Coal Face

Gippsland New Energy Conference 2023 - Youth & Future Special

Coal Face covers the 2023 Gippsland New Energy Conference. Get all the juicy details about how the billions of dollars of new energy are going to impact the next generation of workers in Gippsland. We spoke to the Chair of the Australian Renewables Academy, Bernadette O'Connor, the Director of Emerging Industries at the Latrobe Valley Authority, Bodye Darvil, the founder and CEO of Green Lab Futures, Scott Douglas, the Regional Stakeholder Manager of Corio Generation, Kate Foster, Year 12 school captain and future engineer, Ellie MacGregor, one of the GNEC event organising team and Senior Advisor in New Energy Development at the Gippsland Climate Change Network, Michelle Isles. PLUS all our own hot takes!
Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1INCuMtQcWJZwtkgFAb2e7UGzd1-bn_95VRazFhpT7B4/edit?usp=sharing 

Coming out 2: Art & Intersectionality in The Valley with Ronald Edwards Peppers

Josie and Steph speak with local Gunaikurnai artist Ronald Edwards Pepper about everything from creativity to cul-de-sacs. We learn about the power art has to change spaces, and how Ronald's sexuality and connection with the land intersect with his work.  Find Ronald here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1590978367Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aN6mIyvXmcYb0UBu5Uad80C2S_P99D-5SA0_J9_agl0/edit?usp=sharing 

”No one is going to swim in that” EES Spectacular with Bronya Lipski from Environment Victoria and Chloe Babcock from Environmental Justice Australia

Josie and Steph speak with Environment Victoria's Bronya Lipski and Environmental Justice Australia's Chloe Babcock on the newly released draft of the Environmental Effects Statement scope for the Hazelwood Mine Rehabilitation project. We learn what an EES is, what this one gets right, and wrong, and why it's important for people to have their say during the submission window. (or you know, we might end up living next to an acidic lake)  Show notes + how to submit:  
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ykk8Wjw-ewsWhNDU3J0pazy-6kHWqChkuNcZi3x0-e0/edit?usp=sharing 

Renewable Energy Revolution: Coal Face goes to the Gippsland New Energy Conference.

Join Josie & Steph as they speak with special guests Darren McCubbin, Ashley Hall, Edwina Vega, Dr Jarra Hicks, Mayor Kellie O'Callaghan & Marianne Robbinson as they discuss the Gippsland New Energy Conference, what community-owned renewable energy projects could look like and what a 40 billion dollar renewable energy sector could mean for Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley.
 
This episode was sponsored by The GNEC | we have retained full editorial control Show notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17wZDWit-1dT0rvbBdLls8bCQsvc3oDgHUJwqlEMCkr8/edit?usp=sharing
 

Smoke Stacks & Explosions - Art, Identity & The Environment at The Latrobe Regional Gallery

Josie and Steph take you on a whirlwind recap of the Hazelwood Exhibit that was on display at The Latrobe Regional Gallery. The Coal Face team discuss the role of art in shaping collective identities, how space can facilitate conversations around trauma and a Morwellian myth about the Hazelwood landowner who would drive his Rolls Royce around the paddocks of the power station.  Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PF0NyZgbU-NZXgsFx2DlR_tHFCtCCHVqL7XYcA5902g/edit?usp=sharing 

The True Cost of Water — With Hayley Sestokas from Friends of Latrobe Water & Environment Victoria

Water feeds the arteries of all life on earth, what is that truly worth? Josie & Steph chat with activist, chef and mushroom farmer Hayley Sestokas about growing up in the Latrobe Valley, coal ash dams, mine rehabilitation, and the important advocacy work of Friends of Latrobe Water & Environment Victoria.    
Show Notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VC4K2o1lksVa4F-2eQybOGFzI9_OC0jmf34dNX_S3fE/edit?usp=sharing

Co-ops, Climate Change and the Future — With Dan Musil from the Earth Worker Manufacturing Co-Op

Your voice will be heard. You control the capital. You can do something for your community even as you keep succeeding. Sounds pretty good right?
Josie and Steph chat with worker, musician and Weet-Bix enthusiast Dan Musil about cooperative workplaces. Could cooperative energy manufacturing help to rebuild the Latrobe Valley as we move towards a life after coal?
 
Resources/ Show Notes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F_tnrEO7dk4g70u_3MJuWPMiFAnbqZdx5wt0WZpOCrw/edit?usp=sharing 

After the Smoke — The Hazelwood Mine Fire with Wendy Farmer

Eight years ago the Hazelwood mine caught fire with devastating consequences to the people of the Latrobe Valley. Josie and Steph chat to local legend and activist Wendy Farmer about how the Hazelwood mine fire changed the Latrobe Valley and the course of her life. 
Resources/ Show Noteshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1kyORq_98-jphG80tpE4PuCA0_KLDPGta_ffk9RIn0xU/edit?usp=sharing

Wow, that’s a really big hole — With Rhonda Hastie / Mine Land Rehab Authority

Josie & Steph learn about the complexities of mine rehabilitation in the Latrobe Valley from horse-loving, environmental scientist and acting CEO of the Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority Rhonda Hastie.