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Category: Australian matters

Eco-loop dream a reality: energy saved, waste reduced

8 August 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Be the difference: We have five extraordinary guests and speakers in The Sustainable Hour on 8 August 2018 who each are making a significant difference as innovators, pioneers and leaders in their respective fields – turning eco-loop dreams into reality, saving big on energy, engaging the community, taking action on

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Professor John Agar: Closing the eco-loop

8 August 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, World affairs

Video recording of the first part of the interview with professor John Agar in The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 8 August 2018 In this live radio interview, professor John Agar is for the first time bringing his story out into the public arena about Barwon Health’s and

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Act for responsibility in wave of bird extinction

1 August 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 1 August 2018 is Craig Morley from Geelong Field Naturalists Club, who is joined on the phone by Sean Dooley, editor of Australian Birdlife, which is published by Birdlife Australia. We talk recycling and plastic pollution with Kirsty Bishop-Fox, Zero Waste Victoria, co-organiser

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War on plastic pollution with personal power

23 July 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

On 25 July 2018 – a day where the National Radio News reports Greece is in a state of emergency while extreme weather ravages most of the world, while the Australian Government gladly ignores the carbon-created calamities and wants to invest in more polluting coal power – and where Plastic Free July

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The suburb that rose to the climate emergency challenge

18 July 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

An hour about the Melbourne municipality that rose to the challenge of overcoming climate change – and what happened next Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 18 July 2018 is climate action campaigner Adrian Whitehead who co-founded Beyond Zero Emissions, the political party Save the Planet, and Community Action

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Beyond our water pipes

11 July 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Future water security lay outside the usual water delivery infrastructure. In The Sustainable Hour on 11 July 2018, our guest is the Victorian Minister for Water and Police, the Hon Lisa Neville MP, who expands our vision on water in a talk about water efficiency and behaviour change, storm water,

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The things that give us new energy

6 July 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational, World affairs

Some big, scary news about the climate emergency is coming at us on a daily basis – but there is tonnes of good news to take notice of as well. Such as when the news ticked in from Montgomery County Council in Maryland, USA, that it has declared a climate

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Take it from The Terminator

4 July 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

In The Sustainable Hour on 4 July 2018, we talk with Simon Sheikh, managing director of Future Super, and professor Lesley Hughes, founding member of the Climate Council and a lead author on the International Panel on Climate Change’s latest two reports. We play a peer-reviewed rap song about IPCC

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When an airborne catastrophe hangs over our heads, here’s what we do

27 June 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 27 June 2018 in order of appearance: • Colin Mockett’s global outlook • Josh Meadows, media and communication officer, Environmental Justice Australia, about the Beyond Coal and Gas Jamboree • Dr Chris Atmore, lawyer, author of Environmental Justice Australia’s report ‘Raising a Stink’ •

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Groundswell of zero waste living

20 June 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Australia is getting ready for Plastic-Free July – the countdown started today with a major supermarket chain stopping its handing out free single-use plastic bags. In The Sustainable Hour on 20 June 2018, we talk with Linda Grant, an education officer based in Hamilton for the Barwon South West Waste

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Recent Posts

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