Category: General
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Building Heat Resilience Together: Reflections from the Greater Melbourne Heat Action Plan Workshops
As temperatures rise and heatwaves become more frequent and intense, the need for coordinated, community-driven responses to extreme heat has never been more urgent. In response, Sweltering Cities, in collaboration with the Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance (GMHA), hosted a four-part Heat Action Plan (HAP) workshop series to help organisations across Greater Melbourne prepare, adapt, and…
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Hot Food: Building Melbourne’s Resilience in a Warming World
On Thursday April 10th, Sweltering Cities teamed up with Regen Melbourne to host the Food and Heat Symposium, an event that brought together more than 40 people from diverse sectors to explore how extreme heat is reshaping the way we grow, access, and think about food. The symposium featured engaging presentations from experts in food…
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2023 for the Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance
The Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance met for the first time in February 2023. At that meeting, organisations from across different sectors and regions met to discuss how we might be able to facilitate cooperation, strategic advocacy and knowledge sharing. The Alliance is coordinated by Sweltering Cities, a health NGO that works with communities impacted by…
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