Have a favourite possession that needs some fixing… visit the Repair Cafe.
Do you know about the Repair Café where you can be partnered with a repair mentor and fix it together?
4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin chatted about the Repair Café with Dan Martens, the person that started Repair Café Sandgate and how you can get involved.
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Although La Niña rain is forecasted for the next few months... a drought is still fast approaching
Do you know how to really save drinking water?
With the collective dam levels in South East Queensland fast diminishing to 60% capacity, we’re fast approaching another drought…
we can all play a part in preserving our region’s drinking water supplies with the help of some clever water saving tips.
Bec Schrauf, a spokesperson from Urban Utilities chatted with 4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin on our water infrastructure, the various impacts of the impending drought and their new water-saving challenge - ‘How low can you go?’.
Cartoon - The Sequel
The book was better, this one just seems like a cash grab. One Star
Ever tasted Native Stingless bee honey or know about them?
Do you know how to recognise our native stingless bees or tasted their honey?
Eliot Rifkin (4ZZZ) chatted with 'Bob the Bee Man' about the threats to our Australian Native bees and how to support and attract them.
To get in touch with Bob the Bee Man and learn more about our Native Bees or become a beekeeper, visit here.
Some other helpful native bee links:
Cartoon - Double Take
The difference is chalk and cheese, Isn't that right Mr Hanks?
Asthma On Steroids
Have you ever lost your breath for a moment?
2.5 million Australian Asthmatics have… and for some, puffers aren’t enough - so they move on to steroids which can bring on long-term side effects.
4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin chatted about Asthma and steroids with Professor John Upham from the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute.
Cartoon - Open Confessionals
Forgive me my child, but your confession may be recorded for quality assurance purposes
Northern Quolls our ‘native cat’ lives like a fruit fly
Do you know much about our native cat - the quoll… whose males die immediately after their mating season?
Eliot Rifkin chatted about the Northern Quoll with Pietro Viacava a PhD candidate from the University of Queensland who led a study comparing Northern Quoll skulls across a 5000-kilometre range in a quest exploring how they’re adapting (or not) in very different environments.
Hmmm, why skulls you may think?… and why the Northern Quoll… listen and find out.
Cartoon - Making the Grade
You know what they say, "Fake it until you make it"