Listening to First Nations knowledge to inform Earth-centred, collaborative governance, August 2021
With guests Dr Mary Graham (Kombu-merri and Wakka Wakka person from SE Queensland) and Dr Michelle Maloney (Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance) in conversation with Women's Climate Congress founding members Dr Janet Salisbury and Kirsten Anker.
With thanks to Joanne Ede and Johanna McBride for technical assistance.
This recent article by Jane Gleeson-White was recommended by Mary Graham during the conversation:
What really counts? How the patriarchy of economics finally tore me apart.
The Guardian, 1 August 2021
About our guest conversationalists
Dr Mary Graham is a Kombu-merri and Wakka Wakka person from SE Queensland with an extended career in First Nations affairs across government agencies, community organisations and universities). She is a Adjunct Assoc Professor at the University of Queensland in the School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), the Schools of Psychology and of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry.
Dr Michelle Maloney is the Co-Founder and National Convenor of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance; Co-Founder and Director of Future Dreaming Australia; and Co-Founder and Director of the New Economy Network Australia.
Mary and Michelle work together on a number of initiatives: they are both directors of Future Dreaming Australia; Mary is a First Nations Adviser for the Australian Earth Laws Alliance, which Michelle leads; and Michelle is working closely with Mary and other First Nations leaders on the Regenerative Songlines Australia initiative.