Category: Take Action
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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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A Sweltering Summer Story: Alison’s Rental Experience in Melbourne
Alison has been a renter in Victoria for the past four years. From the beginning of her tenancy, she has wanted better cooling for her home. Despite the sweltering summer heat, Alison’s requests for simple, affordable upgrades such as planting trees in front of windows have gone unheeded or been rejected by her property manager.…
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The plan to win heatwave safe rental homes in Victoria
We’ve spoken to hundreds of Victorian renters across the state who are sick of living in dangerously hot homes. We all know that inadequate insulation, windows, blinds or cooling means that homes are baking on hot days. Hot overnight temperatures mean sleepless nights that put stress on our bodies and on our mental health. We shouldn’t…
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Living in a hot home: Melissa’s story
A few weeks ago we spoke to Melissa who was generous enough to share her story of living in a hot home. If you would like to support our campaign to make sure all Victorian rental homes are safe in the heat sign our petition. Melissa is a renter who lives in Gippsland. She and…
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Vote for Sydney’s worst bus stop
Each summer on sweltering hot days across Sydney people can be found waiting for the bus in dangerously hot temperatures, with no shelter, no seat, and no shade. In Western Sydney, the hottest region in the city, only a fraction of stops have shelter. We think this needs to change! We have collected 9 of…
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Helen’s story
Recently our Western Sydney Community Campaigner Kim met up with Helen, a Minchinbury resident who has lived locally all her life, brought up her family here and also works in the area. We always appreciate it when our supporters take the time to meet and share their stories with us. Helen shared her perspectives on…
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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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Western Sydney needs better bus stops
Each summer on sweltering hot days across Sydney people can be found waiting for the bus in baking temperatures, with no shelter, no seat, and no shade. The sustainable liveable cities of our future will need great public transport, but right now waiting for the bus on a hot day in Western Sydney can be…
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Sweltering Cities joins 100 organisations calling for 7 Star homes
The way we build homes now will decide how safe people are in the extreme heat of our future. We need to increase minimum standards so that safe, sustainable housing isn’t only a luxury. We signed on with 100 organisations to a statement from sustainability organisation Renew to support higher building standards in the National…
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Key things we learned about cities and heat from the State of the Environment report
The 2021 State of the Environment report (SOE) was released in July 2022. The SOE reports have been released every 5 years since 1995 and are an assessment of every aspect of Australia’s environment and heritage, including rivers, oceans, air, ice, land and urban areas. We’ve pulled out some key findings related to heatwaves, cities…