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 monthly episode she'll interview a local enviro-expert. From leaders and ecologists, to planners and marketers, to understand their career journey in and around the sector, as well as breakdown top environmental matters.

We’re not your regular environmental podcast, we’re your cool cultural podcast. How we live with our environment in Adelaide is a culture that we must talk about!

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EPISODE 19: 4 enviro career highlights from 2024

For our final 2024 episode, in light of ATAR/SACE results coming out this week, we are showcasing the 4 best enviro career insights that appeared on the pod during 2024. Our guests talk the different roads taken to purse their career in SA’s environment sector. We hope this ep helps graduates navigate the next chapter of their story. Catch us for a new pod ep in 2025.

EPISODE 18: Interview with Kate Matthews at Flinders University

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, why it is so important and Kate's recent findings into designing healthier cities with soil.

EPISODE 17: Interview with Kirstin Abley at SA’s Department for Environment and Water

On this episode we’ll be talking fire science and prescribed burning in metro SA. You’ll hear from Kirstin Abley who manages the Fire Science and Mapping Team at SA’s Department for Environment and Water. We’ll breakdown it's use in metro SA and it's benefits from environmental to community safety.

EPISODE 16: Interview with Vicki-Jo Russell AM and Jill Woodlands, Nature Festival co-founders

We’ll be talking SA’s Nature Festival – how it came about and what’s in store this year, with the festival co-founders Vicki-Jo Russell AM and Jill Woodlands. You’ll hear about their environmental careers, setbacks, points of clarity, as well as ideas of success in the sector. Find out why you must head to one or more of the 400+ nature-inspired events on between 28 Sept until 13 Oct.

EPISODE 15: RE-RUN Interview with Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy

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 from the Australian Platypus Conservancy.

EPISODE 14: Interview with Mandy Jones from Conservation and Detection Dogs SA

This episode features local dog handler and trainer Mandy Jones. We talk about the training and work of her conservation dogs for Adelaide's environment. What is a conservation dog? How do you train a conservation dog? Is this a new conservation technique? All your questions will be answered on this ep!

EPISODE 13: Interview with Green Adelaide's Team Lead of Planning, Alison Collins

To kick of season 2, we are talking about a new pathway to change Adelaide’s tree trajectory, Adelaide first metro-wide Urban Greening Strategy. We are joined by Alison Collins who is an urban planner with more than 20 years of experience and she led the development the draft Urban Greening Strategy out for public consultation until 28 June.

EPISODE 12: Interview with Narungga man Rodney Welch from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council and landscape architect Warwick Keates from Wax Design

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 Adelaide by the local council, the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. The pod is joined by Narungga man Rodney Welch from the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council and Warwick Keates from Wax Design to chat about this project, Aboriginal engagement and the environmental considerations of this future Green Star certified building.

EPISODE 11: Interview with Dr Nadine Kelly from SA's Dept for Environment and Water

Nadine is the current Program Leader of the Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin project, but we’ll actually be talking with her about a different water source – the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari. We’ll chat about Dr Nadine’s environmental career journey as a water engineer and download her years of knowledge studying and working in and around the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari.

EPISODE 10: Interview with Dr Sheryn Pitman from Green Adelaide

For this episode we’ll be diving into Sheryn’s environmental career journey, talk a little about Adelaide’s National Park City status and what that means for our city, plus we’ll nut out the key learnings from her ecological literacy research.

EPISODE 9: RE-RUN with Prof Chris Daniels and Brenton Grear from Green Adelaide

2024 is a leap year. To mark this additional day in Feb, this month’s episode is a re-run of our most listened to show with Professor Chris Daniels and Brenton Grear from Green Adelaide talking about the concept of rewilding in Adelaide, what it means for our city, plus the dream of reintroducing platypus to the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari one day soon.

EPISODE 8: Interview with John Zeppel the Deputy Mayor of Walkerville

For this episode, we’ll be talking to the recently appointed Deputy Mayor of the Town of Walkerville, John Zeppel. John runs an ICT business and has a passion for sustainability including building his own sustainable home. Learn about his unique journey into the environmental sector with some top tips if you'd like to take your enviro passion to represent your community.

EPISODE 7: Interview with Jason van Weenen at Green 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 grey-headed flying foxes. All your flying fox questions will be answered, including why they aren't just called bats.

EPISODE 6: Interview with Lisien Loan from SA's Department for Environment and Water

On this episode we chat with the Director of conservation and wildlife at the Department for Environment and Water, Lisien Loan. Tune-in to hear about local wildlife ethics, permits and the future of wildlife conservation in SA.

EPISODE 5: Interview with Natalya Giffney from Green Adelaide

With spring being prime food planting time, this episode we'll be chatting with expert food gardener and educator Natalya Giffney from Green Adelaide.

EPISODE 4: Interview with Dr Karl Hillyard from SA's Department for Environment and Water

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 Dr Karl Hillyard.

EPISODE 3: Interview with Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy