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Local Environment Heroes
Local Environment Heroes brings you a series of chats with amazing local heroes from Canberra and further afield who are doing ace things for our world.
This podcast is produced and supported by the Canberra Environment Centre, including hosts Julie Boulton, Jennifer Pinkerton, Ryan Lungu and Fiona Veikkanen.
Episodes
54 episodes
Bonus: Mark Howden AC — Climate Reality, Climate Hope
We couldn't fit all of Mark Howden's insights into our Local Environment Heroes conversation, so we're sharing his full Impact Hour talk as bonus content.In this June Impact Hour session, Emeritus Professor Mark Howden AC...
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Season 4, Episode 3: Mark Howden — What Has Changed, What Hasn’t, and What Keeps Us Going
In this episode of Local Environmental Heroes, we talk with Emeritus Professor Mark Howden AC about the long game of climate action — and what it feels like to spend almost four decades working on one of the biggest challenges f...
Bonus: Mike Mulvaney — Regenerating Red Hill
We couldn't fit all of Michael Mulvaney's stories and insights into our Local Environment Heroes conversation, so we're sharing his full Impact Hour talk, as bonus content.As part of our collaboration between SEE Change, the Con...
Season 4, Episode 2: Mike Mulvaney — The Gang-gang Capital of the World
In this episode of Local Environment Heroes, we talk with long-time Red Hill Regenerator Dr Michael Mulvaney about the extraordinary transformation of one of Canberra's much-loved landscapes — and the Gang-gang Cockatoos that he...
Bonus: Amy Carrad — Changing the System: People, Power, Policy
We couldn't fit all of Amy Carrad's insights into our Local Environment Heroes conversation, so we're sharing her full Impact Hour talk as bonus content.In this April 2026 Impact Hour session, a collaboration between SEE Change,...
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Season 4, Episode 1: Amy Carrad — Changing the Way We Eat
In this episode of Local Environment Heroes, we talk with Dr Amy Carrad about the power of food to create environmental and social change.Amy explores how the way we grow, produce, share and eat food is shaped not just by...
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Adapt for Climate Toolkit: Hannah Hoyne – Visual Artist
Have you got a favourite sweater that's starting to get holes? Perhaps you’re trying to save money on clothes and keep garments out of landfill? In this episode, Visual artist Dr. Hanna Hoyne
Adapt for Climate Toolkit, Episode 5: Cid Riley – Global Worming
Join Cid Riley from Global Worming Canberra and learn how to establish a worm farm, how to improve your worm farming skills and how to use the product at the end, hopefully inspiring you to spend more time with your worms and more time in your ...
Adapt for Climate Toolkit, Episode 4: Fiona Buining – Ainslie Urban Farm
Fiona Buining and Michael Wilson have a background in permaculture and have over 30 years of experience growing their own vegetables and fruit. Their quarter-acre block has over 50 fruit trees, vegetables, chickens, bees and working rabbits. Jo...
Adapt for Climate Toolkit, Episode 3: Paris – Canberra By Bike
Join Paris from Canberra By Bike for a conversation on active travel in Canberra! In this episode, we chat with Paris about the benefits of choosing a bike over your car, acoustic and electric bike types and active travel groups in Canberra tha...
Adapt for Climate Toolkit, Episode 2: Lish Fejer – Green It Yourself
Join Lish Fejer from Green It Yourself (GIY) and learn how to be in control of your household energy! In this podcast, we chat with Lish about some simple but effective energy-efficient changes that you can utilise in your own home, wh...
Adapt for Climate Toolkit, Episode 1: Julie Armstrong – ACT for Bees
Join Julie, the founder of ACT for Bees & Other Pollinators, for a buzzing episode where we learn about our native bees. This video will focus on the importance of our native bees and pollinators and guide you on what to plant to attract th...
Season 3, Episode 1: Fiona & Julie - Launching New Season
Fiona and Julie are back with Season 3 of Local Environmental Heroes. This series is all about food. In this opening episode, Fiona and Julie discuss all of the amazing guests they have interviewed for this series
Season 3, Episode 2: Lucy Ridge - Fair Food
Lucy is a Canberra based food writer and qualified chef with a passion for food sovereignty and sustainability. SHe is currently finishing her first book which documents her year of internships all over Australia in the food industry.Julie and ...
Season 3, Episode 3: Philippa Lawrence - Kitchen Gardens
Philippa is the Garden Specialist with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Majura Primary School. She is a trained horticulturist and supports students to grow, eat and enjoy fresh food.Fiona and Julie recorded this episode on sit...
Season 3, Episode 4: Andy de Groot - Queer Food
Andy De Groot is a chef and the founder of Queer Food, a sustainable catering company and food retailer run by Trans* and Queer* People. Andy has an incredibly strong belief in the power of community inclusion and he works to celebrate and hono...
Season 3, Episode 5: Amy Blaine - Community Food
Amy Blaine is a co-founder and volunteer for the Ainslie Community Pantry. She’s passionate about meeting the needs of the local community through building social networks that share and distribute food, seeing food as an integral part of our s...
Season 3, Episode 6: Aaron Chatfield - Talks Indigenous Foods
Aaron is the owner operator of Dreamtime Connections a business he has built to share Indigenous Culture and native foods with the community especially schools. Aaron’s vision is for every school to have a bush tucker garden. Fiona and Julie ch...
Season 3, Episode 7: Josie Grenfell - Food2Soil
Josie’s primary role is co-CEO & co-founder of Food2Soil, an innovative circular economy business that makes biologically alive fertiliser from fermented commercial food and coffee waste, transforming waste destined for landfill into soil g...
Season 3, Episode 8: Sam Vincent - Regenerative Farming
Julie and Fiona managed to sneak in a quick visit to Sam’s farm for this recording. This meant they met the magical fig tree which you will hear Sam speak about so fondly in this episode.
Season 3, Episode 9: Naomi Lacey - Community Gardens
Be inspired by listening to Naomi talk about how community gardens future proof our food systems and why more support for urban localised systems is so critical.
Season 2, Episode 12: Gabby Millgate
After a career in film, theatre, television and radio, Gabby Millgate has put all those communication skills to work in Early Childhood Education. She is now the Nature Pedagogy lead educator at Woden Valley Early Learning Centre, the first role o...
Season 2, Episode 11: Zoe McMahon & Fred McGrath Weber
Zoe and Fred are young farmers at Majura Valley Farm. With the support of their families, they practise regenerative farming techniques with impressive yields. Fred and Zoe are local food advocates, both with farming and art backgrounds, togeth...
Season 2, Episode 10: Kate Harriden
A wiradyuri woman, Kate grew up in the creek behind the family home and still spends lots of time in streams, even if many of them are now storm water channels. She completed her PhD in Indigenous water sciences (decolonising streams: a confluence...
Season 2, Episode 9: Kate Flood
Kate Flood AKA @Compostablekate is a compost coach based in NSW. Through social media and a new book, Kate shows people how to compost effectively in the comfort of their own home. Julie and Fiona talk dirty with Kate, chatting about why compostin...
