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“The refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe gives us a sobering glimpse of what a less stable world looks like.” OurVoices.net In The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 9 September 2015 we listen to excerpts from inspirational climate change speeches held during the last week by
Update on 7 September 2015: Response from Lily D’Ambrosio MP 22 June 2015 Dear Daniel Andrews, Premier, and Lily D’Ambrosio, Minister for Energy and Resources, I am vigorously supporting a recent letter to you from Mik Aidt (Geelong) reproduced and slightly edited below – with some additional points following.
It is solstice, a turning point – and in Anglesea as well as globally, it is ‘coalstice’. The beginning of the end for using coal to produce electricity. The 77th Sustainable Hour on 17 June 2015 on 94.7 The Pulse invites you to a community forum in Anglesea which was
An hour on 94.7 The Pulse about what’s next after the successful campaign to have the coal-fired Anglesea power station and coal mine closed down – about the transformation in community, wildlife, heathland and nature, with disappearing species, disconnectedness and anger as well as new engaging opportunities, exciting initiatives and
A revolution is happening under our noses: We’re watching a bright green coalition begin to build a future that makes sense in our lifetime. Wind energy is now cheaper than coal. The only thing standing in the way for a transition to clean energy and a safer climate is political
In the sustainable studio on 94.7 The Pulse on 20 August 2014 we have Leigh Ewbank with us from Friends of the Earth. ‘The Vegemite Man’ – as he has become known in media because people recognise him on his sweater – has travelled from Melbourne to talk with us
The huge turnout at the ‘Shut It Down’ rally and march on 10 August 2014 signaled the end of Anglesea coal social licence, which a group of children literally shredded to pieces during the event. In the 38th Sustainable Hour we play audio-excerpts of four of the anti-coal speakers: Leigh
At a time when governments protect and promote the coal and gas industries… At a time when the entire world is saying that coal and gas urgently need to be phased out due to the climatic complications caused by the burning of it… who will protect the people? Who will
The level of commitment in pledges among anti-coal activists has taken a step upwards. Signatures or letter-writing simply won’t do any more. To prevent the construction of the largest coal mining complex in the world, an activist group in Australia now started a hunger strike, and calls for others to
Kelly O’Shanassy from Environment Victoria warns against the plans of the Victorian Government to dig up 13 billion tonnes of the most emissions-intensive coal to be burnt overseas. She calls it a “state-subsidised invasion by the coal industry”. “These export plans will be a nightmare for regional and coastal families,