<![CDATA[Eco Radio]]> Eco Radio explores some of the strategies at the forefront of the move toward sustainability and keeps you updated on what's going on in your community and how you can be involved. You can find Eco Radio on all of your podcast apps.

If you would like to get in contact with us you can email team@ecoradio.net

]]> en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:07:51 +1000 https://4zzz.org.au/programs/eco-radio/ <![CDATA[Eco Radio]]> https://amrap-pages-image.s3.amazonaws.com/profile/124.jpg?cacbeb=32534230 4ZZZ info@4zzz.org.au Eco Radio explores some of the strategies at the forefront of the move toward sustainability and keeps you updated on what's going on in your community and how you can be involved. You can find Eco Radio on all of your podcast apps.

If you would like to get in contact with us you can email team@ecoradio.net

]]> https://4zzz.org.au/programs/eco-radio/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-04-22-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Luke Cornish - People For Nature]]> Today on the program we interview artist, Luke Cornish, about his prize winning entry into the Gallipoli art prize, which depicts the destruction of a commonwealth cemetery in Gaza where the graves of Australian soldiers were destroyed by the IDF.

https://www.gallipoliartprize.org.au/project/luke-cornish-no-rest-the-vandalism-of-deir-al-balah/

We also talk to Audrey Barucchi, Co-Founder & CEO of People For Nature, about an upcoming event at the food connect shed called Seeds of Hope - Community Get Together happening this Sunday 26th April 2026 - 2:00 pm  5:00 pm

https://events.humanitix.com/community-get-together-brisbane-april-2026

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday 24th

15:00 - 18:00 - Growing Forward - Kurilpa Commons Working Bee & Potluck

Saturday 25th

09:00 - Gertrude Petty Place Bushcare Working Bee - 26 Mount Gravatt Outlook Dr

14:00 - Barrambin The Peoples Park - Ibisa Organising Collective - 36 Gilchrist Ave, Herston

14:00 - 17:00 - Come When You Can Bushcare Working Bee - Quandong St, Ashgrove

Sunday 26th

08:00 - 10:00 - Yoorala Street Community Garden Working Bee - 98 Yoorala Street, The Gap

08:00 - 13:00 - Ocean Crusaders Logan River Mouth Clean Up - 80 Ferry Road, Carbrook

08:30 - 11:00 - Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park Bushcare - Burleigh Knoll Conservation Park

09:00 - 12:00 - DCP Greenslopes Bushcare Working Bee - Nicholson Street, Greenslopes

14:00 - 17:00 - Seeds Of Hope - Community Get Together - Foodconnect Shed, Salisbury

  • Songs played
  • Grian Chatten - Fairlies
  • Rhyece O'Neill - Road to Damascus (Journey To Bunya) feat. Karl S. Williams
  • The Haystack Mountain Hermits - The Horses Stay Behind (One Last Ride)
  • June Low and the Highs - Are You a Master?
  • Elke Louie - Sandman
]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-04-22 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-04-15-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Free Kanaky]]> Today on the program we gave a history of New Caledonia/Kanaky and why a free Kanaky movement has remained strong and grown within the Kanak people over the past 50 years. 

  • Songs played
  • Stjep - Tony Soprano Theme
  • Bang Lasso - Smouldering Coal
  • Ancient Channels - Black Metals
  • Dreams of Moss - Early Years
  • Happy You're Here - Sycco
  • Phoenix - Lisztomania
  • Steely Dan - Do It Again
  • Hot Glue - Spiders
]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-04-15 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-04-08-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Edible Weeds - Fungi4Land]]> Today on the show I am going to play some old interviews I have done over the years, to begin with I will play you my first in the field report in which I took a beginners edible weeds class with David Diggles. David is an edible weed forager and runs tours in Brisbane. I joined one of his tours and found some interesting facts about the plants that pop up in sidewalk cracks.

