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Category: Commentary

The Sustainable Hour’s presentation to the Gashub Inquiry Committee

21 July 2022 Mik Aidt Commentary

We played this video for the Viva Energy Gas Terminal Inquiry and Advisory Committee on 21 July 2022. Transcript below. → If you agree with us that this gas terminal should not be allowed to go ahead, you can add your name to this petition: www.parliament.vic.gov.au/view-sign-e-petitions/details/12/457 → Also, Greenpeace runs

Open blogpost

Highlights of EV and circular living show

7 May 2022 Mik Aidt Commentary

Interview excerpts of the live-streaming from the ‘Show and Shine EV and Circular Living’ event at Geelong Showgrounds on 30 April 2022.

Open blogpost

Gas in one hand, carbon-neutral in the other

1 March 2022 Guest writer Commentary, Local Geelong matters 3 comments

How is it that Geelong Council “has not yet decided” what it should think about Viva Energy’s proposed new fossil fuel project?

Open blogpost

The time is now: End climate betrayal

3 November 2021 Mik Aidt Commentary

Greta Thunberg’s message from Glasgow: “People are mobilising and rising together”.

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A letter to our overseas friends

28 October 2021 Guest writer Australian matters, Commentary, Recommendation, World affairs

Is Australia really acting on climate change?

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The climate crisis is a crime story

16 July 2021 Guest writer Commentary, Educational, World affairs

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative? By Mark Hertsgaard Every person on Earth today is living in a crime scene. This crime has been going on for decades. We see its effects

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Renewables not gas for Geelong: Get involved

6 July 2021 Mik Aidt Commentary, Petition

How can you get involved and help the campaign to stop Viva Energy’s gas hub project? Three things: Join a town hall meeting, sign a petition and print a poster.

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People power: We all have different pieces to the puzzle

5 June 2021 Guest writer Commentary, Educational, World affairs

Ryan Hagen’s and Crowdsourcing Sustainability’s theory of change.

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The Climate Revolution: Beyond Zero

12 March 2021 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational, World affairs

In the second episode we talk with Nathan Havay about how business can play a leading role in reversing carbon emissions to Climate Take Back.

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Welcome to The Climate Revolution

11 February 2021 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational, World affairs One comment

We need nothing less than a Climate Revolution, and that revolution begins in your head. Enter our new podcast series, The Climate Revolution.

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