TEDxPerth Countdown

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Dr Anne Poelina

“Indigenous scientist, human and earth rights activist”

25 November, State Reception Centre, Kings Park, Perth Western Australia.

TEDxPerth Countdown: WA Climate Leadership Summit will bring together 200 of WA’s most active and influential leaders in the race to a carbon neutral WA. TEDxPerth is a great opportunity for the WA to kickstart emissions reduction. This is an opening for Indigenous leaders and scientist to share “Climate change mitigation will only succeed if grounded in Indigenous and collective wisdom”! (Dr Anne Poelina).

You can apply to be in the curated audience at www.tedxperth.org/register.

Spaces are extremely limited.

Lets Talk Biodiversity

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Dr Anne Poelina presented recently at the ‘Architects Declare’ movement online Webinar 004 - Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, speaking alongside guests Professor Sarah Bekessy and Ann McGregor.

“this is quite timely in regards to inviting a traditional owner, such as myself, to bring this conversation into this space, because what we're saying is that in a time of this global emergency, where climate change is quickly spiraling into climate chaos, what we are needing to do is bring in collective wisdom in terms of being able to one, rightsize the planet, but to look at the complexity of what we are dealing with. So in our world, we have a concept of collective wisdom, a system Allodial title, which means the absence of Law, the opportunity to bring in a wide range of different indigenous science, which a lot of people call it, 'traditional knowledge'. But as the first people of this land, who have been the first farmers, the first architects, the first engineers, all of these sorts of forms of science, I think there's a great opportunity to not only, in this time, globally, to think that Black Lives Matter, but indigenous wisdom does too.”

Dr. Anne Poelina

Access the online video here - https://youtu.be/C-LYZQ5a9Kg

My Hero Finalist

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The following message was received through Facebook from Mark Pearce at Balangara Films.

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'Looking After Our Spirit' starring Anne Poelina has been selected as a finalist in the 2020 MY HERO International Film Festival! Here's a comment from the judges:

"We admire the passion and commitment displayed by Dr. Anne Poelina in your film to make the world a better place. We appreciate your efforts to bring these important stories to life through film."

Anne continues to protect country in the magnificent Kimberley region of Western Australia. Thanks for being who you are Anne and sharing your knowledge with us. Gratitude to you and your family.

The My Hero festival is part of the non-profit educational organization, The MY HERO Project, with a mission to celebrate the best of humanity. Film are accessed by teachers and students around the world who gain inspiration, hope and knowledge. The films also link to the heroic organizations that the films are about, so that our audience can learn more about the important work they are doing.

Winners will be announced before the end of the year.

The Wilderness Society

The Wilderness Society WA

Save The Kimberley

Thanks also to Glen Klatovsky and Maritza Schafer for making this film possible, cinematographers Nick Hayward, Christian Fletcher, Michael Fletcher Fletcher, and Magali McDuffie , colourist, Miles Bennet and all the 'Families of Broome' cast .

Congrats all!

Always Was, Always Will Be the Mardoowarra Fitzroy River of Life

To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020 Dr Anne Poelina’s film (35mins) ‘Mardoowarra River: Always Was, Always Will Be’, and presentation will be shared with those who join her as she imparts her insights and experience as a global Indigenous water rights and environmental justice advocate.

This NAIDOC week webinar builds off the successful launch of the Our Knowledge Our Way in caring for Country: Indigenous-led approaches to strengthening and sharing our knowledge for land and sea management. Dr Poelina is a co-author of these guidelines and is featured in the case study “Showing and sharing knowledge in the Fitzroy River Catchment: Codeveloped case study.

Read more about this event - https://events.csiro.au/Events/2020/October/13/Mardoowarra-River-Always-Was-Always-Will-Be

The Sustainability Agenda

“In this, the 100th episode of the Sustainability Agenda, we speak to Dr Anne Poelina an indigenous Australian academic and human and earth rights activist. Dr Poelina explains her role as a “Yimardoowarra marnin,” which, translated from the Nyikina language, means “a woman who belongs to the Martuwarra River,” in Western Australia. Dr Poelina discusses what she calls “first law,” the Aboriginal peoples’ customary law covering the rules for living in coexistence with nature, the rules of conduct that holds together and bonds a civil society, the principles of an ethics of care. She talks about the indigenous cultural approach to collaborative water governance underlying the legal work that she is spearheading to make sure that the development of the Fitzroy River does not lead to the mistakes made in the development of the Murray-Darling river.”

Read more - http://thesustainabilityagenda.com/episode-100-interview-anne-poelina-indigenous-australian-nyikina-traditional-custodian/

OzWater2020 Online

Screenshot: OzWater 2020

Keynote Presentation 8

Thursday 25th June
(Day 8, Week 4)

2.10pm – 3.00pm

Screenshot: OzWater 2020

Dr Anne Poelina, Managing Director of Madjulla Inc., Chair of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council, is a Nyikina Warrwa Traditional Owner and a guardian of the Mardoowarra, Lower Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. 

Dr Poelina’s life career includes Indigenous, human, and environmental justice and advocacy spans four decades of achievements; Master Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Master Education, Master Arts (Indigenous Social Policy), Doctor of Philosophy & Doctor of Philosophy (Health Science) Scholar. Peter Cullen Fellow (2011), Laureate Women’s World Summit Foundation (Geneva) (2017). Adjunct Senior Research Fellow the University of Notre Dame (Nulungu Institute of Research) and Visiting Research Fellow, Australian National University. 

Her current work explores the entrepreneurial ‘New Economy’ opportunities for Indigenous people along the National Heritage Listed Fitzroy River, in relation to green collar jobs in diverse, science, culture, heritage and conservation economies with a focus in 2020 on Indigenous Water Valuation and Resilient Decision-making.  

Dr Poelina’s keynote address will be unique in it’s presentation and will start with a short introduction, followed by the sharing of a film ‘Voices for the Martuwarra’, concluding with an opportunity for questions and sharing with the audience regarding the Martuwarra Fitzroy River and where to next with water leadership and governance of the National Heritage Listed Martuwarra Fitzroy River.

Voices for the Martuwarra is a collaborative documentary featuring interviews with members of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River (MFR) Council. Through breathtaking visuals of the Martuwarra, Fitzroy River, and engaging interviews with diverse Traditional Owners, the film traces the creation of the MFR Council, which was established in 2018 to give a political voice to Traditional Owners of the Fitzroy River Region amidst extensive development plans earmarked for the Kimberley in the mining and agricultural sectors. Since its inception the MFR Council has attracted the attention of leading scientists and researchers, both in Australia and internationally, through its ability to bring together the majority of Traditional Owner groups from the region, and spearheading collaborative, cutting-edge research into various domains: First Law, culture, science, history, economy and development.

The MFR Council believes rivers are the lifeblood of our Nation, and is focused on protecting their sacred National Heritage Listed Fitzroy River’s Right To Life from proposed invasive developments. Giving voice to many Kimberley Traditional Owners, the film depicts the profound and complex inter-relatedness between culture, Country, Living Waters and people. As a call for action, it also reminds audiences of the reasons why, in the age of the Anthropocene and Climate Emergency, it is more important than ever to listen to Indigenous voices, as they hold solutions for the future of humanity and of our planet.

Visit the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council website

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