Play your part and vote the difference
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 545 are Eddie Kowalski from Online Citizens’ Assembly, and John De Lorenzo, independent candidate for Corio.
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 545
The Sustainable Hour
Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
Episodes
Earth Day reflections from the heart
Broadcast from Geelong’s Eastern Park, Margie Abbott and Peter Martin offer powerful reflections on our connection with nature and planet Earth.
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 544
Rhythms of reconnection and nuclear resistance
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 543 are degrowth tourism researcher Yannic Kuna and nuclear expert Dr Jim Green.
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 543
Charged up for climate – and the ballot box
Our guests in the 542th episode of The Sustainable Hour are Jacqui Dunn and Lauren Ball from Parents for Climate, and Mitch Pope, who runs as a Greens candidate
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 542
Juggernaut on the rise: Demystifying the bioeconomy
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 541 are Elizabeth Corbett from AE global, and Brendan Condon from Australian Ecosystems and Regen Nurseries.
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 541
Reenergising democracy: Make your vote count
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 540 is Kate Lockhart, who recently announced her candidacy as the Community Independent for Corangamite in the upcoming federal election.
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 540
Democracy is not a spectator sport
Guests of The Sustainable Hour no. 539 are David Glanz from the Defend Dissent Coalition, and Jaimie Jeffrey and Sarah Hathway from IPAN Geelong.
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 539
When in doubt, vote the man out
The Sustainable Hour no. 538 is an International Women's Day tribute with Kate Lockhart and Aleta Moriarty hosting the episode.
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 538
Climate refugees – where will they all go?
Guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 537 is Chris Schmidt, a human rights and refugee advocate from Adelaide, Australia.
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 537
Playing the long game – vote climate
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 536 are Jane Morton from Vote Climate and Ben Pederick, creator of TAG, The Adaptation Game.
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 536
Curiosity first: ask, challenge, change
Guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 535 are Kirsty Bishop-Fox from Waste Free Victoria and Mark Carter from Flight Free Australia.
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 535
Sustainability or collision in the AI-powered flood of disinformation
Our guest of The Sustainable Hour is Luke Taylor, director of the National Sustainability Festival.
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 534
Reboot of the entire human operating system
Our society has been corrupted by greed, disinformation and abuse of power. What can we do about it? Sue Barrett has an idea.
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 9
Growing the green redirection
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 533, our last of 2024, are Kirsty Bishop-Fox and Costa Georgiadis.
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 533
The path to a green economy
Transforming the economic system to protect both nature and ourselves. Podcast episode with Dr Mark Diesendorf, Dr Geoff Davies, Dr Marilyn Waring and Dr Steven Hail.
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 8
Songs for the climate revolution of 2025
A selection of songs we have aired in The Sustainable Hour during 2024, and our annual Anthem for the Climate Revolution
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 532
Destilling the problems down
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 531 on 4 December 2024 is Jeff Allen, founder of Blue Moon Destillers.
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 531
Be present amongst each other
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 530 are architect Kevin Kennon in New York and climate activist Joe Zammit in Newcastle.
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 530
Energy shift ignites the green transition
Our two guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 529 are energy expert Pat Simons and Olympian athlete Rhydian Cowley who talk about the importance of renewable energy.
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 529
We need a better way
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 528 are Alex Mungall and Terry Leahy from the Melbourne chapter of the Degrowth Network.
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 528
1) Transition 2) Resilience 3) Recovery
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 527 is Philippa Rowland, founder of Clean Energy For Eternity and chair of Religions for Peace Australia.
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 527
What is the problem – and how we solve it
When we know that lives are at stake, why is humanity is not acting faster on solving this climate emergency? And more importantly: How do we change this situation?
Nov 03, 2024•20 min
Breaking Australia’s system of political cartels
Celebrating our 11th anniversary, our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 526 is co-founder and former co-host Mike Lawrence
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr•Season 12Ep. 526
Do worry be happy
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 23 October 2024 are Karina Donkers from Geelong Sustainability, Monica Winston from Transition Streets Geelong along with two permaculture elders.
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 525
Catholic church between lightness and love and power and lies
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 524 on 16 October 2024 are Heike Webber and Freya Clough Good from Extinction Rebellion.
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 524
Energy company’s proposal to amplify the climate meltdown
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 523 is Dr Sanja Van Huet who is concerned about Viva Energy's plans to build a large gas hub.
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 523
From hunger strike to e-bike
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 522 is Gregory Andrews, who just completed an unassisted ride across Australia on his e-bike.
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 522
Tree the difference
Guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 521 is Susi Millton, manager of TreeProject, which has planted over 50,000 new trees with 1,500 volunteers in 2024.
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 521
Connections build and nurture communities
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 520 is Monica Winston, founder of Transition Streets Geelong, which has four events coming up in Geelong region
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 520
The zero wasters saying Yes we can
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 519 are Kirsty Bishop-Fox, co-founder and president of Zero Waste Victoria, carbon consultant and tidy-up advocate Heidi Fog, and plant-based cooking expert Anita Rickey.
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr•Season 11Ep. 519