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The BBQ-moment for the climate emergency

6 February 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on The BBQ-moment for the climate emergency

We talk about the climate emergency’s BBQ-moment in The Sustainable Hour on 6 February 2018: a summer where the climate emergency for the first time is no longer a taboo to talk about at social gatherings

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Headlines of good news we tend to overlook

7 January 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, World affairs Comments Off on Headlines of good news we tend to overlook

In particular in the field of renewable energy, 2018 gave us many landmark moments and remarkable news headlines that called for optimism. Though frustratingly slowly, the story is changing.

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A new model that makes the existing model obsolete

24 October 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on A new model that makes the existing model obsolete

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~ Richard Buckminster Fuller, American author (1895–1983) In The Sustainable Hour on 24 October 2018 we receive a

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The art of turning a ship despite repeated leadership failures

26 September 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on The art of turning a ship despite repeated leadership failures

Guest in The Climate Emergency Warming Room on 26 September is Rosemary Nugent from Humans in Geelong, who gives us all the details about the optimistic Humans’ expo which is held near Geelong Waterfront on Sunday 7 October. We talk

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Kids on school strike, councillors in emergency mode

12 September 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on Kids on school strike, councillors in emergency mode

A podcast hour about what happens when we adults – as the school-striking climate campaign oracle Greta Thunberg requests in Sweden – begin to talk about the climate crisis as the global emergency it really is. In this hour, we learn about

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Liberating wind of change in Geelong region

22 August 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on Liberating wind of change in Geelong region

An energetic Sustainable Hour where two friends of the wind – Friends of the Earth Melbourne’s Yes2Renewables coordinator Pat Simons and community-owned Hepburn Wind’s community manager Taryn Lane – help us bust a couple of industrial wind farm and power price myths,

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Eco-loop dream a reality: energy saved, waste reduced

8 August 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on Eco-loop dream a reality: energy saved, waste reduced

Be the difference: We have five extraordinary guests and speakers in The Sustainable Hour on 8 August 2018 who each are making a significant difference as innovators, pioneers and leaders in their respective fields – turning eco-loop dreams into reality,

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First community-owned renewable energy plant in Geelong

19 July 2018 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters Comments Off on First community-owned renewable energy plant in Geelong

The launch event of a 520 solar system at MACS – Multicultural Aged Care Services in West Geelong – in July 2018 marked the completion of a four-year dream to create a large-scale solar project in Geelong. Listen to an excerpt

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When an airborne catastrophe hangs over our heads, here’s what we do

27 June 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on When an airborne catastrophe hangs over our heads, here’s what we do

Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 27 June 2018 in order of appearance: • Colin Mockett’s global outlook • Josh Meadows, media and communication officer, Environmental Justice Australia, about the Beyond Coal and Gas Jamboree • Dr Chris Atmore, lawyer,

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Groundswell of zero waste living

20 June 2018 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters Comments Off on Groundswell of zero waste living

Australia is getting ready for Plastic-Free July – the countdown started today with a major supermarket chain stopping its handing out free single-use plastic bags. In The Sustainable Hour on 20 June 2018, we talk with Linda Grant, an education

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