The Sustainable Hour’s special one-hour report on the global movement of local governments declaring a climate emergency
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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:
Stop the car and get out
Clippings from the news stream about individual action on climate change “There is research showing that climate change is happening faster than we thought. We’re in a car hurtling towards the edge of a cliff, we’ve got our foot on the accelerator, and we’re just talking to each other, faffing
Juggling with the ‘It’s-already-too-late’ syndrome
“I have had a big blue fear since I heard in a speech that for Planet Earth, it was too late. I felt collapsed for 15 seconds.”~ Brice Pascal Abbey In an era of global ecological destruction, climate change is increasing individual and societal anxiety, depression, existential dread and solastalgia.
Inter-generational journey towards falling in love with Earth
The Sustainable Hour no 273 with Margie Abbott, Lauren Sandemen, and Elizabeth Meiler
Change the climate: Youth, art and a river walk
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 19 June 2019: Alex Marshall calls for community support to get Surf Coast Council to vote for a climate emergency declaration on their 25 June meeting. 19-year-old Alex has been driving a petition which got more than 1,000 signatures in just a few
Thrive for future
This is “Extinction Rebellion for Kids” – meaning: Let’s talk about how we will win, and not about how we are losing. On 5 July 2019 at 11am at Geelong City Hall: Photo shoot and animal dress up. The recipe for winning requires an unprecedented mix of optimism and realism:
Leader of 1.3 billion Catholics declares a climate emergency
“Faced with a climate emergency, we must take action accordingly, in order to avoid perpetrating a brutal act of injustice towards the poor and future generations,” said Pope Francis
Primal roar for the climate
Dissatisfied, frustrated, angry, scared or feeling blue about the complete failure of our elected leaders when it comes to adequately addressing the existential threat that the climate emergency now confronts us with? Then join Caroline Danaher at Geelong city hall on Fridays in June and July 2019 in the hour
Transitional roars from within the city
The Sustainable Hour no 271 about a business that has declared a climate emergency, Transition Street Geelong and StopAdani
600 climate emergency declarations: the emergence of a global referendum
This week I received an email from Janine O’Keeffe titled ‘Climate Emergency Declarations and fear for democracy’ with this question: “Hi Mik,Some countries have fears about the climate emergency declarations being used for non-democratic purposes. Can this include democratic mobilisation of resources?” I replied: First of all there is a