Saving and growing our forests is more urgent than ever

Friday, 9 June 2023 - 10:00am to 10:30am

Jacques has a conversation with Tuffy Morwitzer, an activist from the Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO), about their reaction to the Andrews Government decision to stop logging old-growth forests by the end of the year - six years earlier than originally planned. Whilst that is a big relief for the 30 year old activist group - with whom Borderlands cooperated in the late 90s during the Goolongook tree-sits which lasted five years - GECO is very much watching the 'fine print' of the legislation for loopholes which are always sitting in such documents. The logging industry has a long and sorry story about finding - or even creating - loopholes.

GECO is at present cooperating with First Nations elders to prepare for Aboriginal controlled regeneration, rehabilitating water ways, creating an economy of care, and creating a commons which may be offering healing for nature and wildlife - especially threatened species - for local humans and visiting humans alike.

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am
Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.

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Jennifer Borrell & Jacques Boulet

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