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UPDATE: The Green Adelaide Podcast is taking a little seasonal snooze — consider it our Adelaide Rosella moment, nesting down for autumn and winter. We’ll be back chirpier than ever... just as soon as we’ve fluffed our feathers!

Do you want or have a career in South Australia’s environmental sector? Then this podcast is for you!

We are your enviro-exclusive on the people, projects and news of metropolitan SA.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is hosted by our Communication Manager, Melissa Martin.

On each episode she'll interview a local enviro-expert. From leaders and ecologists to planners and marketers to understand their career journey in and around the sector, as well as breakdown top environmental matters.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Adelaide, Green Adelaide, environment, South Australia, sustainability, nature, greening, green, River Torrens, ecology, biodiversity, rewilding, animals, plants, native Melissa Martin dew.greenadelaidenews@sa.gov.au https://storage.buzzsprout.com/j9er7pmpjaxshx6ir6pby4bmcn0z?.jpg Green Adelaide Podcast http://www.greenadelaide.sa.gov.au/discover/podcast Ep 20: w/ John Kandulu | Flinders University | environmental economics + economic value of green spaces + policy impact + economic analysis Ep 20: w/ John Kandulu | Flinders University | environmental economics + economic value of green spaces + policy impact + economic analysis On this show we’ll be chatting with John Kandulu, from Flinders University, about the economic value of green space. John is a Senior Research Economist.

He has over 15 years of experience as an applied economist, having worked across the education, not-for-profit, private and government sectors. 

His research focuses on formulation and assessment of policies related to natural resource and environmental management. 

His work involves calculating the anticipated net returns on potential investment opportunities, policies and projects. Currently, his research interests are centred on the design and evaluation of effective diversity and inclusion policies to support inclusive natural resource management.

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]]> On this show we’ll be chatting with John Kandulu, from Flinders University, about the economic value of green space. John is a Senior Research Economist.

He has over 15 years of experience as an applied economist, having worked across the education, not-for-profit, private and government sectors. 

His research focuses on formulation and assessment of policies related to natural resource and environmental management. 

His work involves calculating the anticipated net returns on potential investment opportunities, policies and projects. Currently, his research interests are centred on the design and evaluation of effective diversity and inclusion policies to support inclusive natural resource management.

You are listening to the Green Adelaide Podcast. This podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. 

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]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-16530514 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +1030 2398 2 20 full false Ep 19: 4 enviro career highlights from 2024 | Water engineer + Water-sensitive urban design + Cultural Projects + Landscape architecture + Conservation advocacy + Soil ecology Ep 19: 4 enviro career highlights from 2024 | Water engineer + Water-sensitive urban design + Cultural Projects + Landscape architecture + Conservation advocacy + Soil ecology 4 enviro career highlights from 2024

For our final 2024 episode, in light of ATAR results coming out this week, we are showcasing the 4 best enviro career insights that appeared on the pod during 2024. 

You’ll hear from a water engineer, place maker, landscape architect, festival organisers and an ecologist. 

Our guests talk the different roads taken to purse their career in SA’s environment sector. We hope this ep helps graduates navigate the next chapter of their story.

Congratulations to the class of 2024! Catch us for a new pod ep in 2025.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is your enviro-exclusive on the people, projects and news of metropolitan SA.

The pod hosted by our Communication Manager, Melissa Martin.

On each monthly episode she'll interview a local enviro-expert. From leaders and ecologists, to planners and marketers, to understand their career journey in and around the sector, as well as breakdown top environmental matters.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast.

How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about!

The Green Adelaide Podcast: Your insider scoop on all things cool, green and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

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]]> 4 enviro career highlights from 2024

For our final 2024 episode, in light of ATAR results coming out this week, we are showcasing the 4 best enviro career insights that appeared on the pod during 2024. 

You’ll hear from a water engineer, place maker, landscape architect, festival organisers and an ecologist. 

Our guests talk the different roads taken to purse their career in SA’s environment sector. We hope this ep helps graduates navigate the next chapter of their story.

Congratulations to the class of 2024! Catch us for a new pod ep in 2025.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is your enviro-exclusive on the people, projects and news of metropolitan SA.

The pod hosted by our Communication Manager, Melissa Martin.

On each monthly episode she'll interview a local enviro-expert. From leaders and ecologists, to planners and marketers, to understand their career journey in and around the sector, as well as breakdown top environmental matters.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast.

