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Paving the way to climate leadership

18 November 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in the Tunnel on 18 November 2020 are two extraordinary climate leaders who are paving the way

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Change of mindset to take Geelong forward

14 October 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Geelong Council candidates Tom O’Connor and Stephanie Asher together with Carl Obst, director of IDEEA Group, give their views on what will take the municipality forward.

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USA: City of Richmond declares a climate emergency

4 August 2018 Mik Aidt Educational, World affairs

In July 2018, the Council of the City of Richmond in California followed City of Berkeley, Montgomery County in Maryland, Hoboken City Council in New Jersey and the Los Angeles City Council and declared a climate emergency: “The City of Richmond

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Opening of conversation about Geelong’s long-term future

18 August 2016 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters One comment

What do we imagine Geelong’s future could look like? The Sustainable Hour will be exploring this theme in the months to come, while reporting on how the new community consultations process which has been launched by the City of Greater

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The art of merging nature with local culture

23 April 2016 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 13 April 2016 reports live from the You Yangs, a mountain 20 minutes outside Geelong, where around 50 volunteers planted trees around Big Rock, as the beginning of a ‘Green Corridor’ through

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Our mayor and councillors – what do they think about climate change?

26 March 2016 Mik Aidt and Anthony Gleeson Local Geelong matters One comment

Councillors are our locally elected representatives. In City of Greater Geelong, they are elected for four year terms to represent 12 local areas. They meet regularly to deal with a wide range of issues and may be able to meet

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Carbon-cutting makes good business sense

15 February 2015 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

In the 59th Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 11 February 2015, we talk about how we can catalyse action to reduce carbon emissions. Our guest in the sustainable studio is Fran MacDonald from the Western Alliance for Greenhouse

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Passion for sustainability in the community

13 December 2014 Mik Aidt Commentary

In the 55th Sustainable Hour on 10 December 2014 we talk with Andrea Pape from The Give Grid about sustainability in the community service sector, and with Sustainability Officer Tim Mordaunt from Geelong Council about the new Greenhouse Gas Strategy

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Geelong mayor on the sustainable beat

6 December 2014 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

On 5 December 2014, Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons spoke about tourism and sustainability – and where jobs of the 21st century in his opinion are going to come from – at a launch event for a new EV transport service in Queenscliff,

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Climate morals, psychology and engagement

1 November 2014 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

What does climate change do to us in psychological terms? We have a social psychology researcher, Dr Andrea Bunting, with us in the 49th Sustainable Hour. Andrea Bunting is saying: Let’s speak about climate change! So we will – and

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