Podcasts about darebin city council

We are joined by Sheena Chhabra, campaigner for the Plant Based Treaty—a groundbreaking global initiative tackling the climate and ecological crises by putting food systems at the heart of the solution.The Plant Based Treaty is calling for a shift toward a just, plant-based food system that respects planetary boundaries, protects biodiversity, reforests the Earth, and creates a more resilient and equitable future. Recently, Sheena and the Plant Based Treaty team celebrated a major milestone: helping Darebin City Council become the first local government in Australia to endorse the Treaty, joining the ranks of progressive cities like Los Angeles and Amsterdam.With a vision to see a global Plant Based Treaty adopted alongside the Paris Agreement, the organisation is driving policy change, strengthening networks, and supporting communities to transition to healthier, climate-friendly food systems.In this episode, we discuss:Sheena's journey into plant-based advocacy and environmental campaigningHow the Plant Based Treaty came to be and what it aims to achieveThe critical connection between food systems, climate change, and biodiversity lossWhy reducing reliance on animal agriculture is key to cutting methane emissionsHow and why Australia is one of the world's worst hotspots for land clearing and species extinctionThe vulnerabilities in our current food systems and how to build resilience with a plant-based shiftThe links between animal agriculture, antibiotic resistance, and zoonotic disease risksAn introduction to The Safe and Trust report: The Plant Based Treaty's Vegan Donut Economics Approach to the Food SystemThe Treaty's five core programs and what they're doing to drive real changeHow individuals and institutions can support the movementWhat's ahead for the Plant Based Treaty in 2025 and beyondTo view all the links to the websites and documents, visit the show notes on our website.Please support our work and enable us to deliver more content by buying us a coffee or becoming a member of Athletes for Nature.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Bluesky, subscribe to this podcast, and share this episode with your friends and family.

On this iteration of the Monday Breakfast show you'll hear: Rob spoke with NTEU's Victorian Secretary Sarah Roberts about the Victoria University National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members who have been stood down in response to Victoria University NTEU members striking for a new EBA with fair pay and conditions.  Megan Krakouer and Gerry Georgatos from the National Suicide Prevention and Trauma Recovery Project speaking with Marisa from Doin Time about the two deaths of young people in custody in so-called WA. Please note that this interview may contain references to self harm as well as may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody. Catch the Doin Time show from 4 - 5pm on Mondays, or alternatively listen to previous episodes here.Updates surrounding Disrupt Land Forces which begun on Sunday night. Rob and Eric spoke of the statement released by Melbourne Activist Legal Support surrounding VicPol's special powers given within the area surrounding the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Read the details here. They also spoke of the 100 police officers and multiple police helicopters deployed to escort a tank into the Convention Centre over the weekend. 1,800 police officers (one tenth of the state's entire police force) who will be on the ground to protect the arms dealers. We then hear two speakers from the SWANA region who spoke out this Saturday outside Federal MP for the ALP Peter Khalil's office on Sydney Rd in Coburg, organised by @merribek4palestine. First we hear from Mohammad Helmy, Greens candidate for Darebin City Council in upcoming local elections. He is also a staunch ally for the Palestinian Struggle. Then we hear Nathalie Farah, representative for Disrupt Land Forces, with some weekend updates and a call to action for the campaign.We Vote For Palestine is a project to make it easier for voters to identify Pro-Palestine candidates. They have created a ‘Vote for Palestine Pledge'. The Pledge is a commitment to take solidarity actions if elected. All council candidates in the NSW September 2024 and Victoria October 2024 elections will be invited to sign the pledge. With community support over the coming weeks, We Vote For Palestine will create a scorecard for each council ward in NSW and Victoria. Listen to 3CR's dedicated coverage of Disrupt Land Forces here. Songs played: Bow Down - BARKAAWar Pigs - Black Sabbath Persecutor - The Wretched of the Earth / Military Issue (Live) from the album 'A HOMELAND DENIED: A compilation for the Palestinian Liberation' compiled by the Hardcore 4 Gaza Initiative. All profits from this project are donated to MECA for Peace to send humanitarian aid to Palestinian youth in Gaza.'Witness' composed by Connor D'Netto and performed by Jayson Gillham, a pianist whose performance here in Naarm was recently cancelled after an on-stage dedication to Palestinian journalists who have died. All proceeds from the release will be donated to Palestine Australia Relief and Action. There is a limited edition risograph print of the song's art for sale involved in that effort too.

