Category: Take Action
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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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“The crisis is only going to get more urgent”: How Elise navigates a scorching summer day
Elise shared her summer story through the Summer Survey. Our Western Sydney Community Campaigner spoke to her about her experiences, which she shared here in her own words: I’m writing this in the coolest place I can find in my three-bedroom private rental apartment, sitting on my bed in my bedroom with a fan pointing…
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“It’s really frustrating”: Anjana shares her experience of teaching during heatwaves
Sweltering Cities spoke with Anjana, a teacher at an intensive English centre in western Sydney. Anjana primarily teaches students refugee and migrant backgrounds. In her own words, she describes the importance of communicating heat health information to students who have newly arrived to Australia: Teaching is really frustrating when there’s a heatwave. The students do…
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Anoop’s Story: Making a Difference Through Volunteering
Anoop Sud is one of Sweltering Cities’ most active supporters in Western Sydney. Our Western Sydney Community Campaigner recently caught up with Anoop and his partner, Neeru. It was great to hear more about his life experiences, his current volunteer work and the changes he’d like to see and work towards in his local community.…
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‘Call your Nan’: When it’s hot it’s time to check-in on friends and family
MEDIA RELEASE: Call your Nan: New heatwave safety campaign asking people to check in on friends, family and others in the heat to save lives This year on January 27th, the deadliest day for heat-related deaths in Australia, we’re calling on people to help keep their loved ones and community safe. Sweltering Cities’ new heat…
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Sign up to be a hot roof case study!
This summer we’re working with residents across Western Sydney to set up thermometers in their homes to measure the impact of roof colour. Join us in our collective effort to advocate for cooler suburbs and safer homes in Western Sydney through this citizen science project! Sweltering Cities has teamed up with built environment and health…
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Sweltering Cities launches Summer Survey
We’ve just launched our 2023 Summer Survey; the largest survey on heat, health and homes in Australia. We are currently experiencing a summer of heatwaves, and we need to be telling powerful stories that can drive real action for communities across Australia. Across Australia, communities are facing a baking hot summer. Only one week into summer, it…
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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…