How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about!

The Green Adelaide Podcast: Your insider scoop on all things cool, green and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-16292796 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +1030 2973 2 19 full false Ep 18: w/ Kate Matthews | Flinders University | Soil Ecology PhD + soil science + CSIRO + soil research + urban microbiota + green spaces in cities Ep 18: w/ Kate Matthews | Flinders University | Soil Ecology PhD + soil science + CSIRO + soil research + urban microbiota + green spaces in cities Meet Kate Matthews, your soil girlie (aka, soil ecologist), and PhD student at Flinders University.  

On this ep of the pod, we’ll be talking with Kate about soil - what it really is, why it is so important and Kate's recent findings into designing healthier cities with soil. 

Kate's research interests lie in the ‘bigger picture’ and how we can use soil science to inform decision-makers and landholders to create nature-positive outcomes. 

Dive into her research 'Designing healthier cities with good bacteria': www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2024/07/22/designing-healthier-cities-with-good-bacteria

This podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. Pod homepage: www.greenadelaide.sa.gov.au/discover/podcast 

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]]> Meet Kate Matthews, your soil girlie (aka, soil ecologist), and PhD student at Flinders University.  

On this ep of the pod, we’ll be talking with Kate about soil - what it really is, why it is so important and Kate's recent findings into designing healthier cities with soil. 

Kate's research interests lie in the ‘bigger picture’ and how we can use soil science to inform decision-makers and landholders to create nature-positive outcomes. 

Dive into her research 'Designing healthier cities with good bacteria': www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2024/07/22/designing-healthier-cities-with-good-bacteria

This podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. Pod homepage: www.greenadelaide.sa.gov.au/discover/podcast 

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-16188055 Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +1030 2656 2 18 full false Ep 17: w/ Kirstin Abley | Fire ecology & management in South Australia + prescribed burns + geospatial skills + climate change adaptation + bushfire + conservation Ep 17: w/ Kirstin Abley | Fire ecology & management in South Australia + prescribed burns + geospatial skills + climate change adaptation + bushfire + conservation On this episode we’ll be talking fire and prescribed burning in metro SA with ecologist Kirstin Abley.

Spring in Adelaide means that the National Parks and Wildlife Service is kicking off its annual spring prescribed burn program in prep for this summer’s fire danger season. 

You’ll hear from Kirstin Abley who manages the Fire Science and Mapping Team at SA’s Department for Environment and Water. She is an ecologist with a background in threatened species, pest species management and fire ecology. 

The term ‘prescribed burning’ means the controlled use of fire on a particular area of landscape, and we’ll chat with Kirstin about its use in metro SA and its benefits from environmental to community safety.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. It is hosted by Green Adelaide's Communication Manager, Melissa Martin. 

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]]> On this episode we’ll be talking fire and prescribed burning in metro SA with ecologist Kirstin Abley.

Spring in Adelaide means that the National Parks and Wildlife Service is kicking off its annual spring prescribed burn program in prep for this summer’s fire danger season. 

You’ll hear from Kirstin Abley who manages the Fire Science and Mapping Team at SA’s Department for Environment and Water. She is an ecologist with a background in threatened species, pest species management and fire ecology. 

The term ‘prescribed burning’ means the controlled use of fire on a particular area of landscape, and we’ll chat with Kirstin about its use in metro SA and its benefits from environmental to community safety.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. It is hosted by Green Adelaide's Communication Manager, Melissa Martin. 

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-15982354 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +1030 2964 2 17 full false Ep 16: w/ Vicki-Jo Russell AM & Jill Woodlands | South Australia's Nature Festival + nature events + careers in conservation + biodiversity advocacy + horticulture + community engagement + resilience in environmental management Ep 16: w/ Vicki-Jo Russell AM & Jill Woodlands | South Australia's Nature Festival + nature events + careers in conservation + biodiversity advocacy + horticulture + community engagement + resilience in environmental management On this episode, we’ll be talking the Nature Festival!  The Nature Festival is returning for its fifth year, with over 400 nature-inspired events across South Australia, from 28 Sept until 13 Oct. The pod is joined by the co-founders of the Nature Festival, the Festival Chair Vicki-Jo Russell AM, and Nature Curator Jill Woodlands, to chat how it came about and why you need to check it out this year.

The festival is about fostering SA's love of nature. It's a festival with a cause and if that cause speaks to you, please head along and support it. The program has something for everyone! Check it out now.

