The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is a dedicated Catholic. Pope Francis’ new encyclical letter and his call for action on climate change confronts Tony Abbott with an interesting dilemma: As the leader of a nation shortly to become the
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A breath of fresh air
Why is Pope Francis’ teaching letter, the encyclical, so significant? Because it has brought the questions around not just climate change, but to Australians more specifically coal mining and onshore gas mining into the moral’s sphere of the total element
People, power and tipping points: Anglesea residents want a say
It is solstice, a turning point – and in Anglesea as well as globally, it is ‘coalstice’. The beginning of the end for using coal to produce electricity. The 77th Sustainable Hour on 17 June 2015 on 94.7 The Pulse
Praise of an ecological teaching letter to the world from the Pope
The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015 The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile
Anglesea says “goodbye coal – welcome transformation”
An hour on 94.7 The Pulse about what’s next after the successful campaign to have the coal-fired Anglesea power station and coal mine closed down – about the transformation in community, wildlife, heathland and nature, with disappearing species, disconnectedness and
From Hawaii and Denmark to Geelong: Incentives in the community
We invited community planner Pat Onesta from Hawaii, who recently moved to the Surf Coast, to be our guest in the 75th Sustainable Hour for a talk about communities and renewable energy projects, energy efficiency, eliminating waste and about how
The grassroots’ revolution: People power in progress
Warming up to the UN conference in Paris in December 2015, the 74th Sustainable Hour was an hour about climate change, justice and betrayal, pollution and apocolypse, onshore gas mining, the documentary films ‘Frackman’ and ‘Voices from the Gasfields’, with
Speaking of community-owned renewable energy in Geelong
On 15 April 2015, around 30 people met at South Barwon Community Centre to discuss the possibilities of starting up a community-owned renewable energy project in Geelong. Below you can listen to excerpts from the meeting – in shape of separate
Forum about active transport and walkability in Geelong
What’s happening with regard to public transport, cycling infrastructure and walking activities in the Geelong region? A forum with the title ‘Active Transport: Past, Present & Future’ was held on 22 April 2015 at Beav’s Bar in Geelong to provide
Resource-smart schools and the revelation of composting
The 71st Sustainable Hour on 6 May 2015 marks the International Composting Awareness Week and the International Permaculture Day. In previous weeks we have talked with primary and high school students, Cool Australia and Kids Teaching Kids. Today, we are