Episode 1: The Early Years of GECO

Thursday, 30 November 2023 - 12:00pm
A group of protesters blocking a road in a forest with a wooden structure.

GECO: Thirty years of fighting for forests, a series that looks back on the wins, losses and lessons of a thirty year campaign to protect the forests of East Gippsland, Victoria.

Fiona first got involved in forest campaigning in 1993 when she was 20 years old. In this episode we'll hear conversations between Fiona and the early crew from 1993-1994, about how GECO first started in a paddock in Goongerah, the early forest blockades, the city campaigns and how and why they first got involved. 

Forest protests at Goolengook, East Gippsland - Tony Hastings
Thursday
A series that looks back on the wins, losses and lessons of a thirty year campaign to protect the forests of East Gippsland in Victoria. 

Presenter

Fiona York and friends

Topic

Episodes

Bonus episode: Remembering forest defenders we have lost

18 Jan 2024
Remembering all the forest defenders (and the forests) we have lost along the way

Episode 6: After the fires: Errinundra, forest protection and a celebration

4 Jan 2024
In this final episode, we discuss the bushfires, blockade at Errinundra, the end to native forest logging and the GECO party.

Episode 5: Citizen Science as Direct Action

28 Dec 2023
How GECO used citizen science as direct action to protect forests

Episode 4: Mobilising the cities for forests

21 Dec 2023
Conversations about all the different ways GECO mobilised people from the city to visit the forests