Episode 73: Regenerating Australia with Damon Gameau and Morag Gamble

In this episode, Morag Gamble talks with Damon Gameau about his latest film, Regenerating Australia. The Permaculture Education Institute's Film Club is hosting a free livestreaming on May 20th. BOOK HERE.

Damon Gameau is an award-winning filmmaker, author, father and activist. His 2015 movie, That Sugar Film, broke Australian box office records, and his other feature-length film, 2040, was one of the highest-grossing Australian documentaries of all time.

His latest offering, Regenerating Australia, is a short film that explores what Australia could look like in 2030 if we listened to the needs of its people. Based on interviews with a diverse group of Australians about their hopes for the future, the film features well-known voices like Kerry O’Brien, Sandra Sully, Gorgi Coghlan, Tim Flannery, Larissa Behrend and David Pocock.

Morag and Damon discuss:

• Creating a safe space for young people to talk about climate change and take action;
• The power of storytelling for creating change;
• The upcoming Australian Federal election;
• There is no saviour coming to combat climate change – it requires action from the network of changemakers within Australia and the world – our very own mycelial network;
• What the Northern Rivers flooding in NSW taught us about the importance of localisation and self-governance;
• How we measure success now and how we might measure it in the future;
• Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics;
• The problem with apocalyptic storylines;
• How do we put climate change solutions front and centre so they’re funded;
• What drives change;
• Regenerating Songlines Australia, a continent-wide network that connects regenerative projects and practitioners led by First Nations peoples and inclusive of all Australians;
• The rise of regenerative farming in Australia, contributed partly by Southern Cross University’s Regenerative Agriculture Course;
• How we can incentivise regeneration of our land;
• Gregory Landau’s rec

I'd love to hear from you. Text me here.

Support the show

This podcast is a project of the Permaculture Education Institute.

We work with people on six continents, teaching permaculture design and skills - from how to be a community leader to creating a regenerative permaculture livelihood. Visit our website to find out more. You can start any time, in any capacity!

We teach permaculture and host permaculture teacher courses. We also share conversations through monthly masterclasses, Our Permaculture Life YouTube, and offer free monthly film clubs in a supportive global community.

This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage food forest on beautiful Gubbi Gubbi country.

Subscribe, share and comment if you enjoy and keep this podcast myceliating!