https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sqgp6ghebccztsg4/S5E21_Housing2pod.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. In these three episodes we will explore how housing is a key climate issue and we’ll look at how the housing crisis is impacting where I live, in regional Victoria. In this second episode we are looking at what deliberative development is and how co-housing and community building can be a part of our housing solutions.  In the next episodes we’ll explore what the local community is already doing about housing and at some innovative solutions that may be ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iv2j8cp42xk4yde8/S5E20_Housing1pod.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. How is the housing crisis linked to sustainability? In the next three episodes we will explore how housing is a key climate issue and we’ll look at how the housing crisis is impacting where I live, in regional Victoria. In this episode we will look at how the land lies, what is the problem? In the two following episodes we’ll explore what the local community is already doing about it and also at some other innovative solutions that may be helpful.  LI ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/t5rgzit2dkqvve7u/Saltgrass_April_2024_updatea8pob.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. I know it has been a while since there was anything new on Saltgrass, so here is a quick (6 min) update for you.  In summary: There will be five new episodes coming out soon which will wrap up season 5 of Saltgrass and then we will get stuck into season 6.  Also, Saltgrass won some cool awards Yay ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7qh3ek/Live_event_reveg_for_climate_podb5ym5.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. Following the last episode about Connecting Country, this Bonus episode shares the full audio of the event ‘Revegetation Success in a Changing Climate’. The guest speakers explore the unprecedented nature of climate change and its impact on existing ecosystems makes the task of revegetation and habitat protection complex and unpredictable. Various strategies are being tried, including mixing plant provenances to achieve a higher genetic diversity a ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f7t87n/S5E18_Connecting_Country_POD.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. Connecting Country is a not for profit organisation which works closely with landcare groups and others in restoring neglected and damaged ecosystems. Hadley Cole and Bonnie Humphries from Connecting Country join Allie to discuss how landcare groups contribute to various restoration efforts, and how the unprecedented nature of climate change and its impact on existing ecosystems makes the task complex and unpredictable. Various strategies are being tried, i ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/k79fru/VillageDreamingPod.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. Today we are going to Village Dreaming Farm and Orto cooking school. Mara and Ralf live on about 15 acres just outside of Daylesford – about a 30min drive south of where I am in Castlemaine. They have been there since 2015 and in that time have transformed the empty paddocks of former grazing land into a small farm that follows regenerative and permaculture principles, with a kitchen garden, orchards and wetlands.  Links: Village Dreaming Ceres – environmental ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ekmjmx/YIMBY_pod_compressed9a83z.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. Are you good at composting? I certainly haven’t been in the past. But with the help of a community composting group called YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) I have become a kitchen scrap saviour, a leaf collecting ninja and I make steaming hot compost. In today’s episode I talk to Lucy Young, Joel Meadows, Mikaela Beckley and Claudia Lang about what this group is all about and why they are passionate about compost. (Spoiler: reducing greenhouse gasses, connecting co ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ud27z6/S515SaladwithSoulPOD.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. Recent episodes have been looking at the farmers out at the Harcourt Organic Farming Cooperative. We’ve been out there to explore how farming and agriculture might be done in a way that is earth, biodiversity and humanity friendly. Each and every one of the farmers talked about how important the support of the local community has been, and how much enthusiasm they have received from people who get what they are trying to do, even if it costs a bit more and is not a ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/v295q8/S5E13Tess_Pod.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. We are heading back out to the Harcourt Farming Cooperative – this time to talk to Tess Sellar who runs a herd of 10 or so dairy cows and supplies organic milk and yoghurt to our local community. Tess uses regenerative farming practices, re-usable glass containers and does countless other things to make her micro-dairy as low impact as possible. Trigger Warning: Please note that this episode contains conversation about suicide. If you feel vulnerable or at risk please r ..read more

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wbcszp/S5E08OrchardKeepers_Pod.mp3 Listen here – or find and follow Saltgrass on your podcast app. Following on from the last episode about the Harcourt Farming Cooperative, today we are looking at The Orchard Keepers. They have been part of the grand experiment of this farming cooperative, having taken over the orchard management a couple of years ago. They have used organic and regenerative practices and they have not just been farmers, but also visionaries and committed activists through the work they do on and in the soil… and off farm as well. Listen as ..read more