sailing from Tahiti to the Cook Islands in April 2021. She is also an Ambassador for WaveChanger.org   Susie is an advocate for organizing events that attract media attention and connect like-minded people and organizations to join her personal mission to grow community awareness and educate the public into action. She enjoys speaking at conferences and writes a marine environmental column for a magazine and sits as a voluntary Director for the following 'Not For Profit' Boards: the Boomerang Alliance, CitizenBlue, and the Surfrider Foundation Australia.   Interview Notes:  Get in touch with Susie on Linkedin. Follow her on Instagram Surfrider Foundtion Australia

This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Chad Buxton, Program Coordinator at Plastic Free Noosa. Part one was released last week.Links:Plastic Free Noosa: https://www.plasticfreenoosa.org/About Chad: https://www.plasticfreenoosa.org/about-usChad on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-buxton-b41883128/Plastic Free Places: https://www.plasticfreeplaces.org/Boomerang Alliance: https://www.boomerangalliance.org.au/Draft Noosa River Plan: https://yoursay.noosa.qld.gov.au/draft-noosa-river-planFor further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chad Buxton is the program coordinator at Plastic Free Noosa - one of Australia's first and most-successful community-level efforts to reduce single-use plastics. In this chat, Chad talks about how he works directly with food retailers, events, markets, and other organisations to assist them to switch from single-use plastics to better alternatives - and the MASSIVE positive impact Plastic Free Noosa is having. This is a two-part conversation, with the second (and final) part released next week.Links:Plastic Free Noosa: https://www.plasticfreenoosa.org/About Chad: https://www.plasticfreenoosa.org/about-usChad on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-buxton-b41883128/Plastic Free Places: https://www.plasticfreeplaces.org/Boomerang Alliance: https://www.boomerangalliance.org.au/Draft Noosa River Plan: https://yoursay.noosa.qld.gov.au/draft-noosa-river-planFor further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

our Baykeeper Neil Blake is doing beach microplastics audits around the Bay this weekend. He'll join us by phone to summarise findings of audits over 2 years, and mention other studies underway to help track plastics to their source. Neil will also be joined by Amy Westnedge from Mt Martha Beach Patrol and Boomerang Alliance to talk about the great work her group does, and why they believe it’s time for a Container Deposit scheme in Victoria. Then we’ll be joined by Dr Paul Hamer from Fisheries Victoria to talk about Victoria’s snapper fishery, and why its equivalent in South Australia is about to be closed for the next three years. And to bring us home, Fam Charko tells us all about Ocean Clean-up’s newest whizz bang ocean plastics clean up machine – The Interceptor, with an appropriate hat tip to the inspirational and cutting edge 'Mr Trash Wheel'.

