Special Edition: Flow - AQ 96.4 - Oct-Dec Edition 2025 - Out Sept 26th

AQ teams up with the Nature Festival South Australia for a Special Edition on the theme of 'Flow'. From the environmental to the psychological, from the economic to the creative, the edition looks at some of the facets of how concepts of 'flow' permeate all of our lives.

In partnering with the Nature Festival, AQ takes the time to dwell in a much overlooked element of ourselves, of our relationship to the environment and of how our own wellbeing is inextricably tied to the social and economic forces that we swim with and against.

This special edition bring together voices from across the country for an issue that we hope will excite and interest.

All this and more in the new edition of AQ!

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Flow as a Pathway Home

Flow is more than rivers, water systems, movement, or a state of connection to self and creativity. Flow is the rhythm of Country, the breath of our ancestors, and the living current of responsibility that binds us to land, water, sky, and one another. Long before Western science spoke of interdependence or ecosystems, our people lived by the movements of season, ceremony, and spirit. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, flow is not a concept — it is a way of life.

Tiahni Adamson

From Circular to Ecological Economy: Can Australia Supercharge its Sustainability?

In 2022, the federal government made an agreement to transition Australia to a circular economy. Yet in an era marked by climate emergencies, staggering social inequality and injustice, biodiversity loss, environmental toxins, the possibility of global economic collapse and the planet’s sixth mass extinction, the only way to tackle these interlinked issues will be with holistic solutions driven by radical measures. The circular economy is a tool but it can’t simply be the goal.

Nina Gbor

Investing in Water: Formal Water Markets in Australia

Water is Australia’s most precious resource; developing systems to manage its use is therefore critical, as climate change reduces water availability and increases weather variability. Australia is the global leader in formal water markets, making it possible to finance and address current and future water issues, and ensure that water allowances are used where they are needed most. These systems are not perfect and the challenge remains in reconciling water supply and demand as extractions continue to increase, and climate change worsens.

Sarah Ann Wheeler 

Make Way for Creative Flow

We have arrived at the lip of a great unknown—systemic failure, techno feudalism, the pillage of natural resources. The way-as-usual is exhausted; we can’t use the same thinking that got us into this to get us out. Fossilised thinking prioritises rigidity over sensing, urgency over patience, and can only design solutions that have worked before. Thinking about how we transform these systems, how to make way for creative flow to return, means reflecting on who we are in these systems.

Amy Milhinch

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