Selfishness and greed among some members of the community can put us all in danger — and that’s no matter whether the issue is a virus crisis or a climate crisis.
Tag: climate change
When enough of us act on climate, we get to set the new rules
Lots of us have been convinced that our individual action on climate change isn’t worth the effort and the cost. But is it true?
First responders seize their Coldplay moment
In The Sustainable Hour on 4 December 2019, Mik Aidt has just returned from a speaker-trip in New Zealand, where he talked about the emerging ‘Pause Movement’ and the impact which a wave of ‘Coldplay Moments’ could trigger
‘Time for citizens to act’ – climate history
“Time for politicians to act”, said the scientists more than four decades ago. However the politicians at the time didn’t think it was time. As this blogpost documents, through more than half a century, we – humanity, but in particular: our elected leaders and business leaders – have knowingly chosen to
The climate emergency declaration hour
The Sustainable Hour’s special one-hour report on the global movement of local governments declaring a climate emergency
Change the climate: Youth, art and a river walk
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 19 June 2019: Alex Marshall calls for community support to get Surf Coast Council to vote for a climate emergency declaration on their 25 June meeting. 19-year-old Alex has been driving a petition which got more than 1,000 signatures in just a few
Louder. The call for an Australian climate emergency declaration has never been louder
“We will take this emergency seriously,” said opposition leader Bill Shorten just two days before the federal election and on the same day the ACT Government declared a climate emergency.
The Australian #ClimateElection
“If you’ve been keeping your powder dry, waiting for the moment when the climate fight really needed you–right about now would be that moment.”
In defense of our planet: Give your vote to the kids
London calling: In The Sustainable Hour on 8 May 2019, we cancel some of our planned interview appointments in order to make room for reporting about something historic: the breakthrough for the climate emergency declaration and mobilisation which has been pushed forward by the school strikers and the Extinction Rebellion
Voice of our planet
Available on BBC iPlayer – screen it for your colleagues, class mates, students, or an entire school “A landmark documentary”~ The Guardian Sir David Attenborough literally is the voice of Our Planet – the Netflix series by this title, that is. With his latest BBC documentary about ‘Climate Change –