Why is doing our bit for the environment so important? What easy moves and eco swaps can we make that'll actually make a difference? Why are we all plogging every weekend – and what the heck is that anyway?Here to chat about all this and more, our latest guests are some of the most passionate and driven people we've met when it comes to sustainability and showing the planet some love. First up, Laura Wells. A presenter, model, climate activist and ocean lover, Laura uses her platform to advocate for social and environmental change. With degrees in biological science as well as law, she’s worked with the likes of Greenpeace, WWF Australia and The Boomerang Alliance, and is about empowering us all as individuals to make a difference. We also have Lottie Dalziel, who actually used to work on the digital team at Women’s Health. Alongside her day job with us, she launched two businesses. One of those is Banish, an online education platform and store selling eco-friendly products. Lottie was inspired to create it after taking on her own 31-day waste less challenge – something we’ll talk more about later. Earlier this year, she took the leap to focus on Banish full-time, so it’s great to catch up with her back at Women’s Health HQ.Show notes:Check out Laura, Lottie and Banish on InstagramRead up on the microplastic threat to Sydney HarbourGet composting with ShareWasteLearn about the Guppyfriend Washing BagHow to make your own make-up wipesPlogging – the fitness trend you need to try6 surprising facts you never knew about menstrual cupsFind out about Sea Cleaners organisation in Hawaii and New ZealandBrands that Laura and Lottie love for their sustainability efforts...Kit XFirst BasePatagoniaMount FranklinSunRiceFor more from Women's Health Australia, check out @womenshealthaus and womenshealth.com.au See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosted by Eiddwen, Rob and Jess [Segment times in brackets] || 3CR is proud to acknowledge the Kulin Nations as true owners and custodians of the lands from which we broadcast. We pay respect to their elders past and present and acknowledge that their sovereignty was never ceded and a treaty has yet to be signed ||[18:15] We listen to Annie McLoughlan speaking about language and oppression at the Fair Go For Pensioners (FGFP) Conference held earlier this July.[38:01] David Spratt talks to us about his report titled The Third Degree, co-written by Ian Dunlop. The report looks into evidence and implications of existential climate-related security risks in Australia. David talks to us about how our current climate estimations are currently predicting a 1.5 degree increase and that we are well on our way to experiencing a 3 degree rise in the near future. [54:35] Toby from Boomerang Alliance in conjunction with the Queensland Government and Australian Packaging Convenant Organisation have created a Plastic Free Council Event Guide in hopes of event organisers working towards zero waste usage when holding events. The guide assists event organisers with adopting the policies in the guide, with hopes of fading out single use plastic from events. Toby from the Boomerang Alliance comes in to speak to us about the guide and how others can join in on the fight towards zero waste usage at events. [74:40] Tilly speaks to us about last weeks protests at the Adani site and the debate surrounding lack of freedom of press in Australia. Music:Soley - I'll Drown SkyHooks - Horror Movie Jose Gonzalez - Cylcing Trivialities Bibio - Down to the sound

Today on the show with Dean, Eiddwen, Judith and William [Times in brackets] We at 3CR are proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung as the owners of the lands on which we meet, live, and work. We pay respect to their elders past, present, and emerging; we recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and that a treaty has never been signed || [17:12] From the 8th of December, the Maritime Union of Australia is hosting an exhibition celebrating the work of Wiradjuri working class activist Ray Jackson. Debbie Brennan from Radical Women comes on the show to tell us more || [31:34] Professor Joy Damousi of UNSW talks to us about the Federal Government's history of vetoing research grants to projects deemed not in the "national interest" || [47:55] Former 3CR Spoken Word broadcaster Koraly Dimitriadis' newest book of narrative poetry will be on shelves on the 1st of December. Just Give Me The Pills tracks the trauma of a divorce in the context of a legal system that favours the wealthy and a community that just wants Koraly to be a Good Greek Girl || [58:50] Her Place board chair Mary Stuart comes on the show to tell us all about the new location for The Women's Museum and the importance of having a place to celebrate the advancements and achievements made by women || [1:09:22] They've been banging on about it for a while, but Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and PM Scott Morrison have concrete plans now to make Australia's citizenship-stripping laws the most broad-ranging in the world. Dr Sangeetha Pillai talks to us about they're planning to do and what this all means || [1:19:45] There are trillions of pieces of plastic in our oceans and recently a Sperm Whale beached on the shores of Indonesia with 6kg of plastic in its gut. Annette from Boomerang Alliance comes on the show to give us the lowdown on how bad things are and what needs to be done to stop it getting worse

Beach Patrol and Boomerang Alliance chat about their event Spring Clean the City on 15 September, container deposit legislation and upcoming Tangaroa Blue Foundation's source reduction plan workshops in September.

Jeff Angel, Executive Director of The Total Environment Centre and Boomerang Alliance, talks with Monday Drive’s Ruth Hessey about the National Energy Guarantee and the related goings-on in Canberra.

This week Dirt Radio addresses the topic of waste and in particular plastics! June 5th was the focus of the World Environment Day campaign to beat plastic pollution world wide. Plastic pollution is emerging as an environmental problem only second to climate change. This show leads into the month of Plastic Free July.Annett Finger from the Boomerang Alliance spoke about the campaign for a container deposit legislation and Berish Bilander from Green Music Australia talked about how music festivals are beating single use plastics, and which ones are leading by example including artist advocates.

After attending Boomerang Alliance's Beyond Plastic Pollution Conference in Sydney this week, Heather recaps some of the interesting facts, figures and presentations from industry professionals, community groups, industry figures and non-for-profits whos passion and enthusiasm give us hope for a plastic free future...