Disclaimer: Green Adelaide is the Principle Sponsor of the 2024 Nature Festival.  

Browse Nature Festival 400+ events: www.naturefestival.org.au
Brush up on the 2016 Nature of SA research that inspired the Nature Festival: https://www.natureofsa.org/

Green Adelaide Podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. The Green Adelaide Podcast is hosted by Green Adelaide's Communication Manager, Melissa Martin.

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]]> On this episode, we’ll be talking the Nature Festival!  The Nature Festival is returning for its fifth year, with over 400 nature-inspired events across South Australia, from 28 Sept until 13 Oct. The pod is joined by the co-founders of the Nature Festival, the Festival Chair Vicki-Jo Russell AM, and Nature Curator Jill Woodlands, to chat how it came about and why you need to check it out this year.

The festival is about fostering SA's love of nature. It's a festival with a cause and if that cause speaks to you, please head along and support it. The program has something for everyone! Check it out now.

Disclaimer: Green Adelaide is the Principle Sponsor of the 2024 Nature Festival.  

Browse Nature Festival 400+ events: www.naturefestival.org.au
Brush up on the 2016 Nature of SA research that inspired the Nature Festival: https://www.natureofsa.org/

Green Adelaide Podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. The Green Adelaide Podcast is hosted by Green Adelaide's Communication Manager, Melissa Martin.

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]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-15819309 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0930 2862 2 16 full false Ep 15: RE-RUN w/ Geoff Williams | Platypus Reintroduction to River Torrens + Australian Platypus Conservancy + career in wildlife conservation + platypus + urban adaptability + conservation strategies Ep 15: RE-RUN w/ Geoff Williams | Platypus Reintroduction to River Torrens + Australian Platypus Conservancy + career in wildlife conservation + platypus + urban adaptability + conservation strategies You might not know that August is known as Platypus Month. 

So to celebrate this iconic Australian creature we’ll be re-running our episode all about platypuses and reintroducing them to metro Adelaide with the fun and knowledgeable Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservatory. 

I’ll be back with a new ep for the pod next month!

This episode we’ll be diving deep into the details of re-introducing platypus to an urban area with platypus expert Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy. The Conservancy is a non-profit environmental organisation that was set up in 1994 to conserve the platypus and its freshwater habitats. 

The Green Adelaide Podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communication Manager at Green Adelaide.

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]]> You might not know that August is known as Platypus Month. 

So to celebrate this iconic Australian creature we’ll be re-running our episode all about platypuses and reintroducing them to metro Adelaide with the fun and knowledgeable Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservatory. 

I’ll be back with a new ep for the pod next month!

This episode we’ll be diving deep into the details of re-introducing platypus to an urban area with platypus expert Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy. The Conservancy is a non-profit environmental organisation that was set up in 1994 to conserve the platypus and its freshwater habitats. 

The Green Adelaide Podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communication Manager at Green Adelaide.

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]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-15666237 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0930 2788 2 15 full false Ep 14: w/ Mandy Jones | Conservation & Detection Dogs SA + dogs + detecting endangered or pest species + springer spaniels + rigorous training + conservation work + real-world conservation challenges Ep 14: w/ Mandy Jones | Conservation & Detection Dogs SA + dogs + detecting endangered or pest species + springer spaniels + rigorous training + conservation work + real-world conservation challenges You are listening to the Green Adelaide Podcast. I am your host, Melissa Martin. Welcome to episode 14. We are in season 2 of the pod and we are talking dogs.

Not just any dogs, we are specifically talking about dogs who do conservation work for Adelaide’s environment. 

I am joined by one of Adelaide’s leading conservation and detection dog handlers and trainers Mandy Jones. 

Mandy owns and runs her business called Conservation and Detection Dogs SA. Head to the website: conservationdog.com.au 

Her dogs are expertly trained to detect a variety of scents, including those of lizards, butterflies, and the locations of feral animal homes like fox dens. 

This podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. 

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> You are listening to the Green Adelaide Podcast. I am your host, Melissa Martin. Welcome to episode 14. We are in season 2 of the pod and we are talking dogs.

Not just any dogs, we are specifically talking about dogs who do conservation work for Adelaide’s environment. 

I am joined by one of Adelaide’s leading conservation and detection dog handlers and trainers Mandy Jones. 

Mandy owns and runs her business called Conservation and Detection Dogs SA. Head to the website: conservationdog.com.au 

Her dogs are expertly trained to detect a variety of scents, including those of lizards, butterflies, and the locations of feral animal homes like fox dens. 

This podcast is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia. 

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-15477910 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0930 2693 2 14 full false Ep 13: w/ Alison Collins | Adelaide's Urban Greening Strategy + urban planner + enhancing tree canopy + cooling urban areas + fostering biodiversity + LiDAR technology + green roofs and walls + climate change adaptation Ep 13: w/ Alison Collins | Adelaide's Urban Greening Strategy + urban planner + enhancing tree canopy + cooling urban areas + fostering biodiversity + LiDAR technology + green roofs and walls + climate change adaptation To kick of season 2 we are talking about a new pathway to change Adelaide’s tree trajectory. It’s Adelaide first metro-wide Urban Greening Strategy. 

Have your say: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au/projects/adelaide-greening-strategy 
Consultation open between 30 April and 28 June 2024.

On behalf of the South Australian Government, we at Green Adelaide, released the draft strategy for consultation on 30 April to increase metropolitan Adelaide’s tree canopy, cool the city and boost biodiversity.

This metro-wide Urban Greening Strategy will be used to bring together government, councils, non-government organisations, industry peak bodies, research institutions, Kaurna and the broader community to deliver practical greening actions that will help achieve a more liveable city. 

 For this episode we are joined by Alison Collins to chat about the strategy. She is an urban planner with passion and expertise in creating more liveable, greener and water sensitive neighbourhoods. 

 Alison has more than 20 years of experience in a wide range of state government, local government and private sector roles and currently she is Green Adelaide’s Team Leader of Planning, and she led the development the draft Urban Greening Strategy currently out for public consultation.

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]]> To kick of season 2 we are talking about a new pathway to change Adelaide’s tree trajectory. It’s Adelaide first metro-wide Urban Greening Strategy. 

Have your say: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au/projects/adelaide-greening-strategy 
Consultation open between 30 April and 28 June 2024.

On behalf of the South Australian Government, we at Green Adelaide, released the draft strategy for consultation on 30 April to increase metropolitan Adelaide’s tree canopy, cool the city and boost biodiversity.

This metro-wide Urban Greening Strategy will be used to bring together government, councils, non-government organisations, industry peak bodies, research institutions, Kaurna and the broader community to deliver practical greening actions that will help achieve a more liveable city. 

 For this episode we are joined by Alison Collins to chat about the strategy. She is an urban planner with passion and expertise in creating more liveable, greener and water sensitive neighbourhoods. 

 Alison has more than 20 years of experience in a wide range of state government, local government and private sector roles and currently she is Green Adelaide’s Team Leader of Planning, and she led the development the draft Urban Greening Strategy currently out for public consultation.

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-15267584 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0930 2584 2 13 full false Ep 12: w/ Rodney Welch & Warwick Keates | City of Port Adelaide Enfield & Wax Design | Yitpi Yartapuultiku/Aboriginal Cultural Space + Port Adelaide + Kaurna + cultural destination + landscape design + Aboriginal engagement + landscape architecture Ep 12: w/ Rodney Welch & Warwick Keates | City of Port Adelaide Enfield & Wax Design | Yitpi Yartapuultiku/Aboriginal Cultural Space + Port Adelaide + Kaurna + cultural destination + landscape design + Aboriginal engagement + landscape architecture On this ep, we are chatting about Yitpi Yartapuultiku, meaning in English 'the Soul of Port Adelaide', which is a new Aboriginal Cultural Space being built in the heart of Port Adelaide by the local council, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.

Yitpi Yartapuultiku aims to heal Country, bring the community together and provide a place for events and tourism.

The space was collaboratively designed by the council alongside local Aboriginal Custodians, Wax Design and Ashley Halliday Architects, and it is expected to be open to the public in early 2025.

Our host Melissa Martin is joined by Narungga man Rodney Welch from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council and landscape architect Warwick Keates from Wax Design to chat about this project and the environmental considerations of this future Green Star certified building. 

See the design here: https://participate.cityofpae.sa.gov.au/yitpiyartapuultiku 

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]]> On this ep, we are chatting about Yitpi Yartapuultiku, meaning in English 'the Soul of Port Adelaide', which is a new Aboriginal Cultural Space being built in the heart of Port Adelaide by the local council, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.

Yitpi Yartapuultiku aims to heal Country, bring the community together and provide a place for events and tourism.

The space was collaboratively designed by the council alongside local Aboriginal Custodians, Wax Design and Ashley Halliday Architects, and it is expected to be open to the public in early 2025.

Our host Melissa Martin is joined by Narungga man Rodney Welch from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council and landscape architect Warwick Keates from Wax Design to chat about this project and the environmental considerations of this future Green Star certified building. 

See the design here: https://participate.cityofpae.sa.gov.au/yitpiyartapuultiku 

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-15147417 Tue, 28 May 2024 13:00:00 +0930 2852 1 12 full false Ep 11: w/ Dr Nadine Kelly | River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari + lamprey + sponge cities + water engineer + water bugs + river +fish Ep 11: w/ Dr Nadine Kelly | River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari + lamprey + sponge cities + water engineer + water bugs + river +fish For this episode, we’ll be talking with Dr Nadine Kelly from the Department for Environment and Water.

Nadine is the current Program Leader of the Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin project, but we’ll actually be talking with her about a different water source – the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari.

We’ll chat about Dr Nadine’s environmental career journey as a water engineer and download her years of knowledge studying and working in and around the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari. You'll hear about the river's history, changes, local perceptions and her oddly loved lampreys that call it home.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is your enviro-exclusive on the people, projects and news of metropolitan SA. 

Hosted by our Communications Manager, Melissa Martin.

On each episode she'll interview a local enviro-expert. From leaders and ecologists to planners and marketers to understand their career journey in and around the sector, as well as breakdown top environmental matters.

Your insider scoop on all things cool, green and wild in metropolitan South Australia. 

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> For this episode, we’ll be talking with Dr Nadine Kelly from the Department for Environment and Water.

Nadine is the current Program Leader of the Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin project, but we’ll actually be talking with her about a different water source – the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari.

We’ll chat about Dr Nadine’s environmental career journey as a water engineer and download her years of knowledge studying and working in and around the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari. You'll hear about the river's history, changes, local perceptions and her oddly loved lampreys that call it home.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is your enviro-exclusive on the people, projects and news of metropolitan SA. 

Hosted by our Communications Manager, Melissa Martin.

On each episode she'll interview a local enviro-expert. From leaders and ecologists to planners and marketers to understand their career journey in and around the sector, as well as breakdown top environmental matters.

Your insider scoop on all things cool, green and wild in metropolitan South Australia. 

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-14959891 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0930 2644 1 11 full false Ep 10: w/ Dr Sheryn Pitman | Ecological literacy, nature education, how our city got National Park City status Ep 10: w/ Dr Sheryn Pitman | Ecological literacy, nature education, how our city got National Park City status For this episode, we’ll be talking with Green Adelaide’s Dr Sheryn Pitman. 

Sheryn completed her PhD in Ecological Literacy, where she explored some of the complex relationships people have with the natural world. For this episode we’ll be diving into Sheryn’s environmental career journey, talk a little about Adelaide’s National Park City status and what that means for our city, plus we’ll nut out the key learnings from her ecological literacy research. 

Green Adelaide Podcast is your enviro-exclusive on the people, projects and news of metropolitan SA.

Hosted by our Communications Manager, Melissa Martin.

On each episode she'll interview a local enviro-expert. From leaders and ecologists to planners and marketers to understand their career journey in and around the sector, as well as breakdown top environmental matters.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> For this episode, we’ll be talking with Green Adelaide’s Dr Sheryn Pitman. 

Sheryn completed her PhD in Ecological Literacy, where she explored some of the complex relationships people have with the natural world. For this episode we’ll be diving into Sheryn’s environmental career journey, talk a little about Adelaide’s National Park City status and what that means for our city, plus we’ll nut out the key learnings from her ecological literacy research. 

Green Adelaide Podcast is your enviro-exclusive on the people, projects and news of metropolitan SA.

Hosted by our Communications Manager, Melissa Martin.

On each episode she'll interview a local enviro-expert. From leaders and ecologists to planners and marketers to understand their career journey in and around the sector, as well as breakdown top environmental matters.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-14785326 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:00:00 +1030 2510 1 10 full false Ep 9 RERUN: w/ Prof Chris Daniels and Brenton Grear + rewilding + platypus + River Torrens + environmental industry + career Ep 9 RERUN: w/ Prof Chris Daniels and Brenton Grear + rewilding + platypus + River Torrens + environmental industry + career To mark the leap year today (29 Feb), we have a re-run of our most popular episode to date with the leaders Green Adelaide Prof Chris Daniels and Green Adelaide Director Brenton Grear chatting the concept of rewilding in Adelaide, the River Torrens and the dream of reintroducing platypus to the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari one day soon.

