[CLIMATIC ROOT TREATMENT] is a series of blogposts seeking to uncover and understand the deeper roots of society’s problems with taking appropriate action on the climate emergency, and to explore the advantages we could see once the action sets in.
The Sustainable Hour: Over 575 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.
Criminally continuing to pollute and destroy
Our guests and speakers in The Sustainable Hour on 21 September 2016 are senator Janet Rice, marine ecologist Alastair Hirst, anti-fracking campaigner Naomi Hogan, and Dr Alex Teytelboym from Oxford University. Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 140 on 94.7
Safe cycle paths make a happier city
The Danes are not the happiest people on the planet because they cycle as much as they do, and on a daily basis. What makes them so satisfied with their lives is that they live in a society which values
Uncommon signs of leadership and common sense
As it looks from our studio window at 94.7 The Pulse, this Sustainable Hour marks the beginning of a new era in Victoria where a fourth of all Australians from now on stand united with one common goal: a sustainable
Significant turn on Victoria’s path towards clean energy and climate safety
A rare phenomena in politics: Premier Daniel Andrews pays respect to the future generations, not just with a kiss for the photographer, but with a long-term plan for how Victoria will become a carbon-free society during the next three decades.
City looks its future in the eye – on Threatened Species Day
Simone Boer and Tim Hellsten from City of Greater Geelong explain about the exciting ‘Our Future’ project which the city council launched on 1 September 2016 with an aim to create a conversation with at least 25,000 of the city’s
How ordinary citizens can change the world
A powerful clean energy victory took place in Victoria on 30 August 2016: In a national first, the Andrews Labor Government announced a permanent ban on the exploration and development of all onshore unconventional gas, including hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) and
What’s Geelong’s future? Here’s inspiration from Denmark
Mik Aidt’s presentation at the Geelong Green Drinks on 24 August 2016 » Suggestion: Start the player and listen while you take your time to browse through the photos below An audio recording of a ten-minute group workshop at the end
Let’s meet and greet our local climate sceptics with confidence – and a smile
You can’t judge climate sceptics as if they are all the same. They come in various sizes and shapes, with different motivations, and we need to be able to distinguish sceptics from deniers, trolls from laggards. We have seen their
Students and scientists sounding the climate trumpet
Guests in the studio: Daniel ‘Sully’ Sullivan, Sarah Hathway and Lois Newman. Prerecorded interview: Tim Flannery, author. More info below. Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 136 on 94.7 The Pulse: » To open or download this programme in mp3-format,