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While the Australian Coal Circus is getting more and more bizarre, with a federal government claiming that wind turbines increase carbon emissions, and that more coal is a great investment, the first Victorian councils are now sending a clear message of sanity to stop the proposed construction of the world’s
The Sustainable Hour on 8 March 2017, the International Women’s Day, with Suzette Jackson, Ninna Katrine Larsen and Thea Ormerod – and rally speeches by Dr Kate Lardner, Wendy Farmer and Cat Nadel. Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 159 on 94.7 The Pulse: » To open or download this programme
In one week, on 4 November 2016, the Paris Agreement will go into effect. The world’s first universally adopted global climate agreement, uniting countries everywhere in fighting climate change. Australia hasn’t ratified the Agreement, which is symbolic of the cowardice position its government takes on the issue. Below is a
An hour on 94.7 The Pulse around the business case for fighting climate change and investing in a prosperous future for our children With Paul Tant, Bank Australia, Alan Howell, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, and Robert Skehan, Plastic Bag Free Victoria, in the sustainable studio on 1 June 2016,
Our optimistic and knowledgeable guests in The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 18 May 2016 are engagement manager Adam Majcher and head of implementation Scott Ferraro from ClimateWorks. We also play a short statement by the owner of the world’s first off-grid solar-powered industrial factory, Chugg Boggs from
The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 11 May 2016 with Katerina Gaita, director of Climate for Change, Tim Buckley, director of Energy Finance Studies at the Australasia Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, Fanny Beck, Zoe Tseng and four other Deakin university students plus their teacher Steve
The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 23 March 2016 marks the World Meteorological Day, a global event organised by the World Meteorological Organization and the worldwide meteorological community with the goal “to contribute to a better understanding of climate variability and climate change, as well as to the
We need ideas leadership. The rate of climate action needs to be more urgent than the politicians want to speak about, says David Spratt, author of ‘Climate Reality Check’, in this short audio interview: » Right-click to download the audio file (MP3, 128 kbps) Transcript “We need a check to
The Sustainable Hour visits the Pilliga forest in New South Wales where a group of activists are protesting against the company Santos which wants to extract gas there with the use of the controversial ‘fracking’ method. Whether we should allow that our air and water is being polluted, and that
Speeches held at the Act on Climate Festival opening night and film evening in Geelong in November 2015. On this page you have an opportunity to listen to thought-provoking and inspiring speeches held at two events where residents in Geelong got together to focus on how their community can act