Your insider scoop on all things cool, green and wild in metropolitan South Australia.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 i...
Latest episodes
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40 min
Ep 20: w/ John Kandulu | Flinders University | environmental economics + economic value of green spaces + poli…
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 exp…
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50 min
Ep 19: 4 enviro career highlights from 2024 | Water engineer + Water-sensitive urban design + Cultural Project…
4 enviro career highlights from 2024For 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…
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44 min
Ep 18: w/ Kate Matthews | Flinders University | Soil Ecology PhD + soil science + CSIRO + soil research + urba…
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…
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49 min
Ep 17: w/ Kirstin Abley | Fire ecology & management in South Australia + prescribed burns + geospatial skills…
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 kicki…
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48 min
Ep 16: w/ Vicki-Jo Russell AM & Jill Woodlands | South Australia's Nature Festival + nature events + careers i…
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 Sep…
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46 min
Ep 15: RE-RUN w/ Geoff Williams | Platypus Reintroduction to River Torrens + Australian Platypus Conservancy +…
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 th…
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45 min
Ep 14: w/ Mandy Jones | Conservation & Detection Dogs SA + dogs + detecting endangered or pest species + sprin…
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…
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43 min
Ep 13: w/ Alison Collins | Adelaide's Urban Greening Strategy + urban planner + enhancing tree canopy + coolin…
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…
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48 min
Ep 12: w/ Rodney Welch & Warwick Keates | City of Port Adelaide Enfield & Wax Design | Yitpi Yartapuultiku/Abo…
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 Ade…
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44 min
Ep 11: w/ Dr Nadine Kelly | River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari + lamprey + sponge cities + water engineer + water…
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 pro…
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42 min
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 peo…
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28 min
Ep 9 RERUN: w/ Prof Chris Daniels and Brenton Grear + rewilding + platypus + River Torrens + environmental ind…
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 Gr…
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38 min
Ep 8: w/ John Zeppel | Town of Walkerville | Becoming a Councillor/Deputy Mayor + environmental passion + buil…
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. Jo…
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43 min
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 gre…
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39 min
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, w…
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40 min
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…
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37 min
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 Dep…
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47 min
Ep 3: w/ Geoff Williams | Australian Platypus Conservancy | Talking platypus and reintroducing to urban South…
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 f…
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32 min
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 metropol…
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32 min
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 metropol…