A 2021 New Year’s contemplation by the director of Centre for Climate Safety, as he listens to Greta Thunberg’s call to action, “Try to learn as much as you possibly can – and spread that knowledge and awareness to others.”
Category: World affairs
Connecting with Malaysia
In The Sustainable Hour no 346 on 23 December 2020, we depart from our usual format, as all of our guests come from the one overseas country: Malaysia.
Gamechanger for climate emergency declaration campaign
“I call on all leaders worldwide to declare a state of climate emergency in their countries until carbon neutrality is reached,” the Secretary-General told a global climate summit. This is the focus of The Sustainable Hour no 345.
THE REGENERATIVE HOUR: The call of the world
Jan Morgan and Graeme Garrett, authors of ‘On the Edge’, teach a practice of attention, responding to the call of the world with an open heart. The energy for change and new ways of being in the world then comes to birth, they say.
Take it from our planetary chief
World powers must pull together and retool their economies for a green future or humanity is “doomed”, UN chief Antonio Guterres warns in this interview.
The next few decades are going to feel like falling in love
“The next few decades are going to feel like falling in love, setting aside everything you thought you knew and trusting that you’ll end up in a radically different place you never could have achieved on your own,” says meteorologist and climate reporter Eric Holthaus.
Moving the needle towards a green recovery
The Sustainable Business Hour podcast with clippings from The Tunnel – about #ClimateEmergency, #MillionJobsPlan, #GreenRecovery and Big Oil’s move towards #ZeroCarbon
Promising results from a citizens’ climate convention
Citizens’ Climate Conventions – also known as citizens’ assemblies on climate – are emerging as the new norm for legitimate and quality decision-making in many democratic forums around the world. Is the climate movement paying attention?
Humans unite
A bigger-than-usual alliance of organisations and climate activist NGOs is aspiring to change human history, nothing less. And we are all invited to be part of it. Find out how you can contribute to the COUNTDOWN.
Gilbert Rochecouste: Glocal roadmap to a better future
Gilbert Rochecouste, the Melbourne-based agent of change who founded the world-renowned placemaking company Village Well, joins Mik in The Tunnel for a talk about what’s happening and where we need to go from here