On Saturday 18 April 2026 at 10am, we’re gathering to prepare for Earth Week. Join us!
The Sustainable Hour: Over 600 hours of engaging podcasts - for a clean, green and sustainable world
We connect thinkers and rethinkers with doers, sharers and carers in Geelong and around the planet. BLOGPOSTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
BE COLLECTIVE – power, climate and the necessity of cooperation
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 586 is union leader and writer Godfrey Moase.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When the emergency becomes our new reality
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 579 is Nicole Shortis, Controller of VICSES Bellarine.
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