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Category: Commentary

Gilbert Rochecouste: Glocal roadmap to a better future

30 April 2020 Mik Aidt Commentary, World affairs

Gilbert Rochecouste, the Melbourne-based agent of change who founded the world-renowned placemaking company Village Well, joins Mik in The Tunnel for a talk about what’s happening and where we need to go from here

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We will come out stronger than ever

23 April 2020 Mik Aidt Commentary, World affairs

“It’s a time for inventing, for creativity.” ~ Pope Francis – “We will come out stronger than ever.” ~Mike Bloomberg

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Climate activists’ perspectives on the coronavirus

14 March 2020 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational

Selfishness and greed among some members of the community can put us all in danger — and that’s no matter whether the issue is a virus crisis or a climate crisis.

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The girls, the women and the climate

14 March 2020 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational

There’s something going on which we need to talk about more openly: The climate issue is also a gender issue

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Has Geelong Council lost its spine?

26 February 2020 Mik Aidt Commentary, Local Geelong matters 9 comments

Is it possible to recognise climate change as a global emergency and order a newly built bikelane demolished at one and the same council meeting? Well. Geelong Council managed to do just that on 25 february 2020.

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THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: A relationship to the planet

19 October 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary, Educational, World affairs

In The Regenerative Hour no 7 we talk with Chief Purpose Officer Leigh Barnes from Intrepid Travel – a “global leader in delivering sustainable experience-rich travel”

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Extinction Rebellion in Geelong: Tell the truth

12 October 2019 Mik Aidt Commentary

Mik Aidt’s speech at Extinction Rebellion Geelong’s die-in on Malop Street on 12 October 2019.

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THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: Passion, persistence, purpose and time for tea

11 October 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary, Educational

A regenerative and refreshing conversation with Matt Purbrick and Megan Blair about community, time, and where we are heading in the new Regenerative Decade.

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#ExtinctionRebellion: This is what democracy looks like

8 October 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary, World affairs

7 October 2019 marked the beginning of the Global Rebellion. A video report from the streets of Melbourne

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This is a job for humanity – of which you and we all happen to be a part

14 September 2019 Mik Aidt Commentary

MESSAGE TO COUNCILLORS: Leadership, responsibility, integrity The three key words in the discussion about whether or not Geelong Council should declare a climate emergency are: leadership, responsibility and integrity. Former Liberal leader Dr John Hewson put it this way –

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