Coal Face covers the 2023 Gippsland New Energy Conference. Get all the juicy details about how the billions of dollars of new energy are going to impact the next generation of workers in Gippsland. We spoke to the Chair of the Australian Renewables Academy, Bernadette O'Connor, the Director of Emerging Industries at the Latrobe Valley Authority, Bodye Darvil, the founder and CEO of Green Lab Futures, Scott Douglas, the Regional Stakeholder Manager of Corio Generation, Kate Foster, Year 12 school captain and future engineer, Ellie MacGregor, one of the GNEC event organising team and Senior Advisor in New Energy Development at the Gippsland Climate Change Network, Michelle Isles. PLUS all our own hot takes!

Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1INCuMtQcWJZwtkgFAb2e7UGzd1-bn_95VRazFhpT7B4/edit?usp=sharing

Josie and Steph speak with local Gunaikurnai artist Ronald Edwards Pepper about everything from creativity to cul-de-sacs. We learn about the power art has to change spaces, and how Ronald's sexuality and connection with the land intersect with his work. Find Ronald here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1590978367 Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aN6mIyvXmcYb0UBu5Uad80C2S_P99D-5SA0_J9_agl0/edit?usp=sharing

Josie and Steph speak with Environment Victoria's Bronya Lipski and Environmental Justice Australia's Chloe Babcock on the newly released draft of the Environmental Effects Statement scope for the Hazelwood Mine Rehabilitation project. We learn what an EES is, what this one gets right, and wrong, and why it's important for people to have their say during the submission window. (or you know, we might end up living next to an acidic lake) Show notes + how to submit:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ykk8Wjw-ewsWhNDU3J0pazy-6kHWqChkuNcZi3x0-e0/edit?usp=sharing