The Sustainable Hour

The Sustainable Hour

Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable

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December 16, 2025 60 mins
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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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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Our guest is environmentalist and poet Georgina Woods, Head of Research and Investigations at Lock the Gate Alliance.
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Third episode of the Force of Life podcast series features the Danish architect and systems thinker Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov,
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Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 573 is community builder Kate Shelton, founder of Peacemeals.
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November 11, 2025 57 mins
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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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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Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 571 is environmental lawyer Adam Beeson from the Australian Conservation Foundation
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Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 570 is former fossil fuel executive turned climate truth-teller, Ian Dunlop.
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Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 569 is Dr Philippa England, a clean-energy trailblazer from Queensland.
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Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 568 are Lauren Dillon and Jodie Hill.
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Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 567 is Neil Plummer, who discusses Australia’s new national climate risk assessment
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Interview with Danish author Tor Nørretranders - exploring what it means to act in service to life on Earth.
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Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 566 is Ramandeep Sibia from Punjabis for Climate and Warm Data Lab.
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September 22, 2025 51 mins
The Climate Rescue Accord is a common policy framework to set a course to restore a safe climate.
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September 16, 2025 54 mins
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 565 is Ruth Blackhirst from Geelong Sustainability, organiser of Sustainable House Day
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Guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 564 are Rochelle Ryan from Australian Tiny House Association and Andy Greig from Swift Tiny Homes.
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What happens when climate activists turn into songwriters – and then ask their audience to vote?
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The Sustainable Hour no. 562 takes us to Denmark where Mik Aidt is reporting back on what the green transition looks and feels like on the ground. 
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With Cat Macleod, Friday Vigils for Climate, Phae Barrett, Geelong Tiny Home Expo, and Kirsty Bishop-Fox, Zero Waste Festival.
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