Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), Newsletter, 27 June 2022
In episodes 5 and 6 from the second season of the award winning short radio and podcast series From the Embers, we check in with two different communities on their resilience journeys.
Episode 5, ‘Right Fire Wrong Fire’ goes to the South Coast of NSW where the mega fires of 2019/20 destroyed 1.5m hectares of Yuin Country, killing countless animals, plants, and insect species. Many members of the South Coast Yuin Community call these mega fires, ‘Wrong Fire’ fire that can’t be controlled and has the capacity to injure and kill. This compares very differently to Right Fire, or what is often called Cultural Burning which has the capacity to heal and care for all.
Episode 6, ‘Roofs Above Water’ visits the northern NSW town of Lismore in February 2022 when water inundated the town, sweeping away cars, stranding residents on rooftops, and filling houses with inches of mud. In the weeks that followed, volunteer hubs sprang up to feed and clothe locals forced to shelter in tents and cars as they struggle to recover with minimal support.
Each week throughout the month of June two episodes will be released available for streaming via your favourite podcast platform, Community Radio Plus, and available to stations for airplay via the Community Radio Network.
