Hepburn community heads for zero carbon by 2029, Shannon Lughnone sets out on an extremely long walk, Extinction Rebellion group starts in Geelong, and Mik has decided to ‘walk the talk’, get solar and renovate his house.
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Concept of ‘climate emergency’ enters mainstream of society
2019 was the year the ‘climate emergency’ genie eventually was allowed to come out of its bottle and go mainstream…
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Climate change is a political choice. Here’s why
As much as we need to talk about the future, with climate change it’s important also to remember a few things that happened in the past. We didn’t have to get into this trouble, we didn’t have to have a scary climate catastrophe looming over our heads and in the back of our minds. It was a conscious, deliberate choice. Because once we get that, it also becomes a lot more obvious that getting us out of the mess similarly begins with a simple, conscious choice: The political choice.
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No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response
“Facing oncoming climate disaster, some argue for ‘deep adaptation’ — that we
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No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response
“Facing oncoming climate disaster, some argue for ‘deep adaptation’ — that we must prepare for inevitable collapse. However, this orientation is dangerously flawed. It threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophecy by diluting the efforts toward positive change. What we really
British arts organisations declare a climate emergency
More than 190 UK institutions and individuals from the arts and culture sectors have pledged to declare a climate emergency and in this way become part of a first wave of climate emergency declarers in the country.
Climate emergency party enters federal election
Australia has a new ‘Climate Party’ formed around the climate emergency. It is called Independents for Climate Action Now, ICAN.
People and communities cut the carbon
Hepburn community heads for zero carbon by 2029, Shannon Lughnone sets out on an extremely long walk, Extinction Rebellion group starts in Geelong, and Mik has decided to ‘walk the talk’, get solar and renovate his house.
Australian doctors declare a climate emergency
Doctors from across Australia gathered on 6 April 2019 in Hobart to declare a climate emergency.
Everyone has a responsibility to do something
We have five overseas students from Deakin University in the studio today. They do Colin’s job and tell us how their country views sustainability and the environment.
Concept of ‘climate emergency’ enters mainstream of society
2019 was the year the ‘climate emergency’ genie eventually was allowed to come out of its bottle and go mainstream…
Albert Park College: #FridaysForFairness
The Sustainable Hour’s #FridaysForFuture special broadcasted live from Albert Park College in Melbourne
Proper and immediate action on the climate emergency
Our guest in The Sustainable Studio on 20 March 2019 is Alex Marshall from CACE Surf Coast & Geelong who is calling for proper council action on the climate emergency
#GlobalClimateStrike: biggest climate action ever
‘We are the change’ – Excerpts from Geelong’s #ClimateStrike on 15 March 2019