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We connect thinkers and rethinkers with doers, sharers and carers in Geelong and around the planet. BLOGPOSTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
On 5 December 2014, Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons spoke about tourism and sustainability – and where jobs of the 21st century in his opinion are going to come from – at a launch event for a new EV transport service in Queenscliff, the Bongo Transit. Here are some excerpts from what is
Content on this page: 1) Introduction 2) Australian Divestment Quick Guide 3) Clippings from the divestment news stream Momentum is growing for the divestment movement, in Australia as well as globally. The powerful things about divestment is that it is something each and everyone of us can do – and
In The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 26 November 2014 we have a distinguished guest from New South Wales: renewable energy expert Mark Diesendorf, author of the book ‘Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change’. Associate Professor Mark Diesendorf is one of Australia’s leading sustainable energy analysts, and a Deputy
Mia Dyson joins local community leaders calling for clean energy. Local Geelong musician Mia Dyson has joined a long list of local leaders and celebrities in an open letter published in the Geelong Advertiser on 25 November 2014 calling on Victorian state election candidates to commit to clean energy action
Let there be no doubt about this: Renewable energy ought to be prominently on the agenda in the Victorian state election. 11,000 Australians could be employed in the renewables sector in the next 15 years with policies that support clean energy, according to research by the Climate Institute. Renewable energy
As the G20 summit approached in Brisbane and the Australian Prime Minister kept insisting on that the world leaders should ignore the looming economic impact of carbon emissions dangers, local screenings of Al Gore’s ‘Reasons for Hope’ were scheduled all over Australia, and in Victoria, a State election is coming
On 29 November 2014, residents in Victoria will be voting on who should be their leaders in government. In this and the following Sustainable Hours, we look into what this means. Today we talk with two artists about the topic: Colin Mockett who is an actor and entertainer, and Jane
What does climate change do to us in psychological terms? We have a social psychology researcher, Dr Andrea Bunting, with us in the 49th Sustainable Hour. Andrea Bunting is saying: Let’s speak about climate change! So we will – and with Dr Jacinta Morahan from Surf Coast Air Action in
In the evening on 28 October 2014, Geelong’s Council approved a new Environment Management Strategy. It was a cheerful moment for both the councillors and the local residents who had been following and influencing the process. The paper has been almost three years on the way, because it has been
“Climate change is a powerful tiger to ride. The clever part is how to get off the tiger without being eaten,” wrote Dr Quentin Farmar-Bowers in a letter he sent on 23 October 2014 to the two Australian ministers who are in charge of the country’s agriculture and industry. Both farmers