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Clinton Walker is a descendant of the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people, Traditional Custodians of the West Pilbara region, encompassing places like Karratha and the incredible Murujuga National Park. Murujuga (or Burrup Peninsula), on the north-west coast of Australia, houses the largest rock art collection in the world – around one million petroglyphs, some dating back about 40,000 years. The World Heritage nomination for this place is a shoe-in, unless jeopardised by current industry expansion plans – most notoriously, the Scarborough Gas Field proposal, currently being challenged in court and elsewhere, with the stakes running far beyond this incredible ancient place. But there are better ways to go here. And Clinton is uniquely placed to talk to them. He was a highly paid technician with a mining company there, but he ultimately couldn't bear the harm it was causing his Country. He now runs an extremely successful tour operation called Ngurrangga Tours, and is living the message that sustainable industries such as Indigenous cultural tourism are enormously beneficial - economically, for Country, and for bringing our cultures together. So join us, as Clinton sits us down on a very special part of his Country for a yarn. If you’d like to hear more from Clinton, and more conversations like this with First Nations, farmers, pastoralists, conservationists, economists, entrepreneurs and others across WA, and the world, join host Anthony James over on The RegenNarration podcast, wherever podcasts are found, or at https://www.regennarration.com [https://www.regennarration.com/]. This conversation was recorded on 13 December 2021 on Country at Murujuga. Music: Eden is Lost, by Selfless Orchestra. Get more: Clinton’s tour company, Ngurrangga Tours - https://www.ngurrangga.com.au/ [https://www.ngurrangga.com.au/] For more on First Nations opportunities in cultural tourism and beyond, tune into episode 5 of the Clean State podcast, Our Huge Untapped Resource: Expanding Aboriginal tourism in a post-COVID world, with much-loved native food specialist, educator, and passionate Aboriginal tourism advocate, Dale Tilbrook - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/podcast [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/podcast] For more on the plan to support and expand Aboriginal tourism and business development that Clean State is advocating for - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/expand_aboriginal_tourism [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/expand_aboriginal_tourism] And check out the rest of the Clean State WA website, where you’ll see more on the Jobs Plan and how you can get involved - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan] Clean State is an independent initiative advocating for action on climate change and jobs in Western Australia. We represent thousands of individuals and hundreds of businesses and other organisations who are dedicated to climate action across the state. We promote solutions that create thousands of jobs supporting businesses, families and communities and make our state a regenerative, fair and prosperous place to live and work. More than ever before, we have an opportunity to invest in a sustainable future for WA. The Clean State office acknowledges that it resides on the land of the Nyoongar people. We pay respect to their Elders, past and present, and acknowledge the important role all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play in advancing a Clean State of WA. If you’d like to get in touch with ideas, questions or thoughts generated by the plan or this podcast, you can email Clean State at info@cleanstate.org.au [info@cleanstate.org.au] or simply join our mailing list https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join] And thanks for listening! Support the show: https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Jess Beckerling is Convenor and Campaign Director of the WA Forest Alliance, and much more besides. The Alliance, or WAFA, is the peak body for forest conservation in WA, and right now, it sees the best opportunity we've ever had to end native logging, in this very term of government. A process has begun, and we’re all invited in to ensure it happens. With the Forests for Life Plan in hand, WAFA and Clean State WA show how we can stop bleeding finances, forests, and communities, and back in the growing suite of ecologically and economically beneficial industries. If you’d like to hear more conversations like this with farmers, conservationists, economists, entrepreneurs, First Nations and others across WA, and the world, join host Anthony James over on The RegenNarration podcast, wherever podcasts are found or at https://www.regennarration.com [https://www.regennarration.com/]. Episodes 79, 82 and 87 feature more on how people are coming together to create livelihoods that heal country in the magnificent south-west. Music: Eden is Lost, by Selfless Orchestra. Get more: Fill in the survey [https://wabsi.mysocialpinpoint.com.au/wa-forests]using WAFA's guide. [https://wafa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WAFA-guide-for-survey.pdf] It closes 1 August 2021. The dedicated Plan and campaign website - https://forestsforlife.org.au/ [https://forestsforlife.org.au/] WA Forest Alliance website - https://wafa.org.au/ [https://wafa.org.au/] Clean State’s additional supportive proposals for the Forests for Life Plan - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/forests_for_life [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/forests_for_life] A 2-minute film by Luke Sweet at Clean State WA featuring beekeeper Mikey Cernotta making the case for the Plan. [https://vimeo.com/490559704] And check out the Clean State WA website, where you’ll see more on the Jobs Plan and how you can get involved - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan] Clean State is an independent initiative advocating for action on climate change and jobs in Western Australia. We represent thousands of individuals and hundreds of businesses and other organisations who are dedicated to climate action across the state. We promote solutions that create thousands of jobs supporting businesses, families and communities and make our state a regenerative, fair and prosperous place to live and work. More than ever before, we have an opportunity to invest in a sustainable future for WA. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to put as many as 64,000 Western Australians out of work and an economic downturn is underway. That’s why Clean State has worked with industry experts from across WA to develop a plan for over 200,000 jobs that will also deliver action on climate change, conservation, and the care economy. This is the Clean State Jobs Plan. The Clean State office acknowledges that it resides on the land of the Nyoongar people. We pay respect to their Elders, past and present, and acknowledge the important role all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play in advancing a Clean State of WA. Thanks to the team at Clean State WA, and to the generous volunteers, supporters and active partners who are making this plan a reality. If you’d like to get in touch with ideas, questions or thoughts generated by the plan or this podcast, you can email Clean State at info@cleanstate.org.au [info@cleanstate.org.au] or simply join our mailing list https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join] And thanks for listening! Support the show: https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Simon Wallwork and Cindy Stevens live with their three kids on a farm in Corrigin, in WA’s wheatbelt. In 2019 they joined a group of other producers to found AgZero2030, an agriculture-led movement progressing positive action on climate. Their goal? That agriculture achieves net zero emissions by 2030, and the drawdown of emissions after that. In other words, that agriculture go from being a key contributor to global warming and its increasingly catastrophic effects, to being a key contributor to reversing it, and regenerating ecosystems and economies everywhere. And they’re finding a way to connect with people and politics across the board, including First Nations knowledge and enterprise, to achieve it. If you’d like to hear more conversations like this with farmers, pastoralists, First Nations and others across WA, and the wider world, join host Anthony James over on The RegenNarration podcast, wherever podcasts are found, or at https://www.regennarration.com [https://www.regennarration.com/]. Music: Eden is Lost, by Selfless Orchestra. Get more: AgZero2030 - https://agzero2030.org.au/ [https://agzero2030.org.au/] Noongar Land Enterprise Group - https://www.noongarlandenterprise.com.au/ [https://www.noongarlandenterprise.com.au/] And check out the Clean State WA website, where you’ll see more on the Jobs Plan and how you can get involved - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan] Including on the Clean State Plan resilient regions section [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/resilient_regions] and regenerating the Wheatbelt through conservation and landcare. [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/partnerships_for_conservation] Clean State is an independent initiative advocating for action on climate change and jobs in Western Australia. We represent thousands of individuals and hundreds of businesses and other organisations who are dedicated to climate action across the state. We promote solutions that create thousands of jobs supporting businesses, families and communities and make our state a regenerative, fair and prosperous place to live and work. More than ever before, we have an opportunity to invest in a sustainable future for WA. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to put as many as 64,000 Western Australians out of work and an economic downturn is underway. That’s why Clean State has worked with industry experts from across WA to develop a plan for over 200,000 jobs that will also deliver action on climate change, conservation, and the care economy. This is the Clean State Jobs Plan. The Clean State office acknowledges that it resides on the land of the Nyoongar people. We pay respect to their Elders, past and present, and acknowledge the important role all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play in advancing a Clean State of WA. Thanks to the team at Clean State WA, and to the generous volunteers, supporters and active partners who are making this plan a reality. If you’d like to get in touch with ideas, questions or thoughts generated by the plan or this podcast, you can email Clean State at info@cleanstate.org.au [info@cleanstate.org.au] or simply join our mailing list https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join] And thanks for listening! Support the show: https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Stephen King is the founder, CEO and Head Installer of the Australian Insulation Foundation of WA. While working in his insulation business, Stephen found social housing tenants were desperately in need of insulation, but had no means of getting it. So he set up a charity, added a little premium to his main service, and provided housing insulation for social housing tenants free of charge. One such resident is Maria Novac – a single mum with a family who unexpectedly found herself in need of social housing, and landed in a neglected hot box. Maria can’t thank Stephen enough for the difference it’s made to their lives. And they’re not alone. And while the flow on benefits are enormous, from health to climate to education and more, perhaps the greatest benefit is what it shows is possible if government were to back in a plan to retrofit all 45,000 social houses in WA in this way. Maria was kind enough to host Stephen and Anthony at her place for this conversation. The Clean State WA podcast is produced and hosted by Anthony James, Perth-based creator of The RegenNarration podcast. For more stories of regeneration around WA, Australia and the world, tune into The RegenNarration wherever podcasts are found, or at https://www.regennarration.com [https://www.regennarration.com/]. This is the final episode of the Clean State podcast for this year. We'll be back in 2021 with more stories of West Australians leading the way in building back better from the coronavirus, averting climate catastrophe, and transitioning to a regenerative, fair and prosperous WA. That’s with thanks to our guests, network partner Climactic, and all Clean State supporters. Till then, best wishes for a wonderful festive season, and regenerative new year! Music: Eden is Lost, by Selfless Orchestra. Get more: On Stephen and the Australian