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By Anthony Gleeson, Colin Mockett & Mik Aidt: The Sustainable Hour is a weekly podcast and FM radio program from Geelong, Australia, out at 11am on Wednesdays - "for a green, clean, sustainable Geelong" - since 2013. We talk about the climate, nature, energy and sustainability - about how we make our houses and apartments, gardens and streets, our neighbourhood, city or village greener, cleaner, more beautiful, nicer to live in, healthier, more economical, connected and resilient, while having good fun with it as well. More on https://podcast.climatesafety.info

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Geelong, Australia


    • May 14, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 114 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from The Sustainable Hour

    The universal language of our transformation: art

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 548 is Deborah Hart, chair and co-founder of Climarte.

    Growing climate communities with soil, soul, Indigenous wisdom – and banks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 547 are regenerative advocates Marama-Grace Brownsdon and Wayne Wadsworth.

    You, me & democracy: a vote for bullying or for kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no 546 are Sue Barrett and Peter Vadiveloo - standing strong against rising political intimidation and misinformation.

    Play your part and vote the difference

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 545 are Eddie Kowalski from Online Citizens' Assembly, and John De Lorenzo, independent candidate for Corio.

    Earth Day reflections from the heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 60:00


    Broadcast from Geelong's Eastern Park, Margie Abbott and Peter Martin offer powerful reflections on our connection with nature and planet Earth.

    Rhythms of reconnection and nuclear resistance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 543 are degrowth tourism researcher Yannic Kuna and nuclear expert Dr Jim Green.

    Charged up for climate – and the ballot box

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 60:00


    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

    Juggernaut on the rise: Demystifying the bioeconomy 

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 541 are Elizabeth Corbett from AE global, and Brendan Condon from Australian Ecosystems and Regen Nurseries.

    Reenergising democracy: Make your vote count

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 60:00


    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.

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    Democracy is not a spectator sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 60:00


    Guests of The Sustainable Hour no. 539 are David Glanz from the Defend Dissent Coalition, and Jaimie Jeffrey and Sarah Hathway from IPAN Geelong.

    When in doubt, vote the man out

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 60:00


    The Sustainable Hour no. 538 is an International Women's Day tribute with Kate Lockhart and Aleta Moriarty hosting the episode.

    Climate refugees – where will they all go?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 60:00


    Guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 537 is Chris Schmidt, a human rights and refugee advocate from Adelaide, Australia.

    Playing the long game – vote climate

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 536 are Jane Morton from Vote Climate and Ben Pederick, creator of TAG, The Adaptation Game.

    Curiosity first: ask, challenge, change

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 60:00


    Guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 535 are Kirsty Bishop-Fox from Waste Free Victoria and Mark Carter from Flight Free Australia.

    Sustainability or collision in the AI-powered flood of disinformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 60:00


    Our guest of The Sustainable Hour is Luke Taylor, director of the National Sustainability Festival.

    Reboot of the entire human operating system

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 60:00


    Our society has been corrupted by greed, disinformation and abuse of power. What can we do about it? Sue Barrett has an idea.

    Growing the green redirection

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 533, our last of 2024, are Kirsty Bishop-Fox and Costa Georgiadis.

    The path to a green economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 60:00


    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.

    Songs for the climate revolution of 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 60:00


    A selection of songs we have aired in The Sustainable Hour during 2024, and our annual Anthem for the Climate Revolution

    Destilling the problems down

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 531 on 4 December 2024 is Jeff Allen, founder of Blue Moon Destillers.

    Be present amongst each other

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 530 are architect Kevin Kennon in New York and climate activist Joe Zammit in Newcastle.

    Energy shift ignites the green transition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 60:00


    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.

    We need a better way

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 528 are Alex Mungall and Terry Leahy from the Melbourne chapter of the Degrowth Network. 

    1) Transition 2) Resilience 3) Recovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 527 is Philippa Rowland, founder of Clean Energy For Eternity and chair of Religions for Peace Australia.

    What is the problem – and how we solve it

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 20:07


    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?

    Breaking Australia’s system of political cartels

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 60:00


    Celebrating our 11th anniversary, our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 526 is co-founder and former co-host Mike Lawrence

    Do worry be happy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 60:00


    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.

    Catholic church between lightness and love and power and lies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 524 on 16 October 2024 are Heike Webber and Freya Clough Good from Extinction Rebellion.

    Energy company’s proposal to amplify the climate meltdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 60:00


    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.

    From hunger strike to e-bike

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 522 is Gregory Andrews, who just completed an unassisted ride across Australia on his e-bike.

    Tree the difference

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 60:00


    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.

    Connections build and nurture communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 60:00


    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

    The zero wasters saying Yes we can

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 60:00


    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.

    Building for war, ignoring the climate: Geelong’s new weapons hub

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 60:00


    Our guests today are Jamie Jeffries and Sarah Molnar from Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, IPAN.

    Denmark’s change-driving narrative: The Green Omstilling

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 60:00


    In its 517th episode, The Sustainable Hour explores the Danish approach to the climate crisis and the importance of collective action and a shared vision. 

    Interconnectedness of climate, genocide, and ecocide

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 516 are Amin Abbas, a diaspora Palestinian, and Elyse Cunningham from Friends of the Earth Melbourne.

    Connect and inspire for a culture shift in business

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 60:00


    This special episode of The Sustainable Hour features three interviews from The Business Revolution podcast

    The role of women in decision-making for climate justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 515 is Pimer Peace Monica, founder of an organisation that empowers marginalised girls in Uganda. 

    Be energised

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 514 is energy analyst Tim Buckley talking about the transition to renewable energy.

    Pushing back against climate misinformation and climate silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 513 is John Cook, a Senior Research Fellow with the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change at the University of Melbourne.

    Be the community and enjoy the difference

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 512 are Monica Winson from Transition Streets Geelong and Annie Delaney and Mary-Faeth Chenery from WINC

    Runway to calamity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 511 is Mark Carter, co-founder of Flight Free Australia.

    Underground bio highway to better health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 510 is Jason Nicholls from Worm Solutions in Albury, New South Wales. His company provides organic and natural worm-based solutions for farming.

    Movement-building of people coming together

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 509 are Zane Alcorn from Rising Tide and Liz Wade from Degrowth Network Australia.

    Cultivating Earth from soil to soul: Regenerative farming meets deep ecology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 508 are Celia Leverton from Regen Agriculture Network Tasmania, and John Seed - a long time rainforest activist and deep ecology advocate.

    Business as usual equals death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour podcast episode no. 507 are Violet CoCo and Brad Homewood from Extinction Rebellion Victoria.

    Sri Lankan climate journeys and a soil guru

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024


    Our guests in this week's episode are Tasmanian permaculturist Neysan Pertl from The Soil Guru, and climate activists Kanchana and Pasini from Sri Lanka.

    Fortifying people not profit

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 505 is an anonymous agroecology activist from India. We also hear two activists speaking at oil companies' AGMs.

    Considerately choosing that we can do better

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 60:00


    Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 504 are Tim Schmidt, president of the Australian Hemp Council, and sustainable fashion designer Simi Diskin.

    Gassed promises and intentional lives

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 60:00


    Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 503 is Joppe from Sweden who lives in Solbyn, an Intentional Village. We also listen to speeches by Julie Saylor-Briggs and Wayne Jury.

    System change, revolution and green grandmas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 60:00


    Our guests on The Sustainable Hour number 502 are green grandma and author Linda Mary Wagner and sociologist Terry Leahy.

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