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Category: Australian matters

All solutions on deck – we all have a role to play

24 April 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour celebrates our 500th episode by raising the Earth flag and planting a tree. Our guests are carbon consultant Heidi Fog and author Michael Sheldrick.

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A safe climate is a human right

17 April 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 499 are former corporate lawyer Robert Hinkley and filmmaker Michael Shaw. We also play two excerpts of talks by professor and author Jem Bendell.

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Accelerating the transition to honesty

10 April 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 498 are Matt Bray from Environmental Film Festival Australia and Hugh The Waste Wizard.

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The dream this moment calls for

3 April 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 497 is Mike Whittle – an 85-year-old singer-songwriter. We also introduce the new podcast ‘The Business Revolution’.

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Seize the decade: Net zero by 2035

27 March 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters

Climate Council has presented a practical plan that spells out how Australia can cut climate pollution by 75 per cent this decade.

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Think climate independent

27 March 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 496 are Robert Patterson from Letition.org, who is organising a community climate meeting at Geelong West Town Hall on 9 May 2024, and Jeanne Nel from CoolGeelong.

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Discovering climate superpowers

20 March 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 495 are RMIT researcher Dr Sarah Treby and comms director Aroe Ajourni from Climate Action Malaysia, KAMY.

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Engaging communities in the transition

13 March 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no 494 are Ty Christopher from Energy Futures Network, Laura Grufas from Parents for Climate, Jacqui Dunn from One Planet Festival, and Josh Kirkman from Surfers for Climate

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Climate Rescue Accord focal point in the Tasmanian election

11 March 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters

The Climate Rescue Accord has been endorsed so far by 11 candidates in the Tasmanian state election.

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The Sustainable Women’s Hour 2024

6 March 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Two days before International Women’s Day on 8 March, the hosts of The Sustainable Women’s Hour 2024 are Vicki Perrett and Kate Lockhart. Guests in the Hour are Jeanne Nel, Dr Ly Doan and Veema Mooniapah.

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Recent Posts

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  • 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
  • When the emergency becomes our new reality
  • Inner work as catalyst for outer change
  • Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging
  • Be ready for the climate reset
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  • From bushfires to community power – a radio conversation on 94.7 The Pulse
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  • Denial meets reality: Victoria enters a state of climate disaster
  • Paid misinformation, global inequality and permaculture progress in Africa
  • Geelong Advertiser: Paid misinformation on climate
  • A YEAR IN SONG: The soundtrack of The Sustainable Hour 2025
  • CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power
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  • In kindness, respect, understanding and trust
  • The bats and humans who belong – in Geelong
  • FORCE OF LIFE: The art of enlivenment
  • Treaty and protestival – listening for change
  • Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: “Fuck hope. What’s the strategy?”
  • The Climate Safety Plan – ensuring no one is left behind
  • Trash talkers and trauma – how small actions combat climate anxiety
  • Fighting Australia’s carbon bomb – choosing courage over cowardice
  • BE BRUTALLY HONEST. The climate reality we must face
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