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Tag: Climatic Root Treatment

Time for citizens to act

18 October 2019 Mik Aidt Educational, Recommendation Comments Off on Time for citizens to act

“Time for politicians to act”, said the scientists three decades years ago. But politicians 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

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Exposed: Australia’s shameful upside-down culture

30 March 2018 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational Comments Off on Exposed: Australia’s shameful upside-down culture

“At the end of the day, I look after my own interests.” ~ Mario Mancusso, butcher, Newmarket Quality Meats, Flemington, Melbourne, on 29 March 2018 Down under, maybe not surprisingly, things are often turned upside-down. In particular the truth. During

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Care is in the air

8 March 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on Care is in the air

…and on air, not just in The Sustainable Hour, but finally now also in national news programs and documentaries on the channels of our public broadcasters. In The Sustainable Hour on 7 March 2018, we talk climate care with ACT’s

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Sketch of our route towards carbon safety. First stop: #StoryChange

20 January 2018 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational, Recommendation One comment

“If we change the story, we can change the world.” ~ Brady Piñero Walkinshaw, CEO, Grist Magazine “When we get the story right, we move quickly.” ~ Jeremy Rifkin, economist “The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s

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Welcome to the new grand story of interconnected sustainability

28 December 2017 Mik Aidt Educational, Recommendation, World affairs Comments Off on Welcome to the new grand story of interconnected sustainability

“As if it wasn’t already clear, 2017 provided even more evidence that we are changing our planet in dangerous ways.” ~ Heather Leibowitz, environmental advocate and lawyer “In 20 years we’ll look back on 2017 as a turning point for

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It’s about Our Future

26 July 2017 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on It’s about Our Future

The ‘Our Future’ vision for Geelong is a challenge of a lifetime – but we can do it. Geelong is about to find out whether politics and votes can be determined not by the usual short-term election promises which everyone

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Coining the phrase of climate change

10 July 2017 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on Coining the phrase of climate change

“Aren’t we already we at the point of no return with making our planet uninhabitable?” Narrative navigation: Why does it have to be a choice between either Heaven, Hell or Hoax when politicians and climate action campaigners talk about the

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Restore a safe climate? First we must restore trust

22 February 2017 Mik Aidt Commentary 2 comments

“The Federal government has been promoting coal, misleading the public on causes of blackouts and electricity rises, and trashing renewable power. They’ve seemingly forgotten all about climate change. Meanwhile extreme weather has played havoc on power infrastructure around the country,

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The burning issue of culture change

15 November 2016 Mik Aidt Commentary Comments Off on The burning issue of culture change

“Denying climate change is stealing the future of our children just to make money now.” ~ Dr Jane Goodall Among the many burning global issues we are faced with, there is a ‘carbon bell’ that tolls, currently ringing at the

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The key to unlock the current climate action stalemate

14 October 2016 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational, Petition, World affairs One comment

The greatest threat humanity has ever been confronted with is not climate change. It is us, human beings, and the way we have organised ourselves in democracies where money flows both openly and secretly back and forth between powerful commercial

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