A Question Of Balance
Tuesday 9:00am - 9:30am
Environmental program with a difference. To listen and download A Question of Balance visit A Question of Balance at www.aqob.com.au, or 2ser.com/podcasts.
A Question Of Balance
Grassroots environmentalism
Presented by Ruby Vincent, "A Question of Balance" is a grassroots environmental show that is aimed at the general community to show that we can do things to improve our environment and STILL maintain an enjoyable standard of living.
We do deal with important issues but attempt to avoid the doom and gloom 'inevitable' approach since the average person simply tunes out and there is no point in just preaching to the committed environmental activists.
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Back to the Future: Australia has a long history of bushfires but we don’t seem to learn from our mistakes. Danielle Clode, author of A Future in Flames, outlines some of the issues concerning bushfires in Australia.
Nicholas Carlile reports on the latest five-day conference held by Birds Australia, the 5th Australasian Ornithological Conference in Armidale NSW. His main focus concerned seabird issues.
Grooming with a salty twist - how bats and flying foxes clean themselves.
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Why risk priceless James Price Point.
Josh Coates (Kimberley Campaigner for the Wilderness Society in Western Australia), Piers Verstegen (Director of the Conservation Council of Western Australia) and Martin Pritchard (Director of Environs Kimberley) unravel the many twists and turns around the proposal to build a gas hub at James Price Point in the pristine Kimberley wilderness. Click here for story and soundfiles.
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Four stories this week: two about ways to improve soil and in both Australia is taking a leading role: super humus and biochars.
and two about native animals: why Australian frogs don't migrate; and why netting is the best solution for orchards targeted by flying foxes.
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Claudette Rechtorik, Program Manager at the Sydney Aquarium Conservation Fund, outlines the results of shark research leading to their release back into the wild.
Meegan Jones, author of the book ‘Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide’, opens the page on how to organise events with concern for environmental impacts, something which overseas festivals such as Glastonbury have taken on for some time.
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Permablitz - creating gardens that are both bountiful and beautiful. Adam Grubb outlines this outstanding Australian community activity that is transforming the way people garden.
Nicola Beynon, Senior Program Manager with the Humane Society International (HSI), discusses some of the key aims and activities of the largest animal protection and environmental organisation in the world.
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