When it comes to climate change, “we are suffering a dearth of vision and political will,” says ‘the accidental councillor’ David Bell, an organic farmer who recently was appointed as the new mayor of Surf Coast Shire. “Let’s change the
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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
Our coal fired power stations: Shut them down!
Submission to the Committee Secretary, Re: Retirement of coal fired power stations It’s time to get serious about the climate emergency and start shutting down coal fired power stations. There is no more time to pander to the coal industry,
“Don’t look at the branches, look at the root. We are the root”
In the 97th Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse, we talk about the People’s Climate March, Climate Action Network Australia, the Act on Climate festival in Geelong, the Waves 2 Woods festival in Anglesea, the #SmallChanges campaign, the inadequate commitments
People, power and tipping points: Anglesea residents want a say
It is solstice, a turning point – and in Anglesea as well as globally, it is ‘coalstice’. The beginning of the end for using coal to produce electricity. The 77th Sustainable Hour on 17 June 2015 on 94.7 The Pulse
Anglesea says “goodbye coal – welcome transformation”
An hour on 94.7 The Pulse about what’s next after the successful campaign to have the coal-fired Anglesea power station and coal mine closed down – about the transformation in community, wildlife, heathland and nature, with disappearing species, disconnectedness and
From Hawaii and Denmark to Geelong: Incentives in the community
We invited community planner Pat Onesta from Hawaii, who recently moved to the Surf Coast, to be our guest in the 75th Sustainable Hour for a talk about communities and renewable energy projects, energy efficiency, eliminating waste and about how
Election winds, divestment action and questions of growth
As the G20 summit approached in Brisbane and the Australian Prime Minister kept insisting on that the world leaders should ignore the looming economic impact of carbon emissions dangers, local screenings of Al Gore’s ‘Reasons for Hope’ were scheduled all
Anglesea calling: Stop the coal pollution
The huge turnout at the ‘Shut It Down’ rally and march on 10 August 2014 signaled the end of Anglesea coal social licence, which a group of children literally shredded to pieces during the event. In the 38th Sustainable Hour