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Tag: the ethical choice

It’s about Our Future

26 July 2017 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Educational, Local Geelong matters

The ‘Our Future’ vision for Geelong is a challenge of a lifetime – but we can do it. Geelong is about to find out whether politics and votes can be determined not by the usual short-term election promises which everyone knows are unlikely to be fulfilled anyway, but by daring

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“Good for the economy” not a valid argument

11 August 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary One comment

Sometimes progress is to say NO to something which is wrong. In the 19th century, a good part of the American and European economies were built on slavery. It was painful and horrendous to the slaves, but it was “good for the economy”. 150 years ago, slavery represented a sixth

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How to divest: Quick Guide

4 December 2014 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational

Content on this page: 1) Introduction 2) Australian Divestment Quick Guide 3) Clippings from the divestment news stream Momentum is growing for the divestment movement, in Australia as well as globally. The powerful things about divestment is that it is something each and everyone of us can do – and

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How we dance with that elephant in the room

22 May 2014 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, World affairs

This was the week where the word ‘unstoppable’ melting of ice was introduced and sunk in – the fact that the ice at West Antarctica is melting faster than anyone had realised – and it is already around 20 years too late to do anything about this. Scientists at the

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Recent Posts

  • PREPARE FOR IMPACT – Australia’s climate risk reality check
  • FORCE OF LIFE: Reinventing our world with a senior uprise, peace of mind, pride, and awe
  • Rethinking the path to change
  • Cost of the fossil con
  • Geelong Connection Café to strengthen community resilience
  • New relations: Language, love and the roots of our climate crisis
  • Get involved with the Climate Rescue Accord
  • Days of sun, sustainability and solutions
  • Tiny homes, huge hearts – resilience and joy in community living
  • The Sustainable Climate Song Contest Hour 2025
  • Green transition, trust and togetherness in Denmark
  • Bold steps, tiny homes and zero waste futures
  • THE CLIMATE REVOLUTION: Revolutionary politics rooted in service to life on Earth
  • A voice to Australia’s silent climate majority
  • Working with nature – not against it
  • Legal revolution for the planet – and a call from the butt hunters
  • World court shakes the system: corporate lawyer sees climate breakthrough
  • International court puts Australia in the hot seat
  • Wake up and fight
  • Time to wake up: How fossil fuel money captured democracy and blocked climate action
  • HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE? Healing the land with plants and water
  • Crafting climatesafe communities
  • RICHER THAN BEFORE: Building renewable economies
  • Our six pathways to a liveable and climatesafe future
  • First Nations voices rise for treaty, truth and climate healing
  • Because local matters
  • State of the climate in 2025: telling it as it is
  • Cinematic call to reconnect with nature
  • The key of empathy: climate action with kindness and courage
  • Court: If you dig it up, you own the damage
  • Open letter to Viva Energy – about gas, jobs and Geelong’s future
  • Involving citizens in the green transition is key
  • Gas expansion versus people-powered change
  • Business sector to demystify the three letters of ESG
  • Beyond the words: What happens after a climate emergency is declared?

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