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Category: Local Geelong matters

We can do better than this

17 June 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no 319 on 17 June 2020 are Belinda Noble and Lidia Thorpe.

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‘Do better’-principles connect us

10 June 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

A Sustainable Hour about bushfire horrors, resilience, Returner Cups, ‘We can do better’ principles that connect us – and what the Earth can teach us

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Protectors of the land

3 June 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Welcome listeners and readers. The Sustainable Hour team of Mik, Jackie, Colin & Tony welcome you to show no 317. The first of our three guests on 3 June 2020 is Anika Molesworth who helps run her parents’ station near Broken Hill. Anika is a natural leader. She was one of

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Sustainable vibes

28 May 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

The team on The Sustainable Hour have compiled a playlist of songs that are not only catchy and something you can clap your hands to but also all have an underlying message.

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Steps forward at recycling and relearning solidarity

27 May 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no 315 are Geelong Councillor Ron Nelson, chair of Council’s Waste & Resource Recovery committee, and Clare Land, author of the recently released book, ‘Decolonising Solidarity’

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Victories of a gardening culture

20 May 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no 314 on 20 May is David Holmgren, co-founder of the permaculture movement, and author of ‘RetroSuburbia’, a guide to life in a post-carbon world.

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What we can do from the inside

13 May 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

What we can do from the inside. Guests in The Sustainable Hour no 313 are economist Jim Crosthwaite who talks about the economics of gas, and Janet Massey who talks about her electric car.

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Normalising care – Geelong gets the green light

4 May 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no 312 on 6 May 2020 are David Spear, Michael Bayliss and Ainsley Halbmeijer – for talks about the new normal, climate anxiety and a green light at the end of #TheTunnel

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Switching the narrative around

29 April 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no 311 on 29 April 2020 are Damien Cole from Kindness Pandemic TV, James Conlan from Environment Victoria and Glenn Todd, director of Action Skills.  Even though our individual habits have changed radically in the last month because of the pandemic, relatively little carbon emissions have

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Shortcomings of Geelong Council’s proposed Sustainability Framework

29 April 2020 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation One comment

Your help is needed: Please make a submission to the City of Greater Geelong’s proposed Sustainability Framework The City of Greater Geelong (CoGG) has created a Sustainability Framework intended to guide Council actions and decisions on sustainability, climate change and environment. It was developed in response to community demands for

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Recent Posts

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  • TAKE ACTION FOR EARTH – defending the swift parrot
  • BE DIFFICULT – balancing the scales for climate justice
  • When the emergency becomes our new reality
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  • Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging
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