In the second half of the show I will play an interview with fungal ecologist Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher. Dr McMullan-Fisher is a mycologist that is in the process of researching and writing a book exposing the elusive world of native mycelium and specifically the reciprocal nature that fungi has with the native plants in our bushland.

Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher and Roz Hart are in the finishing process of putting their book out for the public, but they still need your help. Head to https://fungi4land.com/help-us/ to find out more.

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday 11th

08:00 - Growing Forward Working Bee - Dutton Park Commons

08:30 - Highgate Hill Community Orchard Working Bee - 94 Hampstead Rd, Highgate Hill

15:00 - Stop The Olympic Land Grab (Save Barrambin) - 36 Gilchrist Ave, Herston

Sunday 12th

07:30 - 09:30 - Brandon Road Bushcare Group Working Bee - Winston Street, Runcorn

08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Nerang National Park Working Bee - 75 Lawnhill Dr, Nerang

08:30 - Berrinba Wetland Reserve Bushcare Group Working Bee - Wayne Goss Dr, Browns Plains

08:30 - 10:30 - Kholo Creek Catchment Group Working Bee - Platypus Park, Banksia Drive, Mt Crosby

Monday 13th

18:30 - 19:30 - BrisScience: The house of a thousand species - The Edge, State Library of Queensland

 

  • Songs played
  • Jesse Welles - Bugs
  • Shifting Sands - Trees
  • Grace Alexandra - Kiss
  • Mama Kin Spender - Underground
  • Ancient Channels - Black Metals
]]> Wed, 8 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-04-08 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-04-01-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[End Fossil Fuel Sponsorship]]> Today on the show we are talking to members of “End Fossil Fuel Sponsorship”, a group that recently held a choir performance at the front of Queensland Museum. We are talking to two members of the group, Dianne Tucker and Lee Coaldrake, about how fossil fuel companies are influencing educational material at our museum.

https://www.queenslandconservation.org.au/qld_museum_end_fossil_fuel_sponsorships

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday 2nd

14:00 - 16:00 - Seagrass monitoring at Currumbin Creek - 2 Thrower Drive, Currumbin

Saturday 4th

07:00 - 09:00 - Crosby Road Bushcare Working Bee -  150 Crosby Rd, Ascot

08:00 - 13:00 - Ocean Crusaders Bremer River Clean Up by City of Ipswich - Boat Ramp Cribb Park, North Ipswich

08:30 - 09:30 - Bowie's Flat Bushcare Working Bee - N4C - Bowie’s Flat Wetland, Coorporoo

Sunday 5th

06:00 - Taringa Community Gardening Bee - 9 Heroes Avenue, Toowong

07:00 - 09:00 - Anstead Bushland Reserve Working Bee - Hawkesbury Rd, Anstead

15:00 - Tarragindi Reserve Bushcare Working Bee - Laura St, Tarragindi

Tuesday 7th

10:00 - 14:00 - School Holiday Autumn Butterfly Activity Hub - Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens

  • Songs played
  • Burning Spear - Jordan River
  • Camping - New Language
  • Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
  • Super Hotel - Driving at Dusk
  • Joe Geia - North, South, East and West
  • Green Bans Forever Magandjin - Green Ban'd Magandjin
]]> Wed, 1 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-04-01 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-03-25-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Dr Claire Gronow LtG - Gurridyula]]> Today on the show we are talking to Dr Claire Gronow, the central Queensland coordinator for the Lock the Gate Alliance, about the approved expansion of Hail Creek coal mine

https://www.lockthegate.org.au/

Wangan and Jagalingou man Gurridyula, about the ongoing fight to protect Doongmabulla springs and the Brisbane premiere of a film that covers this battle.