Insulation Foundation - http://www.aifwa.org.au/ [http://www.aifwa.org.au/] Watch a one minute video of Stephen at work on the Clean State channel - https://vimeo.com/432373463 [https://vimeo.com/432373463] On the plan to repower and retrofit WA’s social housing in three years [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/deep_energy_efficiency_social_housing_retrofit] (and to Build 15,000 new, low carbon social housing homes in three years [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan-build-social-housing-homes]) And check out the Clean State WA website, where you’ll see more on the Jobs Plan and how you can get involved - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan] Clean State is an independent initiative advocating for action on climate change and jobs in Western Australia. We represent thousands of individuals and hundreds of businesses and other organisations who are dedicated to climate action across the state. We promote solutions that create thousands of jobs supporting businesses, families and communities and make our state a regenerative, fair and prosperous place to live and work. More than ever before, we have an opportunity to invest in a sustainable future for WA. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to put as many as 64,000 Western Australians out of work and an economic downturn is underway. That’s why Clean State has worked with industry experts from across WA to develop a plan for over 200,000 jobs that will also deliver action on climate change, conservation, and the care economy. This is the Clean State Jobs Plan. The Clean State office acknowledges that it resides on the land of the Nyoongar people. We pay respect to their Elders, past and present, and acknowledge the important role all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play in advancing a Clean State of WA. Thanks to the team at Clean State WA, and to the generous volunteers, supporters and active partners who are making this plan a reality. If you’d like to get in touch with ideas, questions or thoughts generated by the plan or this podcast, you can email Clean State at info@cleanstate.org.au [info@cleanstate.org.au] or simply join our mailing list https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join] And thanks for listening! Support the show: https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Dale Tilbrook is a much-loved native food specialist, educator, and passionate Aboriginal tourism advocate. Like a lot of Australia this week, Dale’s immersed in NAIDOC Week, celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She also continues to work towards a big vision for First Nations people, and WA as a whole. This vision is reflected in the joint proposal made by Clean State WA and the influential WAITOC – the Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Council. Dale’s seen WAITOC generate a litany of outstanding success stories in Aboriginal tourism, and at times with very few resources. The potential is huge, she says, with the right support and investment, to empower Aboriginal communities with all sorts of flow-on benefits - and at a time when WA – and the rest of the world – need it most. The Clean State WA podcast is produced and hosted by Anthony James, Perth-based creator of The RegenNarration podcast. For more stories of regeneration around WA, Australia, and the world, tune into The RegenNarration wherever podcasts are found, or at https://www.regennarration.com [https://www.regennarration.com/]. With acknowledgment to all First Nations people in what’s now known as Western Australia, in particular to the Whadjuk Noongar people on whose land this episode was recorded. Music: Eden is Lost, by Selfless Orchestra. Get more: On Dale and the Maalinup Aboriginal Gallery – https://www.maalinup.com.au/ [https://www.maalinup.com.au/] On WAITOC and the jointly released (with Clean State) First Nations Tourism stimulus package (downloadable at the top of this page) - https://www.waitoc.com/about-us/corporate/our-documents [https://www.waitoc.com/about-us/corporate/our-documents] For more on the plan to support and expand Aboriginal tourism and business development that Clean State is advocating for - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/expand_aboriginal_tourism [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/expand_aboriginal_tourism] On NAIDOC Week - https://www.naidoc.org.au/ [https://www.naidoc.org.au/] And check out the rest of the Clean State WA website, where you’ll see more on the Jobs Plan and how you can get involved - https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/jobs-plan] Clean State is an independent initiative advocating for action on climate change and jobs in Western Australia. We represent thousands of individuals and hundreds of businesses and other organisations who are dedicated to climate action across the state. We promote solutions that create thousands of jobs supporting businesses, families and communities and make our state a regenerative, fair and prosperous place to live and work. More than ever before, we have an opportunity to invest in a sustainable future for WA. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to put as many as 64,000 Western Australians out of work and an economic downturn is underway. That’s why Clean State has worked with industry experts from across WA to develop a plan for over 200,000 jobs that will also deliver action on climate change, conservation, and the care economy. This is the Clean State Jobs Plan. The Clean State office acknowledges that it resides on the land of the Nyoongar people. We pay respect to their Elders, past and present, and acknowledge the important role all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play in advancing a Clean State of WA. Thanks to the team at Clean State WA, and to the generous volunteers, supporters and active partners who are making this plan a reality. If you’d like to get in touch with ideas, questions or thoughts generated by the plan or this podcast, you can email Clean State at info@cleanstate.org.au [info@cleanstate.org.au] or simply join our mailing list https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/join] And thanks for listening! Support the show: https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate [https://www.cleanstate.org.au/donate] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.