Eco-Social Work in Australia podcast launched by HOPE Toowoomba

Eco-social work is a burgeoning field within the profession, and a new podcast out of Toowoomba is helping to grow a conversation on eco-social work practice.

Toowoomba environmental organisation Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment has launched a new podcast series on the emerging field of social work that takes into consideration the climate emergency, destruction of natural places and wildlife, and other serious sustainability challenges.

One of HOPE Australia’s members, Andrew Nicholson, a retired social worker, has produced a podcast series for HOPE Australia called Eco Social Work in Australia, and features interviews with a range of Australian social work practitioners who give their personal perspectives on topics such as training institution approaches to supporting eco-social work practice and social work student experience of eco-social work-oriented placement.

“A key objective of this podcast project is to help grow a conversation on eco-social work practice among listeners,” Mr Nicholson said.

“The hope is that the series can make a small contribution to increasing the adoption of eco-social work approaches among social work colleagues, in their workplaces, professional groupings and in networking with other allied professionals.”

The Eco Social Work in Australia series is available now on Spotify, Podbean and Google Podcasts.