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday 26th 

07:30 - Save Ormiston College Koalas - Delancey Street, Ormiston

Friday 27th

19:00 - 20:30 - Springbrook Weedbusters Spotlighting - Tallanbana Picnic Ground, Springbrook

Saturday 28th

08:00 - 10:00 - Wattle Creek Community Planting - 20 Georgia Place, The Gap

09:00 - 11:00 - Butterfly Count at Pooh Corner - 100 Wolston Rd, Wacol

12:00 - 15:00 - Wildlife Queensland Plan Our Local BioBlitz- The Environmental Hut, Chapel Hill

Sunday 29th

07:00 - 09:00 - Cicada Park Bushcare Working Bee - 69 Ironbark Rd, Chapel Hill

08:30 - 10:30 - Butterfly Bushcare at the Hilltop - Sir Samuel Griffith Drive Mt Cootha, Honeyeater/ Reservoir Trail

08:30 - 10:30 - linking Springbrook and Lamington National Parks Tree Planting - 1827 Nerang Murwillumbah Rd, Numinbah Valley

15:30 - 17:30 - Desoto Place Bushcare Group working bee - 9 Desoto Pl, Forest Lake

Tuesday 31st

15:00 - 17:00 - UQ Lakes Bioblitz - UQ Lakes, St Lucia

  • Songs played
  • Lee Scratch Perry - Patience Dub (River Jordan)
  • Bart Willoughby - Peace
  • Gurridyula - Under the Stars
  • Ursula - Save Victoria Park Barrambin
]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-03-25 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-03-18-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Banned Words - Quolls - Koalas - Forests]]> Today on the show we are going to talk about the new hate speech laws, specifically against anti-war protests, hopefully without getting arrested. We have an interview with Subhi Awad from Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine Action Group and Bonnie, Bonnie was arrested and let go last week for wearing a shirt with a recently banned slogan on it.

Our newest Ecoradio contributor, E,  has brought us an interview with Paul Revie, the founder of the Quoll Society of Australia. - https://www.quollsociety.org/

Callen Sorensen Karklis from Workers Power here on 4ZZZ also went to a protest in Redland Bay to protect Koalas from planned development at Ormiston College. Callen has brought us a short interview with protestors at that rally.

And, we will have a quick chat with Louie from the bob brown foundation about the March in March happening this Sunday. - https://marchforforests.org/

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday 19th

07:30 - Save Ormiston College Koalas - Sturgeon Street, Ormiston

Saturday 21st

9:00 - Woodward Place Park Tree Planting - Pullen Pullen Catchments Group -29 Summerland Pl, Pullenvale

14:00 - Arnwood Place Bushcare Working Bee - Arnwood Pl, Annerley

16:00 - No Olympics On Stolen Land - Keep Ibis Island Wild - Victoria Park

Sunday 22nd

08:00 - Royal Parade Bushcare Speed Weeding Session - Royal Parade, Ashgrove

08:00 - Rikki Bailey Park Bushcare Working Bee - 55 Avalon St, Oxley

10:00 - Bob Brown Foundation - March in March - 147 Alice St, Brisbane City

14:30 - 16:30 - Come & Try Bushcare! - Garden of Eden Project - Cribb Park, North Ipswich

 

  • Songs played
  • Joe Geia - Freedom West Papua
  • Still Full From Lunch - Termites
  • Reno ltd. - Don't Vote For Politicians It Will Only Encourage Them
  • Miranda vs Arizona - Stuck
  • Toxic Bears - Tame Times
]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-03-18 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-03-11-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Prof. Rod Fensham / Fellowship Of The Spring]]> Today on the show we are hanging out with Professor Rod Fensham, in 2020 Professor Fensham formed the Fellowship of the Spring, an international consortium of people concerned with understanding dryland springs and securing their preservation.

In the lead up to the Wangan and Jagalingou film Nagana Yarrbayn: The Water Protectors coming to Brisbane on the 31st of March we are going to talk about springs and why they are so important.

https://events.humanitix.com/water-protectors-brisbane

Save Woogaroo Forest is in need of 200 more submissions for an EPBC referral, to save Woogaroo forest from development. Developers are planning to remove 136 hectares of native vegetation in Ipswich which is core Koala habitat, go to https://savewoogarooforest.com.au/springview and make a submission.

