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Category: Australian matters

Race against extinction: When hope fails, action begins

6 September 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, Recommendation, World affairs

“Many of us all around the world have had enough, and we are rebelling.”
~ Professor David A Hood AM

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THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: At home in the universe

6 September 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational

Our guest in the second episode of ‘Regenerative Hours’ is Dr Geoff Berry for a talk about our relationship with nature, the search for 21st century ethics, and the concept of “being at home in the universe”.

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Powerful convergence of the collective no

4 September 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

“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

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THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: Back to the earth

30 August 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational

Our first guest in this new series of ‘Regenerative Hours’ is Mark Dekker for a talk about deep adaptation.

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Surf Coast Shire Council has declared a climate emergency

29 August 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, Petition, Recommendation

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

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Pivotal point for transformation

28 August 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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.

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Join the climate revolution

21 August 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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New energy around climate emergency response

14 August 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Sustainable water guidance in world of extreme heating

7 August 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Bridging climate emergency rebellion with streets in transition

31 July 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Recent Posts

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  • BE COLLECTIVE – power, climate and the necessity of cooperation
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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
  • Staying cool, staying safe: what electrifying our homes really means
  • Heat, flight and presence – an interview about Bats and Being
  • From bushfires to community power – a radio conversation on 94.7 The Pulse
  • Australian cowardice at the highest level
  • Meaning that will move us
  • When survival meets policy failure
  • These climate disasters are not an accident
  • 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
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  • Fighting Australia’s carbon bomb – choosing courage over cowardice
  • BE BRUTALLY HONEST. The climate reality we must face
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