Category: Events
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Recap: Brisbane – A Heat Safe City?
Sweltering Cities was so excited to host our very first Queensland event – ‘Brisbane, A Heat Safe City?’ at Griffith University on Monday the 12th of February. In the face of multiple natural disasters across the state over the summer, including a recent heatwave in Brisbane, the time is now to start the conversation around…
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Stephen Bali MP hosts Sweltering Cities and other organisations in NSW Parliament
In November we collaborated with Stephen Bali the MP for Blacktown and Assistant Planning Minister to host a briefing for MPs in NSW Parliament on the hot summer ahead. We worked with Doctors for the Environment, the Committee for Sydney and the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) to present information about heat health…
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VIDEO: Over 40 Victorian orgs and leaders come together to lay out priorities for heatwave adaptation and transformation
The Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance was founded in 2023 to bring together organisations and leaders from across the city who are working to reduce the impacts of rising temperatures, support communities to build resilience, and tackle the root causes of heat vulnerability. At the first meeting in February, the Alliance agreed to run a heatwave…
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Heatwave Safe Homes for Renters event
Last Thursday, over forty people came together for our ‘Heatwave Safe Homes for Renters’ event at Trades Hall in Carlton, with more people joining online. To prepare us for the hot summer ahead, we heard from an incredible panel of renters, health and housing experts about the risks of living in dangerously hot homes and…
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Community meets in Penrith to talk Heatwaves, Health and Hot Homes
This summer, rising temperatures and cost of living have put pressure on people across Western Sydney. On March 9th Sweltering Cities hosted the Heatwaves, Health and Hot Homes community forum in Penrith at Thornton Community Centre. We brought community members together to hear from experts and share ideas for cooler, more equitable suburbs. 60 people…
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Sweltering Cities and Sydney Alliance working towards better bus stops!
On Wednesday 16th November, Sydney Alliance Community Organisers gathered to hear about the Sweltering Cities Busted Bus Stop Campaign and talk about how we can join together to win great public transport and less polluted suburbs. Our Western Sydney Community Campaigner Kim took the group through the campaign strategy, shared her own stories and introduced…
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Cool Intentions: A trivia fundraiser to turn down the heat
Thanks to everyone who made it out to our first ever public fundraiser event. Over 70 people joined us at Young Henry’s to raise money for our next summer of campaigning.
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Locals ask the hard questions of candidates in Lindsay
On Thursday 5 May residents from across Western Sydney gathered in Penrith to ask Lindsay’s federal candidates questions relating to extreme heat, planning, and the environment. Residents shared their concerns for the electorate, which is one of the most heat impacted regions in Sydney, and their ideas for a more sustainable, cooler future. The event…
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Public housing high-rise residents suffering in the heat with inadequate infrastructure
Sweltering Cities Melbourne Community Campaigner joined a weekly morning tea for residents from some of Melbourne’s over 55’s public housing towers. The purpose of the visit was to discuss their experiences of living in the towers during heatwaves, the effects that the heat has on their livelihoods, and what they would like to see changed.
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February 2022 Melbourne Online Community Meeting
Sweltering Cities held our first 2022 Melbourne community meeting online with over 30 attendees. we heard from some powerful key speakers followed by a broad insightful discussion of extreme heat impacts across Melbourne.
