While a Spring Rebellion disrupts Melbourne, author Matt Purbrick meets one of his readers, Megan Blair, for a talk about ‘Grown & Gathered’ and ‘The Village’
Category: Local Geelong matters
Laudato Si’ circle in Geelong
The next Laudato Si’ Circle at St Mary’s is on Wednesday 27 November 2019.Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pmLocation: St Mary’s, downstairs room The format for this gathering will be a minute of contemplative silence, followed by the reading of a letter from Pope Francis to all Catholic priests in the world.
Sustainable community knowledge festival and a citizens’ rebellion
7 October marks the beginning of the Global Rebellion against extinction – 13 October is Sustainable House Day in Geelong
Leadership comes from the youth
Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 25 September 2019 is Lachie Chomley from The Farm Next Door in Norlane.
Geelong: Support proposed climate emergency declaration this Tuesday
Support Councillor Sarah Mansfield’s motion to declare a climate emergency for Geelong by being present at Council’s meeting on Tuesday at Geelong City Hall. Councillor Sarah Mansfield’s proposed climate emergency declaration motion can be seen on page 129 in the agenda for Geelong Council’s meeting on Tuesday evening. A large
Community radio station declares a climate emergency
The Sustainable Hour team becomes an earwitness to what it sounds like when a community radio station declares a climate emergency as a world’s first
Looking for unity and business intelligence
The Sustainable Hour no 284 with carbon consultant Heidi Fog and school strike organiser Audrey Aronsten-Whytcross from AYCC in the studio
Race against extinction: When hope fails, action begins
“Many of us all around the world have had enough, and we are rebelling.”
~ Professor David A Hood AM
Powerful convergence of the collective no
“Yes, I know we need a system change rather than individual change. But you can not have one without the other.”~ Greta Thunberg, Swedish teenager and climate activist Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 4 September 2019 are: Libby Coker, Labor Member of the Australian Parliament for Corangamite, about why
Surf Coast Shire Council has declared a climate emergency
In this video, Surf Coast community campaigner Alex Marshall explains why she is excited about her Council’s decision – and what she believes it will mean for children, youth and adult residents in the coastal municipality. Geelong Councillors ask: “What do you think Geelong?” Geelong Councillor Anthony Aitken wrote on