Katherine Berthon is a PhD researcher with the Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science) at RMIT. Katherine’s research looks at urban gardens across the City of Melbourne, including the Royal Botanical Gardens and the Australian Native Garden in Royal Park, to see which plants are preferred by the native bees and honeybees, hover flies and butterflies, ants and wasps which call the city home. Katherine joined us in December 2021 to talk us through the current housing and food crisis affecting the city's native bees. //

The Heart Gardening Project is a community initiative led by Emma Cutting. The aim of the project is to create wildlife corridors on public land, transforming nature strips and other urban areas into insect-friendly gardens. Phuong caught up with Emma on the weekend at one of the BEE gardens in South Melbourne on Boon Wurrung Country and they spoke about the importance of community gardens, not just for the bees and other critters that depend on these environments, but to strengthen relationships between people especially during these tough times. //

Viv Langford caught up with Dr Ruth Adler - Former 3CR presenter and diplomat on the Climate Action Show. She was the Australian Ambassador in Ireland and has served also in Brunei, Mexico and The Philippines. They spoke about the Green Climate Fund and Ruth's thesis: ‘Finance in the Paris Agreement climate regime: governance, legitimacy and prospects for justice’ You can hear the entire conversation at https://www.3cr.org.au/climateaction //

Rebecca Glenn is the founder of the Centre for Women's Economic Safety, which has been calling for better regulation and oversight of ways in which women can be financially abused. Under the Federal Government’s emergency pandemic relief scheme in 2020, Australian residents who had lost income were allowed to withdraw up to $10,000 from their superannuation in an expedited process designed to have low barriers to immediate entry. Evie spoke with Rebecca about financial coercion and abuse and how the early superannuation access scheme could be manipulated by partners seeking to coerce their partners to withdraw their super. //

Lara Soulio, volunteer and organiser of this year's 3CR IWD Street Party, caught up with Evie to speak about the upcoming event. As part of this year's 24 hours of IWD, 3CR is hosting a street party next Tuesday (8 March) from 4-8pm in Little Victoria Street. There will be music, performers and food and the event will be broadcast live so you can experience the party from home. //

Songs:

Avril Lavigne - Bite Me (Language Warning!) //

E^ST - Walking Home in the Rain //