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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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Event coming up: Is Brisbane a heat safe city?
Every day we hear from more people in Queensland telling us about the endless sweaty humid days and sleepless nights that they’ve faced this summer. There has never been a more critical time to understand and advocate for Queenslanders’ experiences with extreme heat and the impacts that it is having on our local communities. Join…
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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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We’re hiring: Multicultural Communities Campaigner in Western Sydney
Western Sydney Senior Community Campaigner – 6 month contract with possibility of extension. Sweltering Cities, Asian Australians for Climate Solutions (AAfCS), and Multicultural Leadership Initiative (MLI) are collaborating on the HeatWise Communities project. We are looking for a Senior Community Campaigner to work in Western Sydney. The position will be housed by lead partner Sweltering…
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RISING HEAT: Bindi Bosses x Sweltering Cities Collaboration
In 2023 Sweltering Cities approached the Bindi Bosses, a progressive, matriarchal South Asian Fusion Arts company based in Warrang (Sydney) that seamlessly blends Traditional South Asian Classical and Folk dances with influences from South Asian Cinema and Street dances from around the world, to collaborate on a new project. The Bindi Bosses had previously worked…
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Final Heatwave Safe Homes meeting for 2023
Last night, we held our final Heatwave Safe Homes campaign meeting of 2023! We had new faces in the meeting, including union leaders, architects and sustainability advocates, and together we decided on creative tactics to roll out this summer to win safe, cool homes for renters. It was a hot and humid evening, and we…
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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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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…