Adrian Whitehead (pictured) has spent most of life doing what he could to make people aware of environmental issues. Those early concerns have morphed into taking direct action on global warming and saw him play a significant role in the establishment of "Beyond Zero Emissions". Adrian was one of a small group that worked to see Melbourn's "Darebin City Council" become the first government in the world to declare a climate emergency. His efforts to take his concerns to a wider audience saw him set up "Council and Community Action in the ​Climate Emergency (CACE)".

This week the TGU panel discusses new governance and integrity measures for local government in Victoria; the appointment of municipal monitors to Darebin City Council; plans to remove council planning powers if they don't meet housing targets; and much more of the week's local government news.TGU from VLGA Connect is sponsored by Hunt & Hunt Lawyers.Support the Show.To learn more about the events, programs, and training offered by the Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA), please click here. If you'd like to contact us about the podcast, please send us an email to vlga@vlga.org.au or call us on 03 9349 7999

This final session of the February 24 Climate Cooling Mini Summit was chaired by Sally Macadam (pictured), the co-ordinator of "Climate Emergency Australia". Sally led the workshop through discussions, including Adrian Whitehead from "Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency"; Cr. Trent McCarthy from Darebin City Council, Trent set the wheels in motion several years ago to see Darebin become the first council in the world to declare a climate emergency; Dale Martin talked about the Local Government Climate Emergency Toolkit: and we heard about the "Climate Alliance". The Climate Cooling Mini Summit was a part of the "National Sustainability Living Festival". Recordings from all events will be included on The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough) website. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

Next up in the VLGA Connect Local Leaders, meet the Mayor of the City of Darebin, Cr Julie Williams.Cr Williams has been on council since 2012, and is in her first term as mayor of the city.In an open and times raw conversation, Julie talks about what drove her to become a councillor more than 10 years ago, and the legacy that she is working towards in her mayoral term.Support the showTo learn more about the events, programs, and training offered by the Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA), please click here. If you'd like to contact us about the podcast, please send us an email to vlga@vlga.org.au or call us on 03 9349 7999

In this episode, we speak to author and essayist Ellena Savage. We discuss hierarchies of power within the arts and the precarity of writing for a living, as well as what it means to work both within and in opposition to literary and academic institutions. We address ideas of consumption and capitalism, as well as the dream of a classless society which makes space for beauty and pleasure. We explore the experimental essay form as a means of capturing the fractured nature of memory and time, and the subversion of catalogues and archives as a feminist tool. We discuss what it means to write 'memoir' or 'anti-memoir' and the intersection of these ideas with gender and social class. We also chat about complex notions of home and belonging, amidst gentification and colonial histories. Ellena Savage's debut essay collection, Blueberries, was published by Text Publishing and Scribe UK in 2020. It was shortlisted for the 2021 VPLA and long-listed for the Stella Prize. She has written essays, stories and poems for Sydney Review of Books, Paris Review Daily, Literary Hub, Meanjin, Overland, Cordite, Mirror Lamp Press, Kill Your Darlings,The Big Issue Fiction Edition and The Lifted Brow (where she was an editor). She has also written for periodicals such asThe Age, Guardian Weekend and Eureka Street, where she wrote a monthly cultural politics column between 2011-2016, and in the anthologies Open Secrets (2021), The Cambridge History of the American Essay (forthcoming), Choice Words (2019), The Best of the Lifted Brow: Volume Two (2017), Poetic Justice (2014), and The Emerging Writer (2013). She has written for gallery and performance contexts via Darebin City Council, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, and ArtsHouse. She also published a chapbook, Yellow City with The Atlas Review in 2019. References Blueberries by Ellena Savage Little Throbs (newsletter) by Ellena Savage Memnoir by Joan Retellack (Chain #7: Memoir/Anti-Memoir edited by Jena Osman and Juliana Spahr) Bhanu Kapil Crabcakes: A Memoir by James Alan McPherson Poetry is not a Luxury by Audre Lorde As always, visit Storysmith for 10% discount on Ellena's work.

