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Tag: democracy

Climate change and democracy: can Citizens’ Assemblies get us out of this crisis?

11 March 2025 Mik Aidt Commentary One comment

“Climate change is a symptom of a failed set of governance,” Eddie Kowalski explains in this podcast interview about an online Citizens Assembly project.

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When in doubt, vote the man out

5 March 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour no. 538 is an International Women’s Day tribute with Kate Lockhart and Aleta Moriarty hosting the episode.

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Collective wisdom: Uniting brains for a safer future

14 February 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 490 are Louise Denver, comms lead for Subak Australia, and Tim Hollo, author and executive director at the Green Institute.

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Bringing people-power to the table

1 March 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 449 are Sonia Randhawa from Coalition of Everyone and John Shone and Alex Fearnside from FoodVillage.

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Community action through deep listening

22 December 2021 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

In The Sustainable Hour no. 394 on 22 December 2021 we host The Consensus Institute’s pair in Cindy Eiritz and Mark Spain.

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Election candidates reaching for a bigger green

7 October 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

On 7 October 2020 our focus in The Sustainable Hour no 335 is on three candidates who have put themselves up to represent the citizens of Greater Geelong in the upcoming local government election.

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Climate questions to Geelong candidates

5 October 2020 Fridays For Future Geelong Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

At election time, there are so many scorecards and interest groups coming out to spoon-feed you and tell you who to vote for. The group of volunteers behind the Geelong Community Survey 2020 has produced a candidate survey, which they hope will empower you to make up your own mind.

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Clever and creative women putting climate first

30 September 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

On 30 September 2020 The Sustainable Hour hosts a panel of ‘Put Climate First’ candidates for Geelong and one from the Surf Coast Shire for the local government elections that are rapidly approaching via our postboxes.

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The Sustainable House in the age of change

23 September 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour no 333 about Sustainable House Day, a ‘Put Climate First’ election campaign, The Change Agency and the school strike for climate on Friday.

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Questions to your local election candidates

22 September 2020 Gas Free Geelong Educational, Recommendation

11 points and 14 questions for Councils to reduce household gas demand

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