Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our cities more liveable
The lesson from Australia’s abolished carbon tax and France’s cancelled petrol tax is that it is extremely important that it is done in such a way that is reasonable and fair, and is carefully explained so that it is also perceived by the wider public in that way
Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 9 January 2018 are: Melanie Humphrey (Boomerang Bags), Lane Crockett (Impact Investment), Kim Drew (Op Shop Sacred Heart), Chris Balazs (Sage Farm), and more
“My generation won’t be able to fly other than for emergencies in a foreseeable future, if we are to be the least bit serious about the 1.5 degree warming limit…”
In particular in the field of renewable energy, 2018 gave us many landmark moments and remarkable news headlines that called for optimism. Though frustratingly slowly, the story is changing.
Center for Climate Safety urges the Australian Senate to adopt the ‘Galilee Basin Coal Prohibition Bill Act’ which prohibits the mining of thermal coal in the Galilee Basin in Queensland. The Climate Council of Australia concluded already in 2015 that
An hour about hemp, meat and climate with sustainable time management tips – how we support the local economy and become more sustainable at a personal level. Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 19 December 2018 is Les Watson from Get
The Swedish teenager who simply says it as it is. “We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis. We need to keep the fossil fuels in the ground, and we need to focus on equity.” ~ Greta
Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 12 December 2018 are Meg Blair from Transition Streets East Geelong and Nicole Urbanski from Urban Upcycle who covered some of the small changes YOU can make. Christmas can be a manic time, but
In The Sustainable Hour on 5 December 2018 we interview Fiona Armstrong, founder of Climate & Health Alliance, and Jonathan Balls, Melbourne University researcher on renewable energy who specialises in the development in India. We’ve also talk with 13-year-old Alex
[ Climatic clippings no 9 in 2018 ] 2018 was the year when words of emergency, breakdown, collapse and extinction started ringing in our ears with more disturbing clarity than ever before, but even so, the destruction of our climate continued