The Sustainable Hour
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
Location:
United States
Description:
Sharing solutions that make the climate safer and our communities more liveable
Language:
English
Episodes
BE DIFFICULT – balancing the scales for climate justice
3/5/2026
Guest in our International Women’s Day special is climate lecturer Lucy Richardson. Hosted by Lauren Dillon and Jodie Hill.
Duration:00:53:32
When the emergency becomes our new reality
2/17/2026
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 579 is Nicole Shortis, Controller of VICSES Bellarine.
Duration:00:53:41
Inner work as catalyst for outer change
2/15/2026
The fourth episode of the Force of Life series features social innovator and systems thinker Andrew Gaines
Duration:00:54:59
Being a little batty – about responsibility and belonging
2/10/2026
The Sustainable Hour no. 578 focuses on the opening of the art exhibition 'Bats & Belonging' in Geelong.
Duration:00:55:25
Be ready for the climate reset
2/3/2026
Our guest in the first Sustainable Hour in 2026 is Luke Taylor, the National Sustainability Festival's director.
Duration:00:54:36
Paid misinformation, global inequality and permaculture progress in Africa
12/16/2025
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.
Duration:01:00:36
A YEAR IN SONG – The soundtrack of The Sustainable Hour 2025
12/9/2025
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'.
Duration:01:02:49
CONSEQUENCE TIMES: Communities taking back their power
11/25/2025
Our guest is environmentalist and poet Georgina Woods, Head of Research and Investigations at Lock the Gate Alliance.
Duration:00:53:44
FORCE OF LIFE: From collapse to connection – organising the periphery
11/19/2025
Third episode of the Force of Life podcast series features the Danish architect and systems thinker Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov,
Duration:00:56:37
In kindness, respect, understanding and trust
11/18/2025
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 573 is community builder Kate Shelton, founder of Peacemeals.
Duration:00:56:48
FORCE OF LIFE: The art of enlivenment
11/11/2025
In this second episode of The Force of Life podcast series, writer, philosopher, and sociologist Barbara Lepani explains what she calls 'enlivenment'.
Duration:00:57:46
Treaty and protestival – listening for change
11/11/2025
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 572 are Rory Bush-Bolton from Rising Tide and Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth Melbourne.
Duration:00:53:01
Fighting Australia’s carbon bomb – choosing courage over cowardice
11/4/2025
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 571 is environmental lawyer Adam Beeson from the Australian Conservation Foundation
Duration:00:53:49
BE HONEST. The climate reality we must face
10/28/2025
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 570 is former fossil fuel executive turned climate truth-teller, Ian Dunlop.
Duration:00:54:20
Australia’s transformative, green and ground-up energy revolution
10/21/2025
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 569 is Dr Philippa England, a clean-energy trailblazer from Queensland.
Duration:00:53:17
GET LOUD – Women at the heart of the green transition
10/14/2025
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour no. 568 are Lauren Dillon and Jodie Hill.
Duration:00:54:40
PREPARE FOR IMPACT – Australia’s climate risk reality check
10/7/2025
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 567 is Neil Plummer, who discusses Australia’s new national climate risk assessment
Duration:00:51:56
FORCE OF LIFE: Reinventing our world with a senior uprise, peace of mind, and awe
9/25/2025
In this very first episode of the Force of Life podcast series, Mik Aidt sits down with Danish author and science communicator Tor Nørretranders to explore what it means to act in service to life on Earth. The Danish author calls for an elders’ revolt,
Duration:01:07:02
New relations: Language, love and the roots of our climate crisis
9/23/2025
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 566 is Ramandeep Sibia from Punjabis for Climate and Warm Data Lab.
Duration:01:01:31
Days of sun, sustainability and solutions
9/16/2025
Our guest in The Sustainable Hour no. 565 is Ruth Blackhirst from Geelong Sustainability, organiser of Sustainable House Day
Duration:00:54:05