Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
Guest in The Sustainable Studio on 11 October 2017 is Dan Cowdell from Geelong Sustainability. He is the project coordinator of Geelong’s first investor-financed community energy project. We also talk with Tom Hunt who is member of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a non-profit advocacy organisation focused on national policies to address
October 2017 climatic clippings – part 1 Today, in 2017, we see it on the news almost every day. We are victims of climate change. Climate change causes what the silly journalists of our mainstream media keep calling ‘natural’ disasters, even though more or less everyone knows that these disruptions
What a turnout down Eastern Beach for our StopAdani Geelong human sign! Over 200 people showed up to help us form a human sign, above and beyond all expectations. Protests all over Australia showed similar levels of engagement and popular rage over the Adani project. The Australian people as a
On 3 October 2017, Geelong Chamber of Commerce organised a Candidate Forum at Rydges Geelong where each candidate was given 90 seconds to present his or her response to a number of questions and also summarise their policies and priorities. Rusty has launched a ‘Not in 90 seconds’ series, which presents
“Comfortable”, “low energy and water bills”, “health and happiness” are some of the aspects our guests mention when asked why they are so passionate about sustainable housing. Sustainability makes so much practical and tangible common sense and joy. The Sustainable Hour on 4 October 2017 turns into The Sustainable House
Guests in the sustainable studio on 94.7 The Pulse on 27 September 2017 are: Alvyn Williams, architect and owner of Soft Loud House Architects, creating “values-based architecture for environment, community and spirit”, and Amy Gillett, GMHBA’s Community Relations & Partnerships Manager, who explains how the company’s vegetable roof top garden
Guests in the Sustainable Studio on 20 September 2017 are: Monica Winston, Transition Streets Geelong, Leigh Ewbank from Act on Climate, and Jacqui Bennett from Humans in Geelong. Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 187 on 94.7 The Pulse: » To open or download this programme in mp3-format, right-click here
Our guests in the Sustainable Studio on 13 September 2017 are Barbara Ferrante, owner of Salon Eve in Geelong, and Krystina Birch, Sustainable Salons Australia’s Victorian representative. We visit Gayle English and Phil Slocombe at It’s Only Natural, an eco-friendly dry cleaning shop in Yarraville. And over the phone we talk with
What should the Geelong community’s ‘Zero Carbon Action Plan’ look like? Have your say! Also, write a letter to the editor of the Geelong Advertiser, and get involved on ‘Zero Emissions Day’, 21 September 2017 – the global 24-hour moratorium on the use of fossil fuels. Lots to do! More
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 6 September 2017 is Mark Dekker, who is an urban planner, organic farmer, youth outreach worker and Transition Street mobiliser. We also play a short excerpt from a speech held by the Victorian Minister for Local Government, Natalie Hutchins as Geelong’s ‘Clever and