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Tag: energy

Spider crab mystery and biodiesel mastery

28 June 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 465 are Dr Elodie Camprasse from Spider Crab Watch and biodiesel producer Peter Chomley. 

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Gas: no longer needed

10 August 2022 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 10 August 2022 is ‘No More Gas’ campaigner Freja Leonard from Friends of The Earth Naarm/Melbourne.

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Collective no to new fossil fuels finally burns through

26 May 2021 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour no 364 on 26 May 2021 with Mark Wakeham from the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Also featuring: Ben Pocock, Rusty and Sal Fisher.

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Renewables not gas make a country lucky

14 April 2021 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no 358 are the Victorian Trades Hall just transition officer Colin Long and Smart Energy Council board member Simon Holmes à Court.

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Electricity rules not keeping pace with technology

11 December 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Petition, Recommendation

“Fix the voltage to 230, reduce emissions with 3 million tonnes of CO2 per year and save money,” suggests electrical engineer Ty Christopher, Strategic Adviser at Ecojoule, in this podcast interview.

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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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The gas fallacy

15 September 2020 Gas Free Geelong Australian matters, Educational

In this zoominar, Port Phillip Emergency Climate Action Network (PECAN) and Glen Eira Emergency Climate Action Network (GECAN) are bringing together key experts to help us understand the proposal for a so-called gas-led recovery, and how an alternative renewable-led recovery would work.

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Emergence of Gas Free Geelong

28 August 2020 Gas Free Geelong Local Geelong matters

In a Zoom-meeting on 28 August 2020, we launched a new group called Gas Free Geelong to inspire and assist our local business and resident community with transitioning away from gas – and to advocate for the cancellation of any new gas projects and investments in our region. If all

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Deep emissions reduction: How we will do it

24 July 2020 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational

Professor Andrew Blakers’ presentation about how Australia gets to 100% renewables and storage.

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Nutricious microgreens and a green energy invention

20 November 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 20 November 2019 is Michelle Mairs from Sprout House Farms and Mike Hodgkinson from Capricorn Power, which has invented a highly efficient waste-heat-to-energy engine

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