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The Sustainable Hour
Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
Episodes
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WE ARE NOT VICTIMS – the islanders fighting for their future
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 612 is Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands near Papua New Guinea.
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BE TOGETHER – the art of standing up for life
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 611 is artivist Shaq Koyok from Malaysia.
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Mist walls, electric homes and the work ahead
The Sustainable Hour no. 610 with refrigeration engineer Jesper Pedersen and Geelong Sustainability Programs Manager Lucy Allinson
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FINDING COMMON GROUND – the parents who refuse to look away
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 609 is coral ecologist Marie Carvolth, cofounder of Parents for Climate.
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Denmark has moved on from ‘whether’ to ‘how’
Our guest is in The Sustainable Hour no. 608 is Danish journalist and podcaster Bjørn Olsen, creator and host of Green Voices from Aarhus.
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ON THE GROUND – practising what comes next
In the 607th Sustainable Hour, our guest is environmentalist, musician, writer, and long-time climate activist Tim Hollo.
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Zero waste in an age of hungry machines
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 606 is Kirsty Bishop-Fox from Zero Waste Festival.
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Walking in two worlds
Our guest is Dion Devow, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneur, speaker and consultant.
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Tinyer homes – bigger possibilities
The Sustainable Hour no. 604 visits a newly completed tiny house - and searches for better food for our dogs.
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Lives we overlook
Environmental journalist and author Anthea Batsakis joins The Sustainable Hour to explore Australia’s extraordinary world of overlooked wildlife.
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GENTLE AS A MAN – when power learns to serve life
Our 'guest' in The Sustainable Hour no. 602 is co-host Mik Aidt, who is publishing his book 'Man of Earth' today.
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KEEP TURNING UP – as the climate bill arrives
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 601 is Rhys Forsyth, managing director of Code Nation.
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CATCH THE BALL: The 600th episode of hard truths
Our guest on The Sustainable Hour no. 600 is climate activist Johann Hoschtialek from Grenada.
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COUNTRY REMEMBERS what greed forgets
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 599 is First Nations Leader Polly Cutmore.
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BLUE ECONOMY: The sea is the limit
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 598 is Nadia Scheffer, a blue economy entrepreneur.
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Ancient wisdom for a nation still growing up
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 597 is professor Mark Rose AM.
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Learning to share the atmosphere
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 596 is futurist and researcher Jose Ramos.
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FROM THE GROUND UP: The connecting link between medicine and farming
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 17 June 2026 are veterinarian Gundula Rhoades and organic farmer Jesper Andersen.
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Treaty to take us beyond fossil fuels
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 594 is Michael Poland, Campaign Director of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative
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Justice on Country
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 593 is Bruce Lindsay from Environmental Justice Australia.
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FOOTY FOREVER – climate action meets Australia’s game
In this 592nd episode of The Sustainable Hour, we speak with Lex Lynch, CEO of Footy for Climate.
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The world doesn’t have to be this way
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 591 are David Mould from Geelong Duck Rescue and Hayley Sestokas from Environment Victoria.
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Democracy, diesel and the true cost of fossil fuels
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 590 is ex-enviro radio host Joe Cicero.
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DEMOCRACY AT A CROSSROADS – can we reconnect and respond?
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 589 are Professor Joseph Camilleri and Jane Morton.
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RESHAPE OUR WORLD – from positivity to regenerative communities
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 588 is Sam Smith, sustainability manager of advisory services for Development Victoria.
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EARTH DAY 2026 – voices from ocean to earthmark
The Sustainable Hour on 22 April 2026 marks Earth Day with an open microphone event and special guests.
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BE COLLECTIVE – power, climate and the necessity of cooperation
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 586 is union leader and writer Godfrey Moase.
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POWER UP – reclaiming energy, democracy and community
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 8 April 2026 is Mhairi Fraser from the newly opened Goulburn Solar Farm.
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POWER OF IMAGINATION in a world on edge
Our guests on 1 April 2026 are Geelong Mayor Stretch Kontelj, and Ro O'Reilly, team leader at Project Greenlift.
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RUN FOR COUNTRY – ice cream in a fight against fracking
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 25 March 2026 is Hilary McAllister, one of ice-cream company Ben & Jerry's campaign organisers.
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FESTIVALS OF CHANGE – from climate worry to community action
Our guests are Jacqui Dunn and Lauren Ball from the One Planet Festival, and Tonie Field from the Degrowth Festival.
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TAKE ACTION FOR EARTH – defending the swift parrot
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 581 is Jenny Weber, campaigns director at the Bob Brown Foundation.
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BE DIFFICULT – balancing the scales for climate justice
Guest in our International Women’s Day special is climate lecturer Lucy Richardson. Hosted by Lauren Dillon and Jodie Hill.
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When the emergency becomes our new reality
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 579 is Nicole Shortis, Controller of VICSES Bellarine.
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FORCE OF LIFE: Inner work as catalyst for outer change
The fourth episode of the Force of Life series features social innovator and systems thinker Andrew Gaines
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Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging
The Sustainable Hour no. 578 focuses on the opening of the art exhibition 'Bats & Belonging' in Geelong.
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Be ready for the climate reset
Our guest in the first Sustainable Hour in 2026 is Luke Taylor, the National Sustainability Festival's director.
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Paid misinformation, global inequality and permaculture progress in Africa
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 576 are permaculture teacher Jessica Perini and refugee leaders Eric Hakizimana in Uganda and Ruth Akinyi in Kenya.
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A YEAR IN SONG: The soundtrack of The Sustainable Hour 2025
In The Sustainable Hour no. 575 we mark the launch of 50 of our songs on Spotify, Apple and Amazon music: 'The Force of Life Collective'.
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CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power
Our guest is environmentalist and poet Georgina Woods, Head of Research and Investigations at Lock the Gate Alliance.
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FORCE OF LIFE: From collapse to connection – organising the periphery
Third episode of the Force of Life podcast series features the Danish architect and systems thinker Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov,
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In kindness, respect, understanding and trust
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 573 is community builder Kate Shelton, founder of Peacemeals.
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FORCE OF LIFE: The art of enlivenment
In this second episode of The Force of Life podcast series, writer, philosopher, and sociologist Barbara Lepani explains what she calls 'enlivenment'.
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Treaty and protestival – listening for change
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 572 are Rory Bush-Belton from Rising Tide and Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth Naarm/Melbourne.
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Fighting Australia’s carbon bomb – choosing courage over cowardice
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 571 is environmental lawyer Adam Beeson from the Australian Conservation Foundation
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BE BRUTALLY HONEST. The climate reality we must face
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 570 is former fossil fuel executive turned climate truth-teller, Ian Dunlop.
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Australia’s transformative, green and ground-up energy revolution
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 569 is Dr Philippa England, a clean-energy trailblazer from Queensland.
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GET LOUD – Women at the heart of the green transition
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 568 are Lauren Dillon and Jodie Hill.
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PREPARE FOR IMPACT – Australia’s climate risk reality check
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 567 is Neil Plummer, who discusses Australia’s new national climate risk assessment
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FORCE OF LIFE: Reinventing our world with a senior uprise, peace of mind, pride, and awe
Interview with Danish author Tor Nørretranders - exploring what it means to act in service to life on Earth.
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