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Tag: zero waste

Bold steps, tiny homes and zero waste futures

20 August 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

With Cat Macleod, Friday Vigils for Climate, Phae Barrett, Geelong Tiny Home Expo, and Kirsty Bishop-Fox, Zero Waste Festival.

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Growing the green redirection

17 December 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 533, our last of 2024, are Kirsty Bishop-Fox and Costa Georgiadis.

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No time to waste

11 November 2024 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

Heidi Fog has a simple, yet powerful way to engage with the environment and her local community: combining exercise with a mission to reduce litter.

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The zero wasters saying Yes we can

11 September 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 519 are Kirsty Bishop-Fox, co-founder and president of Zero Waste Victoria, carbon consultant and tidy-up advocate Heidi Fog, and plant-based cooking expert Anita Rickey.

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Behind the smoke

11 September 2024 Mik Aidt Commentary

The truth behind language: The real impact of ‘turbocharging’ and ‘incineration’.

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Encouraging people to do the right thing

1 May 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 501 is David Dudley, founder of Tidy Up Townsville. We also listen to insights from Bill McKibben and Layne Beachley AO.

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A critical review of Surf Coast Shire’s Circular Economy Action Plan

26 April 2024 Editor Recommendation

Centre for Climate Safety reviews the Surf Coast Shire’s Draft Circular Economy Action Plan in a submission to the Council.

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Wellbeing as in love, laughter and zero waste

7 September 2022 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 428 are Kirsty Bishop-Fox, founder of Zero Waste Festival, and Laura Grufas, national community organiser in Australian Parents for Climate Action

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Clean-up time in a more unified Australia

25 May 2022 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

The Sustainable Hour no 413 with Rebecca Evered, sustainability manager at Cleanaway, Jasmine Speers from AusRegen and carbon consultant Heidi Fog.

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Call to end profit-over-people business model

18 August 2021 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, Petition

In The Sustainable Hour no 376 our guests are Geelong Sustainability President Vicki Perrett and Vice-President Jennifer Jarrard talking about why they have started a petition against a “waste to energy” project in Lara

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