5:00am 1st Jun 2017 :: A Question of Balance

Original air date - 7:30pm 30th May 2017 :: A Question of Balance

Wildlife conservation: one of many strands of sustainability Nancy Pallin, a long time contributor to A Question of Balance on bats, discusses her history with wildlife conservation, an attachment that has lasted many years. Nowadays the very name and nature of careers evolve rapidly in response to technological and economic pressures. Especially for younger Australians, many careers and employment seem to lack security or to endure. However there have always been less dramatic changes and additions of different disciplines and work effort. The very idea of environmental consultant or being an ecologist for example are important additions that began to blossom in the 1960s and 70s fostered by the rise of community awareness of the roles and values of ecology and environmental conservation. How people became involved in these virtually unknown or understood fields has many paths and certainly no security or promise of lasting existence. However, remarkable individuals and community groups contributed to the blossoming of these disciplines although, even today, persuading governments and many in the community of the central roles of these activities in achieving sustainable and satisfying human communities remains daunting. Right place right time was often the key factor to explain how some groups became involved in many such activities … and definitely not job security or stability Nancy Pallin describes a series of turning points in her own life that opened up new or different conservation work and areas for her.