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Tag: Geelong

Geelong, your councillors need to hear from you

2 July 2021 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

This message is for our readers and members in the Geelong municipality. We have three requests of you and your family, friends, communities and workmates: Currently, Geelong Council are not getting the message from the community that we want adequate action on climate. It appears some councillors either don’t get

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Gamechangers reimagine and recreate our future

9 June 2021 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour no 366 with ChangeMaker Isabella Morand and game-developers Natalia Shafa and Edmund Weir.

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Budget: The climate emergency response is in the detail

23 May 2021 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

Does the Geelong Council’s proposed budget reflect that the Council has acknowledged that we are in a climate emergency?
We took a benchmarking-look at what Queenscliffe and Surf Coast currently are doing in comparison.

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Geelong community call for renewables, not gas

25 February 2021 Gas Free Geelong Local Geelong matters, Petition

Community group calls on the Victorian planning minister to reject Corio Bay gas terminal.

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City Council takes lead: carbon-neutral by 2025

24 February 2021 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters 2 comments

Our two guests in The Sustainable Hour no 351 are the City of Greater Geelong councillors Mayor Stephanie Asher and Dr Belinda Moloney.

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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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To score or not to score

12 October 2020 Mik Aidt Recommendation One comment

It is as much of a taboo as if we were talking about sex: Who will you be voting for in the election? Some people keep it a secret, and there can be good reasons for that, in particular when you are in business or in an organisation, or in

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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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Recent Posts

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  • BE DIFFICULT – balancing the scales for climate justice
  • When the emergency becomes our new reality
  • FORCE OF LIFE: Inner work as catalyst for outer change
  • Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging
  • Be ready for the climate reset
  • Staying cool, staying safe: what electrifying our homes really means
  • Heat, flight and presence – an interview about Bats and Being
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  • When survival meets policy failure
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  • A YEAR IN SONG: The soundtrack of The Sustainable Hour 2025
  • CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power
  • FORCE OF LIFE: From collapse to connection – organising the periphery
  • In kindness, respect, understanding and trust
  • The bats and humans who belong – in Geelong

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