Making Waves Episode 5: IWM – Inclusive Water Management

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This episode brings together many of the repeating themes that have been covered from different perspectives in the journey together so far, looking at what is possible and how to make it happen. 

Featuring

  • Matthew Burns (Taungurung Land and Waters Council / First Peoples Assembly of Victoria) (2m 40s)
  • ‘Walka’ from Kalaji, by Mark Coles Smith (15m 28s)
  • Brodey Hamilton (Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation), Melissa Kennedy (Tati Tati Kaiejin), Dr Erin O’Donnell (Melbourne Law School) – co-authors of Water Is Life, a roadmap toward Traditional Owner access to water in Victoria (19m 38s)
  • Students of Dharma school in Daylesford (55m 09s)
  • Ross Allen (3 Seeds Agency) and Toni Meek (Yarra Valley Water), who contemplate how effective community engagement can enact change (58m 46s)

Nominated Water Songs

  • God willin’ and the creek don’t rise. Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
  • November Rain. Guns and Roses
  • At the River. Groove Armada
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