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental sector. 

Learn more about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> To mark the leap year today (29 Feb), we have a re-run of our most popular episode to date with the leaders Green Adelaide Prof Chris Daniels and Green Adelaide Director Brenton Grear chatting the concept of rewilding in Adelaide, the River Torrens and the dream of reintroducing platypus to the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari one day soon.

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental sector. 

Learn more about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-14598099 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +1030 1699 1 9 full false Ep 8: w/ John Zeppel | Town of Walkerville | Becoming a Councillor/Deputy Mayor + environmental passion + building a sustainable home Ep 8: w/ John Zeppel | Town of Walkerville | Becoming a Councillor/Deputy Mayor + environmental passion + building a sustainable home For this episode, we’ll be talking to the recently appointed Deputy Mayor of the Town of Walkerville, which is one of SA’s 17 metropolitan councils, and his name is John Zeppel. 

John runs an ICT business and has a passion for sustainability and the environment. His environmental passion pushed him in the direction to become a Councillor and more recently the Deputy Mayor where he chairs the Town of Walkerville’s Sustainability Committee. 

Learn about his unique journey into the South Australian environmental sector with some top tips if you'd like to take your enviro passion to represent your community. 

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental sector. 

Learn more about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> For this episode, we’ll be talking to the recently appointed Deputy Mayor of the Town of Walkerville, which is one of SA’s 17 metropolitan councils, and his name is John Zeppel. 

John runs an ICT business and has a passion for sustainability and the environment. His environmental passion pushed him in the direction to become a Councillor and more recently the Deputy Mayor where he chairs the Town of Walkerville’s Sustainability Committee. 

Learn about his unique journey into the South Australian environmental sector with some top tips if you'd like to take your enviro passion to represent your community. 

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental sector. 

Learn more about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-14403305 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +1030 2255 1 8 full false Ep 7: w/ Jason Van Weenen | Talking grey-headed flying foxes in metro Adelaide Ep 7: w/ Jason Van Weenen | Talking grey-headed flying foxes in metro Adelaide On this episode we'll be chatting with SA's local bat expert and the Team Leader of Urban Biodiversity at Green Adelaide Jason Van Weenen about Adelaide's new-ish population of grey-headed flying foxes. All your flying fox questions will be answered, including why they aren't just called bats.

If you are intrigued by Jason's love of iNaturalist. You can get involved today. You'll contribute to local environmental science knowledge by signing up to iNat and recording your nature observations. Explore their website: www.inaturalist.org
"iNat is where I'm at!"

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental sector. 

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn more about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> On this episode we'll be chatting with SA's local bat expert and the Team Leader of Urban Biodiversity at Green Adelaide Jason Van Weenen about Adelaide's new-ish population of grey-headed flying foxes. All your flying fox questions will be answered, including why they aren't just called bats.

If you are intrigued by Jason's love of iNaturalist. You can get involved today. You'll contribute to local environmental science knowledge by signing up to iNat and recording your nature observations. Explore their website: www.inaturalist.org
"iNat is where I'm at!"

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental sector. 

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn more about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-14217009 Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +1030 2600 1 7 full false Ep 6: w/ Lisien Loan | Talking wildlife ethics and permits in South Australia Ep 6: w/ Lisien Loan | Talking wildlife ethics and permits in South Australia On this episode we'll be chatting with the leader of conservation and wildlife at the Department for Environment and Water in SA Lisien Loan on wildlife ethics and permits. Plus, we'll dive into her career from studying geography to becoming the Director of navigating the complexities wildlife management in South Australia. What's the future of wildlife conservation in SA? Tune in for the answer. 

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental industry. 

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> On this episode we'll be chatting with the leader of conservation and wildlife at the Department for Environment and Water in SA Lisien Loan on wildlife ethics and permits. Plus, we'll dive into her career from studying geography to becoming the Director of navigating the complexities wildlife management in South Australia. What's the future of wildlife conservation in SA? Tune in for the answer. 

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental industry. 

