Saltwater Library: Recent Episodes
Rebecca Olive
Saltwater Library is a podcast about human-ocean health and wellbeing. Episodes explore the work of researchers, scientists, activists, and other people who are working to take better care of the coast and oceans they love.
This week on Saltwater Library, Naomi Edwards talks about how the lived experiences of people coastal professionals impact decision making in coastal management. Naomi Edwards is a passionate community advocate, who is committed to community-led environmental care programs. She currently works on coastal fisheries management change in Melanesia, and lives in the Gold Coast Hinterland on Yugambeh Country.
Dina Gilio-Whitaker is an award winning journalist, a consultant and educator in environmental justice policy planning, American Indian Studies and critical surf studies, and the author of 'As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock'. This week on Saltwater Library, Dina explains how environmental activism by surfers can contribute to ongoing erasures of Indigenous and First Nations people’s sovereignty.
Eric Woehler OAM is a marine and seabird ecologist, whose work has focused on the beaches of Tasmania and the wild expanses of the Southern Ocean. In this discussion, Eric gives us even more reasons to marvel at birds and discusses how we can minimise the impacts of our coastal leisure and recreation on their beach habitats.
Yusra Metwally is the founder of Swim Sisters, a community group that supports women from multicultural backgrounds to develop swimming and water safety skills and the confidence to enjoy being in the water. This week on Saltwater Library, Yusra talks about how supporting women’s swimming is key to improving accessibility and safety for more people at the beach.
A passionate fisher and surfer, Stephan Schnierer works on Indigenous cultural fishing rights and has extensive knowledge and experience in fisheries biology and management, Indigenous fisheries and traditional fishing knowledges. In this episode of Saltwater Library, Stephan Schnierer talks about the importance of including Indigenous cultural rights, knowledges and practices in how we take care of coasts and oceans.
This is a welcome to Saltwater Library. A podcast about human-ocean health and wellbeing. Episodes explore the work of researchers, scientists, activists, and other people who are working to take better care of the coast and oceans they love. You can find more information about this episode at https://movingoceans.com