Selfishness and greed among some members of the community can put us all in danger — and that’s no matter whether the issue is a virus crisis or a climate crisis.
The Sustainable Hour: Over 600 hours of engaging podcasts - for a clean, green and sustainable world
We connect thinkers and rethinkers with doers, sharers and carers in Geelong and around the planet. BLOGPOSTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
The girls, the women and the climate
There’s something going on which we need to talk about more openly: The climate issue is also a gender issue
Geelong’s new approach to the climate emergency
The Sustainable Hour no 304 with Geelong Mayor Stephanie Asher about her city council’s recent climate emergency declaration
Speaking of drawdown (2): Our roles as ‘Personal leaders’
Speech by David Spear, the Executive Officer of Geelong Sustainability’s brand new social enterprise called GreenLight.
Speaking of drawdown (1): What role might I play?
How we can affect our climate change future? At Geelong Sustainability’s Clever Living Seminar on 3 March 2020 at the Geelong Library, David Spear, CEO of Greenlight, and Gene Blackley, director of Drawdown Australia presented their answers to that question.
Otways Subterranean National Park – a world’s first
Our studio guest in The Sustainable Hour on 4 March 2020 is Malcolm Gardiner from the Land & Water Resources Otway Catchments (LAWROC) Landcare group.
Recordings from the Climate Emergency Summit 2020
The first Climate Emergency Summit in Melbourne was live-streamed on YouTube, and these recordings are now made available in shorter segments, together with an additional set of audio recordings of the break-out sessions.
When enough of us act on climate, we get to set the new rules
Lots of us have been convinced that our individual action on climate change isn’t worth the effort and the cost. But is it true?
Geelong grapples with its climate emergency declaration
On 25 February 2020, Geelong Council declared a climate emergency. Guest in the sustainable studio on 26 February is Monica Winston from Transition Streets Geelong.
Has Geelong Council lost its spine?
Is it possible to recognise climate change as a global emergency and order a newly built bikelane demolished at one and the same council meeting? Well. Geelong Council managed to do just that on 25 february 2020.