Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 24 April 2019 are singer Andrea Robertson, professor Melissa Haswell, Fatima Kidwai from Climate Leaders, Tina Zenou who stopped eating meat, and Brian Paterson from Urban Systems.
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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Recycling action in a climate and health election
In The Sustainable Hour no 263, Fiona Armstrong, founder of the Climate and Health Alliance, informs us about the effects of health with climate breakdown, and Michael Strickland from WM Waste, explains how the company achieves a recycling rate of approximately 80 per cent.
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