The Sustainable Hour

BLUE ECONOMY: The sea is the limit 07.07.2026 54:23 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 598 is Nadia Scheffer, a blue economy entrepreneur.

Ancient wisdom for a nation still growing up 30.06.2026 54:22 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 597 is professor Mark Rose AM.

Learning to share the atmosphere 23.06.2026 53:25 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 596 is futurist and researcher Jose Ramos.

FROM THE GROUND UP: The connecting link between medicine and farming 16.06.2026 1:00:13 ↓

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 17 June 2026 are veterinarian Gundula Rhoades and organic farmer Jesper Andersen.

Treaty to take us beyond fossil fuels 09.06.2026 53:52 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 594 is Michael Poland, Campaign Director of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative

Justice on Country 02.06.2026 53:46 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 593 is Bruce Lindsay from Environmental Justice Australia.

FOOTY FOREVER – climate action meets Australia’s game 26.05.2026 53:20 ↓

In this 592nd episode of The Sustainable Hour, we speak with Lex Lynch, CEO of Footy for Climate.

The world doesn’t have to be this way 19.05.2026 1:00:28 ↓

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 591 are David Mould from Geelong Duck Rescue and Hayley Sestokas from Environment Victoria.

Democracy, diesel and the true cost of fossil fuels 13.05.2026 53:07 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 590 is ex-enviro radio host Joe Cicero.

DEMOCRACY AT A CROSSROADS – can we reconnect and respond? 05.05.2026 59:21 ↓

Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 589 are Professor Joseph Camilleri and Jane Morton.

RESHAPE OUR WORLD – from positivity to regenerative communities 29.04.2026 53:04 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 588 is Sam Smith, sustainability manager of advisory services for Development Victoria.

EARTH DAY 2026 – voices from ocean to earthmark 21.04.2026 55:36 ↓

The Sustainable Hour on 22 April 2026 marks Earth Day with an open microphone event and special guests.

BE COLLECTIVE – power, climate and the necessity of cooperation 14.04.2026 52:36 ↓

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 586 is union leader and writer Godfrey Moase.

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'.