016 | 100 Bruce Pascoe: Nourishing Country

Date: Friday 10 June 2022

Time: 9:30am - 10:30am

Location: 100 Climate Conversations Exhibition, Level 1, Powerhouse Museum

Price: FREE - Bookings Essential as places are limited

Bruce Pascoe looks to how traditional knowledge and cultivation of Indigenous crops might foster a revitalised relationship to land and agriculture. One of Australia’s most influential thinkers, Pascoe shares his experiences of the 2019 Mallacoota bushfire and how he has been nourished by the revival of his East Gippsland farm and traditional knowledge and practice.

See Pascoe in conversation with investigative journalist Craig Reucassel, recorded live at the Powerhouse as part of 100 Climate Conversations. Entry is free, but bookings are essential as places are limited. Doors open at 9.15am for a 9.30am start. No late admittance.

100 Climate Conversations is a two-year survey of visionary Australians who are accelerating the net zero carbon revolution. To find out more and subscribe to the podcast visit 100climateconversations.com.

Bruce Pascoe is a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian man who is a renowned author and proponent of popularising Indigenous food and crops for local climates. A long-time Rural Fire Service volunteer he is all too familiar with the impact of climate change on the landscape. Pascoe has won numerous awards, including the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature in 2018. He has worked as a teacher, farmer, fisherman, barman, fencing contractor, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker, editor and is Melbourne Enterprise Professor in Indigenous Agriculture at Melbourne University. His books include Dark Emu, Salt and co-authoring Loving Country: A guide to sacred Australia.

Craig Reucassel is a writer, broadcaster and comedian who is best known for his work with The Chaser and on ABC TV sustainability and climate series War on Waste, Big Weather (and how to survive it) and Fight for Planet A. His work in sustainability inspires positive action on climate change by offering practical day-to-day changes to reduce waste and carbon emissions, while also calling for greater action from government and business. Alongside a group of friends, Reucassel founded The Chaser newspaper, which led to several ABC TV programs including The Election Chaser, CNNNN and The Chaser’s War on Everything.