Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
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
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
Climate misinformation thrives in Australian media. The Australian Press Council has a stake in this. Along with other regulators and authorities, the Press Council fails to understand that the fatal climate crisis caused by an ongoing build-up in greenhouse gases in our atmosphere is an unprecedented, wicked economic and political
The UN climate conference ended with a global agreement. That’s the good news from Paris. But will this agreement do the trick and save humanity from the catastrophic global warming which climate scientists have warned that we are heading towards? Is it time to open the champagne bottles and celebrate?
In The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 2 December 2015 we debrief the fantastic weekend of climate rallies around the world with speeches held recently in Geelong by the Minister for Climate in the Victorian Government, Lisa Neville, and by Professor of Atmospheric Science at University of Melbourne,
The one-sentence, moral solution to climate change “We call on all world leaders at COP 21 to embrace Pope Francis’ pleas, to adopt just, honest and transparent accounting practices and, after hundreds of years of giving companies and governments a free ride, to finally and simply require that those who
With Victoria McKenzie McHart, Australian Conservation Foundation’s climate manager, David Spratt, coordinator of The People’s Climate March in Melbourne, and Jack Nyhof, 14-year-old high school student, who spoke at the opening of the Act on Climate Festival in Geelong. Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 101: » To open or
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