Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
Joining us in the sustainable studio on 21 June 2017: David Spratt, co-author of the new report ‘Disaster Alley: Climate change, conflict and risk’, for a talk about the publication and a new Senate inquiry, and as Plastic Free July approaches, Robert Skehan from Plastic Bag Free Victoria gives us an
Guests in the sustainable studio on 15 June 2017 are Geelong Gallery’s director Jason Smith, and ActOnClimate campaign-leader Leigh Ewbank from Friends of the Earth Australia. We talk over the phone with Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth Melbourne about their vision for a renewables park at Point Henry.
Swap til you drop! On 7 June 2017, The Sustainable Hour goes in creative city mode and opens the door to an exciting new world of slow fashion: The latest trends in clothes upcycling, swapping and repairing. Conscious consumerism with eco-apps and zero waste life style. Guest in the studio
Our guest in the sustainable studio is Petra Goerschel, member of Geelong Sustainability’s committee, for a talk about coal mines, values, our future, and much more. On the way through the hour, we listen to a #StopAdani speech by Stephen Higgs, a former principal of Ballarat Grammar, and to the
Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 24 May 2017 is Dr Simone Boer, manager of strategy and program delivery of ‘Our Future’, the new 30-year vision for Geelong city and region which links life-long learning and education with industry and jobs. We also talk with Andrew Gaines about Kitchen Table
In The Sustainable Hour on 17 May 2017 we talk with a group of international students from Dueli, the English Language Institute at Deakin University, and their teacher Kate Simpson about the excuses for our inaction on climate – and how we are to explain them to future generations. We talk
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour on 10 May 2017 is Samuel Pottenger from 350.org for a talk about Australia’s energy market and about what it means to be an active citizen. Does active citizenship mean, for instance, that you have to call the energy market’s liars, cheaters and greenwashers
A Sustainable Hour around cycling without helmets, road safety, zero carbon, cyclones, coal and climate change – and a butterfly whisperer who laughs in our face about the prospect of him facing a climate crimes tribunal. Interviews with comedian Mandy Nolan about cyclones and the #StopAdani campaign, and with Danish road
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 26 April 2017 are: Dorthe Pedersen, co-founder of Cycling Without Age, Tim Buckley, industry analyst from Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, Guy Abrahams, CEO of Climarte and director of the festival ‘Arts+Climate=Change’, and Graeme Stockton, co-organiser of
“We need to understand that we are together in this, and I think Cycling Without Age can actually bring that across.” ~ Dorthe Pedersen, co-founder of Cycling Without Age Transcript of interview with Dorthe Pedersen The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 26 April 2017 Dorthe Pedersen: “I’ve been