“In such an emergency as we are right now everyone needs to take more responsibility, and use whatever power they have to try to push in the right direction,” says Greta Thunberg
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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:
Global forum for urban leaders taking on the climate emergency
Report from the virtual conference ‘Daring Cities’, co-hosted by the City of Bonn.
Jacob Oscarson’s Nordic Rebellion speech: “I am not a criminal – I am a messenger”
During the Nordic Rebellion on 21 to 29 August 2021, 129 people were arrested for their protests against the Norwegian oil extraction. The trials in Oslo are still ongoing and one of the accused is Jacob Oscarson. Here is his plea in court in Oslo on 22 September. “My name
Sustainable House Day: Replacing blah blah with action
The Sustainable Hour on 6 October 2021 is all about “Sustainable House Day” coming up in Geelong
Geelong’s future is in renewables – not risky gas
In The Sustainable Hour no 382, Sal Fisher and Garth Norman from Geelong Renewables Not Gas explain why a proposed gas import terminal will put residents at risk
Once we knew
Guests in The Sustainabe Hour no 381 on 22 September 2021 are Dr John Merory and Robert Patterson, two climate activists and grandparents devoting all their time on activism.
Climate solutions not pollution
The Sustainable Hour no 380 with Rosie Brodie from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and regenerative farmer Les Harrison.
Big oil’s delay tactics are the new climate science denialism
Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry engages in ‘discourses of delay’ to divert attention away from the crisis
Deepening of consciousness as temperature rises
Guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 379 on 8 September 2021 are Leigh Ewbank from Friends of the Earth Melbourne and Zola Lawry, founder of The Sunflower Project.
Yes we must: Vote and drive for the Earth
The Sustainable Hour no 378 with #VoteEarthNow founder Rob Eisenberg and Bright Spark eco-driver teacher Greg Lacey.