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-14061070 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +1030 2369 1 6 full false Ep 5: w/ Natalya Giffney | Talking what you need to know to start food gardening in metro SA Ep 5: w/ Natalya Giffney | Talking what you need to know to start food gardening in metro SA With spring being prime planting time, this episode will feature food gardening.  We'll be chatting with expert food gardener and educator Natalya Giffney from Green Adelaide. Tune it to find out why food gardening is all the rage now,  and how to easily get started, even with no yard, to save money on your grocery bill!

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental industry. 

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> With spring being prime planting time, this episode will feature food gardening.  We'll be chatting with expert food gardener and educator Natalya Giffney from Green Adelaide. Tune it to find out why food gardening is all the rage now,  and how to easily get started, even with no yard, to save money on your grocery bill!

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental industry. 

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-13856654 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:00:00 +1030 2381 1 5 full false Ep 4: w/ Dr Karl Hillyard | Talking living with wildlife in metropolitan South Australia Ep 4: w/ Dr Karl Hillyard | Talking living with wildlife in metropolitan South Australia On this episode we’ll be talking the in-and-outs of living with wildlife and managing human-wildlife conflicts in metropolitan South Australia, with Principal Ecologist at SA's Department for Environment and Water Dr Karl Hillyard.  

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental industry. 

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> On this episode we’ll be talking the in-and-outs of living with wildlife and managing human-wildlife conflicts in metropolitan South Australia, with Principal Ecologist at SA's Department for Environment and Water Dr Karl Hillyard.  

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental industry. 

We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-13683376 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0930 2217 1 4 full false Ep 3: w/ Geoff Williams | Australian Platypus Conservancy | Talking platypus and reintroducing to urban South Australia Ep 3: w/ Geoff Williams | Australian Platypus Conservancy | Talking platypus and reintroducing to urban South Australia On this episode we’ll be talking everything about platypuses and the in-and-outs of reintroducing them to metropolitan Adelaide with world-renowned platypus expert Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy. 

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

 We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental industry. 

 We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

 I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> On this episode we’ll be talking everything about platypuses and the in-and-outs of reintroducing them to metropolitan Adelaide with world-renowned platypus expert Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy. 

Welcome to another episode of the Green Adelaide Podcast. We are metro SA’s first environmental industry podcast.

 We’re your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

This podcast is for those who want or have a career in SA’s environmental industry. 

 We feature the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers to chat the people, projects, and news of SA that you, our enviro-listeners, must know about.

 I’m your host Melissa Martin and I’m the Communications Manager at Green Adelaide who loves red-tailed black cockatoos.

Learn about Adelaide's environment: greenadelaide.sa.gov.au

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-13461664 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0930 2805 1 3 full false Ep 2: w/ Tammy Partridge | Talking water, careers and looking after metropolitan SA's rivers and creeks Ep 2: w/ Tammy Partridge | Talking water, careers and looking after metropolitan SA's rivers and creeks Welcome to the 2nd Green Adelaide Podcast episode!

Your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

We are talking all things water in metropolitan Adelaide with Green Adelaide's urban water team leader, Tammy Partridge and her career from regional farm hand to urban water manager.

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Do you want or have a career or interest in SA’s environment? This podcast is your insider enviro-exclusive about the people, projects, and news of SA.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is hosted by our Communications Manager Melissa Martin  We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

Subscribe via your favourite platform today so you'll get notified for all new episodes! We’ll publish new episodes monthly, usually at the end.

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Welcome to the 2nd Green Adelaide Podcast episode!

Your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

We are talking all things water in metropolitan Adelaide with Green Adelaide's urban water team leader, Tammy Partridge and her career from regional farm hand to urban water manager.

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Do you want or have a career or interest in SA’s environment? This podcast is your insider enviro-exclusive about the people, projects, and news of SA.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is hosted by our Communications Manager Melissa Martin  We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

Subscribe via your favourite platform today so you'll get notified for all new episodes! We’ll publish new episodes monthly, usually at the end.

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-13299006 Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0930 1939 1 2 full false Ep 1: w/ Prof Chris Daniels & Brenton Grear | Talking careers, rewilding, torrens, platypus Ep 1: w/ Prof Chris Daniels & Brenton Grear | Talking careers, rewilding, torrens, platypus Our first Green Adelaide Podcast episode is out now!

 Your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

 We are launching the Green Adelaide Podcast with a bang! Our podcast host, Green Adelaide Communications Manager Melissa Martin, interviews our leaders Green Adelaide Board Presiding Member Prof Chris Daniels and Green Adelaide Director Brenton Grear.

