Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
In The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 26 November 2014 we have a distinguished guest from New South Wales: renewable energy expert Mark Diesendorf, author of the book ‘Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change’. Associate Professor Mark Diesendorf is one of Australia’s leading sustainable energy analysts, and a Deputy
How can we effectively reduce our fossil fuel emissions to zero? Will we have to wait for federal politicians to cut their ties with the fossil fuel industry and for consensus in the United Nations before we can begin the transition away from burning coal, gas and oil? Not at
Listen to three Climate Reality Leaders explain how we solve what is far and away the greatest challenge of our time – the global climate change crisis. Within the next decade, the world needs to triple its investments in renewable energy to help avert a climate catastrophe. This enormous challenge
Today in the Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse we speak with Colin Mockett who will open the doors of his very sustainable and economical house on Sustainable House Day on Sunday 14 September 2014, and with Greg Jones, director of Bongo Transit in Point Lonsdale, who wants to put
A state election is approaching in Victoria in November. Will we hear any of the candidates talk about sustainability, onshore gas exploration, or climate change policy in their debate at public election meetings and in the media? A new initiative is going to work hard to make sure that in
The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 27 August 2014 is inspired by the two-minute trailer for the new documentary ‘Disruption’, which is premiering in the United States on 7 September, exactly two weeks before the Global Climate Action Day and the largest climate action march ever in New
Are we arriving at a breaking point in September 2014: a sudden release of amazing enthusiasm and energy because millions of people now have entered the conversation about solutions to our energy crisis, or rather: the problems we create with our air pollution? Watch this little video-clip to get an
Dancing with Cs. Science confronts us with a question dominated by the letter C: Can we curb carbon emissions with clean energy in time to combat catastrophic climate change? The answer not only blows in the wind but is also full of compelling cs because of communities and citizens who
Okay. So the news is out. ‘Climate change – it’s here’. Front cover headlines. ‘UN: Climate change threatens billions of people’. For a day, the release of the latest UN-report gave climate change a comeback on the front pages of many national newspapers around the world, the Age included. So
While over a million Australian house-owners have placed solar panels on their roof, only very few community-owned renewable energy projects have been launched, for instance where citizens buy a share in a wind farm or a larger solar power plant. Around 40 communities in Australia are currently looking into the