<![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 Sat, 4 Jul 2026 05:41:07 +1000 https://4zzz.org.au/programs/eco-radio/ <![CDATA[Eco Radio]]> https://amrap-pages-image.s3.amazonaws.com/profile/124.jpg?cacbeb=14526775 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/2026-07-01-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Dark Sky Reserve - Humpbacks & Highrises]]> Today on the show we are talking to Dr Ken Wishaw about the Sunshine coast Hinterland Dark Sky Reserve and the impacts that has on us and the environment.

https://australasiandarkskyalliance.org/

Then later in the show I will be talking to Dr Olaf Meynecke about the gold coast whale festival, Humpbacks and highrises, and whales and climate change. 

https://www.hhr.org.au/

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

Friday 3rd

08:00 - 10:00 - Wetland Warriors - Archefield Wetlands, 455 Bowhill Rd, Durack

Saturday 4th

09:30 - 15:30 - Gold Coast Whale & Ocean Festival -  Justins Park, The Esplanade, Burleigh Heads

13:00 - 16:00 - Repair Cafe Beenleigh - Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre

15:00 - 17:30 - Yarrabilba Community Garden Working Bee - Shaw Street Oval, Yarrabilba

Sunday 5th 

08:00 - 10:00 - Planting day for Frogs – Sutling St Bushcare Group - Between Henry St and Noreen St, Chapel Hill

08:00 - Tennis Avenue Bushcare Working Bee - Tennis avenue, Ashgrove

08:30 - 11:00 - Anstead Bushland Reserve Working Bee - Hawkesbury Rd, Anstead

09:00 - 11:00 - Friends of Plunkett Conservation Park Bushcare Working Bee - Flesser Road, Cedar Creek

Monday 6th

18:30 - All Things Platypus, An Evening With Dr Tamielle Brunt -  47 Hepworth St,  Chapel Hill 

 

  • Songs played
  • Eleea - Berlin
  • Kurilpa Kiosk and Topology - Mothers Stew
  • Stjep - All My Friends Are Orchids
  • The Ra Ta Tas - Best Before
  • Cedarsmoke - Bored Alone
  • Big Noter - F.M.D
]]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-07-01 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-24-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Birdlife Australia w/ Hugh Possingham]]> On the show today we are talking to Professor Hugh Possingham, President of BirdLife Australia, about the threat of H5 bird flu to our native bird populations.

https://birdlife.org.au/

If you find sick or dead wildlife?

Follow these three steps. Do not approach the animal.

● AVOID contact with sick or dead wildlife and their environment. Do not touch, move or approach the bird, and do not allow pets to touch or eat sick or dead wildlife.

● RECORD what you see, the location the animal was found, and take photos or video (if possible) without approaching the bird.

● REPORT any unusual illness or death in wild birds and other wildlife immediately via the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.

 

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

Saturday 27th

09:00 - 12:00 - Caloundra Repair Café - Caloundra Community Centre, 58A Queen Street, Caloundra

09:00 - 12:00 - Naturally Gold Coast Festival - Broadbeach Cultural Centre, Mermaid Waters

14:00 - 22:00 - Winter Solstice Festival - 16 Victoria Street, Brisbane

15:00 - 16:00 - Corbie Park Bushcare Group Working Bee - Corbie Street Park, Ashgrove

Sunday 28th

07:30 - Beaudesert Crop Swap - Jubilee Park Beaudesert, Telemon Street, Beaudesert

08:00 - 10:00 - Rikki Bailey Park Bushcare Group Working Bee - 55 Avalon St, Oxley

09:00 – 11:00 - Ironside Bushcare Group Working Bee - Ironside Park, Guilfoyle St, St Lucia

Monday 29th

09:00 - 12:00 - Redlands City Council Koala Walk - Fellmonger Park, Ormiston

Wednesday 1st

08:00 - 13:00 - Ocean Crusaders Brisbane River Clean Up - Colmslie Boat Ramp, Morningside

  • Songs played
  • The Triffids - The Seabirds
  • Andy Kidd - Black Swan
  • Mela Luca - I whisper good morning to you
  • Thom Yorke - Black Swan
  • Ancient Channels - Hex Beat
  • Total Commander - Stolen Home
  • Clifford Brown - Desert Music
  • No Allegiance - Stand Proud
]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-06-24 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-17-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Northey Street City Farm]]> Today on the show we have a very special guest, Gavin, from Northey street city farm to tell us about the winter solstice festival, I also want to learn more about Northey Street City Farm and all the education programs.

https://www.nscf.org.au/

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

Wednesday 17th

18:00 - Rod Fensham - ACE Guide to Eucalypts Brisbane - Avid Reader, West End

Saturday 20th

07:00 - Birdwatching Walk - Arundel Wetlands - Coombabah Lake Conservation Park

08:00 - 10:00 - Stellar Carrington Habitat Group Bushcare Working Bee - Ian Page Park, 61 Cloverbrook Place, Carina

09:30 - 12:00 - Ediblescapes Biocultural Food Gathering - 74 Billabirra Crescent, Nerang

13:30 - Accessible Garden Ideas with Kate Wall - Logan North Library

Sunday 21st

08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Whites Hill Reserve Bushcare Working Bee - Whites Hill Reserve, Carrina Heights

08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Burleigh Head National Park - Jellurgal - Working Bee - Burleigh Heads National Park, Southern Entrance

09:00 - 11:00 - Springbrook Weedbusters Bushcare Working Bee - Carricks Rd, Springbrook

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

  • Songs played
  • Baby Cool - Island
  • Nate & Hila - Compost (feat. Dior Noel)
  • The Queensland Tiger - Cabbage Tree Hat
  • Djawarray - Wulman Wulman
]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-06-17 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-10-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[CARP w/ Lavinia Wood]]> Today on the show are talking to Community Alliance for Responsible Planning (CARP) Redlands spokesperson, Lavinia Wood, about the recently approved Birkdale Whitewater Centre.  We will talk about how this olympic venue has been given the green light and the threats it poses to the environment.

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

Thursday 11th

13:30 - 15:00 - Bioblitz Talk with Matt Cecil - Archerfield Wetlands, Durack

Friday 12th

15:00 - 18:00 - Growing Forward Kurilpa Commons Working Bee - 250 Boundary St, West End

Saturday 13th

09:00 - 12:30 - Repair Café Woolloongabba - 7 Burke Street, Woolloongabba

13:30 - S.O.S. Barrambin Gathering - Ibis Island, Barrambin/Victoria Park

 

Sunday 14th

07:00 - Birds Queensland Outing - Oxley Creek Common, Sherwood Road, Rocklea

08:30 - 10:30 - Kholo Creek Catchment Group Working Bee - Sheep Camp Rd, Mount Crosby

09:00 - Friends of Plunkett Conservation Park Bushcare Working Bee - Flesser Road, Cedar Creek

13:00 - Six Words For A Free Palestine Action Day - King George Square, CBD

  • Songs played
  • Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over The Rainbow
  • The Dead Maggies - Goodbye Gondwanaland
  • Paper Daisies - Heartbreakin' Cowboy
  • Bonetwister - Mortal Wombat
]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-06-10 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-03-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Emissions Reduction Fund - Save Barrambin]]> Today on the show Andy will be discussing Australia’s emissions reduction fund with ANU professor Don Butler. We also have interviews undertaken by Linda Rose on Sunday during the Barrambin action, they are speeches by Aunty Sandra King, Uncle Robert Williams, and Aunty Theresa Jackie Williams.

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

Friday 5th - World Environment Day

07:30 - 08:30 - Queensland Environment Day: South Bank Nature Discovery iNaturalist Event - The Arbour, Tribune Street, South Brisbane

Saturday 6th

08:00 - 10:00 - N4C Roseglen St Bushcare Working Bee - Roseglen St, Greenslopes

09:00 - 11:00 - THECA - Mother of Millions Weeding Working Bee - 47 Fleming Road, Chapel Hill

10:00 - The Beep to the Beep (river to the sea) Fun Run Event - Reddacliff Place, CBD

13:30 - 16:30 - Kholo Creek World Environment Day Celebration - Mount Crosby State School

Sunday 7th

08:00 - Tennis Avenue Bushcare Group Working Bee - Tennis avenue, Ashgrove

08:30 - 11:00 - Moggill Creek Catchment Group Working Bee - Rafting Ground Park, Kenmore

09:00 - 15:00 - LEAF - Logan Eco Action Festival - 68 University Dr, Meadowbrook

15:00 - Balis St Park Bushcare and Beers working bee - Balis St, Holland Park West

 
  • Songs played
  • Still Full from Lunch - Rain
  • Charlie Needs Braches - Wompoo
  • Dead Kennedys - Soup is Good Food
  • Kneecap - Fenian
  • Cocteau Twins - Kookaburra
]]> Wed, 3 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-06-03 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-05-27-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Redland Koalas - Victoria Park / Barrambin]]> There is so much happening in our local environment Today we are talking to Una Sandeman about the destruction of koala habitat in the Redlands as Ormiston College was given approval to start felling Koala food trees so that the college could add another oval to their collection.

