Podcasting: why it matters and what it can do to authentically tell your climate and environment story

Podcasting: Why it matters - and what it can do to authentically tell your climate and environment story

Why attend

Podcasting is a powerful new tool in environment communications. I discuss how the spoken word coming from lived experience and embedded in immersive environmental sound recording, is a convincing tool for changing mindsets. Voices of unique individuals talking about what they do and how, reveals profound perspectives on global issues.

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Podcasting is a new form that deeply engages audiences, especially younger generations. Personal storytelling of environmental action remains engaging and inspiring in a time of climate crisis when audiences weary of relentless facts and figures. As an internationally recognised audio journalist with 25 years’ experience I’ve innovated in digital citizen storytelling. In this presentation we walk through the online digital site 'The Rescue Project', listening to extracts from the resulting podcast series. I demonstrate how powerful individual stories of environmental action can poignantly describe bigger picture issues while keeping local voices and sounds of 'home ground' front and centre. This kind of storytelling can mobilise others to take their own action - both local and democratic. Podcasting their community's stories can validate and elevate that work, as well as help organisations expand their impact through multidisciplinary approaches.

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If you would like to read and hear some examples of how podcasting makes for rich storytelling, please have a look at the website of The Rescue Project. https://landcareaustralia.org.au/rescue/

Rescue is a collaboration between myself and Landcare Australia, a large community-led organisation committed to preserving land and habitat for native (Australian) animals.

Here you can find individual stories read aloud by their contributors, as well as a longer 'feature' about the Atherton Tablelands, a stunning World Heritage site under threat of drought and invasive species. Listen to individuals talk passionately about their work collecting seeds, replanting whole tracts of rainforest, caring for Tree Kangaroos (yes, imagine, kangaroos that climb trees!) and fighting off the Yellow Crazy Ant. The documentary is rich in sound of the area - come visit us with your ears.

And feel free to get in touch to ask any questions about podcasting and this project.

I look forward to meeting you,

Gretchen Miller

News - 14 Jan 2020 - 11:52 pm