The Sustainable Hour

POWER UP – reclaiming energy, democracy and community 07.04.2026 55:49 ↓

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 31.03.2026 53:16 ↓

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 24.03.2026 54:05 ↓

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  17.03.2026 55:38 ↓

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 10.03.2026 53:40 ↓

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 05.03.2026 53:32 ↓

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 17.02.2026 53:41 ↓

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 15.02.2026 54:59 ↓

The fourth episode of the Force of Life series features social innovator and systems thinker Andrew Gaines

Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging 10.02.2026 55:25 ↓

The Sustainable Hour no. 578 focuses on the opening of the art exhibition 'Bats & Belonging' in Geelong.

Be ready for the climate reset 04.02.2026 54:36 ↓

Our guest in the first Sustainable Hour in 2026 is Luke Taylor, the National Sustainability Festival's director.

Paid misinformation, global inequality and permaculture progress in Africa 16.12.2025 1:00:36 ↓

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 576 are permaculture teacher Jessica Perini and refugee leaders Eric Hakizimana in Uganda and Ruth Akinyi in Kenya.

A YEAR IN SONG: The soundtrack of The Sustainable Hour 2025 10.12.2025 1:02:49 ↓

In The Sustainable Hour no. 575 we mark the launch of 50 of our songs on Spotify, Apple and Amazon music: 'The Force of Life Collective'.

CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power 25.11.2025 53:44 ↓

Our guest is environmentalist and poet Georgina Woods, Head of Research and Investigations at Lock the Gate Alliance.

FORCE OF LIFE: From collapse to connection – organising the periphery 19.11.2025 56:37 ↓

Third episode of the Force of Life podcast series features the Danish architect and systems thinker Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov,

In kindness, respect, understanding and trust 19.11.2025 56:48 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 573 is community builder Kate Shelton, founder of Peacemeals.

FORCE OF LIFE: The art of enlivenment 12.11.2025 57:46 ↓

In this second episode of The Force of Life podcast series, writer, philosopher, and sociologist Barbara Lepani explains what she calls 'enlivenment'.

Treaty and protestival – listening for change 11.11.2025 53:01 ↓

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 572 are Rory Bush-Belton from Rising Tide and Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth Naarm/Melbourne.

Fighting Australia’s carbon bomb – choosing courage over cowardice 04.11.2025 53:49 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 571 is environmental lawyer Adam Beeson from the Australian Conservation Foundation

BE BRUTALLY HONEST. The climate reality we must face 29.10.2025 54:20 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 570 is former fossil fuel executive turned climate truth-teller, Ian Dunlop.

Australia’s transformative, green and ground-up energy revolution 21.10.2025 53:17 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 569 is Dr Philippa England, a clean-energy trailblazer from Queensland.

GET LOUD – Women at the heart of the green transition 14.10.2025 54:40 ↓

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 568 are Lauren Dillon and Jodie Hill.

PREPARE FOR IMPACT – Australia’s climate risk reality check 07.10.2025 51:56 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 567 is Neil Plummer, who discusses Australia’s new national climate risk assessment

FORCE OF LIFE: Reinventing our world with a senior uprise, peace of mind, pride, and awe 30.09.2025 1:07:02 ↓

Interview with Danish author Tor Nørretranders - exploring what it means to act in service to life on Earth.

New relations: Language, love and the roots of our climate crisis 24.09.2025 1:01:31 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 566 is Ramandeep Sibia from Punjabis for Climate and Warm Data Lab.

Get involved with the Climate Rescue Accord 22.09.2025 51:15 ↓

The Climate Rescue Accord is a common policy framework to set a course to restore a safe climate.