Tag: Heat
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Does the way our suburbs are built make it easier or harder to get around on sweltering days? We mapped hot and cool spots in Footscray and Sunshine to find out
Does the way our suburbs are built make it easier or harder to get around on sweltering days? Two weeks ago, Sweltering Cities ran our first ever Cool Walk Community Meetups in Footscray and Sunshine to answer this question. Over 20 passionate community advocates from Melbourne’s West came along to meet each other and map hot spots heating…
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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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“You dread it”: Sally’s experience of summer in high-rise public housing
Sally has lived in high-rise public housing in Melbourne’s inner city for 16 years. Her apartment is located on one of the top floors, and during summer the sun blankets her building from morning to night. The view from Sally’s unit in Carlton’s high-rise public housing. On sweltering summer days, it’s not safe for Sally…
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“We hope this project will inspire others”: Moonee Valley Sustainability’s Cool, Safe Space
In response to the growing threat of extreme heat, Moonee Valley Sustainability, a volunteer run community group in Melbourne’s north-west, has embarked on a project to transform their Ascot Vale headquarters into a Cool, Safe Space. They want to provide a refuge for local residents during the coming summers, protecting them from the dangers of…
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Turfing out fake grass: Resources on the impacts of synthetic turf on human health and the environment
Fake grass creates and exacerbates urban heat islands, causing detrimental effects on human health, and the natural environment. It can increase land surface temperatures by 40% or more, absorbing heat, warming air temperatures, hardening soil and thus increasing stormwater runoff. Microplastics are created both during its production and as it degrades. It kills nutrients in…
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ABC: Heatwaves may mean Sydney is too hot for people to live in ‘within decades’
Sunday 24 January 2021 “Parts of Victoria and NSW are sweating through an extreme heatwave that started sweeping across Australia’s southeast on Saturday. This may seem like just a good excuse to go to the beach, but as the planet warms and summers become longer and less bearable, heatwaves are coming to represent an existential threat to Australian suburbs. Already,…
