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http://thesustainablehour.au - Australia's longest-running podcast on the green matters that matter: climate solutions and sustainability
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NEW SONG:
‘Beyond’

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A poetic reflection on rediscovering purpose, freedom, balance, and renewal beyond the boundaries of the old world.

#Polycrisis #Degrowth #SystemsChange #ReverseDominance #CommunityPower
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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NEW SONG:
‘The Periphery’

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An anthemic call to reclaim power from the collapsing system, transforming crisis into collective action.
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Force of Life Episode 3:

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Danish architect and systems thinker Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov, whose work explores how we might rebuild our societies on a foundation of cooperation, care and moral clarity.
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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NEW SONG:
‘In Our Street’ - a gentle song about rebuilding community through everyday acts of kindness, respect, understanding and trust.

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#TheSustainableHour #Geelong #community #communitymobilisation #resilience #peacemeals #renewables #belonging
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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#TheSustainableHour #573:
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A pub, a meal and a movement for connection, community – and climate truth

Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 573 is community builder Kate Shelton, founder of Peacemeals.
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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NEW SONG:
'Rebellion of Life'
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"Barbara talks about the Eldership Revolution, indigenous ways of knowing, arts-as-activism, and how a song – ‘The Rebellion of the Earth Kingdoms’ – became a call to kinship and courage."
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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#ForceOfLife #2

“In the cracks and crevices of our crumbling world, new shoots of life are growing. Our task is to water them – with love, not anger.”
~ Barbara Lepani

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#Enlivenment #EldershipRevolution
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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TREATY AND PROTESTIVAL – LISTENING FOR CHANGE

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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.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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#TheSustainableHour #571:

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Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 571 is environmental lawyer Adam Beeson from the Australian Conservation Foundation, ACF - @ausconservation.bsky.social
#climatejustice
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Tomorrow #TheSustainableHour turns 12. We celebrate with a very special guest: former fossil fuel executive turned climate truth-teller, Ian Dunlop, who warns Australia is positioning itself on the wrong side of history while climate impacts accelerate far faster than official reports acknowledge
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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#TheSustainableHour #570

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#TheSustainableHour #ClimateEmergency #ClimateRevolution #BeActive #BeHonest #JustTransition #CommunityMobilisation #ClimateTruth #BeTheDifference
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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SONG: 'EV Smile'

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– A funky and upbeat song celebrating electric vehicles and the clean energy lifestyle
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Our guest in #TheSustainableHour #569 is Dr Philippa England, a clean-energy trailblazer from Queensland.

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#TheGreenTransition #EVrevolution #EVs #BatteryStorage #VehicleToGrid #v2g #Solar #BeOptimistic
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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This week’s Sustainable Hour celebrates a milestone moment for renewable energy: for the first time ever, green energy now generates more electricity globally than coal. But while that’s good news, there’s still much to fight for here at home.

#coalkills #gaskills #climatecrime #renewables
October 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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NEW SONG
‘Get Loud’

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A tribal anthem that rallies women to raise their voices, unite in action, and lead the charge for the planet. Inspired by Jodie Hill and Lauren Dillon.

→ Our 45 other songs can be listened to on www.climatesafety.info/music

#climatemusic
October 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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#TheSustainableHour #568:
GET LOUD – women at the heart of the green transition

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Our guests are Lauren Dillon from Geelong Renewables Not Gas and Jodie Hill, CEO of Women’s Health & Wellbeing Barwon South West
October 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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NEW SONG:
'Prepare For Impact' 

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– blending poetic urgency with scientific truth, this song transforms Plummer’s spoken words into a danceable call for decisive, purposeful climate action.

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#PrepareForImpact #ClimateMusic
October 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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The federal government’s new risk assessment reveals that by 2050, more than 1.5 million Australians could face sea-level rise and flooding – a number that may double by 2090.

#climateemergency #ClimateRisk #GeelongSustainability #PrepareForImpact #ClimateSafeRooms #resilience #adaptation
October 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Neil Plummer is a climatologist, Geelong Sustainability board member, and former head of Climate Services at the Bureau of Meteorology. He speaks about the growing anxiety – especially among young people – and the need for stronger partnerships between sustainability groups and the health sector.
October 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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#TheSustainableHour #567:
PREPARE FOR IMPACT – Australia’s climate risk reality check

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Our guest is Neil Plummer, who discusses Australia’s new national climate risk assessment.

#ClimateEmergency
October 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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'Force of Life (Summer Vibe)'
A song that celebrates life’s wonder, courage, and love while calling us to stand united as a Force of Life

Inspired by the Danish author Tor Nørretranders. Premiered in Force of Life Episode 1

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October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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#FORCEOFLIFE #1:
The elders’ revolt, awe, and reinventing the world

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with Danish author and science communicator Tor Nørretranders

#ForceofLife #TorNørretranders #senioruprise #awe #commons #ServiceToLife
October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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'New Relations'

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– a funky song about weaving fresh connections with Earth and each other, restoring love and life through new relations. Inspired by Ramandeep Sibia from Punjabis for Climate.

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September 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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#TheSustainableHour #566:
NEW RELATIONS: LANGUAGE, LOVE AND THE ROOTS OF OUR CLIMATE CRISIS

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Our guest this week is Ramandeep Sibia from #PunjabisforClimate and #WarmDataLab.

#ClimateLanguage #Community
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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In this week’s #TheSustainableHour, we celebrate the rise of solar energy and look ahead to Geelong’s biggest annual sustainability event – #SustainableHouseDay.

We also listen to statements by António Guterres, Bill McKibben, Malcolm Turnbull and a TEDtalk by Jean Oelwang.

#SunDay
September 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM