“My generation won’t be able to fly other than for emergencies in a foreseeable future, if we are to be the least bit serious about the 1.5 degree warming limit…”
Tag: carbon footprint
Zero carbon cities gather momentum
When the world’s most carbon-conscious mayors meet in Copenhagen to learn how some cities are heading for zero carbon already during the 2020s, will your city’s mayor be among them? If not, have you asked: Why not? Why is this
Did you meet the neo-peasants who moved in next door?
It’s all happening. Local residents are coming together, talking together, working together, creating solutions, building community resilience. Making it happen. We are getting off carbon. The decarboniser movement is spreading and morphing fast. It has different names, techniques, recipes and
Changing the story one low-carbon lover at a time
A lowcarbon-loving author, an American economist, a local expert in Geelong’s history and the Terminator help us change the story as we roll out The Sustainable Hour no. 207 on 14 March 2018 on 94.7 The Pulse. Listen here: »
Transition towards climate-friendly energy AND diet
Many people put solar panels on their roof because they are conscious of the climate crisis, but they may not be aware that the benefits to the climate of doing that is completely undermined if that same household eats just
Pioneers of our carbon neutral future
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
Cattle, carbon and the new breed of climatarians
Is it true or false that grass-fed cattle are such a burden on the Earth? Is it with the cattle industry as it is with the fossil fuel industry – that ‘denier propaganda’ is deliberately being spread to make everyone