I will also play a series of interviews I did while enjoying Victoria Park Barrambin on the weekend, I talked to Stéphane Guillou who organized a bioblitz of the park, CJ who participated in the bioblitz, and Jimmy Southwood who ran a boomerang throwing workshop and talked to me about the spring system under the park.

https://www.savevictoriapark.com/

 

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

Thursday 28th

07:00 - 09:00 - OCCA Creekcare - Muriel Ave, Moorooka

Friday 29th

08:00 - 10:00 - N4C Nursery Session - 66 Baron Street, Greenslopes

09:00 - Goori Camp Embassy - Fill The Park - Victoria Park/ Barrambin

15:00 - 18:00 - Growing Forward Kurilpa Commons Working Bee + Pot Luck - 250 Boundary St, West End

16:00 - 18:00 - Not a Done Deal: Fridays at the Park - Victoria Park/ Barrambin

Saturday 30th

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

14:00 - Parks Over Profit - Ibis Island Victoria Park/ Barrambin

14:00 - 17:00 - DCP Greenslopes Bushcare Working Bee - Nicholson Street, Greenslopes

Sunday 31st

08:00 - 10:00 - Constellation Way Mass Planting Event - Constellation Way, Wynnum if possible, please bring 2x2L old milk bottle full of water for plant watering

  • Songs played
  • Dan Sultan - Roslyn
  • Sophie Nishizawa - Our Room
  • Cuckoo Coco - Another Episode
  • Green Ban'd Magandjin - Green Bans Forever Magandjin
  • Damien J. Johnson - Wacol Station
]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-05-27 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-05-20-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Reverse Garbage Queensland]]> Today on the program I am going to replay a report I did all the way back in 2021 when I went to Reverse Garbage Queensland (RGQ) and talked to Mei, the communications manager at the time, about how RGQ are saving useful material from going to landfill.

https://reversegarbagequeensland.com.au/

For complete transparency, at the time of this interview (2021) I was not employed or volunteering with RGQ,  since 2023 I have been employed however currently I am only a volunteer with RGQ. 

Reverse Garbage Queensland is also a 4ZZZ Subscriber Discount Outlet.

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

Saturday 23rd

09:00 - Barrambin Wildlife Watch/ Streetside Gathering/ Wild Art Experiment - Victoria Park

09:00 - 11:00 - Little Cabbage Tree Creek Bushcare Group Working Bee - Chermside Hills Reserve, 412 Trouts Road

Sunday 24th

07:00 - Taringa Community Gardening Bee - 9 Heroes Avenue, Toowong

08:00 - Ocean Crusaders Bremer River Clean Up - 1 Tiger St, Sadliers Crossing

08:00 - 10:00 - Joyner Bushcare Working Bee - 81 Byrnes Rd North, Whiteside

09:00 - 15:00 - Sustainable BNE Festival - Roma Street Parklands

14:00 - 16:30 - BirdLife Aus Bird Monitoring Workshop - Carricks Rd, Springbrook

15:00 - 17:00 - Desoto Place Bushcare Group Working Bee - Desoto Pl, Forest Lake

  • Songs played
  • Gurridyula - From The River To The Sea
  • Pete Seeger - If It Can't Be Reduced
  • Formidable Vegetable Sound System - No Such Thing As Waste
  • VIRUS - Reclaim, Reduce, Recycle, Reuse
  • Miles Nautu - Closer
  • Green Ban'd Magandjin - Green Bans Forever Magandjin
]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-05-20 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-05-13-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Queensland Renewable Energy Council]]> Today on the program we are going to be talking to Queensland Renewable Energy Council CEO Katie-Anne Mulder, we will be talking about renewable energy and the hopes of becoming 100% renewable by 2050.

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

Saturday 16th

08:30 - 10:30 - Community Planting  Bushcare Native Food Forest - John Street ReserveRosewood

09:00 - 11:00 - Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park Working Bee - Tinney Rd, Upper Caboolture

09:00 - 12:00 - Norman Creek Paddle Against Plastic by N4C - Heath Park, East Brisbane

10:00 - Caring for Barrambin Day - Save Victoria Park - Herston

12:30 - 14:00 - Insects & Bioblitz - THECA - Chapel Hill

Sunday 17th

08:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Whites Hill Reserve Working Bee - Whites Hill Reserve

08:00 - 11:00 - Great Glossy Count walk + Carricks Creek Restoration Project - Carricks Rd, Springbrook

13:00 - Nakba Commemoration Rally - Queens Gardens, Brisbane CBD

14:30 - Kenmore South Bushcare Group - Aberfoyle St, Kenmore

  • Songs played
  • Jon Batiste - Petrichor
  • Limp Of Faith - Tension
  • Waiting For Brenda - Day Old Roses
  • Arianna - Hearts Collide
]]> Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-05-13 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-05-06-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Global Sumud Flotilla]]> Today on the program we are talking about what happened to the Global Sumud Flotilla, the flotilla was intercepted by Israel's Navy in international waters on their way to take aid to the people of Gaza. Included in the flotilla of activists were 6 Australians, we will be talking to Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine member, Jessica Mamone, about the Australians that went across and why it was important for them to risk the journey.

 

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

Friday 8th

08:00 - 10:00 - N4C Nursery Session - 66 Baron Street, Greenslopes

Saturday 9th

08:00 - 13:00 - Ocean Crusaders Bremer River Clean-up - Noel Kelly Drive, Goodna

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

09:00 - 11:00 - Save Victoria Park Streetside Gathering - Cnr Gilchrist Ave and Herston Rd, Brisbane

14:30 - 17:30 - Barrambin Wild Art Experiment -  Ibis Island, Barrambin (Victoria Park) 

14:30 - Oxley Tree Planting - 21 Wilpowell St, Oxley

Sunday 10th

08:00 - 10:00 - Hilda St Bushcare Group Working Bee - Cnr Hilda and Devaney St, Corinda

08:30 - 10:30 - Caring For Your Creek Working Bee - 32 Sheep Camp Rd, Mount Crosby

Tuesday 12th 

07:00 - 10:00 - Friends of Oxley Creek Common Tuesday Carers - Oxley Creek Common, Sherwood

  • Songs played
  • Jesse Welles - Genocide Cake
  • Rafeef Ziadah - Sieges
  • Dirty Linen - LEAVE ME ALONE
  • Cygnette - Whatever You Want
  • KNEECAP - Irish Goodbye ft. Kae Tempest
  • The Kind Hills - Seaside
  • Northern Lights - Dope Fiend
]]> Wed, 6 May 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-05-06 12:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-04-29-12-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Joseph Ka'au - Hollow Watch Australia]]> Today on the program I will play a follow up 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. Almost 2 months ago we talked to Joseph but two weeks ago Joseph went to Adelaide to speak at the Santos annual general meeting.

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

Later in the show we talk to Mark Cashmore who is leading a citizen science project called Hollow Watch Australia (HWA). Mark has developed an app to help people log and monitor the different animals that frequent and use artificial nest boxes or natural hollows in our bush and backyards.

https://proofsafe.com.au/pages/nest_boxes_and_hollows

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

Friday 1st

08:00 - 10:00 - Wetland Weeders - Archerfield Wetlands, Durack

Saturday 2nd

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

08:30 - For Wild Places -  TRACTION Trail Action Clean Up - Scribbly Gums Conservation Area, Alexandra Hills

14:30 - 17:30 - Barrambin Wild Art Experiment - Ibis Island, Barrambin (Victoria Park)

Sunday 3rd

07:45 - 10:30 - Seven Hills Reserve - Bird Walk with Frank Coman - Latina Avenue Entrance near the boom gate. Seven Hills

08:00 - Hays Inlet Bushcare Working Bee - Silcock St, Clontarf

08:00 - Free Children's Gardening Workshop - Highgate Hill Community Orchard, 94 Hampstead Road

08:30 - Peace Park Arboretum Working Bee - 179 Matthew St, Rosewood

  • Songs played
  • Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground
  • Telek - Go Long Way Long Bush (ft. Archie Roach)
  • The Serenity - Trouble ft. Kel
  • Cuckoo Coco - Hazmat
]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio/2026-04-29 12:00:00/ 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/