VLGA Connect, Episode 310 - Governance UpdateUp for discussion this week, the outcome of an internal arbitration process at Darebin City Council; drawing a line between robust political debate and misconduct;  a monitor's term comes to an end; why we won't use "grandfathering" any more; mayoral election results and much more.Links:Racial history of the grandfather clausehttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/21/239081586/the-racial-history-of-the-grandfather-clauseChallenge to Adelaide Lord Mayor election resulthttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-16/adelaide-lord-mayoral-candidate-to-appeal-election-result/101662550Sudden death of Balranald Shire General Managerhttps://balranald.nsw.gov.au/community-announceme/jeff-sowiak-general-manager/

CLIMATE  ACTION  SHOW  OCTOBER 31ST 2022Produced by Vivien Langford ROSS GARNAUT -  SUPERPOWER  TRANSFORMATIONKAY WENNAGEL  - ELECTRIC VEHICLE BULK BUY Guests ROSS GARNAUT -  Professor Emeritus in  Economics at Melbourne University. His new book isThe Superpower Transformation  - Making Australia's Zero Carbon Future.https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/superpower-transformationRoss sees two disruptive events this year. The election of the ALP in Australia and the disruption of oil and gas exports to Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine. He says "Europe hesitated then COMMITTED decisively to the new economy" Will Australia make the same committment?We talked about :Regional transformations, such as making agricultural UREA with green hydrogen instead of importing 92% from countries where it is produced using coal  or gas as feedstock. Industrial Transformations, such  as helping China lower its costs of decarbonisation by producing GREEN STEEL here with local iron ore. Methane Transformations by stopping subsidies to new coal and gas projects and mandating the strict prevention of FUGITIVE METHANE EMISSIONS from leaky pipes and mines. A more thorny problem for us, if we want to manufacture zero carbon goods with our superpower resources of wind and solar energy,  is how to extract the TRANSITION MINERALS  here and abroad without riding rough shod over precious ecosystems and sacred places? Ross argues that they are essential for  zero carbon modern medicine and modern life but as a quarry nation we have a huge responsibiliy NOT to continue extracting here and overseas in a damaging way. We did not discuss the alternatives of a post extractivist, steady state economics but we welcome any contributions next year to discuss this VITAL matter. Ross talks about the recent savaging of training for geophysics and mettalurgy specialists. Australia  once had a proud reputation in this field but more money now  goes to moon research  than to manage the use of the transition minerals so much in demand! He says the jobs summit made some headway but a lot more needs to be done to protect the environment and  insists that engaging  indigenous people at the forefront of these transformations is essential.https://www.neweconomy.org.au/nena-hubs/sector/post-extractivism/https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/Jobs-and-Skills-Summit-Outcomes-Document.pdf     KAY WENNAGEL - interviewed by Michael Staindl. Save the date: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6th at Bundoora Secondary School 10am an initiative of Darebin Climate Action NetworkAre you keen to find out more about electric cars AND find one that you can afford? DCAN, in partnership with the Good Car Company, is very excited to invite you to register for our free upcoming program of information on the benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) and how you can find one that is more affordable.The Good Car Company is a social enterprise dedicated to decarbonising transport and has been working with community groups and local councils across Australia to accelerate the take-up of affordable electric cars through community bulk buys.Register now to join us for a free, no-obligation program of information, online Q&A, and the Show & Shine event on Sunday 6 November at Bundoora Secondary College. The Show & Shine event will feature the cars on offer, information sessions, test rides, a coffee cart, sausage sizzle, and live music!You will be able to buy an EV at a much more affordable price through the program - but there is absolutely no obligation to buy. If you don't end up buying you will still be armed with the information you need to make a decision in the future. Please contact us if you have any questions. Proudly supported by Darebin City Council's Community Grants program. MUSIC - The coal owner and the Pittman's wife sung by Robert Farmer This ballad is believed to date from the Durham strike of 1844 and to have been written by William Hornsby, a collier of Shotton Moor, Durham. The ballad was discovered among a collection of papers relating to the strike by a studious Lancashire miner, J.S. Bell. The tune was supplied by J. Dennison, of Walker and, together with the text, can be found in A.L. Lloyd's Come All Ye Bold Miners.A challenge to listeners to send us the ballads of Green Extractivism - the songs of the species. Contact us at Radio 3CR - (03 ) 94198377   

Phillip Sutton (pictured) was one of Australia's busiest climate activists, but sadly he died in mid-June, robbing Australia, and the World, of one of its clearest and most far-reaching thinkers, when it came to understanding how we, that's the world community, could navigate a problem that going to test our resilience, tenacity, endurance, resourcefulness and within all those things, our ability to collaborate. Phillip played a key role in seeing the worldwide take-up of the climate emergency idea, working closely with Adrian Whitehead to see Melbourne's Darebin City Council become the first jurisdiction in the world to declare a climate emergency. Adrian now administers an organization known as CACE - Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency. The Victorian Climate Action Network has its usual monthly meeting on Saturday, June 18, and Phillip was to share with the group his knowledge and understanding of geoengineering and along with that how we should care for others. However, friend and co-author of "Climate Code Red", David Spratt stepped in with an interview he had recorded earlier with Professor John Moore from the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

