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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:
When the world’s most carbon-conscious mayors meet in Copenhagen to learn how some cities are heading for zero carbon already during the 2020s, will your city’s mayor be among them? If not, have you asked: Why not? Why is this important in a climate breakdown perspective? Because cities account for
Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 31 October 2018 is Ken Dickens, managing director of Corio Waste Management. Paul Wittwer explains that the National Day of Inaction on 30 November 2018 is actually a day of climate action. Australian school kids go on school strike tomorrow. We play an excerpt
Irish-Columbian missionary priest and well-known eco-theologian Sean McDonagh explores Pope Francis’ encyclical by touching on the moral and spiritual aspects on what it means to be a Christian in the 21st century by caring for the Earth. Father McDonagh offers his take on Laudato Si’ in his book, ‘On Care
National Day of Inaction: 30 November 2018 “We are sick of the inaction of government and business on climate change. So we are taking a sick day” ~ Victorian climate activists “Use the National Day of Inaction to start conversations with your friends, family and co-workers. Because the mainstream media
Allow my to have a rant. I don’t appreciate being censored. It hasn’t often happen – the only two times I recall were when I wrote something about the – in my view unpleasantly close – financial relationship between an association of patients suffering from a chronic disease and the medical industry which
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ Richard Buckminster Fuller, American author (1895–1983) In The Sustainable Hour on 24 October 2018, we receive a letter from 14-year-old Harriet and Milou in Castlemaine, who are
Glimpses from the climate change and sustainability forum ‘Care for Our Common Home’ at Geelong West Town Hall on 11 October 2018. Jasper Harris » Share this on Facebook and Youtube 15-year-old Jasper Harris’ five-minute speech at the climate change and sustainability forum. Jasper is a Year 10 student at
Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 17 October 2018 are Damien Cole – a surfer, campaigner against oil drilling in the Bight and independent South Barwon candidate in the November state election – and Peter Cowling, Vesta’s Country Head for Australia and New Zealand. We also play a clip with
The tenth annual Sustainable House Day in Geelong was truly a sustainable ‘house learning’ festival bonanza for the community – and the community was ready to dig into it: 800 people had preregistered to attend, and numbers broke all previous records this year. How do we transition to a more sustainable
An hour about Sustainable House Day Geelong, the Sun Bear Festival in Anglesea, and more Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 10 October 2018 are two house owners who open their homes on Sunday 14 October: Kerri Erler from Teesdale, Stephen Williams from Manifold Heights, and energy assessment expert Dan