Reaction from environmental groups and the Greens has been swift and clear.

The Anti-Nuclear Alliance of WA has lashed out at both the EPA and Toro Energy, saying the decision raises concerns about the role of the EPA, and that Toro’s Review Management Plan is full of holes.

Yesterday we spoke to the WA Conservation Council and they’re not happy either.

The Council’s veteran anti-nuclear campaigner Mia Pepper spoke with Ben.

Adrian Glamorgan and Elizabeth PO’ explore some of the issues.

Welcome to Understorey, Perth’s environment program, this 2nd May 2012. Adrian Glamorgan has been in Canberra for Anzac week, joining a protest outside the little known HQ Joint Operations Command, or “HQ-Jock”, which is Australia’s command-and-control centre for fighting the war in Afghanistan.

We interview peace witnesses Jo Vallentine, Margaret Pestorius, Brian Law, thanks also to David Johnson and Elizabeth PO’.

Greg Knibbs runs community development programs using permaculture and keyline principles mostly in sub-saharan Africa, as well as here and other countries.

John Ashford is retreat manager at a south-west WA eco retreat.

Program by Elizabeth PO’ and Adrian Glamorgan for the Understorey Collective.

And Danielle Bowler this week interviews Dr Paul Doughty from the WA Museum about the Tiny Toadlet, a recent discovery in the Kimberley region of northern WA.

Ms Bremmer and a band of volunteers formed the Alliance for a Clean Environment to campaign for communities facing problems with pollution, toxic threats and waste management.

She says these exist in Kwinana and beyond…

Understorey looks at Genetically Modified Organisms and how they are used in our food supplies.

They talk to Julie Newman, National spokeswoman for the Network of Conerns Farmers and to Professor Saralani from the University of Caen.

The team chat to Corey Whisson, Collection Manager of Land and Freshwater Molluscs, WA Museum, Aquatic Zoology Dept Justin Chidlow.

They also head down to City Farm to talk to Linda Rawlings, voluntary coordinator of Friends of Perth City Farm

Interviews by Understorey Collective’s Danielle Bowler and Adrian Glamorgan. Production by Elizabeth PO’.

You’ll meet local Denmark people like Pamela Rumble, Heather Williams, Paul Llewellyn, and find out about woolen batts, leds, childsplay and rainwater tanks.

Thanks to the people of Denmark and small businesses from the South West who spoke to Understorey at the Sustainable Expo last weekend. Each year this Expo is organized by the Centre for Sustainable Living in Denmark.

Nuclear free campaigner Mia Pepper warns us that Western Australia could get its first uranium mine approved before the 2013 election, after an unusual assessment process.
Director of the Conservation Council.

Piers Verstegen on how logging of native forests is threatening our unique black cockatoo species.

And its not just about putting solar panels on the roof, though they are there too. The P&C organized a tree planting to provide food for the Carnaby Black Cockatoo.

Understorey meets South Fremantle Senior High Sustainability Project Officer, Kathy Anketell, to hear how a high school near you could go carbon neutral.

Jasmyn Paget has some practical suggestions to help parents and schools leave no child inside, to help them develop confidence and skills to explore the bush, opening them up to wonder.

And Jo Vallentine shares a little about practicalities for environmental protest – for Quakers its sometimes promoting nonviolence training, and sometimes they say , don’t necessarily do something, sit there, bear witness about the ways that wars destroy the environment, that steal resources away from social justice and natural resource.

This week Linda Oliver takes a look at the Occupy movement and its potential impact on the environment.

The first comes from American author Bill McGivern speaking at Power Shift in Washington DC.

The second is Leader of the Greens Bob Brown, feeding the chooks at a passionate press conference.

The City of Canning has caused a stir after knocking down 150 trees on Manning Road.

And now the City of Stirling’s under attack for a plan to remove 47 trees in North Beach to make way for a football oval.

Local resident Leisha Jack has taken the matter into her own hands.

She’s formed preservation group Friends of Sandover Reserve and has been calling on the State Government to protect trees.

She joined Ben today on Morning Magazine.

Tree Pathologist Dr Paul Barber was also there to help us understand green corridors and urban diversity.

Three members of environmental action group Forest Rescue boarded a Japanese whaling ship in a defiant act of protest.

The Japanese crew took their own action and held the men on the ship.

Stacy Gougoulis spoke Forest Rescue’s Amy Flee about the incident.