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday 14th

8:00 - 10:00 - Rome Street Bushcare - 32 Rome Street, Coorparoo 

10:00 - 12:00 - Glossy Guardian Workshop - Albany Creek Community Centre, Albany Creek

18:15 - 20:15 - Toad Busting - Eagleby Wetlands, Eagleby

Sunday 15th

7:30 - 10:00 - Harman’s Reserve Working Bee - Harman’s Park, Manly 

8:00 - 10:00 - March Working Bee - Riverdale Park, Meadowbrook

8:00 - 10:00 - Come & Try Bushcare Opossum Creek Regenerative Project - Opossum Creek, Brookwater

14:00 - 16:00 - Bushcare and Beer - Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea

Tuesday 17th

8:30 - 10:00 - Dunn Road Bushcare - 159 Dunn Road, Rocklea

  • Songs played
  • Michael Hurley - Are You Here For The Festival
  • Miles Nautu - The Front
  • Cinnamon Death - Requiem
  • Rivermouth x The Holy Rollercoasters - I don't Need A Reason (Revolutionary Remix)
]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-03-11 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-03-04-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Jon Watson - Joseph Ka'au]]> Today on the show we are hanging out with Jon Watson, Jon is attempting to live within our share of the planetary boundaries here in suburban Brisbane.

livingmorewithless.org

Later in the show we will bring you an Interview with Joseph Ka’au, a customary chief of the Kaimari tribe and traditional landowner from Baimuru in the Purari Delta. Joseph is leading a campaign to protect his people's land from destruction by a LNG project there in Papua New Guinea.

 https://chuffed.org/project/170447-purari-delta-communities-legal-assistance

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday 6th

18:30 - 20:30 - Cane Toad Bust at Whites Hill Reserve - Whites Hill Children’s Playground, Camp Hill 

20:00 - 22:00 - Intro to Screen Printing Workshop, Brisbane Tool Library - 221D MacArthur Ave, Hamilton

Saturday 7th

8:00 - March Community Planting - Clarina Street Park, Chapel Hill

13:30 - 15:00 - Brisbane Community Seed Swap - Northgate Hall, Northgate

19:15 - 21:15 - GoldCoast Toad Track Community Toad Bust - Eddie Kornhauser Recreational Reserve, Elanora

Sunday 8th

8:00 - 10:00 - Come and Try Bushcare - Lorikeet Street Reserve, Bundamba 

15:00 - 17:00 - Balis St Bushcare and Beers - Balis Street Park, Holland Park West

15:30 - 17:30 - Yeronga Bushcare March Working Bee - Anita Street Park, Yeronga 

  • Songs played
  • Roddy Nikpour - Baraye
  • Cuckoo Coco x Bluefin - Eyes
  • WHALEHOUSE - Plant Power
  • Smallfrog - Where There's Smoke
]]> Wed, 4 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-03-04 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-02-25-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Andrew Franks - Moss]]> Today on the show we are hanging out with Bryologist, Andrew Franks. I first met Andrew when he was working at the Queensland herbarium and he took me for a walk around a forest to look at moss. I had such a good time learning about moss in 2022 and I would like to play that 3 part moss interview today.

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday 28th

8:00 - 9:30 - Our Beaches and Waterways Community Dune Planting - Mills Street, Bilinga

9:00 - 11:30 - Wongam Koala Catchment Care Day - Corner of Blue Hills Drive & Birdsong Place, Bunya 

9:00 - 12:00 - Bulimba Creek Clean Up - Preston Road Park, Carindale 

14:00 - 17:00 - February Working Bee - 114 Nicholson Street, Greenslopes 

16:00 - Victoria Park Has a Blak History - Ibis Island, Herston

Sunday 1st

8:00 - 10:00 - Gold Coast Community Beach Cleans for Conservation - Justins Park, Burleigh Heads 

8:00 - 10:00 - Clean Up Tinchi Tamba Wetlands - 321 Wyampa Road, Bald Hills 

Tuesday 3rd

17:30 - 20:30 - Biodiversity Collage Brisbane - 2/315 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

