Freedom of Species

This is our annual Radiothon show!  Freedom of Species needs to raise $1650 to help 3CR Community Radio stay on the air for another year, as a lone radical & independent voice in Australia's corporatised media landscape.  Please consider making a tax-deductible donation at www.3cr.org.au   Also come along to our fundraising trivia afternoon at Euro Kitchen in Fitzroy on June 30.  Details & tickets available here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/358864941649338/We also speak with Violet CoCo of Extinction Rebellion (XR) in Melbourne.  She explains the objectives of XR as the world battles with growing catastrophic climate change and how this relates to animals and veganism. Extinction Rebellion Australia website  https://ausrebellion.earth/Extinction Rebellion Australia on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/XRAustralia/

With the Australian federal election around the corner, we want to help you understand parties policies animal issues. We were joined by candidates Tania Briese from the Pirate Party Australia, Ben Schultz from the Animal Justice Party and Jason Ball from the Greens.We discuss what the most important animal issues are for their party and their positions on specific policies topics.

On this show we're joined Dilan Fernando to talk about his recent trip to Palestine and the work of the Palestinian Animal League. He discusses the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and how this influences and impacts animal activism.

We listen to the talk, ‘Humane Science Education: Ending the Use of Animals for Dissection’, presented by Nicole Green, Director, Animalearn and Dr. Elisabeth Ormandy - Executive Director, Animals in Science Policy Institute.This presentation was recorded as part of the the Humane Education Coalitions - Humane Summit 2019. The Humane Summit 2019, was a virtual speaker series run over two days in February 2019.The Humane Summit 2019, included many talks, all of which you can find in a YouTube playlist with 27 presentations from the summit.

We've got a presentation from the recent Humane Education Coalition summit, delivered by Nichola Kriek from SAFE. She talks about how humane education has been successfully introduced into the NZ school curriculum. We've also got four spoken word performances, from Canada, UK, & the US. SAFE  www.safe.org.nzHumane Education Coalition summit www.hecoalition.org/summit

This show features some of Bede Carmody’s talk ‘Sustainable Activism: How to avoid becoming burnt out as an activist’. You can listen to the full talk at the following link and the description on this site also has links to further resources and to listen to other talks from the conference it was recorded at: https://archive.org/details/BedeCarmody We particularly recommend that activists do the following survey to see where they sit on the Burnout Rating Scale: https://www.surrey.ca/files/Burn-out%20Screening%20Questionnaire.pdf You can find out more about A Poultry Place, the animal sanctuary Bede runs, here: https://www.facebook.com/apoultryplace/ Bede’s talk is from an Institute for Critical Animal Studies (Oceania) conference – you can follow ICAS Oceania on Twitter @icasoceania and like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Institute-for-Critical-Animal-Studies-Oceania-332818656755188/

On this show we introduce our newest team member, Harley, and we discuss the animal movement and where she fits within it. Harley is a part of the group Young Voices for Animals: https://yva.org.au

We hear from Mark Halliday, a documentary filmmaker from Sydney about his new feature film, Vestige. The film follows some of the last remaining rhinos, protected in South Africa's Kruger National Park from the onslaught of poachers, and the people who risk their lives on a daily basis while trying to protect them.  Vestige film site  www.vestigemovie.com

We’re joined by Jim Kremar, environmental activist and one of the hosts of The SUWA show on 3CR, who discusses the place of animals in the environmental movement. You can listen to The SUWA show on 3CR every Friday from 5.30-6.30pm and catch up on episodes here: https://www.3cr.org.au/suwa Jim also recommends the following groups for those who are interested in getting involved in environmental activism: https://www.frontlineaction.org/ https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/ Please subscribe to 3CR here: https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribe

On this show we’re joined by Greg McFarlane, the Director of Vegan Australia. He discusses the rise of veganism and the various ways Vegan Australia promote veganism, both on an individual and society-wide level. You can find out more about and support Vegan Australia at: https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/ This show also features a little bit of Animal Justice Party Victoria MP Andy Meddick’s Maiden Speech. You can watch the whole speech here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=232595841028447