Coal Face

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.