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Author: Mik Aidt

Mik is a journalist, podcaster and blogger. Lived in Denmark many years. Spent four years in Africa. Visited close to 60 countries around the planet. Settled in Australia with his family. Mik became a climatesafety advocate when he became a father of three children, and because – with the words of R. K. Pachauri: “We are all citizens of Planet Earth, and there is no other place we can go.” » More about Mik's story on the About page

The body count of fossil fuels

8 May 2026 Mik Aidt Recommendation Leave a comment

What if fossil fuel projects came with a death toll? An extraordinary climate court case in Sweden changes the conversation.

Open blogpost

Democracy is failing the climate

6 May 2026 Mik Aidt Commentary One comment

– while the climate movement is failing democracy.

Open blogpost

DEMOCRACY AT A CROSSROADS – can we reconnect and respond?

6 May 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 589 are Professor Joseph Camilleri and Jane Morton.

Open blogpost

RESHAPE OUR WORLD – from positivity to regenerative communities

29 April 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 588 is Sam Smith, sustainability manager of advisory services for Development Victoria.

Open blogpost

From persuasion to connection – a theory of change for the climate reset

22 April 2026 Mik Aidt Educational, World affairs

Reflections over how we create a shift in society that can move us from knowing to acting.

Open blogpost

EARTH DAY 2026 – voices from ocean to earthmark

22 April 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour on 22 April 2026 marks Earth Day with an open microphone event and special guests.

Open blogpost

Tuning in to Earth Day at The Pulse

15 April 2026 Mik Aidt Commentary

On Saturday 18 April 2026 at 10am, we’re gathering to prepare for Earth Week. Join us!

Open blogpost

BE COLLECTIVE – power, climate and the necessity of cooperation

15 April 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 586 is union leader and writer Godfrey Moase.

Open blogpost

POWER UP – reclaiming energy, democracy and community

8 April 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 8 April 2026 is Mhairi Fraser from the newly opened Goulburn Solar Farm.

Open blogpost

POWER OF IMAGINATION in a world on edge

1 April 2026 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests on 1 April 2026 are Geelong Mayor Stretch Kontelj, and Ro O’Reilly, team leader at Project Greenlift.

Open blogpost

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Recent Posts

  • The body count of fossil fuels
  • Democracy is failing the climate
  • DEMOCRACY AT A CROSSROADS – can we reconnect and respond?
  • From backyard trees to community oil – the story of the Barwon Oil Barons
  • From climate emergency to festival of life
  • RESHAPE OUR WORLD – from positivity to regenerative communities
  • From persuasion to connection – a theory of change for the climate reset
  • EARTH DAY 2026 – voices from ocean to earthmark
  • Tuning in to Earth Day at The Pulse
  • BE COLLECTIVE – power, climate and the necessity of cooperation
  • POWER UP – reclaiming energy, democracy and community
  • POWER OF IMAGINATION in a world on edge
  • RUN FOR COUNTRY – ice cream in a fight against fracking
  • FESTIVALS OF CHANGE – from climate worry to community action 
  • TAKE ACTION FOR EARTH – defending the swift parrot
  • BE DIFFICULT – balancing the scales for climate justice
  • When the emergency becomes our new reality
  • FORCE OF LIFE: Inner work as catalyst for outer change
  • Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging
  • Be ready for the climate reset
  • Staying cool, staying safe: what electrifying our homes really means
  • Heat, flight and presence – an interview about Bats and Being
  • From bushfires to community power – a radio conversation on 94.7 The Pulse
  • Australian cowardice at the highest level
  • Meaning that will move us
  • When survival meets policy failure
  • These climate disasters are not an accident
  • Denial meets reality: Victoria enters a state of climate disaster
  • Paid misinformation, global inequality and permaculture progress in Africa
  • Geelong Advertiser: Paid misinformation on climate
  • A YEAR IN SONG: The soundtrack of The Sustainable Hour 2025
  • CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power
  • FORCE OF LIFE: From collapse to connection – organising the periphery
  • In kindness, respect, understanding and trust
  • The bats and humans who belong – in Geelong

Recent Comments

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