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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:
In the 55th Sustainable Hour on 10 December 2014 we talk with Andrea Pape from The Give Grid about sustainability in the community service sector, and with Sustainability Officer Tim Mordaunt from Geelong Council about the new Greenhouse Gas Strategy review. On 5 December, Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons was spruiking
“I want to do something for Geelong. Its got a great infrastructure. The facilities are all available here, the skilled labour is available. And of course, the cost of setting up something here is much lower than in Melbourne and Sydney. My dream is that I want to see Geelong
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