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Category: Local Geelong matters

Reenergising democracy: Make your vote count

19 March 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

12 March 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Community Independent enters Corangamite race for federal election

6 March 2025 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

Agricultural scientist Kate Lockhart has been selected as the Voices of Corangamite Community Independent candidate

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When in doubt, vote the man out

5 March 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Climate refugees – where will they all go?

26 February 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Playing the long game – vote climate

19 February 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Curiosity first: ask, challenge, change

12 February 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Sustainability or collision in the AI-powered flood of disinformation

5 February 2025 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Growing the green redirection

17 December 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Songs for the climate revolution of 2025

6 December 2024 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

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

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Recent Posts

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  • From backyard trees to community oil – the story of the Barwon Oil Barons
  • From climate emergency to festival of life
  • RESHAPE OUR WORLD – from positivity to regenerative communities
  • From persuasion to connection – a theory of change for the climate reset
  • EARTH DAY 2026 – voices from ocean to earthmark
  • Tuning in to Earth Day at The Pulse
  • BE COLLECTIVE – power, climate and the necessity of cooperation
  • POWER UP – reclaiming energy, democracy and community
  • POWER OF IMAGINATION in a world on edge
  • RUN FOR COUNTRY – ice cream in a fight against fracking
  • FESTIVALS OF CHANGE – from climate worry to community action 
  • TAKE ACTION FOR EARTH – defending the swift parrot
  • BE DIFFICULT – balancing the scales for climate justice
  • When the emergency becomes our new reality
  • FORCE OF LIFE: Inner work as catalyst for outer change
  • Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging
  • Be ready for the climate reset
  • Staying cool, staying safe: what electrifying our homes really means
  • Heat, flight and presence – an interview about Bats and Being
  • From bushfires to community power – a radio conversation on 94.7 The Pulse
  • Australian cowardice at the highest level
  • Meaning that will move us
  • When survival meets policy failure
  • These climate disasters are not an accident
  • Denial meets reality: Victoria enters a state of climate disaster
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  • Geelong Advertiser: Paid misinformation on climate
  • A YEAR IN SONG: The soundtrack of The Sustainable Hour 2025
  • CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power
  • FORCE OF LIFE: From collapse to connection – organising the periphery
  • In kindness, respect, understanding and trust
  • The bats and humans who belong – in Geelong

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