DiscoverBig IdeasHeart-to-heart with John Wamsley and David Lindenmayer — why these trailblazing environmentalists won't back off
Heart-to-heart with John Wamsley and David Lindenmayer — why these trailblazing environmentalists won't back off

Heart-to-heart with John Wamsley and David Lindenmayer — why these trailblazing environmentalists won't back off

Update: 2025-09-09
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Meet two men on a lifelong mission. They've ruffled a lot of feathers along the way. Some revere them, others revile them. John Wamsley set up Australia's first wildlife sanctuary, but he's perhaps best known as the "cat-hat-man" (sorry, cat lovers!). World renowned forest ecologist David Lindenmeyer has copped heat from Australia's forestry industry for his science. But these two trailblazing environmentalists aren't afraid of their critics - to them it's a case of life-or-death for Australia's extraordinary species. Join them with oral historian Greg Borschmann as part of his Heartlands Conversations series presented at the Blue Mountains Music Festival.

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John WamsleyEnvironmentalist

David LindenmayerDistinguished Professor of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Australian National UniversityAuthor of The Forest Wars: The ugly truth about what's happening in our tall forests

Gregg Borschmann (host)Writer, radio producer and oral historian for the National Library of Australia

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Heart-to-heart with John Wamsley and David Lindenmayer — why these trailblazing environmentalists won't back off

Heart-to-heart with John Wamsley and David Lindenmayer — why these trailblazing environmentalists won't back off

Australian Broadcasting Corporation