Project Sustainability Collective Podcast
Project Sustainability Collective Podcast
Hosted by Lili-Ann Kriegler and Bronwyn Cron
Welcome to the Project Sustainability Collective Podcast, where early childhood pedagogy and sustainability education come together, positioning ECEC educators as the critical leverage point for planetary change.
Hosts Lili-Ann, author and expert in early childhood pedagogy, play, and project-based learning, thinking skills, and leadership, and Bronwyn Cron, author and expert in STEM and sustainability education, bring together decades of combined expertise. They work together to explore how educators simultaneously shape child development and environmental futures, and regularly host sustainability and education thought leaders to enrich our listeners' podcast experience.
Our Approach:
Grounded in research with 200+ Australian ECEC services, we explore sustainability holistically across five interconnected domains: environmental, social, economic, cultural, and leadership/governance. Through our Sustainability Impact Accelerator framework, we help you recognise your significance, deepen your thinking, and expand your influence, accelerating change that ripples from your service outward to children, families, communities, and ultimately transforms policy and culture.
What We Explore:
Thought-provoking, evidence-based insights connecting brain development to environmental consciousness, practical frameworks like our Sustainability Discovery Framework, and approaches to embedding the EYLF 2.0 Sustainability Principle into everyday practice. We examine play-based learning, place-connected pedagogies, project development, team engagement, courageous planning, and how to integrate sustainability into your quality improvement plans.
Who This Is For:
Early childhood educators, educational leaders, directors, pedagogical leaders, sustainability coordinators, policy makers, and anyone who recognises that supporting optimal child development during the grounding years IS the most powerful sustainability education possible.
Our Promise:
We combine intellectual rigour with practical application, honouring your professionalism whilst providing frameworks and language that validate what you already know works. We help you see that you're not doing two separate jobs—child development and sustainability are the same work viewed from different angles.
You are architects of possibility, working at the intersection where human development and planetary futures meet.
Join us as we accelerate education for sustainability, positioning ECEC educators where you belong—at the centre of the conversation about planetary futures.
Acknowledgement of Country:
We respect the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land of the Kulin Nation groups, the Boonwurrung and Bunurong people, where I live, learn, and work.
We also respect the people and cultures from across the globe who live and work for the optimistic future of this unique island continent, Australia. May we all walk gently into the future.
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Project Sustainability Collective Podcast
Managing Markets and Building Community: Teresa Molella's Rotary Story
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Rotary Community Service Radio Show - 94.1 FM 3WBC
Host: Lili-Ann Kriegler
Broadcast Date: 16 January 2026
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2071197/episodes/18512352
Managing Markets and Building Community: Teresa Molella's Rotary Story
When Teresa Molella spotted a simple newspaper advertisement 13 years ago, she had no idea it would transform her life and lead to one of Melbourne's most successful community projects. Now Operations Manager of the Hawthorn Makers' Market and a multiple Paul Harris Fellow recipient, Teresa shares her unexpected journey from a public service career to becoming a cornerstone of the Rotary Club of Camberwell.
In this engaging conversation, Teresa reveals what it really takes to create a thriving artisan community, how her Italian heritage and love of cooking inspired her approach to bringing people together, and why she believes the smallest gestures often have the biggest impact. From managing monthly markets that feel "like family" to innovative housing projects that give vulnerable residents new purpose, Teresa's story demonstrates how individual commitment creates ripple effects throughout the community.
Listeners will discover the behind-the-scenes work involved in running major Rotary projects, learn about the club's local and international initiatives, and hear Teresa's practical philosophy for helping others. Whether you're curious about Rotary membership, interested in community markets, or simply enjoy stories of everyday people making extraordinary differences, this interview offers insights into how authentic service builds lasting connections.
PRACTICAL INFO:
Hawthorn Makers Market: First Sunday monthly (March-December), Hawthorn Arts Centre
Rotary membership: Contact your local club
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
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Lili-Ann Kriegler (B. A Hons, H. Dip. Ed, M.Ed.) is an award-winning author and Melbourne-based education consultant. Her books are 'The Power of Play' for educators and 'Roots and Wings' for parents. Lili-Ann’ is a leader in early childhood education (birth to years), leadership and optimising human thinking and cognition. She runs her consultancy, Kriegler-Education. She is passionate about the early childhood sector and believes in the transformational power of education.
Find out more at https://www.kriegler-education.com.
