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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:
100% powered on solar, the 100th Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse was broadcasted live from the Act on Climate Festival at Steampacket Gardens on 21 November 2015. In the first hour we talked with Cr Andy Richards, Leo Renkin, Mary-Jane Walker, Michael Martinez, Jack Nyhof, Robert Skehan, and Andrea
In the lead up to the Act on Climate festival in Geelong and the UN Climate Talks in Paris, the 99th Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 18 November 2015 is an hour spent in pleasant company with Climate Reality Leader Sam Smith from Future Proofing Geelong, a department
Inaugural Geelong climate change festival this weekend 14-year-old high school student to take centre stage on Friday’s opening night Colourful festival will have activities and positive solutions so Geelong residents can take action Jack Nyhof might be only 14 but on Friday he will take the stage alongside the Victorian
How does the challenge of climate change confront us? Scientists have warned that global warming could lead to a future that is similar to horror scenarios from a Hollywood movie. Farmers, gardeners and fire fighters are beginning to take notice of the warning signs. Last month was Australia’s hottest October on
Build a better, safer, future for all The Geelong Act on Climate Festival official program has been released This year between 20th and 23rd November, Geelong is hosting a community festival to empower people with ways they can act on climate change. The event will showcase positive solutions that encourage
The three headlines in the 98th Sustainable Hour on 11 November 2015: A You Yangs Protection Group is formed A new community campaign seeks to protect the You Yangs – a mountain area with forest and wildlife 20 minutes drive from Geelong – from the construction of a big sand
In the 97th Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse, we talk about the People’s Climate March, Climate Action Network Australia, the Act on Climate festival in Geelong, the Waves 2 Woods festival in Anglesea, the #SmallChanges campaign, the inadequate commitments of 146 countries, now presented to the United Nations in
We have known about the problem for decades: The atmosphere is not an open sewer we can continue throwing 40 billion tonnes of carbon into every year without any consequences. Ignoring the problem, we have created a climate emergency. Now what? In The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on
Check out Alex’s and Matt’s new solar-rap! It’s a ‘busker song’ to raise money to get solar panels up on their school’s roof to have the sun finance new sustainability education programs at the school in the next 20 years. If you’d like to chip in, with a dollar or
Today in The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse, we talk about houses and why making them more sustainable is a win for everybody. It makes them more comfortable and it saves you money. 24 October 2015 is Sustainable House Day in Geelong Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 95: