Living with Birrarung 4: Coherence
Hey humans! In this episode, we speak with some of the organisations and communities putting the ambition and ideas introduced in our first three episodes into practice. Specifically, we explore the idea of a swimmable urban river, the restoration of one of Birrarung’s billabongs, and the big question of how we overcome our own differences to achieve common goals.
In this episode, we heard from:
Charity Mosienyan, lead convenor of the Swimmable Birrarung Earthshot at Regen Melbourne. You can find out more about the Swimmable Cities Charter here.
Andrew Lees, president of the Friends of Yarra Flats Park.
Rebecca Penrone, Waterways and Land Officer for the Lower Birrarung at Melbourne Water.
There were a few call outs to volunteering in this episode. Here are some useful links to get you started, if you’ve heard the call:
Victorian Environment Friends Network have a handy database of local “Friends of” groups.
The Victorian Government have a page dedicated to resources for those engaged in or interested in environmental volunteering: https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/volunteering/volunteering
Conservation Volunteers Australia have resources to connect people with projects.
iNaturalist is a platform for anyone to contribute to citizen science by logging observations.
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