Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
We connect thinkers and rethinkers with doers, sharers and carers in Geelong and around the planet. BLOGPOSTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
The launch event of a 520 solar system at MACS – Multicultural Aged Care Services in West Geelong – in July 2018 marked the completion of a four-year dream to create a large-scale solar project in Geelong. Listen to an excerpt of the speeches at the event. The project, titled ‘Geelong
An hour about the Melbourne municipality that rose to the challenge of overcoming climate change – and what happened next Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 18 July 2018 is climate action campaigner Adrian Whitehead who co-founded Beyond Zero Emissions, the political party Save the Planet, and Community Action
Future water security lay outside the usual water delivery infrastructure. In The Sustainable Hour on 11 July 2018, our guest is the Victorian Minister for Water and Police, the Hon Lisa Neville MP, who expands our vision on water in a talk about water efficiency and behaviour change, storm water,
It is now three years ago Pope Francis published his encyclical letter Laudato Si’, where he told the world that “highly polluting fossil fuels – especially coal, but also oil and, to a lesser degree, gas – needs to be progressively replaced without delay.” (Laudato Si’ 165) It was this
“There is no space left on Earth for egoism.” ~ Naoko Ishii, environmental policy expert from Japan It can’t be said more clearly. This TED-conference presentation by Naoko Ishii – a Japanese environmental policy expert who leads the Global Environment Facility, a public financial institution that provides around US$1 billion
Cheers: Climate policy procrastination can now celebrate its 30 year anniversary in Australia and the United States. Consequently is should be no surprise that we are now beginning to see statements such as these from the scientific community: “At this point, we are into damage control” “The clock has run
Some big, scary news about the climate emergency is coming at us on a daily basis – but there is tonnes of good news to take notice of as well. Such as when the news ticked in from Montgomery County Council in Maryland, USA, that it has declared a climate
In The Sustainable Hour on 4 July 2018, we talk with Simon Sheikh, managing director of Future Super, and professor Lesley Hughes, founding member of the Climate Council and a lead author on the International Panel on Climate Change’s latest two reports. We play a peer-reviewed rap song about IPCC
Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 27 June 2018 in order of appearance: • Colin Mockett’s global outlook • Josh Meadows, media and communication officer, Environmental Justice Australia, about the Beyond Coal and Gas Jamboree • Dr Chris Atmore, lawyer, author of Environmental Justice Australia’s report ‘Raising a Stink’ •
Australia is getting ready for Plastic-Free July – the countdown started today with a major supermarket chain stopping its handing out free single-use plastic bags. In The Sustainable Hour on 20 June 2018, we talk with Linda Grant, an education officer based in Hamilton for the Barwon South West Waste