Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 23 January 2018 where we celebrate our 250th show are Sue Constable, teacher co-organiser of Earthfest in Ocean Grove, and Caroline Danaher, Geelong’s ‘persistent pensioner’ advocating for climate action
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:
Geelong’s persistent #FridaysForFuture campaigner
Caroline Danaher is Geelong’s persistent climate action campaigner, who every Friday sits in front of her local Member of Parliament’s office in support of Greta Thunberg’s #FridaysForFuture school strike.
70,000 school strikers this week – with more to come
Support for Greta Thunberg’s call keeps rising. Activists from numerous countries are preparing a Global Day for Climate Action on 15 March 2019.
Do it for Bub
The Sustainable Hour on 16 January 2019 with Maxine Bazeley, Helen McCosker, Hadassah Djordan, Lauren, Anissa and Bec.
Climate-wrecking carbon pollution can no longer be free
The lesson from Australia’s abolished carbon tax and France’s cancelled petrol tax is that it is extremely important that it is done in such a way that is reasonable and fair, and is carefully explained so that it is also perceived by the wider public in that way
Boomerang-effect of sustainability benefits
Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 9 January 2018 are: Melanie Humphrey (Boomerang Bags), Lane Crockett (Impact Investment), Kim Drew (Op Shop Sacred Heart), Chris Balazs (Sage Farm), and more
Headlines of good news we tend to overlook
In particular in the field of renewable energy, 2018 gave us many landmark moments and remarkable news headlines that called for optimism. Though frustratingly slowly, the story is changing.
Prohibit coal mining in the Galilee Basin in Queensland
Center for Climate Safety urges the Australian Senate to adopt the ‘Galilee Basin Coal Prohibition Bill Act’ which prohibits the mining of thermal coal in the Galilee Basin in Queensland. The Climate Council of Australia concluded already in 2015 that over 90 per cent of Australia’s remaining coal reserves must
Reconsidering Christmas, climate action and time
An hour about hemp, meat and climate with sustainable time management tips – how we support the local economy and become more sustainable at a personal level. Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 19 December 2018 is Les Watson from Get More Time, known as the Time Lord. He covers some
Meet 2018’s climate-oracle
The Swedish teenager who simply says it as it is. “We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis. We need to keep the fossil fuels in the ground, and we need to focus on equity.” ~ Greta Thunberg, 15, Swedish student 15-year-old Swedish climate action advocate Greta