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Category: Commentary

The grassroots’ revolution: People power in progress

27 May 2015 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary, Local Geelong matters One comment

Warming up to the UN conference in Paris in December 2015, the 74th Sustainable Hour was an hour about climate change, justice and betrayal, pollution and apocolypse, onshore gas mining, the documentary films ‘Frackman’ and ‘Voices from the Gasfields’, with audio excerpts from speeches by: • Damien Marchant, Frack Free

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Forum about active transport and walkability in Geelong

13 May 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary, Local Geelong matters

What’s happening with regard to public transport, cycling infrastructure and walking activities in the Geelong region? A forum with the title ‘Active Transport: Past, Present & Future’ was held on 22 April 2015 at Beav’s Bar in Geelong to provide answers to this question. In the 72st Sustainable Hour on

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Questions about ecology, technology, limits and choices

11 April 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary, Local Geelong matters, Recommendation, World affairs

On 8 April 2015 on 94.7 The Pulse, we move into unchartered waters asking questions about the choices we make in our daily lives. How do we live responsibly in a technological age? How do we make the best choices? What is the core of our personal well-being? Welcome to

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The economic impact of doing something about climate change

29 March 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary

Our guests in the 65th Sustainable Hour were Rob Gell and Christine Couzens. “The Chinese understand. We are laggards in Australia in our understanding. The media in particular. Journalists have really not chosen to inform themselves. There are very few journalists in this country with a real understanding,” said Rob

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Climate change, sea level rise and the letter writers

18 March 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary One comment

“We are putting climate change back on the agenda in Victoria”, climate minister Lisa Neville declared at the Australian Coastal Councils Conference last week, promising to make the Victorian state a national and international leader on the issue. In the 64th Sustainable Hour, we are talking about climate change and

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Building new pillars of distributed energies

1 March 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary

The 61st edition of The Sustainable Hour is coloured by the Sustainable Living Festival which currently runs in Geelong and Melbourne with more than 80 events. Dave Kerin gives us an update about the launch of the first Earthworker factory and their plans for starting one in Geelong as well,

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The social factor of sustainability

8 February 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary

Ray Ingwersen from Geelong Sustainability is guest in the 58th Sustainable Hour on 4 February 2015. He explains why social factors such as loneliness, isolation and inequality must be taken into account if we wish to create a broader engagement in climate action and sustainable living in the community. With

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Open letter to religious leaders in Denmark

30 December 2014 Mik Aidt Commentary

Religious leaders: Time to join the climate struggle Many consider you moral lighthouses. Show them that you are worthy of their trust. By Jens-André Herbener, historian of religion, University of South Denmark     Dear leaders of Denmark’s religious communities Already in 1992, 1,700 of the world’s leading scientists and

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Happy New Year from The Sustainable Hour

30 December 2014 Mik Aidt and Anthony Gleeson Commentary, Recommendation

The Sustainable Hour would like to thank everyone who supported our radio show in 2014. It was very much appreciated.  Since we started broadcasting in October 2013, over 200 people have contributed to making The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse into Geelong’s leading and most talked about media outlet

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We learn from each other’s solutions

27 December 2014 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary, Local Geelong matters, Petition

A revolution is happening under our noses: We’re watching a bright green coalition begin to build a future that makes sense in our lifetime. Wind energy is now cheaper than coal. The only thing standing in the way for a transition to clean energy and a safer climate is political

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