There was movement at Darebin City Council last week regarding the ongoing use of Northcote golf course and Northcote Community and Golf Hub spokesman Bill Jennings returns to fill in the details of what unfolded. Links mentioned on this episode: Sign the Petition at Save Northcote Golf Course https://savenorthcotegolfcourse.org The Northcote Hub https://www.northcotehub.com Northcote Public Golf Course Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/place/Northcote+Public+Golf+Course./@-37.7616148,144.9833485,1826m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad6449f9acdf803:0xf04567605305750!8m2!3d-37.7591536!4d144.9843159 Northcote Public Golf Course http://www.northcotegolf.com.au Campaign organised by Emma Ballard and Medi8 https://twitter.com/EmmaOffTwitr/status/1526475196395311105?s=20 ABC reporting on the council's decision https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-24/northcote-golf-course-plan/101093358

Crumb Punts with Ricky Punting.  Even More Mysteries of the Darebin City Council.  Simon Kennedy joins us.  Leftovers: Dark doppelganger days   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mysteries of Darebin City Council.  Mind Blown: Lips & Nips.  Lauren Bonner & Concetta Caristo join us! Talking Ducks.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beyond Zero speaks to Susan Rennie, Mayor of Darebin City Council and Tiffany Harrison, Executive Officer of Climate Emergency Darebin. Darebin City Council in Melbourne has the distinction of being the first local government in Australia to declare a Climate Emergency.   

Today on the show with Dean, Judith and William [Segment 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 recognize that sovereignty has never been ceded and that a treaty has never been signed ||  [7:01] Greg Denham from Yarra Drug and Health Forum comes in to the studio and looks back at the year that was in drug policy. The first public fourm of next year will take place on the 4th of February, 12:30pm at Richmond Town Hall ||  [28:40] Darebin City Council has announced a policy of supporting clubs to end their financial reliance on electronic gaming machines, also called "pokies". Darebin Mayor Susan Rennie calls in to tell us more and you can find the policy on the Darebin City Council website ||  [41:14] Shirley Winton of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network comes on the show to help us look back at a year of peace activism. What does Australia need to change toward developing an independent foreign policy? What are IPAN's plans for next year? || [52:30] The Great Australian Bight houses one of the most important whale nurseries in the world and it's being explored for oil. Peter Owen from the Australian Wilderness Society comes on the show to tell us about the risks and what needs to be done. The Australian Wilderness Society will take part in a rally outside the Labor National Conference in Adelaide on the 16th of December ||  [1:04:50] International law expert and Charles Darwin University senior lecturer John Garrick wrote in The Conversation about the recent lease of Darwin's port to a chinese company. He joins Wednesday breakfast to talk about how this came to be and how Darwin might feature in China's Belt and Road Initiative

On this weeks program: Stop the Tacks Protest Ride on Yarra Boulevard; Steve interviews rider organiser George Mihailides, Aidan McGann (VicRoads), Senior Sergeant Mark Standish (Victoria Police) and several local riders on the day. Local news includes 3rd Gear: new Australian feminist bike zine, Darebin City Council & The Squeaky Wheel: Shared Paths Etiquette Sessions on the St Georges Road shared path, Smokin' Rollers Melbourne (Roller Racing International) this Wednesday at the Gasometer Hotel, City of Melbourne: Bicycle Forum, Cranksgiving Checkpoint Charity Ride and more. See more events and stuff at: yarrabug.org/events

Its a long weekend for some but not for Faith and Val as we kick off this episode of the Yarra BUG Radio Show with studio guest, Anna Haygreen, Sustainable Transport Officer at Darebin City Council. We share our bike moments before looking at some news including an interview with John Merritt, CEO of VicRoads about transport modes in general and Sydney Rd in particular, the City of Melbourne Draft Bicycle Plan and fundraising with the Great Southern Crossing.Anna takes us through Darebin's campaign based around the St George's Rd Shared Path which will be asking users of the path over the next month to contribute ideas about how pedestrians and cyclists can better share the path. These suggestions will be taken to the wider community for consultation to develop an etiquette about path sharing for Darebin.We finish up with a quick look at some local events, rides that will fill your Cup Day with bicycle joy. #ridebikesnotponies