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Tag: zero waste

Zero carbon, zero waste: Barwon Water shows a way

7 August 2017 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

Building sustainably can make us healthier and happier – and on top of that it even makes good business sense. In The Sustainable Hour on 2 August 2017 we meet CEO of Barwon Water, Tracey Slatter, and Barwon Water’s Refurb Project Manager Adam Cunningham for a talk about their organisation’s

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Local food gets mini farmers fired up

2 April 2016 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

A Sustainable Hour powered on solar and aired live on FM and streaming from The Farmer’s Place on ‘Mini Farmer’s Day’, 30 March 2016 – an event which kicked off the annual ‘Eat Local Month’ in Geelong. Guests in the hour: • Sarah Bolus, Eat Local Month (2:00–3:50) • Steven

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The Costa Effect

28 February 2016 Mik Aidt Educational, Local Geelong matters, Recommendation

How do you get an entire school to talk about composting and waste with excitement and big smiles? How do you get kids started on the journey to become sustainability and energy literate – and towards an environmentally conscious behaviour? Try The Costa Effect! Lots of action and new projects

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Babysteps on the cusp of an energy revolution

28 February 2016 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

On the cusp of an energy revolution: Meet Countrywide Energy’s director Geoff Drucker who is building two large solar farms in regional Victoria. He is joined by Andrew Lucas from Geelong Compost who is organising a half-day seminar in Geelong about Soil Action. We altso talk with musician Simon Kerr

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Birdlife, eco tourism and the issue with plastic

22 February 2016 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Today, we take a step outside to the wetlands, to the ocean, to the birds and the sea life. In The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 17 February 2016, we meet four inspiring environmentalists: Rod Lowther and Craig Morley from Geelong Field Naturalists Club, who are working to

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Redefining the meaning of ‘waste’

6 June 2014 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters, World affairs

Instead of fighting over the expansion of landfill sites, it is time to start a much more interesting conversation about how we create a world without landfills. In The Sustainable Hour on 4 June 2014 on 94.7 The Pulse we talked about how we can build our own houses from

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