Episode 200

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9th May 2020

Glen Eira Declares a Climate Emergency 54 days into lockdown | Spotlight on community climate action

How did a community climate action group get their city council to not only declare a climate emergency, but commit to emergency level emissions reduction measures, during a global pandemic?

Coalitions, campaigning, determination and good old-fashioned organizing!

Coalition members Belinda Haydon and Elinor Hasenfratz share their story. 

For more check out:

https://www.facebook.com/JewishCN/

http://gecan.org.au/

Recordings from the Tuesday, March 5th Glen Eira Council session are also featured in this episode. 


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We live in Climactic times. Climactic tells the stories of the people making a difference in the face of climate crisis.

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Mark Spencer

Hello!
I'm Mark, and I'm a podcast addict. I've turned my tens of thousands of misbegotten hours binging history, comedy, and everything in-between into being a keen collaborator on audio projects (climate, local stories, place-based audio especially).

I work with passionate people to turn their ideas into published projects, when I'm not working in the renewable energy space in Naarm/Melbourne.