Twiggy: “Business guided by government will either destroy or save this planet. Announce laws to render illegal any action which would prevent [mitigation of] global warming. Simple! Make us change.”
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Beyond bonkers
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 475 are Geelong Councillor Sarah Hathway, Lisa Depeller from OCEAN, and Belinda Haydon and Helen Lester from Beyond Gas Network
Geelong’s cleantech potentials explored
Report from a cleantech and circular economy conference in Geelong on 11 August 2023: Nexus Geelong 2023
Take that, Paris!
Cultivating innovation and creativity: Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 448 are Sebastian Berto from Fast Fashun and Jamileh Hargreaves from Moral Fairground.
Surfers: End all search and new drilling for fossil fuels
Surfers across Australia are opposing a proposed seismic survey for oil and gas in the Bass Strait, covering an area of pristine ocean larger than Tasmania, because of the danger to marine life.
Gaslighting Geelong: accusations of betrayal
Local community groups are outraged that GeelongPort has entered into a commercial agreement with Viva Energy to extend Refinery Pier for a proposed gas import terminal
The Sustainable Hour’s presentation to the Gashub Inquiry Committee
We played this video for the Viva Energy Gas Terminal Inquiry and Advisory Committee on 21 July 2022. Transcript below. → If you agree with us that this gas terminal should not be allowed to go ahead, you can add your name to this petition: www.parliament.vic.gov.au/view-sign-e-petitions/details/12/457 → Also, Greenpeace runs
Big oil’s delay tactics are the new climate science denialism
Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry engages in ‘discourses of delay’ to divert attention away from the crisis
The climate crisis is a crime story
Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative? By Mark Hertsgaard Every person on Earth today is living in a crime scene. This crime has been going on for decades. We see its effects
Emergence of Gas Free Geelong
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