“The fossil fuel industry has become the public enemy number one. They are not paying for the destruction that they are causing. And that is one of the biggest subsidies to the industry.” ~ Dr John Iser, Victorian chair, Doctors
Tag: The Sustainable Hour
Waste is in the air
In The Sustainable Hour on 2 May 2018, Corio Waste Management CEO Ken Dickens shares his insight into the disruptions that are going on in the Australian recycling sector at the moment – a recording from Geelong Sustainability’s Green Drinks
Sow beauty and free energy, not pollution and destruction
Replacing Big Energy with community solar. Podcast about the community rebellion. Our guest in the sustainable studio on 25 April 2018 is Geelong Sustainability’s project manager Dan Cowdell, who has great news about ‘CORE Geelong One’ – a newly launched solar
Homage to Earth – and one lawyer’s call for action
Sunday 22 April is supposed to be Earth’s day and all about how we secure a future free of plastic pollution. Meanwhile, we, the human species on Earth, appear to have arrived at our ‘now-or-never moment’ as far as our
Greenwash awareness – Politician gets personal on climate
• Greenwash awareness: Excerpt of Elizabeth Wheeler’s ‘Clever Living’ presentation about sustainable building materials and environmentally responsible building • Politician gets personal on climate: Part 1 of an on-air dialogue with Richard Marles, Labor MP and shadow defence minister, about climate
It’s time to take charge
In the sustainable studio on 4 April 2018: • Heinz Dahl, sustainability consultant and wind energy expert • Charlie van Dongen, electronic electrical engineer, principal of CTO Australia • Bill Yates, community mobiliser in Victoria’s south-west • Excerpt of TEDtalk
Hemp-based road to plastic freedom
Guests in The Sustainable Hour on 28 March 2018 are Bernadette Uzelac, Chief Executive Officer, Geelong Chamber of Commerce, and Charles Kovess, Marketing Director, Textile and Composite Industries. They describe their vision of how Geelong could reinvent itself as a
Reframing evolution and the climate that changes
A visual ecologist, a thoughtful vegan and a Climate for Change facilitator. Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 208 on 94.7 The Pulse on 21 March 2018: » To open or download this programme in mp3-format, right-click here (Mac: CTRL
Changing the story one low-carbon lover at a time
A lowcarbon-loving author, an American economist, a local expert in Geelong’s history and the Terminator help us change the story as we roll out The Sustainable Hour no. 207 on 14 March 2018 on 94.7 The Pulse. Listen here: »
Care is in the air
…and on air, not just in The Sustainable Hour, but finally now also in national news programs and documentaries on the channels of our public broadcasters. In The Sustainable Hour on 7 March 2018, we talk climate care with ACT’s