The more we spend and the richer we are, the more we pollute. The world’s richest 10 per cent produce half of all carbon emissions, according to a recent Oxfam study. A person among the richest one per cent produces
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Inspiring sustainable living with local festival and fun
An hour with Sam Smith from Future Proofing Geelong talking about the local Sustainable Living Festival which starts on 12 February 2016 and runs over the following three weeks. Geelong’s favourite eco-champions, Costa Georgiadis from ABC’s Gardening Australia and Tim
Speaking of how we can act on climate
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
Sustainable business excellence a matter of love
“Love what you do,” it says in big letters on the wall in the café at The Farmer’s Place. And this is the starting point for farmer, business man and entrepreneur Robert Pascoe, the owner of the place – and
“Don’t look at the branches, look at the root. We are the root”
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
Cultivating sustainability – through the stomach to the heart
In The Sustainable Studio on 94.7 The Pulse, we’re always hungry for new knowledge about sustainability – and on 7 October 2015, we dedicated a full Sustainable Hour to the topic of food and drinks, because as it turns out,
The social factor of sustainability
Ray Ingwersen from Geelong Sustainability is guest in the 58th Sustainable Hour on 4 February 2015. He explains why social factors such as loneliness, isolation and inequality must be taken into account if we wish to create a broader engagement
Your council is prepared to evolve. Are you?
In the 47th Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 15 October 2014, we report from the meeting on 14 October where Geelong Council unanimously voted to advocate for a permanent state ban on fracking. Our guests in the studio
Take the Green Pledge
Are you willing to take a pledge to help tackle climate change and raise awareness? Friends of the Earth have developed a campaign that will do just this, it’s called ‘The Green Pledge’. The Green Pledge involves taking five personal
Renew Geelong with ‘invisible force’ of optimism
“Renew Geelong!”, everyone says – but how? For a start by creating a new narrative around how we deal with the employment crisis that Geelong is currently experiencing. In Chinese writing, the word ‘crisis’ is made up of two signs