Lifestyle interview with John Paul Lopez Taberdo who runs a sustainable travel business in Geelong, Victoria
Tag: housing
Transitional roars from within the city
The Sustainable Hour no 271 about a business that has declared a climate emergency, Transition Street Geelong and StopAdani
Community opens its doors to sustainable housing
An hour about Sustainable House Day Geelong, the Sun Bear Festival in Anglesea, and more Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 10 October 2018 are two house owners who open their homes on Sunday 14 October: Kerri Erler from Teesdale, Stephen Williams from Manifold Heights, and energy assessment expert Dan
Joy of living the change in a tiny house
Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 3 October 2018 are Vicki Perrett, president of Geelong Sustainability and coordinator of Sustainable House Day Geelong, together with Peter Clapinski from Tiny Homes Geelong & Bellarine, for a talk about why he is so passionate about this idea to build tiny houses. We
Learning by doing – Part 1: Alvyn’s green roof
The Sustainable Hour goes to the moving images: YouTube! – launching the series: ‘Learning by doing about sustainable living’ In our first outside report we are in Ocean Grove visiting Soft Loud House Architects as they put a green roof on top of their new office premise. » You can subscribe
Reversing climate change: The middle gets it
“The middle gets it. The middle is happening.” ~ Paul Hawken, American author In The Sustainable Hour on 14 February 2018: • Architect Alvyn Williams from Soft Loud House Architects about passive houses and star rating systems • Councillors Susan Rennie and Trent McCarthy about the world’s first municipal climate
Climate resilience DIY: The sustainable kit house
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 1 November 2017 is Camilla Novotna, CEO and founder of Ecokit which sells a new concept of small DIY eco houses. Leigh Ewbank from Friends of the Earth Melbourne’s Act on Climate campaign gives us a report from the Melbourne Day of Climate
Household event for sustainability focus
“Comfortable”, “low energy and water bills”, “health and happiness” are some of the aspects our guests mention when asked why they are so passionate about sustainable housing. Sustainability makes so much practical and tangible common sense and joy. The Sustainable Hour on 4 October 2017 turns into The Sustainable House
Houses of value for environment, community and spirit
Guests in the sustainable studio on 94.7 The Pulse on 27 September 2017 are: Alvyn Williams, architect and owner of Soft Loud House Architects, creating “values-based architecture for environment, community and spirit”, and Amy Gillett, GMHBA’s Community Relations & Partnerships Manager, who explains how the company’s vegetable roof top garden
Ten Stars to community repowering and clever housing
Today we talk community renewables, clever housing and star rating systems in The Sustainable Hour as the communities around Geelong and the Surf Coast are charging up for an energy transformation which is both clever and economical. “The key to a comfortable house with no bills is knowledge, not money.”