Surf Coast Shire Council has declared a climate emergency – we talk with Alex Marshall who helped make it happen. Ben Shaw and Mark Randall are guests in the studio.
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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:
Join the climate revolution
Whether as a rallying rebel or a lifestyle reformist, “we need everyone,” as Greta Thunberg says. One year ago, Greta Thunberg started school striking for the climate outside the Swedish parliament, “simply because something had to be done,” as she tweeted on the one-year anniversary day, 20 August 2019. Since
New energy around climate emergency response
Today we are launching the fifth episode of our ‘Show me how’ video series on YouTube – which is about energy. The title of the episode is “Transitioning towards energy freedom”. ⚡️ Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 14 August 2019 are: Glen Rodgers, architect and director of Zero
Help make our community’s climate action more visible
The Victorian parliament is wanting inputs on how our communities are responding to the existential threat of climate breakdown. They would like to hear about which actions people and organisations in the local communities are taking to reduce emissions in an effort to limit the magnitude of long-term global warming
Sustainable water guidance in world of extreme heating
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 7 August 2019 is Derek Ryan from Transition Street Saleyards in North Geelong. His amazing Do-It-Yourself effort with storing and recycling water in his home is featured in our ‘Show Me How’ episode 4, ‘Storing and recyling passion in pipes’ Kate Sandle from
Where are the adults?
Will the adult world and their trade unions take up the strike challenge for the ‘Global Week For Future’ on 20 to 27 September 2019? In the lead up to Earth Strike on 27 September, the Swedish Fridays For Future group has written an open letter to the Swedish trade
Bridging climate emergency rebellion with streets in transition
Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 31 July 2019 is Jackie Matthews. She’s also a co-host of the show, of course, but we feature her as our ‘guest’ today, because she is starting a Transition Streets group where she lives, and is an interviewee in the third episode of Mik’s
UK doctor on hunger strike for more action on climate
Dr Clifford Kendall is a UK trained doctor who has worked largely in South Africa since 2010. On 14 July 2019, he started a hunger strike outside the UK Parliament to push for more aggressive action on the climate and ecological emergency. He writes: “The world is a complicated place,
In an emergency we all need to be playing our part
In The Sustainable Hour on 24 July 2019, Mik wears a new hat as a “youtuber” as he launches a new visual direction for the program – and for the Transition Streets movement in Geelong. Our guest in the studio is Monica Winston, who is coordinator of Transition Streets Geelong.
Can we hand-on-our-heart say that we are doing enough?
Here’s that up-to-date report from the climate emergency frontier in Victoria and the rest of the world, which your so-called professional and public media – sleepwalking on their payroll – once again completely failed to deliver to you. With strong emotions in the chamber, City of Melbourne declared a climate