  • Songs played
  • Zenekar - Native Gardenia
  • Ian Moss - Use Me
  • Mood Board - Footsteps
  • Coastal Drift - Fever
  • Super Hotel - Driving at Dusk
]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-02-25 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-02-18-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Mia Bloom - Matt Cecil]]> Today on the show I will be playing an interview Dave did with Mia Bloom who blocked the entrance of Ferra engineering on Monday in an effort to slow the production of F-35 jet parts that get used in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

Ecoradio contributor, Kirstyn Lindsay, has brought us a report about the ongoing efforts to recover the richmond birdwing butterfly, Kirstyn sat down with the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Projects Manager, Matt Cecil. 

https://wildlife.org.au/our-work/conservation-programs/rbcn/

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday 21st

7:00 - 9:00 - Kalinga Park Bushcare Group Working Bee - Kalinga Park, Nundah 

7:00 - 10:00 - Come when you can Bushcare Working Bee - Quandong Park, Ashgrove 

8:00 - 10:00 - Working Bee - Ian Page Park, Carina 

9:00 - 11:30 - Four Mile Creek Catchment Care Day - Lawnton Reserve, Strathpine 

15:00 - Arnwood Place Bushcare - Arnwood Place, Annerley 

Sunday 22nd

7:00 - 9:00 - Cicada Park Bushcare - 69 Ironbark Road, Chapel Hill

8:00 - 10:00 - Bushcare Working Bee - 31 Nathan Avenue, Ashgrove 

8:00 - 10:00 - February Bushcare in the Park - Rikki Bailey Park, Oxley

 
  • Songs played
  • Pixies - Where is My Mind?
  • Phil Monsour, Ethan Enoch, Sophie Nishizawa, Matt Hsu - Which Side Are You On?
  • God's Hate - Be Harder
  • Selve - Butterfly
  • Super Hotel - Driving at Dusk
  • Wednesday - Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)
  • Cat Power - Nothing Compares 2 U
]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-02-18 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-02-11-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[SOGHM - My Dilly Bag]]> Today on the show we are talking to Burnice Starkey, she is a resident of the Glass House Mountains and  is campaigning to Save Our Glass House Mountains from the expansion of a quarry. Later in the show we will be talking to Aunty Dale Chapman about bushfood workshops that she will be running this Saturday at the Gathaa First Nations Markets on the Sunny Coast.

https://www.soghm.org.au/

https://gathaamarkets.com.au/collections/gathaa-workshops/products/gathaa-bushfood-lovers-market-14-february

https://mydillybag.com.au/

Bushcare Roundup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday 14th

07:30 - 09:30 - Rome Street Bushcare Working Bee - 32 Rome St, Coorparoo

08:00 - Growing Forward Dutton Park Commons Working Bee - 381 Gladstone Rd, Dutton Park

08:00 - 10:00 - Glindemann Park Working Bee - Logan Rd, Holland Park West

10:00 - 15:00 Gathaa First Nations Market and Bushfood Workshops - Mooloolah River Landcare Native Nursery, Sunshine Coast

Sunday 15th

07:00 - 09:00 - Whites Hill Reserve Bushcare Working Bee - Jones Rd entrance, Carina Heights

07:30 - 10:00 - Harman’s Reserve Bushcare Working Bee - 34 Wood Street, Manly

08:00 - 10:00 - Slacks Creek Catchment Group Bushcare Working Bee - Riverdale Park, Meadowbrook

15:00 - Justice for Palestine Magan-djin - Don’t Stop Fighting For Palestine Rally - King George Sq, Brisbane City

  • Songs played
  • Gurridyula - Don't Trust The Police
  • King Stingray - Through The Trees
  • Pink Jelly - I Don't Like Hiking
  • Charlottle Meade - Tend the Gardener
  • Loose Shoelace - Fathers
  • Lydia Fairhall - Winter Came
  • Radium Dolls - Favourite
]]> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-02-11 12:00:00/