Surf Coast Shire Council has declared a climate emergency – we talk with Alex Marshall who helped make it happen. Ben Shaw and Mark Randall are guests in the studio.
Category: Local Geelong matters
Join the climate revolution
Whether as a rallying rebel or a lifestyle reformist, “we need everyone,” as Greta Thunberg says. One year ago, Greta Thunberg started school striking for the climate outside the Swedish parliament, “simply because something had to be done,” as she tweeted on the one-year anniversary day, 20 August 2019. Since
New energy around climate emergency response
Today we are launching the fifth episode of our ‘Show me how’ video series on YouTube – which is about energy. The title of the episode is “Transitioning towards energy freedom”. ⚡️ Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 14 August 2019 are: Glen Rodgers, architect and director of Zero
Help make our community’s climate action more visible
The Victorian parliament is wanting inputs on how our communities are responding to the existential threat of climate breakdown. They would like to hear about which actions people and organisations in the local communities are taking to reduce emissions in an effort to limit the magnitude of long-term global warming
Sustainable water guidance in world of extreme heating
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 7 August 2019 is Derek Ryan from Transition Street Saleyards in North Geelong. His amazing Do-It-Yourself effort with storing and recycling water in his home is featured in our ‘Show Me How’ episode 4, ‘Storing and recyling passion in pipes’ Kate Sandle from
Bridging climate emergency rebellion with streets in transition
Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 31 July 2019 is Jackie Matthews. She’s also a co-host of the show, of course, but we feature her as our ‘guest’ today, because she is starting a Transition Streets group where she lives, and is an interviewee in the third episode of Mik’s
In an emergency we all need to be playing our part
In The Sustainable Hour on 24 July 2019, Mik wears a new hat as a “youtuber” as he launches a new visual direction for the program – and for the Transition Streets movement in Geelong. Our guest in the studio is Monica Winston, who is coordinator of Transition Streets Geelong.
Can we hand-on-our-heart say that we are doing enough?
Here’s that up-to-date report from the climate emergency frontier in Victoria and the rest of the world, which your so-called professional and public media – sleepwalking on their payroll – once again completely failed to deliver to you. With strong emotions in the chamber, City of Melbourne declared a climate
Submission to the Victorian government: Go early, go hard
The following is Centre for Climate Safety’s submission to the Victorian Government, which has called for comments from the public on the targets it will soon set in regard to how fast or how slowly it should aim to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. This is probably one of
Great cycles of bike-rescuing, climate action and an eco-egg
We kick off the 275th Sustainable Hour with yet another of the now world-famous Geelong Roars, which we recorded on Friday at 11:59am in front of Geelong City Hall. Video below. Our guest in the studio is Tom Allen from Good Cycles. On the phone, we talk with Zelly Been