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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

Rising up from the grassy plains

20 September 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 476 are Cameron Steele and Lachie Chomley from the North West Alliance. We also listen to speeches by school striker Charlotte Gollace and author Mark Diesendorf.

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Business to governments: Make us change

13 September 2023 Mik Aidt Recommendation

Twiggy: “Business guided by government will either destroy or save this planet. Announce laws to render illegal any action which would prevent [mitigation of] global warming. Simple! Make us change.”

Open blogpost

Beyond bonkers

13 September 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 475 are Geelong Councillor Sarah Hathway, Lisa Depeller from OCEAN, and Belinda Haydon and Helen Lester from Beyond Gas Network

Open blogpost

Clarifying ‘climate’ – and what we do about it

7 September 2023 Mik Aidt Commentary

How is the understanding of ‘climate’ being clarified by various climate groups and advocates? – and what are climate campaigners suggesting we should do about it?

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Doctor: People are being sacrificed for profits

6 September 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 474 are Dr Louise Woodward, a paedetrician from Darwin in the Northern Territory, and podcast producer Mike DiGirolamo from the environmental science and conservation news provider Mongabay.

Open blogpost

Emergency Town Hall meeting in Melbourne

1 September 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Recommendation One comment

Agenda and speakerlist for the Climate Emergency Town Hall meeting on 9 September 2023 at the Melbourne Town Hall at 1pm.

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Beetaloo must be the line in the sand for Australia

31 August 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Recommendation

Dr Louise Woodward’s call for help: “Why are the Northern Territory people being sacrificed for the sake of fossil fuel company profits?”

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Revolution of the imagination

30 August 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 473 are placemaker Gilbert Rochecouste from Village Well and clinical psychologist Louise Shepherd who works for a teal independent Member of Parliament.

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Uprising, resistance, rebellion, and system change calls

24 August 2023 Mik Aidt Commentary

The era of global boiling on Twitter/X has arrived. Temperatures of anger and frustration are rising.

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Search for the missing ingredient: leadership

24 August 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

The film ‘Climate Changers’ which follows scientist Tim Flannery’s search for climate leadership is screened in Geelong on 17 September 2023.

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Recent Posts

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