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Category: Local Geelong matters

Anglesea says “goodbye coal – welcome transformation”

10 June 2015 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, World affairs One comment

An hour on 94.7 The Pulse about what’s next after the successful campaign to have the coal-fired Anglesea power station and coal mine closed down – about the transformation in community, wildlife, heathland and nature, with disappearing species, disconnectedness and anger as well as new engaging opportunities, exciting initiatives and

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From Hawaii and Denmark to Geelong: Incentives in the community

3 June 2015 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, World affairs

We invited community planner Pat Onesta from Hawaii, who recently moved to the Surf Coast, to be our guest in the 75th Sustainable Hour for a talk about communities and renewable energy projects, energy efficiency, eliminating waste and about how best to reduce our individual carbon footprints. In today’s program

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The grassroots’ revolution: People power in progress

27 May 2015 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary, Local Geelong matters One comment

Warming up to the UN conference in Paris in December 2015, the 74th Sustainable Hour was an hour about climate change, justice and betrayal, pollution and apocolypse, onshore gas mining, the documentary films ‘Frackman’ and ‘Voices from the Gasfields’, with audio excerpts from speeches by: • Damien Marchant, Frack Free

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Speaking of community-owned renewable energy in Geelong

20 May 2015 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters 2 comments

On 15 April 2015, around 30 people met at South Barwon Community Centre to discuss the possibilities of starting up a community-owned renewable energy project in Geelong. Below you can listen to excerpts from the meeting – in shape of separate audio recordings, as well as links to further reading on

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Forum about active transport and walkability in Geelong

13 May 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary, Local Geelong matters

What’s happening with regard to public transport, cycling infrastructure and walking activities in the Geelong region? A forum with the title ‘Active Transport: Past, Present & Future’ was held on 22 April 2015 at Beav’s Bar in Geelong to provide answers to this question. In the 72st Sustainable Hour on

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The climate fight in a nutshell

3 May 2015 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

…or rather, in the shell of a caravan. In a caravan camouflaged as an island, that is. A Maldivian island, threatened by rising sea water levels. Currently placed on Federation Square, the pumping heart of Melbourne. By a Dane. Confused? Here’s the story: » Rightclick here to download the mp3-file

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Questions about ecology, technology, limits and choices

11 April 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary, Local Geelong matters, Recommendation, World affairs

On 8 April 2015 on 94.7 The Pulse, we move into unchartered waters asking questions about the choices we make in our daily lives. How do we live responsibly in a technological age? How do we make the best choices? What is the core of our personal well-being? Welcome to

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The Green Teams’ solar dream: New energy in the school

5 April 2015 Mik Aidt Educational, Local Geelong matters

An hour around The People’s Solar and ‘green teams’ from two schools in Geelong. Guests in the studio: • Alex Houlston, Energy for the People • Aaron Lewtas, Surf Coast Energy Group • Alex Aidt, 9 years, member of the Green Team at South Geelong Primary School • Jack Nyhof,

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Live well and have fun with sustainability

14 March 2015 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

In the 63th Sustainable Hour we learn that the core of sustainability is just as much about connecting with your local community, having fun and living well as it is about protecting the environment and caring about our carbon pollution. Guest in the studio: • Trish Clayton from Barwon Heads

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The benefits of building a sustainable home

4 March 2015 Mik Aidt Educational, Local Geelong matters

A Sustainable Hour about the advantages of “building green” when renovating old homes and building new houses, storing energy with thermal mass, learning about the latest research, about benefits of energy efficiency, finding out what is happening in the building and architectural area, and the exciting prospects ahead. Guests in

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Recent Posts

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  • RESHAPE OUR WORLD – from positivity to regenerative communities
  • From persuasion to connection – a theory of change for the climate reset
  • EARTH DAY 2026 – voices from ocean to earthmark
  • Tuning in to Earth Day at The Pulse
  • BE COLLECTIVE – power, climate and the necessity of cooperation
  • POWER UP – reclaiming energy, democracy and community
  • POWER OF IMAGINATION in a world on edge
  • RUN FOR COUNTRY – ice cream in a fight against fracking
  • FESTIVALS OF CHANGE – from climate worry to community action 
  • TAKE ACTION FOR EARTH – defending the swift parrot
  • BE DIFFICULT – balancing the scales for climate justice
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  • FORCE OF LIFE: Inner work as catalyst for outer change
  • Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging
  • Be ready for the climate reset
  • Staying cool, staying safe: what electrifying our homes really means
  • Heat, flight and presence – an interview about Bats and Being
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  • A YEAR IN SONG: The soundtrack of The Sustainable Hour 2025
  • CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power
  • FORCE OF LIFE: From collapse to connection – organising the periphery
  • In kindness, respect, understanding and trust
  • The bats and humans who belong – in Geelong

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