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
Category: Commentary
We will come out stronger than ever
“It’s a time for inventing, for creativity.” ~ Pope Francis – “We will come out stronger than ever.” ~Mike Bloomberg
Climate activists’ perspectives on the coronavirus
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.
The girls, the women and the climate
There’s something going on which we need to talk about more openly: The climate issue is also a gender issue
Has Geelong Council lost its spine?
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.
THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: A relationship to the planet
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”
Extinction Rebellion in Geelong: Tell the truth
Mik Aidt’s speech at Extinction Rebellion Geelong’s die-in on Malop Street on 12 October 2019.
THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: Passion, persistence, purpose and time for tea
A regenerative and refreshing conversation with Matt Purbrick and Megan Blair about community, time, and where we are heading in the new Regenerative Decade.
#ExtinctionRebellion: This is what democracy looks like
7 October 2019 marked the beginning of the Global Rebellion. A video report from the streets of Melbourne
This is a job for humanity – of which you and we all happen to be a part
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 –