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.
Tag: Geelong
Climate questions to Geelong candidates
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.
Climate strikers: “Fund our future – not gas”
Geelong school students and climate activists will mobilise on Friday 25 September 2020 at 11:00am under the banner ‘Fund Our Future – Not Gas’ in the first major protest since lock-down. The online protest rally will be held on Zoom and then live-streamed on Facebook. It will include interactive chanting
The Sustainable House in the age of change
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.
Questions to your local election candidates
11 points and 14 questions for Councils to reduce household gas demand
Making the tree change: standing with Earth
The Sustainable Hour no 322 with Sarah Jones and Jamie Marloo Thomas, co-founders of Wayapa Wuurrk, election candidate Belinda Moloney and youth correspondent Ben Pocock
Build an election platform for climate safety
Words and ideas you can pick up, take inspiration from or copy/paste for your climate emergency election campaign.
Geelong Council decides on climate action plan
Geelong Council’s new climate action plan and policy paper demonstrate a little progress has been made on climate change within the city hall chambers.
Deliberation means action in the climate emergency
Geelong Councillor Eddy Kontelj is guest in The Sustainable Hour no 322, talking about the municipality’s Plastic Free July and 100% renewables initiatives
Geelong’s religious response to climate change
A new initiative presents an opportunity to work with others of faith in responding to the climate crisis in the Geelong region. The Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) is a national interfaith network coordinating faith based climate action on a number of fronts. To help getting faith-based climate