“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…”
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.”
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Race against extinction: When hope fails, action begins
“Many of us all around the world have had enough, and we are rebelling.”
~ Professor David A Hood AM
THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: At home in the universe
Our guest in the second episode of ‘Regenerative Hours’ is Dr Geoff Berry for a talk about our relationship with nature, the search for 21st century ethics, and the concept of “being at home in the universe”.
Powerful convergence of the collective no
“Yes, I know we need a system change rather than individual change. But you can not have one without the other.”~ Greta Thunberg, Swedish teenager and climate activist Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 4 September 2019 are: Libby Coker, Labor Member of the Australian Parliament for Corangamite, about why
You think that’s funny?
Andy Shaw is a British writer for the Spectator and the co-founder and organiser of London’s free-speech comedy club, Comedy Unleashed. The first time I saw his tweet saying, “I have decided to lie down in the road until they stop climate change,” I didn’t catch the joke at all.
THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: Back to the earth
Our first guest in this new series of ‘Regenerative Hours’ is Mark Dekker for a talk about deep adaptation.
Surf Coast Shire Council has declared a climate emergency
In this video, Surf Coast community campaigner Alex Marshall explains why she is excited about her Council’s decision – and what she believes it will mean for children, youth and adult residents in the coastal municipality. Geelong Councillors ask: “What do you think Geelong?” Geelong Councillor Anthony Aitken wrote on
Pivotal point for transformation
Surf Coast Shire Council has declared a climate emergency – we talk with Alex Marshall who helped make it happen. Ben Shaw and Mark Randall are guests in the studio.
Join the climate revolution
Whether as a rallying rebel or a lifestyle reformist, “we need everyone,” as Greta Thunberg says. One year ago, Greta Thunberg started school striking for the climate outside the Swedish parliament, “simply because something had to be done,” as she tweeted on the one-year anniversary day, 20 August 2019. Since
New energy around climate emergency response
Today we are launching the fifth episode of our ‘Show me how’ video series on YouTube – which is about energy. The title of the episode is “Transitioning towards energy freedom”. ⚡️ Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 14 August 2019 are: Glen Rodgers, architect and director of Zero