 They chat all things from their school days, life and environmental career tips, the term rewilding and what it means for Adelaide, plus the dream of reintroducing platypus to the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari one day soon.

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Do you want or have a career or interest in SA’s environment? This podcast is your insider enviro-exclusive about the people, projects, and news of SA.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is hosted by our Communications Manager Melissa Martin (a podcast lover, environmental communications expert and a secret red-tailed black cockatoo fan), and it is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

You’ll hear from the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

Subscribe via your favourite platform today so you'll get notified for all new episodes! We’ll publish new episodes monthly, usually at the end.

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Our first Green Adelaide Podcast episode is out now!

 Your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

 We are launching the Green Adelaide Podcast with a bang! Our podcast host, Green Adelaide Communications Manager Melissa Martin, interviews our leaders Green Adelaide Board Presiding Member Prof Chris Daniels and Green Adelaide Director Brenton Grear.

 They chat all things from their school days, life and environmental career tips, the term rewilding and what it means for Adelaide, plus the dream of reintroducing platypus to the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari one day soon.

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Do you want or have a career or interest in SA’s environment? This podcast is your insider enviro-exclusive about the people, projects, and news of SA.

The Green Adelaide Podcast is hosted by our Communications Manager Melissa Martin (a podcast lover, environmental communications expert and a secret red-tailed black cockatoo fan), and it is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.

You’ll hear from the experts, including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

Subscribe via your favourite platform today so you'll get notified for all new episodes! We’ll publish new episodes monthly, usually at the end.

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Melissa Martin Buzzsprout-13072253 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0930 1813 1 1 full false Introducing the Green Adelaide Podcast Introducing the Green Adelaide Podcast Introducing the launch of the Green Adelaide Podcast on 20 June 2023.

Your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia.


Why listen?
Do you want or have a career/interest in SA’s environment? This podcast is your insider enviro-exclusive about the people, projects, and news of SA.

You’ll hear from the experts including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

We'll talk with experts about:

  • Adelaide's environmental sector, skills, careers and leader insights. 
  • Urban environmental initiatives and concepts such as urban rewilding.
  • The trials, tribulations, and luck of living with wildlife on our doorstep.
  • Designing green cities with the complexity and successes around Adelaide.

Hosted by our Communications Manager Melissa Martin and is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.


About Green Adelaide
Green Adelaide is South Australia’s first dedicated government urban environmental organisation. We are a statutory board that is focused on the practical greening of metropolitan Adelaide through restoring natural environments amidst urban sprawl, rewilding places that are surrounded by thousands of residents, connecting people with nature through education and events, as well as embedding Aboriginal traditional practices in our operations. We have a vision of a cooler, greener, wilder and more climate-resilient Adelaide that celebrates the city’s unique culture. 

Socials
Facebook: @GreenAdelaide
Instagram: @GreenAdelaideSA
LinkedIn: @GreenAdelaideSA

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

]]> Introducing the launch of the Green Adelaide Podcast on 20 June 2023.

Your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metro South Australia.


Why listen?
Do you want or have a career/interest in SA’s environment? This podcast is your insider enviro-exclusive about the people, projects, and news of SA.

You’ll hear from the experts including the leaders and ecologists to the planners and marketers.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about.

We'll talk with experts about:

  • Adelaide's environmental sector, skills, careers and leader insights. 
  • Urban environmental initiatives and concepts such as urban rewilding.
  • The trials, tribulations, and luck of living with wildlife on our doorstep.
  • Designing green cities with the complexity and successes around Adelaide.

Hosted by our Communications Manager Melissa Martin and is your insider scoop on all things cool, green, and wild in metropolitan South Australia.


About Green Adelaide
Green Adelaide is South Australia’s first dedicated government urban environmental organisation. We are a statutory board that is focused on the practical greening of metropolitan Adelaide through restoring natural environments amidst urban sprawl, rewilding places that are surrounded by thousands of residents, connecting people with nature through education and events, as well as embedding Aboriginal traditional practices in our operations. We have a vision of a cooler, greener, wilder and more climate-resilient Adelaide that celebrates the city’s unique culture. 

Socials
Facebook: @GreenAdelaide
Instagram: @GreenAdelaideSA
LinkedIn: @GreenAdelaideSA

Subscribe to the Green Adelaide Podcast for new episode alerts!

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