We have had an extraordinary six months. First devastating bushfires destroyed many natural ecosystems, homes and livelihoods in Australia. Now, most of us are sheltering indoors to help bring the invisible threat of a virus under control. You may not think that the two are related… but some experts in infectious disease and environmental health believe that in fact they are deeply connected. So, what lessons can we learn? How much is out of our control? Or should we be urgently re-thinking the way we interact with our environment on a global scale? 2SER’s Sean Britten was joined by Dr Ro McFarlane – Assistant Professor in Ecological Public Health at the University of Canberra – to discuss the relationship between public health and the environment.